The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
GOVE RNOR PLEADS FUR PROGRESS IN
 HIS LAST MESSAGE
Judge Hugh Merrill of Annis- ton Elected Speaker House of Representives With
 Verner'S Support
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county man
 This time chance had not favored MT. Long at any time during the bat tie, although he expressed the opin- 1 ion tinle after time that he would be named on the first ballot Senti- ment was either for Long or against Long and t was this anti sentiment and ended his second effort for the speakershil,.
 DefaiIedVote
 On the first ballot the vote stood: Long 35. Merrill 31, Werner 29, Goode 4. Those voting for the various can didates were as follows:
 Long-Allen, Arlington, Blackwell. Boykin, Burton, Galloway, Cato, Coleman, DeLoney, Dunwoody, Fer rell. Gaines, Glass, Goodwyn, Guy, Hall, Hampton, Henley. Henson. Hornsby, LeMaistre. Love, Moorer. Mox1ey Norman, Parker, Pickens, Poole, Rutherford. Sanders (Cone- cuhl, Sanders (Pike) Sessions, Tun- stall and Williams-35.
 Merrill-AGcock, Ashcraft Gauder- dale) Burns, Byars. Culver, Cunning ham, Embry, Foreman, Glenn. Graves, Grove, Howard. Luck, Melton, Nickols, Patterson, Ringer, Roun- tree, Russell, St. John, Smith (Clay). Smith (Lee), Snodgrass, Stewart l (Calhoun), Thompson (Etowah), l Walker, Wall. Walton, Ware, Mrs. 1 Wilkins-31.
 verner-Adams, Ashcraft tFay- ette), Bealle, Lewis Bowen, l.. K. Bowen, Christian, Dickinson. Dowdle, :, Tanning, .Fite, Glover, Halter. Hodg-
 son, Howze, Hubbard Jeter. Jones, Letson, Mooneyham, Odom, Powell, Rives, Smith (Jefferson), Solie. l Stewart (Bibb). Thompson (Jackson), l Tiller, Tyson. yarner-29. Goode-Cook, Elliott, Kilpa 1 Young-4
 The ballot which resulted in the
 election of Judge Merrill, after MT. l Warner and MT. Goode had with
 drawn. follows:
 Final Ballot
 Merril-Adams, Adcock, Ashcraft l (Fayette), Ashcraft Lauderdale), Bealle, Lewis Rowan, L. K. Rowan.
 Boykin, Burns, Byars, Culver, Cum i ningham, Dickinson, Dowdle, Emhry, Tanning, Fite, Foreman, Glenn. Graves, Grove. Henley, Hodgson. l Howard Howze, Hubbard. Jeter, 1 Jones, Letson, Luck, Melton, Mooney | ham, Nichols, Odom, Patterson,
 Powell, Ringer, Rives, Roundtree. | Russell St. Johns. Smith (Clay), 1 Smith tJefferson), Smith Qee),
 Snodgrass. Thompson (Jackson)i Tiller, Tyson, Warner. Werner, Walk | CT, Wall, Walton, Ware, Mrs. Will l kins-59.
 Long Allen, Arlington. Blackwell. | Burton, Galloway Cato, Christian, | Coleman, Cooke, Deloney, Dunwoody, Elicit, Terrell, Gains, Glass. Glover, Goode Goodwin, Guy, Hall, Hampton, 1 Halter, Henson, Hornsby. Fitzpatrick, l Lee LeMaistre, Love, Moorer. Max | ley. Norman. Parker, Pickens Poole, Rutherford, Sanders. tConecuh), Sam ders (Pike), Sessions, Tunstall. Will l Hams, Young-41.
 I The contest for speaker was the only important one which reveloped as result of the beginning of the ! quadrennial at the legislature. All l other differences had been settled ln preliminary parleys
 Ellis Elected
 l In the senate, Senator J. B. Ellis | of Dallas, became president pro tenn pore without opposition and in ac- i cordance with the program J. E.. | Speight of Lockhart was elected sec retary Of the senate, Harrison Me- Cutcheon of Scottsboro, assistant sec retary, Mrs M. l.. Walker of MCnt- gomery, expressing clerk; Mrs. NJ. w. l.. Thompson of Montgomery, enroll | ing clerk; J. K. Jenkins of Montgom- cry, doorkeeper; Guy Watkins of Montgomery, assistant doorkeeper and Mrs. Hattie S. Ross of Montgom cry comparing clerk.
 ] J. H. stewart of Montgomery was elected clerk of the house without opposition; John Q. Adams ef Ozark was reelected assistant clerk, while Leon Jackson of Montgomery was reelected expressing clerk. J. r. | Hanks of Montgomery was named en- rolling clerk. T. J. Fain doorkeeper and l.. P. Banberg, assistant dc or keeper.
 Secretary Speight of the senate ap- 1 pointed J. F. Proctor of Scottsborc as reading clerk of the senate. Speak i CT Merrill will appoint the reading clerk of the house. In the senate l pages were elected as follows: John Brassell and John Fonville. Patter- son Solomon and Duncan Phar.n were elected messengers. Speaker Merrill will appoint the pages and messenger In the house.
 Both houses were called to order at 12 o'clock as required by the con , stitution. In the chair of the house was $. A. Lynne of Decatur, whe l served as speaker of the house in I 19201921, while Lieutenant Governor l Nathan l.. Miller presided over the l deliberations of the senate. Speaker Lynne surrendered the gavel tc 1 Speaker Merrill as soon as he had qualified, while Lieutenant Governor 1 Miller will preside in the senate un- 1 til Monday, when he will be. sue ceeded by Lieutenant Governor elect Charles s. McDowell of Barbour
 Adjourns for Caucus
 The two houses were in session only a few minutes. In line with 1 the agreement between candidates for ! speaker of the house, Speaker Lynne declared recess after the members had been sworn, and immediately l after the recess called caucus o1 the democratic members. Only one member of the house failed to repor, on the opening day. he being T. T | McGowen of Sumter, who was too il to come to Montgomery. Three re- publicans were not permitted to par l ticipate in the caucus. and this re- cuced the number from the full mem bership of 106 te 102.
 Speaker LyI, was selected as chairman of the caucus and Fred H 1 Gormley, retiring clerk of the house l was Scirttcu as setTetdTy, WHlle. J H. Stewart, new clerk of the house and John e. Adams, assistant clerk were named as tellers.
 1 In the senate caucus was hei, also for the disposition of the minor 1 contests regarding subordinate of I fices. This caucus remained in ses.
 sion only short time, and was pre-
 sided over by Lieutenant Governor Miller with Walter s. Miller, retiring secretary of the senate. as s 1 of the cancus.
 Merrill Takes Chair
 After the democratic caucus of ths house members, Judge Merrill wa.