Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-06

Assem- bling OF the Legssiafnre.
The forty fourth session ef tie General As
sembIy Of Indi ana. Ia pursuance Of the pro'i''
ions Of the conssitston. convened yesterday
Every member Of the Senate wss IN his seat
Hon. P.As 6. DrSSISo. By virtue Of be posi-
Non a. presiding officer Of the asi SESSION. called
the seans TO order aud presided over IT. deli6er.
.tous. Hon. JAn1s II NAwrFR. a. principal
secretary Of the last session Of The Senate. die.
charged the functions Of tia, officer. A. the
first business necessary to perfect the organi1a
ZION Of the Senate. A. T WHirrtrsrT, Esq., Of
!. vanderbsrg county. was elected principal secre-
tafv. and JAoon s. Bso.pwEtL, ESQ, Of Mon
roe. waa elected assistant secretary. both by the
same vote. 2G % %. Mr. puSsIso having in
bosh iustances voted with the demo
cratic members On the ballot for principal
d6osksspsr. the senate was divided equally. %
and IS. Mr. DrxSISo voting with the republican
members lor the republican eauens nominee for
that position. JoHS II. JOHNSON. of Owen coun.
~. sir balloiings were had with the same re
suls. and after various Intellectual motions q
|Ds&fpVonise 'he difficulty. the Senate adjourned
until this ~ornisg.
During the discussion Il was developed tina
~ DrxSrSo had agreed In the caucus of IN,
rpublican senator's held on the previous even
ing. to vote for the republican nominees 70
doorkeeper aud assistant dOorkeeper II wa
stated by republican senators that the whole sub
ject had been fully discussed in the republican
caucus and the conclusion arrived At was. tha
Lieutenant Governor BAKER. when lnaugurated
which ceremony il was anticipated would tax
place on Monday next. in case of a tie upon tn
vote for doorkeeper would have the power. b.
u virtue Of his Office 70 determine il by his castn
vote The provisions Of the constitution in re
gard to the privileges and rights of the lieuien
= ent governor read as follows
- Art 4, Sec 25 A majority of all the mem
bers elected 10 each house shall be necessary /
pass every bill or Joint resolution.
Art ). Sec. 81 The lieutenant governor shall
by virtue of his Office. be president of the Senate
have a right. whes in the committee OF th
whole. 20 join in debate. and 10 vote on all sui
jects: ans whenever the Senate shall be equal
divided. he shall give the casting vote.
The republican senators contend thu
xtho lieutenant governor shall have th
q easing vote IN all case
o<ztfn the Senate is divided, except in the passal
A ~ bill or joint resolutions This may be n
uezning of the constitution but the section la
qro,si mag be susceptible of another construt
uos The question is. whether the lieutenar
goverDr has the power to give the casting.
~ even any vote any other time than when Il
Senate sits as committee Of the whole. That
csnnot. is argued from the fact that a majorii
of all the members elected 10 the Senate is ne
/ essary to pass bills and joint resolutions. I'll
disposition Of the republican senators is to i
y. 1be election of the remaining officers of the SCI
Z yte ny over until after the Inauguration of I'll
4 liesie/ governor elect. and then to elect the
d by1 hssing vote. and feeling confident Of .
cqd them 10 this way. they vote sieadi
4 &c all ,sfers of compromise from denocra
~ hemben to complete the organization and pr
- sd to'legislaiive business
~rhe dead lock in the Senate will probably pr
vent the delivery of the Governors semi annu
message. at leas, until Monday next.
The House was promptly organized, the r
publcans having working majority A.
WHIrrLEsEY. Esq, clerk Of the House at its la
so>>ious cdAcu W anu pttStus
over it, deliberations until the election of Il
speaker--Hon JoBS U PETIT, of Wabash. Il
II V{1pcrats having voted for Hon. JASON
~ ES. for that position. Mr.. PETIT has h,
krince in parliamentary proceedings, wh'
4 aid him 10 the discharge of his duties as pr
hg officer. He il a courteous gentleman. al
III ke presdes imparlially, "a he pledges himst
I t5p4 he viii doubtless make popular speaks
Rus + NIXON. Esq. OF Clark. republica
4 wa Elected clerk. over JAMES Il. NEWTON. EsS
Of Hinton, Democrat; TH,DpEus O. BRAfFKr
Wayne. republican, vas elected assistant eler
oyer JonS c. Robinson, OF Rush, democrat; al
! JouS N DooLEr. of Wayne. republican. W
elected doorkeeper, over Colonel HENRY ACHE
4 of Marion. democrat The House, having pc
fected it. organization. proceeded to legislati'
business. but without ;ransacting any of an il
portant nature, adjourned to this morning