Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-19

law except the certificate of the
! Governor.
The State of Iowa being reached
the clerk explained why he placed
on the roll the names of nine mem
bers, whose names appeared there.
They had presented certificates duly
signed by the Governor, and the
question whether an election had or
had not been held on the day fixed
by law, was one which the Clerk
did not feel called upon to decide,
but which the House itself, when
organized could decide.
The call of the roll showed the
presence of 285 members, only two
members (O'ReilIy and James of
New York; being absent.
Randall of Pennsylvania, Gar
field of Ohio, and Wright of Penn
sylvania, were then put in nomiea-
ton for Speaker. The first vote
resulted, Randall, 143; F; Garfield,
1926; Wright, 13; VIM. D. Key
of Pennsylvia, /. Necessary to
election, AZ. So Mr.. Randall
having received q majority, was
declared duly elected Speaker.
NIGHT REPORT.
On motion of Mr.. Wood of New
York, the House proceeded to the
election of Speaker. When Mr..
Blackburn was called and he voted
for Randall there was a round of
applause on the Democratic side and
in the galleries. The vote resulted
as follows: Whole number of votes
cast 283. For Randall IA, for
Garfield 125, for Wright -, for
VIM. D. Kelley of Pennsylvania, 1.
The members voting t9r Wright
were, De La Matyr of Indiana,
Ford Of Missouri, Forsythe OF
Illinois, Gillette of Iowa, Jones Of
Texas, Kelley of Pennsylvania,
Ladd of Maine, Lowe Of Alabama,
Murch of Maine, Russell Of Mas3a-
chusetts, Stevenson of Illinois,
Weaver of Iowa, and Yokum of
Pennsylvania. The membc-
voting for Kelley was
Mr.. Barlow, of Vermont. When
the tellers announced the result,
there were but 143 votes for Mr..
Randall, and Mr.. Conger, of Michio
gan, had just raised the question
that that was less than majority
of the whole number Of members
elect, when Mr.. O'Reilly, Of New
York, one o. the two absentees, al
rived in the Chamber, announced
his presence and cast his vote for
Mr.. Randall, thus giving that gems
tleman Il maj j)rity Of the whole num-
bcr of members elect. The incident
was the occasion Of much applause.
Messrs. GaIIold and Blackburn
(having been appointed Tor the pnr~
pose) then conducted the Speaker
to the chair.
the Speaker on taking the chair
made brief speech expressing his
thanks for the conldcnce and ap-
proval shown him and saying
" Observing strict imp2rtiality as 10
men, measures, parties and sections,
it will be TO me un3pcakaJle joy if
| c.,n help to bring about that sub
staneial lratcrnal union, which
comes alone through wisdom, mod,
era,ion and Justice The oath of
Office was then administered to
the speaker by Mr.. Kelley, Of
Pennsylvania, the cldcs, momber in
continuous length Of oeeyi5e, after
which, tie oath to the lIcmbcrs was
administered BY the Speaker il
groups OF States. When the men
berS from Delaware, NJ, ylaud, Yir
ginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, wcGy called in one group,
and when the Speaker said he would
first administer the G. h to those
who could take it in tue usual form,
(that is wlas is known as the iron
clad oath) there were only i've
members who stepped forward anu
TOOK it. Auoog the most conspic
uous among those who took the
modified cath was General Joseph
E. Johnston, of Virginia.
Mr.. Frye, Of Maine, objected to
administering the o.th to Mr.. Hull,
of Florida, and that gentleman was
requested to stand aside for the
present.
Subsequently Mr.. Harris, Of Vir-
ginia, offered a resolution that Mr..
Hull be sworn in.
Mr.. Frye moved as a substitute d
resolution reciting that the creden /
tials of -Ir. Hull had been annullcd
and made void by the judgment Of
the Supreme Court Of Florida, and
that the State Board Of Canvassers
had declared and certified that Mr..
Bisbee had been duly elected, and
that, therefore, Bisbee is entitled to
be sworn in on his p,jMa .facie case
The matter was allowed to go
over till tomorrow and the papers
were ordered to be printed in the T