The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-09
SOLONS Of UTAH
CONVENE TODAY
Ninth Legislative Assembly
Will Be Called to Order
at NOcn.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
TO BE READ TUESDAY
Actual Business Will Probably
Not Begin Until Next Week,
After Naming Committees.

The ninth legislative assembly OF Utah
Will be formally opened at noon today
Each house Will meet; the members Will
take the oath of office; each branch OF
the legislature will organize and then
adjourn. The work of the days session
in each house will be purely formal.
The senate will be called 10 order by
Heber l.. Cummings, secretary Of the last
session, and the house will be called TO
order by Alex Buchanan, chief clerk OF
the last house OF representatives. The
roll OF the members of each house Will
he called and the certificate of election
from the secretary of state read. In the
senate the oath OF office will be admin
istered by Chief Justice ]. l.. Fricll and
in the house by either Justice u. y.
Straup or Justice w. NJ. McCarty.
No Contest for President.
In the senate there will be no contest
for president. Mr.. Cummings. who will
preside temporarily, will call for nonina
tons for president. Henry l. Gardner.
the Republican caucus nominee, will be
senators, Funk and Olsen Will join with
the Republicans in making the election
OF Senator Gardner unanimous,
4. w. Robinson, the Republican caucus
nominee. will be named by the Re-
publicans Tor speaker. while David II.
Morris OF Washington county will un-
doubtedly be the selection Of the Demo-
cratic minority. Robinson will receive
the solid Republican vote and Norris the
vote of the seven Democrats. In each
house the temporary f'.esiding officer Will
surrender the gavel TO the permanent off,
Ger.
The election OF the other officers of
each house will follow. In the senate the
employees named by the Republican SEN
-s.rt., r..
elected without opposition. In the house
the Democrats are planning on nominating
a complete list of officers who Will he
given the complimentary vote of the mi
nority. This list was not decided upon
Sunday, but the minority will meet in
the committee rooms OF the house cham
Der al II o'clock this forenoon TO name
those whom they wish to mention for
votes.
II is probable that a committee on
rules will be named by the presiding Off
Ger OF each house and that until this
the rules oil the last session. A bill pro-
vidinS for the regular and contingent eX
lssnses OF the legislature may be intro
duced and passed by both houses under
a suspension OF the rules. No other busi-
ness is likely TO come before either house
Governors Message,
On Tuesday the senate and the house
Will meet in joint session TO hear the
governors message. which Will be deliv-
cred In the house chamber in person by
Gov. William Spry. The actual business
OF the legislature will probably not begin
until next week. after all the committees
have been named and the work in the
committee rooms has been begun. Eff
forts are being made for more eXpe-
ditious session this year than two years
ago At that time the governor received
the bill for the legislative expense the
first few days of the session, and did
not get another bill for more than a
month. All of this time was spent In
apparently useless and lengthy argu-
ment.