Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-02
CAUCUS HERE TONIGHT
Opening Act in Three Months
COmedy-Drama on the State
House Hill Begins at s
O'clock.
EVERYTHING IN READINESS.
John r. Sullivan Of Anne Arunde
Slated For Sscretaryship of State
Senate Succeeding Moss.

Senate Succeeding Moss.
After framing up their plans for
the details of just what is to be done
in the caucus to settle on presiding
officers and the desk forces for both
House and Senate when the members
of the General Assembly of MARY
land gather in the State House tonight
they will find everything in readiness
for them.
There was a wonderful absence of
politicians all day about the State
House, which will be stormed by the
members of the two regular and the
third house, as the lobby is called, to-
night. A small force of workmen
were still putting on the finishing
touches in the House aad Senate
chambers and in the various commit
tee rooms. One attendant was kent
steadily at his job all morning dis
tributing about the building in the
most convenient places small brown
receptcles which those of the members
of the House and Senate and the hang
ors-on who are addicted to the use of
tobacco as a lubricator of jaw-bones.
find most convenient targets, but
which they often miss TO the great
detriment of white marble tiles.
New carpets have been laid in the
house and Senate, and after much
difficulty a full supply of electric
globe have been put in the lights
surrounding the high plaster cornice
to shed light on the dongs of the
delegates and Senators.
In addition the seating arrangements
have been all worked out and each
member, whether new or "hold.over. +"
will find his name neatly printed on
the front of the desk he is to occupy.
Some changes in the seating were
found necessary in the House, and
when the members from Cecil enter
they will find that the Republican
member, Mr.. w. M. T. Warburton has
been separated from his two demo-
cratic cocllegues. Messrs. Frank Glen
denen and Walter |. Smith. Messrs.
Smith and Clendenen are seated two
rows from the back on the right of the
Speaker, while Mr.. Warburton is in
the same row way over on the left,
next to the members from Hartford
county.
The city members still hold their old
places in front and to the right of the
Speaker, but tucked off in one corner
of their section is Delegate Callahan,
from Talbot, while Messrs. Hicks and
Dexter, from the same county, are
way back in the rear.
Over on the left the Caroline county
delegations section is vacant as to
names of members, pending the settle
ment of the contest from that county.
DIR. George Wells and other prom
nent politicians from Anne Arundel
were in Baltimore all day participat-
ing in the Democratic conferences
there. Anne arundel is particularly
interested in the arrangement of the
slate of desk officers. as John r. Sulli-
van, of this county, is an aspirant for
the position of Secretary of the Senate
and with the solid backing of the
county organization, seems sure to
land the place.
Every vote that Anne Arundel has
is needed by the State organization
to put across Jesse d. Price as the
Democratic president of the Senate,
| and what the county wants in the way
of minor position will be conceded
The city leaders were strongly in.
clined to Max Ways for the secretary
ship to succeed Mr.. Robert Moss, Of
Annapolis, but were compelled to droI
him in order to keep Anne Arunde
in line.
Supported by the Democratic city
organization and Baltimore's seven
teen Democratic votes in the Legis
lature, Mayor Preston yesterday forced
the Democratic organization Stat,
leaders to line up behind Mr.. James
McC. Trippe, of the city delegation
for Speaker of the House of Dele
gates.
The same forces which will supper
Mr.. Trippe will also vote for Senate
Jesse D. Price, of Wicomico county
for President of the Senate. TIL,
combination, which, besides the Mayor
includes Senator John Walter Smith
Senator Arthur P. German, John J
Mahon and other organization men
his made a canvass of the Democrati
membership of both branches an
contends that it has enough votes t
control the caucus of each tonight.
In the Senate caucus organizatio
leaders are claiming eleven votes fo
Senator Price and they concede eigh
votes to Senator Lee. 1t appear
that their claims are correct, althoug
Senator Lee and his friends are max
ing a courageous fight. The Pric
supporters had counted on twelv
votes for him, but Senator Milbournt