Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-05
JACKSON CHOSEN
TO BE SPEAKER BY
DEMOS IN CAUCUS
Nuck6lls County Member Elected to
Lead Lower Body on Fourth
Ballot in Session Of His
Party Members.
POTTS rs NAMED FOR CLERK
First Ballot on This Position Results
in Choice. with Horace M.
n Davis First Assistant.
EEw RULES 10 GOVERN HOUSE
(FrOm a staff Correspondent.l }

NfrOm starr CorrespOnoent.l
LINCOLN, Jan. A-A(special Telegram.)-l
George jackson. implement dealer OF Mel
son. was selected for speaker OF the house
Of representatives tonight by the demo
cratic caucus on the fourth ballot. George
W. Potts was selected for chief clerk an
Horace Nj. Davis of Ord. first assistant
clerk
Henry c. Richmond Of Omaha was
strongest on the third ballot. when he
polled thirteen votes, having received
eleven votes on the two preceding ballots.
Landslide on Fourth Ballot.
On the fourth ballot the landslide to
Jackson resulted and before the vote was
counted a motion to make the selection
unanimous was made and passed
Sixty democrats constitute the house
roll who made the choice Of officers for
the session.
q. w. Potts, was elected chief clerk on
the first ballot and Horace n. Davis was
elected first assistant ON the first ballot.
George w. Potts is from Pawnee
county. EIe rs a grain dealer and was a
leading member Of the thirty-third ses-
sion Of the legislature two years ago.
The State Board OF Agriculture was said
during the afternoon. to be trying TO con-
troI .he organization Of the house by
creating sentiment for jackson for
speaker and Potts for chief clerk. both Of
whom are connected with the state fair in
ar official capacity. II was also said
that the same organization, or at least
members Of that organization, we're .tiy-
ing to land other places in the legisia-
tire, -
DouRIRs for Tanner.
Mayor James Dahiman of Omaha, ac-
eompanied by. Thomas Flynn. Thomas
o'Connor. Charles e. Tanning, B. ]. Nc
ArdIe, George Clark, Harry Flehsrty,
James Mcdonald and C. F. Bosste. ar
rived in town this evening to boost for
the election OF DOC" Tanner for secre-
tary OF the scpGte and John Bennett for
assistant sergcant-at-arns.
Mr.. Bosste was here principally for a
conference with Food Commissioner Har-
man.
New Rules to Govern.
New rules win govern the legislature at
the corning session. according to action
taken by The drnlocratic caucus called this
afternoon az the LindeIi hotel 70 iistet TO
the sepsrt ef ths Legislative ooinTaittee.
No republican members we're invited to
participate IN the meeting. so Il is sup
posed they have no interest in the manner
in which the sese,on viii be run.
The report Of the committee was adopted
without much change from the published
report w. J. Taylor OF Custer was chair
man and Dafoe Of Johnson, secretary.
Wisconsin, system.
The wisconsin system was adopted,
wherein bills introduced will have the old
matter to be stricken out printed in cam
eeIled letters and the new matter in
italics, while the bills will be letter-head
size.
Engrossed and enrolled bills will be
typeWritten and the minutes Of the preyi'
Gus day will be printed and leid on the
table each morning and then sufficient
copies printed 70 be bound into the house
journal az the close Of the session.
Fax Time of Sessions.
Sessions OF the house will be from in
tho morning until u and from $50 in the
afternoon until 3, when the committees
viii meet and work until s. Employees
were cut down from seventy-one to thirty
one and the mail carriers and postmasters
ellminated In place of these sub-sta-
ton or the postoItice VIII pe estaonsneu
during the session. There will be fewer
committees and fewer members to each
committee.
One Motion Tabled.
Reischicks of Richardson attempted tc
get a resolution adopted declaring that nc
member of the. committee on finance
ways snd means should come from a
county where there was a state institu-
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