East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-10
The Anti Assembly, Statement
Men Dominate Legislative
Organization,
ROY RITNER NAMED
AS SENATE CALENDAR CLERK
Umatilla Representatives Vote for
Winning Man in Speakcrship Fight
Local Senator'S Cd Down to De-
feat With BOwermnn Tor President
-Rusk Men Draw Good Commit
tees.

control Of the organization of the Ore
gon legislature came to a sudden end
yesterday afternoon in both houses
when the insurgent-anti-assem
statement cohorts placed Jerry p.
Rusk Of Joseph in the speakers chair
and Ben Selling of Portland in the
presidents chair. Victory came with
the first ballot.
Dan J. Malarkey nominated Ben
Selling for president of the senate.
Nine stalwarts voted for Bowerman.
who had not been formally nominat-
ed. The vote stood:
For Selling-Albee, W. N. Barrett,
Bean. Calkins. Dimick. Hawley, Hos
kins, Joseph. Kellagher, Locke. Ma
larkey, McCulloch, Nottingham, Oliver.
Patton Sinnott Won de Helen-17.
For Bowerman Abrams, C. A.
Barrett, Burgess. Carson, Chase, LIS
ter, Merryman. Parrish, woods.
Bowerman voted for Wood, Selling
for Malarkey and Miller for oliver.
Vote on Spcakership.
The vote on the speakership was as
follows:
Belknap, Bigelow, Brooke, Brown
hill, Bryant, Buckley. Carter. Chap
man. Church. Clyde, Collins, Cottel.
Derby, Eggleston, Fouts, Gill, Hollis,
Jones, Libby, Magone, Mahoney,
Pierce, Peterson. Rackleff Rusk,
Shaw, Steelhammer, Thompson, IT.
gard, Westerlund.
Eaton-Abrahams, Beals, Belland,
Bonebrake Chambers, Chatten, Glenn
ems. Cole, Cushman, Eaton, Graves,
Huntington, johnson. Leinenweber.
Mariner, NJ. E Miller, Neuner, Pow
ell, Reynolds, Simpson, Smith, SUIT
ton.
ompson-Buchanan ]. w. Mil
Ter.
Absent-Rushlight
It is reported that James D. Alb
bott Of Multnomah will be chairman
of the committee on ways and means
W. II. Brooke of Malheur of the ju-
dietary, Seneca Fouts of Multnomah
OF revision of laws, and w. H. Hol IS
of Washington on insurance.
Temporary Committees.
On the respective motions of Hollis
OF Washington. Neuner of Douglas
and Fouts of Multnomah, the speaker
was authorized to name a committee
OF five each on credentials, permanent
organization and order of business.
Buchanan announced the following
appointments on these committees
Credentials-Hollis or Washington
Leinenwebber of Clatsop, Brooke o
ney-Malheur Abbott of Multno
nf
manent organization - Neuner o
Douglas, Mahoney of Morrow-Uma
tilla, Libby of Marion, Clemens o
Multnomah and Beals of Tillamook
Order Of business-Fouts of Multno
mah Reynolds Of Marion, Bonebrak,
OF Benton, Belknap OF Crook Grant
Klamath-L Lake and Brooke of Harney
Malheur.
Ritner Is Calendar Clerk.
Three of the leading clerkships II
the senate this year will be allotte,
without contest. e. H. Flagg Of Co
lumbia county will be chief clerk
Frank Motter of Multnomah, reading
clerk, and r. w. Ritner of Umatilla
calendar clerk. For assistant chile
clerk, John Hunt Of Marion Is oppos
Of Portland. Motter, Ritner and Hun
were behind the desk two years age
In the house, Fred Drager of Ma
rion will be chief clerk, as he was tw
years ago, and Gordon Moores O
Multnomah will be journal clerk. Har
ry Mcclellan OF Douglas and Rober
Nelson of Linn are candidates 70
calendar clerk. while there is a thre
cornered contest for reading cler
between Glen Holman of Polk, Dud
ley Clark Of Multnomah and Georg
c. L. Snyder of Marion. There ar
seven candidates for doorkeeper.
Selling Was Governor.
Ben Selling was acting governor {
the state of Oregon for "a hour
When he was elected president of tn
senate yesterday he succeeded ia
Bowerman to that position. BY rec
son Of Frank w. Benson being sec
retary of state and governor, pendin
the Inauguration Of Oswald West
noon today, and Benson being In Cal
fornia, It made the president Of til
senate the acting governor. Bower
man was president Of the senate an
acting governor until the organixatio
yesterday, when Selling was electe