The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-10
HON. N. B. PITT
ELECTED SPEAKER

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Harrison County Farmer and Repre-
II sentative Receives Necessary )
"a: Number ofvotes to Elect
STATE SENATORS in CAUCUS
w. n. Arney, Of Marshall County, ID
Chosen President. Pro Tem-Four
Ex-Governors in Des Moines
DES MONIES, Jan. 6:After a siren
uOus but good natured campaign the
caucus held Saturday forenoon select
j ed Hon. M. B. Pitt, of Harrison county,
to be speaker of the house. The other
candidates before the caucus were
Lee w. Elwood, Of Howard county;
/ +. E. Shortess, of Tama county, and
Lewis ]. Neff, of Pottawattamie coun-
ty. There were "a members eligible
to, vote and everyone was present. 1t
took forty-eight votes to elect and Mr..
Pitt received exactly that number, al
though he declares fifty.one, were
pledged to him. OF the remaining
votes Mr.. Elwood received %, Mr..
Shortess Is and Mr.. Neff 8. AS soon
as the vote was announced Mr.. Ell
wood moved that the result be con-
firmed by a unanimous vote and Mr..
Shortess seconded the motion, and it
was carried with whoop. Mr.. Pitt
was called upon and he responded in
good form, thanked the members
vy0k - nut hivS, a nd
thanked his opponents for the fair
ness they displayed even though op-
posed to his candidacy. Elwood,
Shortess and Neff in turn were called
upon and each promised support to
the new speaker and all hoped that
the work Of the session would reflect
honor upon the membership and be
credit to the state. A ballot followed
for speaker pro tenn and the choice
fell upon Arch w. McFarlane, of Black
Hawk county. w. c. Ramsey, of Bel
mond was chosen chief clerk by ac-
clamation. The other employees of
the house were chosen by a committee
composed Of representative from
each of the II districts.
The Caucus In Detail.
w. G. Ramsey, chief clerk, got the
signatures of the republicans to call
for caucus for Saturday forenoon.
BY the consent of the four. candidates
for speaker, Thomas E. Griffin, of
Woodbury.. was selected for chairman
OF. the caucus. Chief Clerk Ramsey
called the caucus TO order and nont-
mated Mr.. Gfihln for chairman and
there was no opposition to the pro-
gram. Charles "A. Hall, Of Taylor.
county, was nominated for secretary
and Wilson. of Wapello; Roberts, Of
Ringgold, and Jones, of Cerro Gordo,
were named as tellers. B. j, HOrchem,
of Dubuque, on behalf of the IA DEM.
ocrats in the house, stated that they
would be grateful for any crumbs that
fell from the republican table when 1t
came to the selection of clerks, door.
keepers, pages and the like
The New Speaker.
M. B. Pitt is serving his second term
in the house. He lives on farm nine
miles from Logan, Harrison county.
He served his county as treasurer
three terms. In his earlier years he
attended country school and after
wards took q course at the WOodbine
Normal school. He taught school sew
eral terms. He is 40 years of age, was
born in Iowa and his church affiliation
is with the Latter Day Saints. He is
an enthusiastic member Of the Tax
Payers League.
Senators In Caucus.
The members of senate held eau
Gus Saturday afternoon and passed
upon the clerical force chosen by a
committee previously agreed upon.
Senator Whitemore, of Ottumwa,
presided at the caucus and Senator
Evans, of Parkersburg, was secretary;
Thomas Waters, Jr., of Des Moines,
was again chosen clerk of the senate.
The subordinate positions in the SEN
ate will be filed in part as follows:
First assistant secretary, L. p. Holt,
of Osceola.
Second assistant secretary, L. e.
Stamn, of Des Moines.
Engrossing clerk, J. H. Maher, OF
Des Moines.
Enrolling clerk, Frank Glassner, of
Plymouth county.
Journal clerk, Miss Lois Elwood, Of
Fayette.
Assistant journal clerk, Miss Kitty
Wolf, OF Wayne county.
Bill clerk, 8. /. Fearless, of Story
county.
File clerk, G. W. Morris. Of Des
Moines.
Assistant bill and file clerk, Glenn
Steinhilber, of Clayton.
Postmistress, Mrs. Mayme Black, of
Muscatine.
Chief doorkeeper, J. H. Doty, Of Clay
county. tt't.
Sergeant at arms, T. 6. Stanley Of
Cedar Rapids. 4ftt
Hon. w. H. Arney, of Marshall
was chosen president pro TEN
of the senate. 2e-AStst st':'t il2G9z;t4
Four Ex.G .GoyeFnors in Des Moines
With. the announcement that Gov.
Clarke will assume the deanship of
law in Drake university brings to
mind the fact that Des Moines is the |
home of four former governors of |
Iowa. Frank D. Jackson, at the head |
of a profitable life insurance company;
Warren Garst, who holds the record Of |
brevity in the governors chair, having
occupied the position only six weeks,
succeeding to the high Office from the |
governors chair in the in
terim between Gov. Cummins' en-
tranee In the United States senate and |
Tho inaup,,ratjon 0f GOV B. r. Carroll |