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Show If LEGISLATURE IS i NOW IN SESSION SPLIT IN REPUBLICAN FORCES CAUSES THE POWER OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO NAME COMMITTEES TO OE PLACED IN HANDS OF A CO MITTEE ON COMMITTEES-GAVEL COMMITTEES-GAVEL OF WEBER CANYON WOOD IS PRESENTED BY MRS. H KING. . I I I ' The tenth legislative assembly of H-j Utah convened In Salt Lake City at I noon today. Aside from taking the oath of office and perfecting the or- ! ganl7Jttion, but little work was done H I at the first session. At noon toinor- Bm row Governor William Spry will dellv- er his biennial message. The most Important event of th-day th-day was the speakership right as a result oi which there spill in B the Republican forces ending in the HB defeated faction of the party joining K with the Democrats In nail ing a coni- B mitte on committees, which deprives H the speaker of the power to name any HB of the committees of the house. B Knoch Kennion named Wm J. See HB ly, Republican, of Castle Dale and V Samuel P:ifce of Piute named M. H. mtm Welling of Box Elder. The ballot re WKA suited. Seely, SO; Welling. 14 The hniRe was called to order by HB T. L. Hollman. assistant secretary of HB state who read the list of members eiecr. tjisnop Daniel MCKae onered Chief Clerk Wm M Thompson then H railed the roll Mrs Read of Salt BH Lake as the only representative nb- BE sent, her absence being due to sick BB ness nHi Justice Straup administered the HB oath of office After the officers were IH selected the official oath of office was NB administered bv the justice. MB The PucceFsful candidates for posl tlons were the selections of the Rc publican caucus Saturday nlht. The complimentary votes of the iM.-mocratN were given to those named by the party leaders. C. J. Smltli moved that a commit tee on committees be named to be composed of five members, with now er to name all committees This motion mo-tion was carried and C, R Mabey, S L. Page. John W Wilcox, W Day. W J Seely, w. I,. Van U'aponer. C. G. Bamberger and Enoch Hennion were placed in nomination Tho successlttl nominees wero .Mabey. Rep Page, Pern., Wcllinr Dem.. Day. Rep , and Van Wagoner. Rep., were elected. Wilcox of Weber falling to obtain a vote Mrs. H Klnc presented Speaker Seely with a gavel made of wood from Weber canyon. 1 he rules of the Inst house were , adonted I In selecting seats the ladies were j given first choice, the old members j second choice and the newly elected were left to draw lots Cordon, McKae and Anderson were named a committee of three to wait on the governor and Henry Bennlon and Page a committee to notify the senate that the house was ready to proceed to business. The similar sen-ato sen-ato committee was composed of Booth, Lunt and Olsen The senate committee to visit the governor In eluded Ferry, Kelly and Frank |