Show fREPUBLIGIN > = = SLATEFIXED George M Cannon Decided Upon as President of the Senate PRESLEY DENNY SPEAKER Election of United States Sena i tors Not Discussed Bolitlio Retires to Get n Scrler County Man a Jol > Iiilllc R Par dec For Secretary William Thompson of Yeller Chief Cleric i of the House Jalie GroenYraltt Gets Left Once aiore Full LIlt of the Clerksl ip < Democratic Morn l > crs Hold an Informal Caucus A Battle Royal Between Brown and Dennett Tlie Two Cannons Gossip Gos-sip at the Hoadaaartcr There were so many other matters to engage the attention of politicians and legislators yesterday that the senatorial sen-atorial controversy was practically dropped for the day and interest In matters practically centered in the Republican caucus to decide upon the organization of the legislature and the Democratic caucus in the evening to settle the question as to the c6urse Democratic members should take in voting for candidates for the United States Senate and on other legislative matters effecting the interests of tEe party The Republicans succeeded in making the selections for whom they will votev when the session convenes but owing to the fact that the Utah county delegation had not reached the city the Democrats did not arrive at any definite conclusion and postponed their caucus until all could be present pres-ent REPUBLICANS CAUCUS The caucus of Republicans was called for 1030 yesterday morning but there was so milch celebrating over the good news that the president had signed the statehood proclamation at the time that the members did not all get together and it became necessary to postpone the meeting until 2 oclock At that hour the party members of both houses came together at the joint building in senarate caucuses THE HOUSE CAUCUS Presley Denny of Beaver wis chosen chairman of the meeting of the house members and H M Cushing of Salt Lake secretary When nominations nomina-tions were made Mr Denny was found to have a majority of the votes for the speakershiD on the first ballot E B Critchiow of Salt Lake James M Bolitho of Sevier and A Caziar of Juab were among the others placed in nomination Mr Bolitho withdrew from the contest in order to allow the office of sergeantatarms to go to his county and the vote for Caziar and Critchiow was about evenly divided The house members had hoped that the senate would meet in joint caucus with them to aisroortion the minor offices of-fices of the two houses in a way to be as fairly represented geographically possible and desoatched a committee composed of Bolitho of Sevier and Snedaker of Salt Lake to wait on the senate caucus to learn the members views The latter were disinclined to enter into the proposition and accordingly accord-ingly each body proceeded to select its own candidates Those chosen toy tha house caucus were Speaker Presley Denny Beaver chief clerk William Thompson Weber minute cleric A W Stayner Salt Lake engrossing clerk Wooley Tooele docket clerk Louis Hyams Salt Lake = committee clerks Henrietta Clark Salt Lake L S Johnson Salt Lake sergeantatarms W H Clark Sevier doorkeeper S F Atkins Washington janitor T R G Welch Morgan messengers J W Fox San pete Terne Weber SENATE CAUCUS The senate members conducted their caucus very expeditiously and with very little preliminary discussion selected se-lected the following candidates to be supported for election President George M Cannon Salt Lake secretary Lillie R Pardee Salt Lake minute clerk James Clove Provo enrolling clnrk F J Hender shot Ogden engrossing clerk O E Cary Provo sergeantatarms Abner Crane Sanpete Watchman and doorkeeper door-keeper Peter Thygersen messenger James Cameron Garfield counry watchman W F St John Ogden committee clerks M L Ritchie Emma L Maddison page M L Perry DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS The caucus of Democratic members called for 8 oclock last evening at Democratic headauarters in the Hooper Hoop-er building as stated was postponed to a future date Twelve members were present however who without organizing consulted upon the subjects sub-jects to be considered when the caucus is held After the situation had been canvassed it airoeared to be the opinion opin-ion of all the gentlemen Present that the Democratic members should stand together and vote for the Democratic candidates IP < lFie organization for the United States Senate and on all matters affecting the Interest of the party during the session It is the intention to select nernmnent caucus officers to serve throughout the session when a caucus to conserve party interests by concerted action becomes necessary SENATORIAL AFFAIRS Little or nothing new developed In the senatorial situation yesterday The managers of candidates and their boomers of course kept up a steady hammering away at the legislators whenever opportunity afforded but the day passed without any material cbamse in the strength the various candidates HOW IT IS VIEWED The situation as viewed by u politician politi-cian credited with considerable astuteness astute-ness is as follows sJlffi For the one place the confess lies between George Q Cannon and his son Fiank JL with the chances much ia I favor of Camion pare while John Henry Hen-ry Smith Is being very promlneinitay mentioned as a possibility For the other place I this prophet pronounced Arthur Brown and Judge Bennett unquestionably in the lead with the former claiming the north the latter tine south and Salt Lake about evenly divided In the event of a deadlock between these two and a break to another candidate chances are about evenly divided between Colonel Trumbo Judge Goodwin C S 301 and O J Salisbury This prognostication prognosti-cation Is believed to be by other con servatlve politicians very much dt variance va-riance with the real eltuation as regards re-gards Jute Goodwhn who is l barely consMer a possibility by them As concerns the other tfliree tfhey arc all conceeded io tys in the race with Colp net Trumbo aad GrSVarlan the most logical candidates toward whom a stamped might be made in the event of a break Whether or mot the con teist will thus culminate time alone will telL FARNSWORTH NOT A CANDIDATE The rumor concerning P T FarnsWorth Farns-Worth which was given so much attention atten-tion by politicians day before yesterday yester-day proves to have been without foundation Mr Farnsworth stated yesterday that he is not a candidate that the statement was not authorized i and that he does not want the office FRANK J COMING Ben Rich Frank J Cannons manager I man-ager received a telegram from his principal last evening stating that he will arrive In Salt Lake on Wednesday Wednes-day BOLITHO A PRODIGY James M Bolitho Sevier countys Republican representative in the lower house is a prodigy At onetime one-time yesterday the speakershlp was I conceeded to him Presley Denny from Beaver was his only formidable rival for a seat In the chair and Mr Bolitho relinquished his claim in order to Install Hon William H Clark another an-other Sevier man in the office of ser jeantatarms The southern people knew they could not successfully lay claim to both honors and Mr Bolitho humbly sacrificed his own ambitions to the advancement or Mr Clark who had campaigned for him last fall Inconsequence In-consequence Mr Bollthos friends are I disappointed and they are legion |