The Ordway new era., 1913-01-10
0. C. SKINNER SPEAKER
MoNTRosE MAN NAMED BY cAU-
Gus ELECTED BY HOUSE.
Senate Did Not Name President on
Opening Day-Adams Had IL and
Tobin 10 Votes in Caucus.


Denver.-Thc Nineteenth General
Assembly of the State of Colorado
convened at noon New Years Day.
with ell the members present.
In the House the arranged program
was carried out without hitch. Oni-
as c. Skinner OF Montrose was elect
ed speaker.
In the Senate everything proceeded
smoothly until the order of election OF
a president pro tenn. was reached.
when a recess was taken to permit
tho Democratic senators to go into
caucus.
Employees Of the Senate.
The Senate employees are as follows:
Secretary of the Senate, Mark A. Skin
ner; assistant secretary, C. w. Gist:
reading clerk. M. J. Walsh; bill clerk.
Walter Alexander; docket clerk. F.
Helms; sergeant-at-arms, c. f. Good
friend: assistant sergeants at arms,
James Lewis and Olaf Bergman; chap
lain, Rev. r. e. Dickinson; chief en-.
rolling clerk, Miss Tanner: assistant
enrolling clerk, Miss Jennie Silver
berg; chief printing clerk, A. 2. Wat
son; assistant printing clerk. w. c.
Fintham; .mesEcnge,s. Michael Null
Inns and Harold Tague: doorkeeper.
Frank white: assistant doorkecper.
Frank Gomez; janitor for chamber.
James Killoram; janitor for commit
tee rooms. Frank Sutton; janitor for
cloakroom and gallery, Mrs. Della
Phillips; telephone messenger. Dexter
Mcconnell: night Waterman. James
Collins: matron for women's gallery.
Mrs. NJ. F. Egan; pages. Leroy Hol'
lcnbeck, John Hecker. Charles Roh-
and William Clark: judiciary COM
mittce clerk, Lew Wallace; revision
clerk. Miss Irene Bohmyer; finance
committee clerk. l.. J. Smith; corpora
ton. Insurance, etc, Ed. Moore; agri-
culture and irrigation clerk. educa-
ton and additional insurance, Turner
Seamon: assignable clerks. Miss NJ.
Lillian Taylor, Miss Margaret Resor.
Miss Dorothy Tyler, Miss E. Laubs
and Miss Rose Hamburger: lieuten-
ant governors clerk, Miss Anna Far
rel: Senate reporter, Miss Marie Legg:
assistant doorkeeper. John Stanton:
clerk of revision committee, Nellie
Clark; janitor of committee rooms.
Walter Fisher; page. Thos. Conway.
House Employees.
The full list of house appointecs
follows: Chief clerk. Il. p. Rubin Of
Chaffee: assistant chief clerk, Fred
Duv:l OF Pueblo; reading clerk, Lee
d. Eaton Of Monteznma; docket clerk,
Ethel Brandt, Denver: sergeant-at-
arms. Joseph Hurd Of Boulder; as
.s.stant sergernts-at-arms, C. F. Chase
of Douglas. Leo Crowley Of Otero and
William Carlin of Denver; Chaplain,
NJ. A. Head OF Denver; house reporter.
Anna Wakelin of Denver; doorkeep.
ers, Andrew Friedman and William T.
Lyons; assignable clerks, Ollie Hen
dorson. Dorothy Porter. c. Dillon. Mrs.
A, Wilkins and Mrs. A. Harris: bill
cierk. Harriet H. Little: printing
clcrk, C. o. Withrow: assistants. l.. e.
Sibbald and John P. Allen. Com.
mittee clerks-Flora Rogers, revision;
Mildred Block. judiciary; Marian Hill.
corporations; Mildred vickerman. re-
vision and constitution; s. G. Fos-
dick, agriculture; Margaret Cahill. up
preparations. Chief revision clerk, M.
d. Bowen, Donver; assistant, Thomas
Hughes; mail clerk, D. T. Kavanaugh.
El Paso: messengers. Robert Adams,
Russell Hicks, Marshall Vought, F.
Libbonnati; janitors. A. Pachecho and
R. NJ. Beach; speakers clerk, Mabel
Skinner; Matron, Gertrude Higgins;
pages, Ballard Turnbull, Peter Schaef-
err, John T. Kapham. Raymond An
drews, Louis Cantu; hight Waterman,
Richard Rosa.
Tho Senate was called to order by
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald. Az
ter the prayer. the rol.-call showed the
II holdover senators all present.
The communication from tho secre-
tary of state naming the now senator's
was read Senator Bakersfield moved
the appointment of q committee on
credentials. Bcllesficld. Joyce and
Parrish were appointed and approved
the report of the secretary of state.
A committee consisting of Senators
Hits, Hayden and Garman was then
appointed to notify the chief Justice
and request him to administer the
oath of office. The eighteen newly
elected senators were then sworn IN
by Chief Justice Campbell.
Senator W. H. Adams OF Conejos
was the caucus choice Of the Demo-
Gratis of the Senate for the cfficc of
president pro tenn. Tho caucus last
cd over an hour and the vote stood:
Adams, 12: Tobin, 10. There werc
"a members prcsent-Adams and To
bin rot voting.
Representatives Clarence Finch of
Sedgwick county, Emery Young Of Tel
Ter and Mrs. Frances Lee of Denver
were appointed to notify the governor
that the House was ready to receive
any message from him.