The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-06
Legislature of 1915 Is Or
gained at Senate and
House Caucuses.
DAVIS ELECTION
WAS UNANIMOUS
ElFrdee Was Opposed BY
Lake, But Latter Receiv-
ed Only IA Votes.
fBy oscar II Johnson }


1aliahassee, Florida, April s. -
+ With G. r Davis Of Madison. as
4 presioept "a the senate. and Carey A.
t&ardee - Live Oak. as speaker 90 the
f house, the 1915 legislature win con-
Nene IN regular session tomorrow Ca
rcy a Hardee 81 SuWanee county was
named speaker II the house over For
est Lake. % Seminole eouaty. an eau.
Gus tonight by vote Of % % IA. e.
p Davis OF Madison was elected presi-
dent Of the senate BY a unanimous
vote.
Tho house caucus was organized az
O'Clock tonight Roht FL Anderson.
( ~ Pensacola. placed the name 81 5. c.
Harrison 81 Duvai in nomination For
temporary chairman w e. Martin Of
Hllshorouah. after being placed IN
nomination by G. H. wilder on Plant
City. was elected to TIE chair IN a
vote % Sc 20 20 The organization
was then made permanent and the
election of a speaker. speaker protein
and attaches ~ the house taken up.
AaWe q NsEey =. 11aEaef was piacna
~ nomination ~ EIils "a Davis "a
Jackson. seconded ~ Thso. Turnh0n
~ Jefferson Forest Lake was nonlt-
mated b. II l. Bussey ~ Palm Beach,
seconded by Arthur Gomez. Of Key
West The vote resulted in the cleo
\ ton az Hardee ~ vote 90 50 10 IA.
SENATORIAL CAUCUS.
f The senatorial caucus was called %
oraer also AZ eight O'Clock and Hon.
Charles n Davis q Madison. senator
from the Tenth District vas unanim-
ousiy elected president az the senate
Tor the 1915 session. Tho election Of
4 president and attaches consumed bur
seventeen minutes. probably the short
est caucus in the history o. the state
81 florida
g. A. Finley. secretary AZ senate
called RON ~ members promptly AZ \
O'Clock and an were present except
Senator Conrad of twenty eighth. Fo-
grty ~ twenty fourth and RodGen-
berry 90 the fifth senator Johnson ~
the seventeenth district nominated
senator A. = Adl<in Of the fifteents
Tor chairman - the caucus. Senator
James p Caikins 81 tie sixteenth
District nominated Senator Charles n
Davis ~ the Tenth as pres dent and ths
vote was unanimous Senator. Flne,
0g iillshOruuEh nominated j r. Calk.
ms ~ the sixteenth District as speak.
er protein and his election was unani.
nous Senator III. j nrane Of ths
seventh District nominated c. A. Pin.
ley 90 succeed himself a. secretary 3,
the senate and he was elected BY ac-
clamation. Senator Wells ar Leon coun.
~ moved that the ATTACHES be elect
I'd by reclamation and uron the pas.
sage ~ this motion the following lis,
was placed ~ nomination BY AIR
Wells
THE ATTACHES.
Assistant secretary. II M. Newman
IL Twenty-fIfth District: DIN secretary
u ~ sutton q Seventh Dfafrirt: Read
ing secretary. j. A. nedinFflela 81
hillsborough county. assistant readlnS
secretary Rainey Martin of Ninth Dis
trict; journal secretary. r. s HoIisy o,
sanford; assistant journal secretary
r. J. Davis. ~ the Twenty seventh Dis
trict serEenut-at-arms. J. n Adafr
Third District. enrolling clerk. A r
Lester, Seventeenth District: enRross
ting clerk f4e0ta coukiin. Twenty -thir,
District, recording secretary. Mrs.
i. Young II Leon messenger. C y
Eim ~ 81 Augustine. ianitor " r
Lewis ~ the First District aoorkeepey
, Nat Roddenherry - Wauiuua county
, chaplain J. - Adeock. pages Dos az
, Adkins ~ Stafxe. Cnffofd Bitch =
Montbrook and Harold Turner 81 MA
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