The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-11

THE sPEAkERH ADDREA,
GENTLEMEN DELEGATES: II ihefp Is
any feeling that can he greater than Tie
sGnse OF the responsibility that rests upon
me hnssnnipg this position, II would be
only gratitude 70 you for the compliment
you have conferred upon me. j can only
say 70 you that expect and shall strive
10 shOw-you how highly i appreciate the
honor you have conferred, by impartial.
~ and iearlessly discharging The duties of
the position, when | havenade you that
promise, | have plade you allthe promises
| can, and ! ask you to cooperate with
me in the performance Of these dutits,
| feel as well az you do, that we have
assembled here with the eyes Of tie POO.
pie Of our state upon tls, who demand a
complete reformation in stale legislation,
and hope we have all como together for
the good Of the stale and mol for any
particular section or interest. ] thank
you for the honor you have conferred
upon me, and again ask you 70 give me
your assistance in conducting The pro.
ceedings the ensuing session, peaceAhly
lltl llulAlullAOuHlls
The Chair then announced the House
to be ready 10 proceed to business. iu
CLERK OF THE HOUSE. rr p
The next business being the election Of
q Clerk Of the House, on motion, Col. j..
b. Peyton was unanimously elected 10
gil that position during the ensuing ses.
sion. lrlI rIr-I. rl.s #ta~.
Tho necessary oath Of office was then
administered 10 the Speaker and Clerk.
The selection Of AlSergeant-at.ArrnE
being next in order, Mr.. Rowan nominp.
ted NapOleAn b. French. u4'la D gd.
There being no other nominations Mr..
French was unanimously elected. dI o.
On Motion the House then took re-
cess until half past . o'clock. .'sgf' q
aI AFTERNOON SESSION. 1a' n
g. s. Mclfa,lden, member from Mar
shall county, appeared and was qualified.
The election ofdOor.keeper being next
in order, Mr.. Hayes nominated Mr.. 3. II.
Campbell. No other names being men.
toned for that position Mr.. Campbell
was elected unanimously and was quail.
fed. 1u ..l#f 90 .
The sargeant.at.Arms appeared and
was qualified and assumed the duties Of
his office. .. .r ,ur1 dW hlE
Mr.. Ferguson, Of Kahawiia, offered the
following: I.3rsim ~ 30 'HsUl
RssOlred, That the HouEe proceed 10
the election Of four pages, one Of whom
shall be designated by the Sergeant.ai.
Arms net "a mail carrier. a'ia.f 4.
Mr.. Ferguson offered an amendment 10
the above substituting the figure 3 for 4.
The amendment was lost and the original
resolution was then adopted. Do 01-
Nominations for four pages being then
the order, the following names were offer
ed for those positions: Masters Beach,
Hays, ORane, Donley, Shaefer, Harvey,
Steger, Cox, Roberts, Emsheimer, Sadler,
Anderson, Patrick, Litter, Porter, King,
Black, Eotf, Stetzer, Daily, Wheat, Reilly,
Burns, Wells and Booking. aas'1 .nF (
A ballot being then taken, each mem
Der voting for four Pages. Master
Beach was elected, and, there being no
other elected, the chair ordered a second
ballot. ....---ss.-t -a.,,...g /.
A message from the Senate, by Sena.
tors Loomis and Dennis, announced the
Senate organized and ready to proceed to
business. lang I,
A second ballot for pages being taken,
and no choice, another ballot was ordered,
Master Cox was elected page on the
third ballot. giie'a 81 eal /
Masters Hayes and Donnelly were
elected on the fourth ballot rs pages.
A message from the Senate by Senator
Turner announced that the Senate had
passed Joint Rule No. l. TnaI 4
On motion OF Mr.. Arnold, the House
adjourned until this morning Mt 10
o'clock.
SENATE.
The Senators assembled in their cham.
Der, nj noon, to-day and were called to
order by Senator Scott, OF Richie coun-
~. The session was opened with prayer
by the Rev. james Molat of the the Pres
byterian Church OF thiS city. Mr.. Il. a.
Cunningham, Assistant Clerk OF the last
session then called the roll and y quorum
was found present. The new Senator's
then came forward and were qualified,
the same oath being administered M thar
in the House, with the substitution of the
word Senator for Delegate.
The following is a list OF the names
Trst Ssnn, I I'T p;s, go tr,,o.,,, 4
Brook and Ohio countiSs-W. H. Tarr-
and Alfred Caldwell. ssi rT7luaHL 4
Ior; n Tnso "a II In? N . "mu Ss,'''
TL;rJ-PHoLi. n,SI,i-ii,. = IT. Ts.s;,, I
Gilmer, and Calhoun-E. NJ Turner and
c. +. Scott.
Fourth-Tyler Mood, Writ and Pleas.
ants-D. D. johnson aud Geo. Looms
Fifth-JackSon, Mason, Putnam and
Roane-M. S. Kirtley and Thomas FerrellI
Sixth-Kanawha, Nichoias, Clay. Brax.
ton and Webster--Felix j. Baxter and
W. T. Burdett. -,l5It--T
Seyenth-Cabell. Wavne Lincoln
Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Mercer and Nc.
Dow"l-Wayne Ferguson and Ira Nc.
Ginnis.
Eighth-Monroe Greenbrier Snm-
mers, Pocahontas Fayette and Raj.
eigh-W. w, Adams and +. F. Dennis.
Ninth-Lewls, Randolph, Upshnr, Bar
bour, Taylor and Tueker-C. W. Newton
and David Coil. y.g az
TenIh-Preston and Monongalia-