The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-05
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as lieutenant governor; Wellington D.
Rankin, of Helena, succeeded S. C.
Ford of Helena as attorney general;
F. w. Walker, of Kalispell succeeds
H. L. Hart, of Hamilton, as state
treasurer; A. ]. Galen, of Helena, and
Frank B. Reynolds, of Billings, sue
ceeded John Hurley, of Glasgow, and
John A. Matthews, of Townsend as as
sociate justice, on the supreme bench;
Sam Ross, of Hamilton succeeds J.
E. Mccormick as a member of the
board of railroad commissioners and
public utility commission; Secretary
of State c. T. Stewart, State Super
intcndent Of Public instruction May
fTrumper, Associate Justice w. L.
Holloway and State Auditor George
P. Porter, were reelected to succeed
themselves.
/ Lieutenant Governor Story, called
the senate of the Seventeenth Assem-
bly, to order, and Secretary of State
[ Stewart the house. Of the 108 mem
Lcrs cf the house, 100 were present,
and of the Sd members of the senate,
all were present, except the senator
from Judith Basin county, who re-
signed a few days ago. The oath of
office was administered to 26 new SEN
atOrs by Chief Justice Theodore Bran
thy, and to the 105 members of the
house by Associate Justice William L.
J Holloway.
= Lieutenant Governor Nelson Story,
Jr., called the senate to order prompt
= ly at noon. Senator Connolly of Vel
lowstone presented the name of Sen
2 ator r. P. Heren of Custer for presi-
dent pro tenn and the list of the Re-
J, publican caucus nominees. Senator
j. Galloway nominatedS Senator Parker of
Jefferson on behalf Of the Democrats.
: Anderson of Richmand, who at first
a voted no, later voted for Heren. Nc
e Kay, who attended the Democratic
e caucus, declined to vote. Senator Gall
l. wey insisted he should be made to
Il vote, inasmuch as he attended the
= caucus. He was permitted, after he
II had explained there was two kinds
: of democracy represented in the senate
II ana he didn't know which kind would
lie be dominant, to refrain from voting.
IS Senator Herein and the Republican
n caucus nominees received 40 votes,
'r Parker 10 votes, absent 2, and excused
ID l.
. On motion Of Heren the chair was
u authorized to appoint committee on
committees, one on seating ano
another on employees. Kinney, Forest
~ and Leuthold were named on the first
- Haley Cone, and Greening on the sec
'e ond, and Booth, Kirton and Griffin OF
C. the third. Rules of the 18th. assembly
were adopted temporarily.
Members Of the house were unani
IS NOUS in their election of Fred L. Glib
son of Park county as speaker Dol
of B. King, Democrat Of Silver Bow wa
ed the only other aspirant.
ee The house was called to orde
RS promptly at noon by Secretary o
in State c. T. Stewart He called tn
n members to the bar of the house i
or threes to sign the oath of office afte
les which the oath was administered b
.er Associate Justice William NJ Hollc
IT. way of the supreme court.
NO c. C. Conser Of Plevna, Fallen cour
IN ty, nominated Mr. Gibson for speaker
err Percy F. Dodds, Kalispell, seconde
les the nomination. Mrs. Maggie \
of Hathaway of Ravalli nominated Do
B. King of Butte, of the same offic
,ur After the roll was called but befo1
zen the vote was counted Mr.. King moN
ed that Mr.. Gibson's election be III
nee animous.
NV Old Rules Adopted.
red Rules of the 18th. legislative SCI
be- sion were adopted pending repol
ne of the new rules committee. Speake
i'd Gibson asked al members to give hi
list of their choice for committC
appointments.
The committee to notify the sena'
was composed of English of De-
Al Lodge, Green of Dawson and Riggs
Jefferson and the committee to motif
ga the governor was composed of Dill
sat YOU, of Yellowstone, Daley, of Mi
of soula and Hathaway, of Ravalli. {
Isu- motion of Floor Leader Johnso
at Speaker Gibson was assigned a pa
the and a stenographer. The house a
men journed until 1890 o'clock.
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