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Show LEGISLATURES IN SESSION. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 9 The Csllfornla legislature will proceed to elect a sue-cessor sue-cessor to Thomas R Hard In the I'ntted BtateS Senate There are several proml-ni proml-ni nt candidates for the honor, and poll-1 poll-1 1. Inns acknowledge tonight that the sit-l.atlou sit-l.atlou Is so badly tangled that predictions predic-tions would be simply guesses It was claimed toda that onb slxty-on" of the 120 votes had been pledged, nnd that the balanoo were unknown quantities. Senator Sena-tor Bard Is candidate to succeed hlm-s. hlm-s. If, and his supporters claim over thirty otefi Frunk Flint of southern CallfOT nlfl makes a similar claim. The other active ac-tive candidates are Arthur Flsk. postmaster postmas-ter of San Frnndseo. George A Knight. Abraham Ruer and Henry Oxnard. The n, eltlofl Of ' S. Grant Jr . ss a candidate candi-date is regarded as uncertain. He ,le-clared ,le-clared today that he would not ent- r the rnce. but his friends may present his name, nevertheless. CHEYENNE Wvv. Jan. P. At a Joint caueuv of the Republican members of both House nnd Senate Clarence M. Clark was unanimously chosen to receive the Republican nomination for tIM Lljlted BkB-tes Efrnate to succeed nlmseif. As the LegSeloture is bverwhslmingly Republican Republi-can the caUOUfl nomination Is '.he 0Ulva- nt of an election. There WSS tin othor name e en suggested In opposition 10 e'cit-ator e'cit-ator Clark's candidacy. ODYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. I The. ninth Legislature of Washington convened nt 1 o. .n 1. ..law The House organized with the election of Joseph (J. Msgler Of Wahkiakum Wah-kiakum county Speaker, Storey Buck of Spokane chief Clerk In the Senate George Baker of Klickitat Klicki-tat was elected president pro tern.. Lieut -Gov Charlos E. Coon Is presiding officer. J, Will Lons of Port Townsend chief cierk' SALEM. Or . Jan 9. Both Houses of the Legislature met today. In the Houe B C Miles of Yamhill county wa-s mado temporary 8peaker. In tho Senate Qaorge C. Brownell of Clnckamaj county was elected temporary chairman. HKbENA, Mont.. Jan 9 Roth house of the 1 ealda'iire tomorrow will ballot for a I nltod States Senator lo succeed Paris Gibson. Junior Senator from Montana, and Wednesday the lotnt assembly will voto. Tho Republicans "h'lvo a majority of two In tho House and six In tie- ?nate. and the general belief I that lonner United States Senator liiomos H. ear-tor ear-tor will bo clc.ted. SALEM Jan. B. Organisation of the State I tcMal'ure which convened today. Is deadlocked dead-locked owing to the Inability of tho sup-p sup-p .rtors of It William Kukond.ill ..f l.nne and E. V Carter of Jackson, both Republicans, Republi-cans, to ogreo upon a canilklato for tho Presidency Pres-idency of 1 ho Swnat. |