Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-06
MARYLAND LAWMAKERS
ARE ON THEIR WAY
Senators and Delegates Coming for
Biennial Session.
SOME ARE ALREADY HERE.
All Hands win be. Here by Tonight
for The Usual Caucas-Ths State
nf Officials.


The advance guard of members of
the Senate and House, otfice-seekers,
hangers-on and Others re lched town
this morning, ready for the caucus to-
night and the converting Jf the Cen
sral Assembly for the 1914 session To-
moow at noon.
The local hotels and beading houses
are filling, and the proprietors o!
these places are preparing to reap the
biennial harvt ct, tina is second 0 n ly
to the increased business that comes
with the commencement week eXer-
cises at the Naval Academy. Prac-
tically all of the members from
Western Maryland and counties on
the Eastern Shore, will stay in the
city regularly while the Legislature
is in session, but it is not unlikely
that most of the members and Others
from Baltimore city and nearby
counties will leave town in the after
noon, because of the convenience of
the trolley cars, st lesst until the
General Assembly gets down to rush
business and holds night sessions.
Perhaps the earliest arrival in
the city was former Senator Wash
ington Wilkinson, of st. Mary's
county, who has served many terms
in the upper House.
This time Mr.. Wilkinson was elect
ed to the House of Delegates, and ir
is expected he will be made the mi
nority floor leader of that body.
Democratic leaders, members of
both branches of the Assembly and
others held a conference in Baltimore
last night, and Hess something un-
foreseen turns up, the following slate
of presiding officials and desk officers
for both houses will be put through
at the caucus to be held tonight
President of the Senate Jesse
ID. PriceS Of WicCmico county.
Secretary of the Senate-John r.
Sullivan, Of Anne Arundel county.
Reading Clerk of the Senate An
drew Shaab. of Howard county.
Journal Clerk of the Senate Joseph
NJ. George, of Queen Anne's county.
Speaker of the House James Nee.
Trippe, of Baltimore city.
Chief Clerk of the House Albert
J. Almony, of Montgomery county.
Reading Clerk Of the House
Humphrey D. Wolfe. Of Howard
county.
Journal Clerk Of the House--1 homas
j. Murray, of Cecil county
Senator Lewis NJ. Milbourne, of
Somerset county, announced his can
didacy for President Of the Senate
late last night. but when his state
ent came it was too late apparently
to make any change in the lineup
for Senator Price.
The latter SCENE d to have sll the
Eastern Shore behind him, except
Senator Milbourne himself and Sena-
tor Harper, of Queen Anne's: all of
the four Baltimore city Senators.
and Watkins, of Anne Arundel: Ham
mond, of Howard, and Benson, of
Baltimore county. There was some
uncertainty about the position of
Senator Holmead, of Prince Georges.
Of rather more interest than the
Milbourne candidacy against Price
was the effort of Robert G. Hilton.
chairman of the State Central Com
mittee for Montgomery county, and
one of the Lee managers, t. defeat
Almony for chief clerk of the House.
Until recently il was thought that
Almony, who has been identified
with the Peter brothers in the coun-
ty opposition to Lee, would be ac-
cepted by the Lee people.
They decided, however, to put
DR.. John H. Gardner, of Monteon-
cry forward as a candidate against
Almony and made fight last night
for him. Almony's friends in the
State and city organization stood
firmly, however, and il appears that
he will win without difficulty. IL is
likely the Lee men will not offer
Gsrdner's name before the caucus.
The tentative selection of Shaab
for reading clerk of the Senate was
hard blow to the friends of Michael
II. Fahey. Of Hartford. Fahev held
the position at the last session and
has been identified with the Lepisls-
ture from time immemerial. he was
unable to get the Endorsement of
Senator Archer, of Hartford, this
time. and he also was opposed by the
Baltimore city people. Shaabs prse-
ticsl selection for the place caused
some little feeling among a number
of county leaders, who objected to
Howard county getting both reading
clerks.
The conference in Baltimore was
unusually harmonious. Among the
Anne Arundel county people attend
ing il were Messrs. John N. Davis.
DR.. George Wells. former State SEN
ator Joseph Fl. Bells, John r. SuIli-
van, Senator-eIect Benjamin Wat
kins, Jr., Delegate-elect frank M.
Duvall and number Of others.
To be Married.
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