Show HOUSE CAUCUS t I Republican Members Discuss Dicus Plans ot Organization I II I PRIM ASMANN GI C t SCHEME TO ARRANGE COMMIT COMMITTEES TEES nr IN N CAUCUS S A number of Republican members of the legislature gathered Informally and quite by accident 0 in Benner X X Smiths office yesterday afternoon to th discuss matters connected with the ap approaching approaching approaching session It was wu given out that nobody had been Invited Those who came merely drifted in because they the had nowhere else to go got Those who drifted were William Imam ImamI t Glasmann and Arch McFarland of We Weber re reber I ber ph Homer and Don G Johnson I of Utah Representative Kelley of Mil OUI Millard lard John T P Axton Nephi Morris Wilham Wil William 11 lIard Ham liam MacMillan O 0 H lL Hewlett Arch Archibald ArchIbald ArchIbald Stewart Of course Mr Smith was there It is was as decided that it would be well to have a caucus on house organization next Saturday night at 8 In the rooms occupied by the county count commis commissioners in the joint building At this time the officers from speaker to page will vill be The order of business to be observed in this caucus was as also talked over The general opinion seemed to be that It would be best first to decide what I apportionment of offices among the va various vanous rious counties would be best It was thought that Salt Lake Weber Welter and Utah as the counties having the larg largest largest largest est representation on the Republican side should be awarded the bulk of the patronage S The order of election which will probably probably ably abl be agree on Is Speaker Speak r chief clerk chaplain min minute minute mm ute clerk docket clerk doorkeeper watchman and messenger If It the cau caucus cus us thinks best to add one or more of officers officers Seers to the list named in order to give ghe some additional patronage to an out outside outside outside side county those officers will be se selected selected selected in the order of their importance Cannot Trust Glasmann One thing that come up at the caucus and that Is being discussed u wherever two or 01 three legislators are gathered together Is the question of at flipping dipping the wings of the Honorable William Glasmann of Weber It seems quite luite certain now that William will ill be speaker As speaker according to precedent he has the ap appointing appointing appointing pointing of all committees Now a plan is on foot to settle at least the toe chairmanships of the commit committees committees commIttees tees In caucus It is only fair air to Glas Gins Glasmann Glasmann mann to say that this proposition is 18 being agitated by men who are un unfriendly unfriendly unfriendly friendly to his campaign These men fear that if it made speaker William will vill appoint people who are his personal friends regardless of their fitness s for forthe forthe forthe the places for which he names Whether enough votes otes can be to take the appointing power away from him is a question that must mu t tet yet et be settled S Yesterdays caucus or informal gathering gath was short on talk about the Those present avoided avold U Uthe the subject other than that a majority expressed a wish and a willingness to togo togo togo go into a caucus and settle the fhe tight fight at the first opportunity S |