Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-01-21

HOUSE. The committee on Crcden-
tials made their report through MIR.
/ Mutt, their Chairman. Report adopt
ed.
! On motion the oath Of Office was
then administered to the members.
Mr.. Moir moved that the House pro-
coed to elect permanent officers. Car
ried.
Mr.. Bereman nominated Hon. Jacob
Butler, of Muscatine, for Speaker who
was unanimously elected.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Bere-
man and Panlk committee to con-
duct Mr.. Butler to the chair. On TAX
ing the chair Mr. Butler said:
GENTLEMEN 81 tender you my
thanks for the honor you have con-
ferrcd upon me in choosing me as your
Speaker. inexperienced in the re-
sponsible' duties of the chair, | shall
require and expect the same indul-
gence towards my shortcomings which
has guided you in your selection.
| Meeting as we do, in the most event
full period OF our history as a nation, |
trust we shall show by our acts as
Legislators, that we are not unworthy
children of an honored ancestry. If
we can bnt do our duty as well and
! faithfully In this Hall as the brave
men who represent our State on the
field Of battle, perform theirs, we shall
make record of which we need not
be ashamed. If we can make our ses-
sion short, working one, filled with
deeds rather than vague and general
discussion, we shall demonstrate more
clearly than in any other way. that
the great powers conferred upon us
by our constituents have not been mis-
placed. | promise you, gentlemen,
my best efforts towards these ends,
aud again return you my sincere thanks
for this most tlattering expression of
your partiality.
On motion of Mr.. Galand, j. Rich
of Buchanan county, was unanimous
ly elected Chief Clerk
G. Z. Abel, of Des Moines, was
elected Assistant Clerk, and S. A.
; Clark of Henry county, I'd Assistant.
A. ID. Aldrich of Lee county was cleo
ted Engrossing Clerk, and G. 5. vii.
son of Madison county, Enrolling Clerk.
Zimri Streeter of Blackhawk county
was elected Sergeant-at-arms.
Mr.. Litter offered resolution, the
r Senate concurring, that Mr.. Burrhus
be appointed Postmaster of the Gen
!. eral Assembly
Mr.. Oliver moved to amend by au-
thorizing Mr.. Burrhus to employ an
Assistant. ...
Mr. Hildreth moved to amend by
D adding" and that VIM Tucker, of
. Chickasaw, be said Assistant"
Mr. Merriam, of Lee county, wished
to strike out the name Of Mr. Tucker
and insert the name of Mr.. Guelich of
Keokuk. Mr.. McNutt of Muscatine
r advocated the claims of Mr.. Guelich
the German interest having been
too much overlooked in the organiza-
tion of the House.
Mr.. Hildreth said that Mr.. Tucker
was the candidate of Northern mem
bers for Postmaster f; but, not arriv-
ing until this morning, Mr. It's claims
had not until now been pressed. His
portion Of the State had not come to
the capitol with an army of applicants
d for Office and place and relinquish-
ing the claim for Postmaster, he ask
ed that the courtesy might he extend
cd him of making Mr.. TGcker the As
sistant.
Mcssrs. Stiles of Wapcllo, and Mr..
Maken of Des Moines advocated the
claims of Mr.. Guclich.
The speaker put the motion on the
question to insert the name OF Mr..
Tucker, which was lost, when the
name of Mr.. Guelich was ordered to
be inserted and the resolution passed.
The officers of the House were
sworn in.
The Senate was notified that the
House had organized and was ready
for business. ...
Mr.. Moir of Hardin offered the fol-
lowing
Reslred, That the rules Of the last
session be temporarily adopted, and
that committee of five be appointed
to report rules for the government OF
this House, and that the Chief Clerk
of this House be requested to procure
and have attached to the rules OF this
House the name, p. D. address, age,
place of nativity, occupation aud
boarding place of each member of
this House and the officers thereof.
Adopted, and the Speaker appointed
Messrs. Moir, Finkbine, Hale, Logan
and Baylies.
Mr.. McNutt moved that committee
of two be appointed to wait upon the
Governor and inform him that the
House is organized and ready for any
business he may see fit to comnuni-
cate. Carried. The Chair appointed
Mcssrs McNutt and Wcare.
Mr.. Burke of Bremen offered reso-
luton that the Secretary of State be
instructed to furnish each member of
the House with copy OF the Revision
of 1860. Carried.
The hour of Ii o'clock A. NJ. on Tues |
day was agreed upon for the lnaugu-
ration of the new Governor.
Gov. Kirkwood's biennial message |
was received and read, when it was
ordered that the message he printed
5000 English, 1000 in German, 1000
in Norwegian, 500 in Holland and
500 in Bohemian, provided it can be
done in this State)
Mr.. Nelson of Winneshiek offered |
the following
Resolred, That the Chief Clerk be in
structed to order for each member of |
this House 20 copies Of daily papers
or their equivalent in weeklies.
Mr.. Russell, of Washington, moved
to amend by changing to 20 weeklies
or their equivalent in dailies.
Mr.. Paulk said that when he was |
here before, he sent papers containing
the proceedings of the Legislature
broad cast among his constituents,
and when he reached home he receiv-
ed many friendly greetings and many
thanks for papcrs sent 1t would be |