The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-01-23

AL ugllsr 61csES necessary b IT. sgania
satioa Of The Senate, were th0 appointed,
pro TEN.
The Senate thealrSS ssded, byIasiSsls sc4
vote to elsct Committee Of Ave on ereden-
tisls. Messn. Grinnell, Saunders, Trimble,
Neal and Foster, we're elected.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
HOUSE. = .ss'''
.gNosDAx, january llth--2 Pm.
The House was called to order BY Mr..
RIczAaDsoS, on whose motion, Mr.. CLARK,
Of Dubuque, wss appoiAtsd Speaker pro
tenn. Other oflcsrs necessary Tor the 0r-
gasisatioa, were appointed pro ten. BY
resolution . Connittee Of I've, consisting Of
Messrs. Richardson, Collins, Edwards,
Dewey and Mitchell, was appointed ON Gre
dentials. The House then adjourned.
SENATE. - &
TUESDAY, January 12-l0 A. n. !;
Tho Senate proceeded to the election Of
permanent officers. Gro. G. SrExcER was
elected Chief CLERK, and ]. s. Dinmitt,
Assistant, James X. Hartsock, Seargaat-as-
Arm all officers Republicans. 5,,.at vi
| After the election Of officers, Mr.. Saunders
moved the appointment Of = Committee ON
the part Of the Senate to inform the House
and the Governor of the organisation Of the
! Senate. ii s,l6.s $s ~
A message was received from the House
concerning the appointment OF . Joint Conn
mittee to inform the Governor Of the readi-
ness OF the General Assembly to receive any
communication he may have to make.
On motion Of Loughridge, the Senate ad-
journed until 2 O'Clock. 4. ss,gt &
| AFTERNOON sEssIoN. .,5 s.t
! After . rambling debate in reference to
the selection Of presiding officer, and also
in relation to voting seats and stationary to
newspaper Reporters, this body consented
to hear the Governors Message read.
/ Saunders moved to lay the Message and
accompanying documents on the table,
Carried. e. Id, a
Rusch, Of Scott, offered resolution in
viting Hon. James Thorington to . seat
within the bar Of the Senate, which Mr..
Neal, of Marion, rounded Of, BY offering as
a amendment, that all other candidates for
U. S. Senator be included. s-
The Senate then adjourned till tomorrow
morning. 41ga 81 .si
II IA Tuesday morning, Jan. 18th.
The Committee on credentials having re-
ported, Mr.. Richardson moved that the roll
be now called and the members sworn in
The motion was carried and the members
came forward and subscribed to the oath of
Office. s. .s.. -.q h.gg
The rules of the last House, were then
adopted for the government Of the House,
until otherwise provided for. The House
then proceeded to the election of permanent
officers. S. B. SHELLADY, of Jasper, was
elected Speaker, JONES of Winnesheik,
; Chief Clerk, Cowing, of Powesheik, Assist
ant, and Reno, of Webster, Sergeant. at
Arms-all officers Republicans.
A Committee was then appointed to wait
on the Senate, and inform that body that
. the House was ready to proceed to business.
After the transaction of some unimpor-
tant business, tho House Adjourned till 2
p. NJ. - ... ...
AFTERNOON SESSION. ..=s
After a dcsultory debate in reference to
furnishing Members with papers during the
Session; the rights of Reporters; the ap-
pointment of Postmaster, and other mat
tiers of local consideration, Mr.. Clark, of
Dubuque, reported, that the Committee APP
pointed to wait upon tho Governor had per-
formed their duty, and that he was ready
to communicate with them in writing. A
Message from the Governor was then pre-
scented, and read. 5000 copies of the Mes
, sage, including 1900 in German and 500 in
Holland, were ordered printed for tho use
of the House.. ..-
The House then adjourned. ...
SENATE.
Wednesday, Jan. $40 A NJ.
i Mr. Saunders moved to take the Governors
Message from the table. Carried.
Mr.. Saunders moved the printing Of H.
600 copies in English, 1000 in German Ian
guage. .
Mr.. Rusch supported the printing in Ger
man, and said that there were in his district
more than 1000 German readers. He moved
to amend by printing 1000 copies in Ger
man. 80
Mr.. Trimble opposed the amendment, on
the ground that there were only about TO-.
600 German voters in the State. The Sem
ate could not furnish every reader of Ger
man, unless it be done at the expense of the
other classes. ,...
Mr.. Rusch disclaimed any favoritism to
the Germans. 1t was those who could not
read English who needed information in
their own language, more than others. 1t
was not matter of preference but educa-
ton.
The amendment of Mr.. Rusch for printing
1000 copies of the Message in German, was
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Kirkwood, 5000 copies
OF the message we're ordered instead of 1000,
to be printed in the English language.
Mr.. Trimble, from the committee on rules
for the government Of the Senate, reported
the rules of the Senate of 1867, with few
slight amendments. They recommended an
additional Standing committee on Banks.
The report was received, committee dis
charged, and on motion of Mr.. Thompson
to adopt
Mr.. Carter moved to amend by providing
for Standing committe on County and
Township organization. -.
MIR. Foster could not see the necessity for
such committee, without further informa-
ton. .... Es.. -..-.
MIR. Carter said that it was in contempla-
ton to make important changes in the Or
carnations Of counties and townships. .-.
Amendment carried, and Report as
amended adopted. . 81,
| A spirited debate then ensued in relation
to voting the usual allotment of Newspapers
to members, without final result. -. n
/ A message was received from the House
announcing the passage of a concurring res
olution to count out the votes for Governor
and 1t. Governor ut P. n. this day. H
On motion Of Mr.. Kirkwood, the Senate
eoncurred in the House resolution in regard
to canvassing the votes fora Governor and
1t. Governor, this afternoon. .
Mr.. Cattell moved the appointment of .
committee to act in conjunction with SIM
liar committee on the part of the House, for
counting the votes for Governor; which was
carried, and Messrs. Cattell, Pussy and
Thompson appointed said committee. a
On motion committee wass appointed
to act in conjunction with committee on
the part Of the House, to make arrangements
for the Inauguration of the Governor and
1t. Governor elect. -.e.-, ~. -.,r,-
Adjourned until Pm. I'D ...
! AFTERNOON SESSION. ..s-
4 Upon reassembling, message was re-
eeived from the House, signi6ying its readi-
ness to canvas the votes for Governor and
1t. Governor. .-..... :: ~, /.
On motion Of Mr.. Cook, the Senate pro-
cecded to tho Hall of the House. rs. 80
On the return of the Senate from the
House, the Senate adjourned.
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