politics, and I have not formed the habit of remembering faces and putting the name on the handle that belongs with it, but if you will help me I will try to get so I can say "Mr. So and So" just as quickly as I possibly can.

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I did think that it was all over and that I had been in a trance. A friend of mine came along and handed me a copy of the Detroit Journal this afternoon in which it said: "House Organizes. Formal organization of House then followed, Clerk Pierce first calling for election of Speaker. The Republican caucus of ninety-five of the one hundred House members having settled last night the men to be elected, the actual selection was merely formal Charles W. Smith, of Lapeer, the unanimous choice of the Republicans, was formally chosen Speaker of the House, and a committee escorted him to the Speaker's chair, from which he thanked the House in a brief address for the honor bestowed upon him." So I thought I must have been in a trance and the thing was all over. Not to put my friend Bill Calnon in bad I am going to make this a brief address, because he said it was brief. I have always known that Bill was in the forefront as a news getter and never let anyone put anything over on him, but he certainly put one over on me when the committee told me I hadn't been up here yet.

I have had distributed and laid on the desk of each member a blank upon which I ask you, each and every one, no matter whether you have ever asked for anything before or not, to write your preferences for committee places, and in the order in which you put them on the paper I shall consider them as your first choices. There will be approximately four committee places for each member, but I don't want you to tie me down to the four places in your choice. Give me all the leeway you can, and I will try my best to give you three or four places out of the seven or eight you ask for. If any of you have in mind a friend that you want listed for some job please present the request to me in writing, for I am not not going to try to remember any verbal request.

I hope, gentlemen, that in the work of the coming session you will each constitute yourself a committee of one to help the Speaker get along with the work as rapidly as is consistent with good work. Of course I will not expect you to be as slow in the work as I was getting ready for this job, but it is my ambition that this legislature should give to the people of the State of Michigan the best work in the shortest time that it is feasible to do the work.

I now thank you again for this honor bestowed upon me, and my one wish is, that you will be as good friends of mine when we have gotten through as you are today, if not better and I hope better. If I make mistakes, as I expect to, I want you to understand that they are mistakes of the head and not of the heart, because I want to do what the members of this House want me to do. Again I thank you.

The Speaker announced that the next business in order was the election of a Speaker pro tem.

The roll was called by the Clerk and the members voted as follows:

The Speaker announced that Wayne R. Rice, having received a majority of all the votes cast for the office of Speaker pro tem., was duly elected Speaker pro tem. of the House.

The Speaker announced that the next business in order was the election of a Clerk of the House.

The roll was called by the Journal Clerk of the preceding session and the members voted as follows:

The Speaker announced that Charles S. Pierce, having received a majority of all the votes cast for the office of Clerk, was duly elected Clerk of the House.

The Speaker announced that the next business in order was the election of a Sergeant-at-arms.

The roll of the House was called by the Clerk and the members voted as follows:

The Speaker announced that Daniel D. Tufts, having received a majority of all the votes cast for the office of Sergeant-at-arms, was duly elected Sergeant-at-arms of the House.

The Clerk-elect and Sergeant-at-arms-elect appeared at the Speaker's desk and took and subscribed the constitutional oath of office, which was administered by the Speaker.

The Sergeant-at-arms announced a committee from the Senate.

The committee, through its chairman, informed the House that the Senate was organized and ready to proceed with business.

By unanimous consent the House took up the order of

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

Mr. Ashley offered the following resolution:

House resolution No. 1.

Resolved, That the rules of the House of Representatives of 1913 be and are hereby adopted as the temporary rules of this House, and that these rules be printed in the House Journal of this day.

The resolution was adopted.

The following are the rules:

CHAPTER I.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Quorum.

Rule 1. A majority of the members elected to the house shall constitute a quorum.

Admission to Floor.

Rule 2. No person, unless introduced by a member, shall be admitted within the bar of the house, except the governor, members of the senate, heads of the departments of the state government, judges, members of congress, those who have been members of congress, of the constitutional convention of the state and of the state legislature and such persons as the speaker shall assign places as reporters. All persons provided for as above shall be known to the sergeant-at-arms, and persons introduced shall be admitted within the bar only upon the personal request of a member each time such courtesy is granted.

Bar of the House.

Rule 3. The words "within the bar of the house," when used in these rules, shall mean the space on the main floor of representative hall, together with the cloak, document and toilet rooms.

CHAPTER II.

OFFICERS.

SPEAKER.

Duties as Presiding Officer.

Rule 4. The speaker shall take the chair each day at the hour to which the house shall have adjourned. He shall call the house to order, and, except in the absence of a quorum, shall proceed to business in the manner prescribed by these rules.

Rule 5. He shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide ques tions of order, subject to an appeal to the house. When two or more members rise at once, the speaker shall name the member who is first to speak.

Appointment of Committees.

Rule 6. He shall appoint all committees, except where the house shall otherwise order.

Naming of Acting Speaker.

Rule 7. He may substitute any member to perform the duties of the chair, but not for a longer time than one day without leave of the house.

Naming of Chairman Committee of the Whole.

Rule 8. When the house shall have decided to go into the committee of the whole, he shall name a chairman to preside therein.

Voting.

Rule 9. He shall vote in all elections, on all divisions called for by any member and on all questions taken by yeas and nays, except on appeals from his decisions.

Putting the Question.

Rule 10. He shall distinctly put all questions in this form, to-wit: "As many as are in favor of (as the question may be), say 'aye." and after the affirmative voice is expressed, "As many as are opposed, say "no."" If the speaker doubt or division be called for, the house shall divide those voting in the affirmative shall first rise, then those in the negative.

Recognition During Roll Call.

Rule 11. After a question has been stated by the speaker, and the calling of the roll has been begun by the clerk, the speaker shall not recognize a member for any purpose, except to demand the vote of another member or upon points of order, until after the announcement of the vote by the clerk; but he shall preserve order and direct members who are not in their seats to resume them and vote when their names are called.