The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-03
FORECAST OF
CAUCUSES BY
BEST JUDGES
Stiles Judson Slated for
Leader in Senate and
Judge Banks in House
Pitted Against Them Will
Be Representative Bryan
Mahan and Senator Tan
gier.

At Hartford, this afternoon, the
best judges forecasted the result
of tonight's caucuses as follows:
THE SENATE
President pro tenn, Frank G.
Woodruff OF Orange.
Republican Leader, Stiles Jud-
son. Jr., Of Stratford.
Democratic Leader, Bryan Ma
han of New London.
Clerk Of Senate, William H.
Blodgett.
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVE
Speaker, Frederick A. Scott, of
Plymouth.
Republican Leader, Elnore S.
Banks Of Fairfield.
Democrat Leader, Lyman T.
Tangier Of Vernon.
Clerk Of the House, Sabin S.
Russell of Killingly.
Assistant Clerk Of the House,
Charles J. Martin of New Haven.
BY this forecast George P. Nc
Lean is practically conceded the
United States Senatorship, since
nearly every ofiiceholder here is a
Mclean man."
Especial from United Press.)
Hartford. Jan. 3-The legislator
of 1911 gathered here late this after
scheduled for this evening. Beneath
the cordiality fthe members of tn,
next General Assembly as they me
in hotels. at the capitol and in th'
streets was remarked a restrain
which was ascribed to the pending
rival candidates for United States
senator, Morgan G. Bulkeley and
George p. Mclean.
This senatorial fight overshadowet
in the minds Of the senators and rep
resentatives all other ~consid derations
1t was scheduled to crop out in tn.
caucuses of both house; in the senat.
over president pro tenn and in tn,
house over the assistant clerkship
The general satisfaction in botf
camps with the candidacy of Fred
erfck A. Scott, of Plymouth. fol
speaker Of the house, lifted that place
out Of the contest for control of, the
prize in the: house, is the assistani
clerkship and both Mclean and
Bulkeley candidates have appeared tc
contest for it. Charles J.. Martin OF
New Haven, the Mclean adherent, II
credited with having the better chance
John ". O'Brien of New Haven are
out to win over Martin with Buckley
slightly ahead of the other.
The real struggle is scheduled t.
come for president pro tenn of the
senate. Frank G. Woodruff of Orange
will. receive. the support of the Nc
Lean camp and Senator e. Hart Fem
ley stamp. The impression has grown
stronger every day that Senator
Joseph Alsop of Avon would have
made a better Mclean candidate, and
indeed, he was at first the choice OF
that contigent. Woodruff is a new
ed in either branch Of the assembly
Fem. has served a session in both
houses and Alsop Is a legislator with
previous experience.
The Bulkeley adherents maintain
ed,, today, an ominous silence. Nc
Leanites, on the other hand, let it be
known everywhere and at all times
that they had cinched all points OF
vantage in the campaign. After to-
nights caucuses there is one. weeks
wait until the senatorial caucts. The
Mclean men may win tonight and
lose in the final bout next week; al
though this is not likely.
After the. choice of the presiding
officers next in Importance of the
subjects discussed by today's arrivals
was the leadership in both houses. 1t
seemed definitely settled that Stiles
Judson, Jr., would lead the Republi-
cans in the senate and Bryan Mahan
of New London the Democrats. Iii
the house Elmore S. Banks of Fair
field was slated to lead the Republi-
cans and Lyman T. Tingier of Yer
non the Democrats. Banks election
will be nigh uncontested. Ting1er
has a strong opponent in Hobart L.
Hotchkiss of New Haven. Tingier
has made the more thorough canvass
and looks like the winner.
By virtue of the custom by which
the assistant clerk of the house two
years ago becomes this sessions clerk,
Sabin S. Russell of Killingly will be
this years clerk of the house and
William H. Blodgett will move UP to
the Senate clerkship.
The acceptance by both houses of
the practically uncontested nomina-
tons and the decisions in the import
Int contests for honors will settle the
question of organization, except COM
mittee appointme There was
none, today, to say that the commit
Tee appointments would be made
promptly in the two houses. The pre-
zailing opinion is that the appoint
nents will wait for the result Of the
United States senatorial fight. These
nature of rewards for efforts in the
senatorial contest, the winner to dis
.ribute the patronage. That some-
hing like this was done two years
ago, after the Brandegee canvass, has
ong been mooted.
WILL MAKE TRIAL FLIGHTS
Frank Payne.a Bridgeport man, who
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