Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-02
LEGISLATURES
GATHER TODAY
|NS0ME STATES
Colorado to Choose Two y.
S. Senator'S; Michigan
and Massachusetts, Have
Democrat Govs.-Elect.

Denver, Colo, Jan. with demo
cratic majority Of A on joint ballot,
the nineteenth general assembly OF
Colorado convened here today. I'm.
mediately upon the completion of tenn
porary organization it was planned to
take an adjournment ont of respect
to the late Lieutenant Governor-elect
B. r. Montgomery who died Tuesday.
Balloting for two q. s. senators. will
begin January IA, the day Gov. Elect
E. M. Mannons and other democratic
state officers will be inaugurated
Primary candidates for the senator.
ships are Governor ]. F. Shafroth,
long term, and c. S. Thomas to sue
coed the late Senator Charles J.
Hughes, Jr. . ..
Has New Governor.
Lansing. Mich, Jan. 1.-When the
Michigan legislature had convened to-
day and Woodbridge N. Ferris, demo
crat, had taken the oath Of Office as
governor, republican legislative ma
jority faced a democratic governor for
the first time in twenty yeal3 in this
state.
One of the first acts of the legisla-
ture will be the election of United
States senator Senator William Alden
Smith claims victory in this contest
because Of the republican majority In
the legislature and his primary victory.
His opponents are Alfred Lucking
=
gressive.
The convening Of the legislature and
the inaugural ceremonies were sched-
uled to take place at noon.
BudIeish For Senator.
Augusta, Me-, Jan. Edwin G. Bur
leigh of Augusta republican will be
elected U. 9. senator on Jan. IA by the
Maine legislature, which opened its
74th session today, according to the
party leaders. The progressives who
claim: to hold the balance of power,
announced that they would act with
the regular republicans. Goy-elect
William T.. Haynes republican will be
inaugurated tomorrow.
May Name FeIker.
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Concord, N. H., jan 1.-The election
of a governor was the principal busi-
ness before the New Hampshire ]egis-
lature when it convened today.
The choice of Samuel D. Felker,
democrat, was predicted by his cam
paign manager as the result of an an
nouncen,ent that 26 progressive re-
publican members of the house would
support Felker. The regular republi-
can nominee was Franklin Worcester.
Felker received a plurality over Wor-
cester at the polls in November but
failed to obtain the necessary ma
,jority.
SuIzer inaugurated.
Albany, N. y, Jan. William Sui
Ter was inaugurated forty-second gov
,,lrnor OF the Empire state today. Him
t4Alf a democrat. he succeeds John Al
[elhn Dix, who upon assuming office two
,eAars ago, was the first democrat gov
,r1N,or in eighteen years.
mn the assembly chamber OF the
apfetal. which was thronged with state
nd Il court off cials and prominent citt-
ensrr, Mr.. Sulzer took the oath Of Of
ce n In his inaugural address he
,romtised IAN honest, efficient, econo-
mic a,end business like administration
4 puliplic affairs"
1.-THE Bay State Legislature.
Ros' ston, Mass, Jan. with several
nontfIns Of important work In pros
,ect Ia the Massachusetts, legislature
onvetIned today for its 134th session.
,oth i branches are strongly republican.
Hi ufgene N. Foss, the democratic gov
rnor1R, will be inaugurated for a third
ermt tomorrow.