The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-10
COL FRAME
HASBIG JOB
On HANDS
Must Make Selections Not
Knowing the Nea
Seventy Of Eighty New Mern-
bers Serving for First Time
Kraabsl Has More Experienced
Mca to Name

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Bismarck. N. D.. Jan. l0.--Fewer
members have gone home during
the first recess Of. the legislature
than has ever been the case before
since statehood. The reason for this.
is probably the lack Of railroad passes
as this lis the first legislature when
passes have not been issued to mem
bers by the railroad companies. OF
course there are q number who are
on advisory committees with either
the speaker of the house or the presi-
dent of the senate and they are busy
looking after committee appointments
which will be announced after the re-
cess or on next Tuesday morning.
The speaker of the house. Col j..
H. Frame of Grafton, has il large Siz-
ed job on his hands as he had eighty
new members and OF these sevcn-
ty- have never served in the house
before. The speaker naturally knows
nothing Of the ability of these new
members and it will be hard to place
them on the committees where they
Will do the most good In speaking
Of the situation today Mr.. Frame
said: ut looks to me now as if 1t
would take right up to the time the
house is called to order again to get
the committees named. There are of
course a few who have served before
and it will be easy to place them, but
the majority of the house is new
timber and can be expected to know
but little about their ability or
capabilityn <
The president of the senate, Lieu
tenant Governor Kraabel. has a some-
what easier job as there are fewer
members in the senate and a good
many of them have been there be-
FORE either they are holdoyers or they
have been re-elected or served in
the house Then he has the advice
OF number OF old members on his
advisory committee. In speaking OF
the appointments today the president
stated that the work was about COM
pleted and that he would have only
one more consultation with his ad :
visory committee and then he would
be able to make announcement OF his
appointments.
There lis little doing about the lob
bies either in the hotels or the capi-
t0i Jstli4tl liEe& 6f8S 5o4Tlt c0In41at tkee
from the house and senate has been
appointed to look after the engaging
the committees will have to be taken
care OF in down town buildings on
account of the fact that every room
| in the capitol building is taken zap
at present with offices of the regular
administration.
Yesterday was the first day for
| Governor Hanna in the executive Of
| fees and he held reception during
1 the entire day. His secretary, James
| w. Foley, was in on the reception
| and there were a large number OF
people calling One of the first acts OF
| the governor was making an appoint
ment to fill the vacancy in the judge
ship in the first district. caused by the
death of Judge TeInpleton. The ap-
pointment of Chas. M. Cooley OF
Grand Forks seems to have met With
/ the approval Of the majority of peo-
lpIe here. Judge Cooley is a man oi
| long residence in the state and OF
great ability. He had the endorse
lment of the bar associa ton of the
first district and lis acceptable to tht
great majority. 1t is expected thai
Governor Hanna will make a number
] Of appointments between now and tflt
lagain and they will be those neceS.
sary to be sent to the senate for con
lfirmation. Those going to the senate
will probably not be made public un-
| til after that body has acted upoT
/ the appointments.
i There are only three retiring state
officers this year. Governor Burke
who viii make no statement as tc
Ibis future plans except that he anc
a
children, viii go south in a few day:
i to spend the winter. 1t cannot be as
Icertained whether he himself expects
"a cabinet appointment from Wilson
Former State Auditor BrightbiI1 vii
lrernain In Bismarck until summel
Iwhen he will remove to Cando, ii
lTowner county, where he has bank.
ling and farming interests. r. ID
Morton, former. secretary Of state, bu
who is now congressman from tn.
THIRD district, does not expect to 81
Ito washington until the extra seg,
Ision is called, but will devote his
ltime to arranging his interests in tn,
northwestern part Of the state, wher'
Ihe has a law practice. There viii b,
la number Of deputies who viii prob
labiy lose fheir places, but others viii
Icome to fill the vacancy
Bismarck News Bureau.