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Show THE LEGISLATUEEJ FORMAL ORGANIZATION AND ELECTION ELEC-TION OF OFFICERS. Characteristic Scenes in the Opening; Dajr of the General Assembly Itiol dents In the Labblea -The Leaders on the ui Vive. All day preparations have been In program for the formal christiuing of the Thirtieth General assembly which promises to bo the most eventful in the history of this pres. perous territory. The officers dosiguated by King Caucus at Its meeting ou Saturds-y afternoon have been busy kneadlnff their parliamentary plumage; the members, aiatiy of whom have scon each other for the first time iu their pnliticol lives have busied themselves in the out of "getting ae. attained;'' the irrepressible lobbiest hai been combing out his measures; party leaders have beeu blazing the wny and repairing the feucos to future preferment; prefer-ment; lawinak-Ts have been trimming tho sails of pet measures and the man with aa ax to grind has been industriously oulti. voting the grindstones. Prominent among tho vlaltora at noon were Colouel Frank H. Dyer and Judder Norrell who have taken active parts In, bringing the "strangers" together at ilia shrine of democratic fellowship. It is sit.d of them that in connection with Hon. JoLu W. Judd they will constitute the angu-t triangle of the advisory board and that upon all Issues pertaining to the "irrepressiblw conflict" or to statehood their wisdom ia KL be consulted. Among the more prominent measures- on the calendar is that of the city charter bill I which ha bean agitated for somo time, and J by which efforts will be made to securesonie uniformity In the elections, the adoption at the Australian ballot system, and the appro, priatiou for the World s fair. The measures are all uuder discussion tu the lobby anl will be among the first to assert themselves. The governor's message, which wtU make, its appearance to" j i- w, Is looked forward' to with a grea. ) Merest, aud specu-lations specu-lations as detU . '"' - only the needs of thU territory "in its present era ct development but as indicating pretty aocur-ately aocur-ately the character of the relations betweeu the assembly and the executive depart-ment. depart-ment. Shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon the members began to assemble and dotka that had been altered the mcmbcas of the two bodies began to till up. Organization of the House. It was 8 o'clock when B, 4 Campbell, chief clerk of the former hoae read the certified cer-tified returns of the secretary of the territory and accepting that as prima facie erideni o of election, roll was called to which all answered an-swered with the exception of Representativo Pike of the Eleventh and Representative Olson Ol-son of the Fourteenth district. Secretary Sells then administered the oath and the deliberations of the house of representatives repre-sentatives of the Thirtieth general assembly "were begun. Representative Pike making his appear, ancc at this juncture received an ovation. MorlU moved to proceed to permanent organization. Carried. Mr. Pierce presented the name of Hon. E. P. F'rry from the liberal aldo and from the democratic side came tho name of W. U. Seemlller for speake. The vote resulted as follows: I Fern- , 7 8aegTn(ller....k.' k u James M. KlmbatUt - . 1 Total The election of Mr. Scegmiller was duly anuonnced and Mr. Seegmiller, mounting the rostrum, began his inbors. For chief clerk the name of Clarence W. Hall was presented by the liberal side aud J. R. Letcher from the democratic. The vote resulted as follows: Letcher 14; Hall S. Mr. Letcher was declared elected. For minute clerk tho name of D. C. l)uu-bar l)uu-bar of Salt Lake was presented . Representative Coltou made objection upon the ground that there was no such office. Tho objection being well taken the elec. tion of a minute clerk was left open. For sergeant-at-arms the names of Jako (Jreenwald and N. W. t rookston were presented. pre-sented. The vote resulted in the election of Mr. Crookston, For enrolling and engrossing clerk the names of Kenner Borman and John Boydeu were placed iu nomination. Mr. Boydec was elected w ith the "slate" majority. For watchman the names of Joseph W, Judd and Hery W. Nichols, jr., were pre. sented. Judd was continued on the "slate" vote. For mesionger the names of Nathau 0. Kimball and John M. Hanson, Hanson polled tho democratic majority aud was de-, clared elected. For chaplain the namea of John Henry Smith of Salt Lake aud David Mathersouwera presented, the former from the liberal side, and the latter from the democratic, Th history of the slate was repeated aud Mr. Matherson declared elected chaplain. This completed the organltation and th oath was administered by Secretary Sells. The assignment of seats was then pro cecded with by lot, raembors having served one or more terms In the house being permitted per-mitted to express their own preference, i Organization of the l onto i I. At four minutes past, 2 o'clock lion. Fra J. Cannon of Ogden, clerk of the lust houl Of representatives, called the council to ol dcr and read the list of mernbets to thl body from the list certified to by the HoUj Elijah Sells, secretary of tho territory. Th roll was then called, and all the counolllori answered to their names. Hon. K. 0. Lund of St. George moved that a committee of two bo appointed to wail upon Secretary Sella and inform him that the council was in session and its members mem-bers ready to tako the oath o office and be sworn in. Measrs Lund and Baskin were appointed on suck committee. Secretary Sells having arrived, the oath of office was then administered to the members they forming themselves in a semi-oircle iu front of the speaker's desk. Each of them swore to uphold the constitution and tho laws of the United States, and that they were not polygamists, end promised to obey the revised statutes of the United State ia reference to polygamy aud cohabitation. On motion of Councillor Menerllhj the council proceeded to a permanent organlia tton. Councillor Evans of Ogden, placed in nomination of Wm. B, King of Froro as president of the counciL Tho nominatea , u seconded by B. C. Lund of St. Gaorgc. , Councilor Monu in behalf of the liberal mcmbufB presented the name of Judga Bas-! Bas-! kin for president. Thl unninatloo was ! seconded by Hou. James Gteudenntng of -i Salt Lake. The vote resulted in seven ballots for King and three for Judge Baskin. Ou motion of Councillor Morau the nomination was made unanimous, and Couuclllors Morau aud Baaklu were ap. poluted a committee to cuort Mr. King to ike chair. The newly elected president, Tn a few brief remarks, thanked the members for the honor conferred upon him. On motion of Councilor Kvans the chair was authorized to designate the further order or-der of Iiusinees. The chair announced that I the election of a chief clerk was next in or- I der. According to the caucus programme J. W. i McVutt of Ogden was placed in nomination ! by the democratic majority and elected by a j strict party vote. For engru - s iug and enrolling cieik George i Hauerkauip of Vrovo was elei ted. The other hi itions were tilled a follows: 1. M. Hinckley jr., of Miller county, sear-gant-et-arma. John Montgomery of Salt Lake, messenger. messen-ger. George R. Chase of f!ox Elder co-.mty, Watchman. C. C Bhaw of Cache county, chaplain. The "tltanrtusrt" Kick. The Ogden SUatdwi Is kicking. It says tha'. the Mtrtld went Into the democratic caucus "with the evident intention of 'bogging' 'bog-ging' everything in sight 1 and growls on account of the mauuer in which A. A. Ken-car, Ken-car, an aspirant for the chief clerkship of the bouse, was shoved lo the rear to make a piece for J. R. Letcher, who i, a rnmpara tiv stranger and an employe of the ntrtlc dslailcd to report the proceedings for its columns. J The SimttjOrd closes its editorial on the subject as follows: "Hit (Kenner'a) defeat emboldened the democratic organ, and it ktpt on until it secured sinecures fur three of its employes and favorites. Verily there U significance in the decision that 'lo the ! Tietors helone tho spoils;' and the Herald henceforth will point wltti pride to the pee. session of tho latter as proof that it was obief among the former. One hope there is, Jt will only require a modicum more of self, glorification to swell the concern's bead to the joint of bunting." nposol to Half Wjiv iMeosnres. M-iii. K. P, Kerry is at the Continental, having just returned from a trip to the Pa otto coast. He said today that ho had not read 'ha bill introduced in congress by Senator Sen-ator i.'aulkr.er aud Delegate Caine, but intended in-tended to do o during the day. "I do not believe I", taking two bites at a Sherry," slid Mr. Ferry, "and therefore I oppose tiie proposition. Utah must either be a state or remain In Its present condition. No half way measures are desirable. Until ready for statehood the present method is the best." The Utah Commission. Hon. Alvin Saunders, of the Utah Commission, Com-mission, arrived today. His presence here, with that of Colonel Godfrey nud General McOmrnand, constitutes a quorum of the board, It will hold no scsr.lon until tomorrow, tomor-row, however. Colonel Robertson has not arrived, and may not he In attendance for a week or teu days. Judge Williams writes that ho has been suffering from an attack of the grip, but expects to be able to attend the session In the course o; a few days. Speaker anil Treacher. The speaker selected, by the democratic caucus to preside over tho house of rcprc. sentatives, W. H. Seegmiller, preached a sermon at the tabernacle yesterday. The drift of his argument was that Joseph Smith was a prophet inspired by God, and that there were still men connected with the mormon church who were capable of receiving re-ceiving revelations from God. Editor I'ouroso Doesn't Like Jt, In conversation this morning with ac qualntanosi opposed to him In political and religious belief, Charios W. Penrose, editor of tho Iknttrt AVirn, announced himself as an opponent of the Catne-Faulkner bill, giving as reason therefore that it would delay the sdm'ssiou of Utah into the Union. |