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tion Of Judge Joseph T. Lawless whose
term expires on February !, making
prompt action necessary. Judge Law
less WAC formerly Secretary OF the
lawyer. The opposition has agreed to
nominate c. w. Coleman. AS there Is
some opposition to Mr.. Coleman, and
some desire on the part of those from
other sections of the state not TO play
into the hands Of either faction of Nor
folk County politics, 1T la not impos
sible that an entirely new name may
be presented.
There has also been political up
set In Petersburg, but just what effect
IL Will have on the reelection OF Judge
J. NJ. Mullen does not appear. Efforts
10 submit to primary the question Of
who should he judge fell through.
Fight for speaker.hip.
The organization OF this General AS
sembiy will he simple matter. prac-
tically the only office now In contest
being for Speaker OF tho House.
he will be chosen on tho fret ballot.
and IT is conceded that he has n larger
number of absolute pledges than any
other candidate. Hugh \. White, OF
Rockbridgc does not concede the
claims OF the Cox supporters. and is
hopeful that enough OF the unpledg ed
members viii swing to him To secure
his election. Others mentioned are
Messrs. Meetze. Oliver and S,uhbs.
Each house will hold caucus on
Tuesday night at O'Clock Ia effect q
general organization The House eau
Gus VIII be the largest since the war,
ninety-two OF the 100 members claim
ing admission az Democrats. There
are seven Republicans and ono indie
pendent. The Progressives failed to
elect member. and the one Socialist
candidate ran far behind others on the
ticket There are thirty-fve Demo
Gratis In the Senate. making l27 votes
In joint caucus.
The House caucus will re-eiect John
w Williams. of Giles County. clerk
j. NJ. Johnston. Of Rockbridge. ser
gcant Mt arms: Colonel g. NJ. Newhouse.
of Culpeper. doorkeepcr, and w E.
keeper. Judge Martin Williams. who
retired from the contest for speaker
ship. Will probably continue as Dem
ocratic floor leader. Harry X. Hous-
ton, Of Hampton. Is candidate for
the caucus craftsmanship. In the event
OF the election of Mr.. Cox as Speaker.
Hanger Clerk of Senate.
In the Senate the officers hold over,
and the caucus will have only to rati-
~ the ad-interim appointment of O.
Y. Hanger as clerk in place OF Mar
shall Booker resigned.
The first formal session of the
houses will be on "Wednesday ut noon.
AS soon as organization has been eff
fected and formal messages exchanged.
IL committee will be named to walt on
the Governor. who Will transmit to
each House his first message. a docu-
ment which will be followed q day or
two later by special message bear
Ing on certain topics. The Governor
VIII also transmit to the Senate Il mum
Der of ad-intcrm appointments for
ratification. 1T Will take two or three
days for the committees to be named
and TO organize, SO that little or no
actual work can be accomplished un-
til next week. though nearly every
member who has arrived In Richmond
has brought with him sheaf OF bills
10 be introduced on the opening day
for reference.