Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1917 — INDIANA LEGISLATURE HAS CONVENED [ARTICLE]

INDIANA LEGISLATURE HAS CONVENED

Leaders For Both J Branches Have Been Named By Republicans and Democrats. • / The Seventieth General Assembly convened at 10:00 o’clock this Thursday morning. There are one hundred members of the lower house and sixty-five of these are republicans. In the caucus held at the Hotel Severin Wednesday night, the/ republicans selected without contest the following leaders: For Speaker, Representative Jesse E. Eschbach, of Warsaw. For Chief Clerk, Don P. Strode, of Kokomo. For Assistant Clerk, J. Monroe Fitch, of Muncie. Secretary of State Ed Jackson will call the House to' order and 'he will preside until a speaker is chosen. In the Senate there are an even number of members. Twenty-five are republicans and twenty-five democrats» Hon. William P. O’Neill, lieutenant governor, will call the Senate to order and ,he will preside until Monday morning, when his term expires. He_will.be succeeded at that time by Edgar I). Bush, of Salem, lieutenant governor-elect. Mr. Bush is a republican and with his vote the republicans will have a majority of one in the Senate. In the Senate caucus Wednesday night the republicans selected the following leaders: For president pro tern, Senator Ar-Jhur-A. Robinson, of Indianapolis. For secretary, Guy R. York, of For assistant secretary, Harry Styner, of Montmorenci. For chief bookkeeper, Ray Boruff, of Bedford. . The democrats have selected their eaders as follows:

For president pro tem, Senator Frank Culbertson, of Vincennes. For caucus chairman, Senator John R. Fleming, of Portland. Democratic'House leaders: For speaker, Representative Joseph M. Cravens, of Madison. For clerk, Arthur Hamrick, of Greencastle. For assistant clerk, Lynn West. For chief doorkeeper, George J. Evelo, of Terre Haute. For caucus chairman, Andrew Durham, of Putnam county. ’ . The governor gave his address today but there will be little real work until after Monday. This promises to be one of the most interesting sessions ever held. Some of the important measures to be considered are tax reform, statewide prohibition, equal suffrage, and a new state constitution.