The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-30
LAWMAKERS GET BUSY NEXT WEEK CaucuSeS to be Held Tuesday Night-Organizati0n Comes
 Wednesday GOV. BALDWIN READS
 MESSAGE ON WEDNESDAY Both Houses Prepare For Busi- ness-Inaugural Ball in
 Evening

Next week, brings the advent of the new Governor and the General As- sembly, and thousands will be pres ent to see Judge Simeon E. Baldwin assume the duties of Governor.
 This will take place on Wednesday. The legislative caucuses will be held Tuesday evening. The county eau cuses which pick the messengers and occasionally take sides in the contest for speakership. are generally" held at 2 o'clock.
 The House caucus will be called be- yond a doubt at 8 or as soon thereaf- ter as possible. The first thing to do will be to nominate the speaker. It looks now as If only one candidate will. be in the field, the one being Representative Fred A. Scott of Ply mouth. MT. Scott has had two terms in the House 1905 and 1909 and has also been assistant clerk and clerk of the House, Senate clerk, expressing clerk and clerk of bills.
 Following the usual custom Sabin $. Russell, who was assistant clerk of the House two years ago. will be the next clerk as Clerk William H. Blod- gett will take his perennial smile in to the Senate but there will be can- didates enough for the place of as- sistant clerk. There are three at least with Lawyer Charles J. Martin, who lives in Orange, practices in New Ha- ven and is said to be in the lead. Lawyer O'Brien also of. New Haven. is another candidate while a third is Lawyer John Buckley of this city. GUS will be the selection of a chap lain, there being always several can didates. At the present time there are two promising ones. Rev. H. G. Marshall, a Congregational clergyman. without parish at present, has ask ed the support of the members. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in the Fifteenth Regiment, c. ", and be- ing later transferred to the Twenty ninth. the colored regiment. He is chaplain of Van Horn Post, G. A. R., of Milford and is a member of the Army and Navy Club. Rev. B. H. Byrons of New Fairfield is also a minister and says that he voted for Judge Baldwin for Governor.
 While the Republicans have been at work the Democratic members of the House will be having a caucus for the nomination of a candidate for speaker. The nominee will not get elected, but he will be. the House leader of the minority. At least two candidates are out for that place. Representative elect Hobart l.. Hotchkiss of New Haven and Representative L. T. Tin gier of Holland. Judge Hotchkiss was in the House in 1891 and 1893 and Rep resentative Tingier was a member of the last session..
 While these caucuses have been go- ing on the Senate is doing d like work. The Democratic members will be the guests of Senator Thomas J. Spellacy at a dinner that evening. The Republicans will hold their eau GUS in the Senate chamber and their most important duty is the selection of a president pro tenn. The presi- dent pro tenn. of the Senate is a per son of importance because it is his privilege to appoint his colleagues to the various joint committees. The clerk will be William H. Blodgett of Winsted, who was the House clerk in 19O9
 There are two candidates for Sem ate chaplain, Rev. J. F. Sexton of Westville, an Episcopalian, who was chaplain of the Senate two years ago, and Rev. Franklin eCountryman of East Haddam, who was chaplain of the House in 1909. He is Congrega- tionalist.
 Next Wednesday morning will see the organization of the General As sembly and both branches will meet at 10 o'clock.
 When both Houses are ready the members of the Senate enter the hall is called at which Lieutenant Cover nor Blakeslee will preside. The new ly elected State officers take the oath of office. generally administered by a Judge of the Supreme Court and Gov ernor Baldwin will read his message