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Show BEGIN WORK WITH CQNTESTJN HOUSE Two Speakers Chosen by Rival Factions Fac-tions at Opening Session of Utah Legislature. The Utah 'state legislature opened on .Monday, it being a day of turbulence turbu-lence in the lower house, two speakers speak-ers having been chosen. At the close of the opening day. the Democratic-Progressive-Socialist allies held the house chamber with Parley P. Christ-ensen. Christ-ensen. Progressive.- of Salt Lake, sworn in as speaker. The Republicans Republi-cans held one corner of the chamber with L. R. Anderson of Sanpete assuming as-suming the duties of speaker. Each side claims that its organization is the legal organization of the house. Quite in contrast to the stormy scenes in the house was the quiet behavior be-havior of the state senate. The senate sen-ate is composed of twelve Republicans, Republi-cans, five Democrats and one Progressive. Progres-sive. The Republicans, therefore, experienced ex-perienced no trouble in effecting their organization and electing their ofii-cers ofii-cers on a straight party vote. The Republicans elected V. Mont Ferry oi Salt Lake president of the senate, while the fusion forces gave a complimentary com-plimentary vote to James W. Funk, Democrat, of Cache county. The employees em-ployees of the senate, named by the Republican caucus on .Saturday, were all elected to office. After effecting their organization the senators waited wait-ed for. the house to organize. Then they gave -np and-adjourned until 1 o'clock Tuesday. Excluding two Republicans against whom- contests-'were filed, -the fusion-Ists fusion-Ists claimed the election of their speaker by a majority of those whom they claimed to be the qualified members mem-bers of the house. The Republicans claimed the election of their speaker by the vote of 26 of the 46 members of the house. With a better organization and a careful plan of action the allies captured cap-tured the temporary organization of the house, named a committee on credentials, cre-dentials, excluded two Republican members from voting pending a decision de-cision on the contests against them, and were well on the way to organize the house before the Republicans had discovered what was happening. Then fchev Republicans . bolted. Several hours later, after a conference with the governor, the Republicans returned re-turned to the house chamber, took the oath of office and participated in some of the proceedings. Then they again bolted, and in one corner of the chamber chose Mr. Anderson as speaker, then adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock Tuesday. Both factions of the lower house of the Utah legislature held sessions of the lower house at different times in the house chamber Tuesday afternoon. after-noon. The fusionists, acting on the assumption as-sumption that they were the house oi representatives, transacted some business and proceeded with the work in hand, naming committees and sending send-ing communications to the senate and the governor in a manner such as would be the case were it conceded that they did constitute a quorum of the house. The Republicans merely met in the house chamber, called the roll and ad-iourned. ad-iourned. The Republicans, however, stoutly maintained that L. R. Anderson, Ander-son, who acted as speaker of their session, had been regularly and legally legal-ly elected by the vote of the house. No cognizance was taken by the senate of either the fusionist house of representatives or the Republican house of representatives, with the re suit that about the only business transacted in the upper house was the reading of the minutes of the first jay's meeting. Eight new senators took the oath of' office when the senate met at noon on Monday. The new senators are: Joseph Jo-seph Chez, Democrat, of Weber; George H. Dern, Democrat, Salt Lake; Frank Evans, Progressive, Salt Lake; H. T. Reynolds, Democrat, Utah county; John wootton. Republican, Utah county; Orlando Bradley, Democrat, Demo-crat, Sanpete; William Seegmiller, Republican Re-publican Kane county, and Don B. Col-con, Col-con, Republican, from Uinta county. The following hold over senators took their seats: Willard S. Hansen, Republican, of Boxelder; James W. Funk, Democrat, of Cache; William Craig, Republican, of Weber; L. . Wight, Republican, of Summit, Charles Cottrell, Jr., Republican, Salt Lake; D. O. Rldeout, Republican, Salt Lake; W. Mont Ferry, Republican, Salt Lake; J. R. Edgheill, Republican, of Juab, and Joseph Eckersley, Republican, Re-publican, of Wayne. On the Republican side of the house ,he veteran members of the legislature include W. C. Horsley of Boxelder county, who has served two -sessions as state senator; C. R. Mabey of Davis county, serving his second term; Thomas Sevy of Garfield, who was ai nember of the first state legislature Wilford Day of Iron, in the house fV he third time: L. R. Andersan of ?f lete, Asa R. Hawlc-y of Sevier. M Warnick of Utah county, who J member of the Idaho legislnr years ago; J. L. Van -Waggoyr satch. J. .1. Barker r-f Web' An eoually imposing arf rans will lead the y.-ung I v, her side They include ham or Cache. William J hesne. F. B. Hammond Hcber J. Meeks of. Kal if Morgan. Byron D. N' David H. Morris of J |
