The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-03
LEGISLATORS AND POSITION
SEEKERS ARE POURING INTO
CAPITAL CITY.
CONFERENCES ARE HELD
Nj ;ority Of House Members Have Ar.
rived and Many Senators Are on
err of Lower Branch Of LegisIature-
Six Candidates Are in the Race.
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Special to The Daily Missoulian:
| Helena, Jan. with a majority of
the members of the house in the city,
| and fair number of senators, with
| candidates for clerkships, chaplain and
page croWding every hotel lobby and
haunting the restaurants, the stranger
| Is made aware that a legislature is
| not far away. For the first time in
| several years the republicans are oc
cupying secondary place in the
preliminary proceedings. The demo-
Gratis will elect the speaker of the
house, and in the result OF that con-
test centers all the interest just now.
The pot began to boil this morning
early and it has kept boiling all day.
and tonight it is boiling over
Five Candidates.
There are six candidates for speak
er, and each one silemnly asserts this
evening that he will be the annointed
one. AS that is an impossibility, the
onlooker knows someone is mistaken,
and If he is expert in watching the
signs he gets the impression that w.
w. Mcdowell of Butte is in the lead
now, with Edward Burke of Anaconda
a close second
The other candidates are DR.. J. S.
Hammond of Butte, Frank Woody of
Missoula, c. NJ. Crutchfield of Ravali
and G. w. Pierson of Carbon.
The announcement several days ago
that John MacGinnis of Silver Bow
was out of the race has evidently dis
arranged the plans of some of the
democratic members, and when they
were assured today that MacGinnis
was not in it they began to fignre
out where they would land and make
sure of craftsmanship. The house
democrats will hold their caucus to-
morrow night at s O'Clock and it
Is thought that before that time there
will be an elimination of some of the
candidates for speaker. 1t will de-
pend largely on the action of the
Butte delegation just how the seat will
jump.
Many Applicants.
a list of the candidates for other |
positions before the democratic caucus
reads like this:
Chief clerk of the house-Fjn1ev
McRae, Helena; E. j. Boxer, Butte: A.
G. Stout, Kalispell; Charles Pond, |
Bozeman.
Assistant chief clerk--shirley c. |
Ashby, Jr., Helena.
Sergeant-at-arms of the houses. ].
Davis, Bozeman; c. Fl. Martien, Hell
nea; J. N. O'Brien, Helena
Chaplain of the house,. N. Smith.
Stevensvflie; H. II. Davis, Helena:
George Hindley, Helena.
Doorkeeper of the house-Moses
Marks. Helena.
Assistant doorkeeper-N. J. Myers,
Missoula.
Pages-John Morgan, Joseph Bub-
ser, Fred Bennett, Bill Sweeney, Ches-
ter Gareau, Ross Deegan Craig In
gram, Edward Murphy, Joe McEvoy.
George Mumford and several from
Butte and Anaconda.
Hold Conference.
The republican senators who are in
town this afternoon, held confer
terence and another was held tonight
1t is understood that they were in
formal and for the purpose, not of
discussing candidates and officers, but
policies. The Record printed today a
etter from Senator Carter on primary
aw legislation, in which he opposes
he Oregon law, but favors giving the
'oter in each party the opportunity
o express his preference for United
states senator at general election
he members of the Legislature to be
pound by this expression. 1t has been
understood that Senator Carter was
opposed to any kind of primary law,
'ut his letter is taken to indicate that
this was his position he has changed ,
t. The democrats will endeavor to ,
lave law similar to that of the Ore
ron law enacted, and the republicans ,
n the senate will insist upon a :
measure drafted along different lines. :
But If the senators are not interest :
g in the question of who shall draw :
he salaries for clerk, the candidates :
re, and there are many of them. 6
Those who have so far announced ,
themselves make the following list:
Chief clerk OF the standardization =
iodfrey, Helena; H. Nell, Anaconda:
:. E. Wight, Anaconda ,
Sergeant-at-arms of the senate-O.
3ifle Rosebud.
Assistant geant-at-arms-W. ].
arrett, Galiatin; C. T. RAIDER Mearh- ,
r county; w. F. Bossier, Helena.
Chaplain of the senate-C. w. Ten +
ey, Helena; ]. E. McNamee, Helena; 6
:. r. Neel, Helena.
Doorkeeper of the senate-Archie .
Iunter, Helena.
Pages" Brownie" Burke, Helena: +
Ohm Sheehy, Angus Mcdonald. Kin =
ey McCauley and score from Butte ;
nd Anaconda. q
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