The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
State of Arkansas.
SENATE.
Monday, January I3, 1877

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Pursuant to provisions of the consti
tuition, the senate Of the state of Arkan
sas met yesterday at noon in biennial
session.
Senator Judkins, president ed interim,
called tho members to order, and Rev.
Dir. Weleh offered up a tervent and elo
quent prayer, appropriate to the occa-
sion.
Hon. J. Frolch, secretary of the last
senate, (now secretary of state) called
the roll, and the following members an
swered to their names
Armistead, Boyd, Chism, Crowley,
Duflle, Duncan. Ferguson, CAN'T, Gate.
wood, Hanna, Harris, Hill, Judkins, Keir,
Mitchell, Mulkey, Pennington, Reid,
Rutherford, Terry, Thornton, Upton,
Watson, White, Wilmington, Williams,
Wilson
A petition of B j. Johnson, contest
ing the election OF Senator w. l.. Terry,
was presented and filed
The chair then announced that the first
business in order would be the election
of a president, and the following gentle.
men were placed in nomination for that
position:
Senator's Judkins, Kerr. Upton and
Ferguson
President Judkins called Senator DUFF
tie to the chair.
Up to the 18th ballot, the voting was
confined to the above four candidates,
the struggle being between Judkins and
Kerr. The fifteenth ballot showed two
new candidates in the field, and sounded
as follows: Judkins, 10, Kerr, 10, Tip
ton. 3, Ferguson, l, Watkins. 2, Duff
fie, 2.
On the eighteenth ballot Senator Wat
son received one vote. and on the thirty.
second Senator White one,
After the thirty second ballot, Senator
Murkey moved to take recess. Lost.
-Four other ballots without result were
had, and Senator Mitchell moved that a
recess be taken until o'clock. Lost
Senator Watkins nominated Senator
DuAie as candidate for president.
Senator Judkins took the chair and
said that Senator Dufiie having been pla-
ced in nomination, did not desire to oc.
cupy the presiding chair
He called Senator Pennington to the
chair.
After the sounding Of the thirty ninth
ballot, Senator White moved to take
recess till A O'Clock, which was carried.
AFTER RECESS.
calling of the roll for the election OF
president was proceeded with. From the
formal announcement Of his canditature,
Senator Dufiie had been gaming on each
ballot, a1d on the forty third ballot he
was elected.
A motion to appoint a committee OF
three to wait upon the successful candid
ate, was amended by Senator Armstead,
to the effect that all the defeated candid
ates should be named as such commit
tee. Agreed to.
Senator Dui1ie being conducted in front
the speakers desk, was sworn in by
Judge Harrison, Of the supreme court.
Senatar Duiiie, in taking the speaker S
chair, thanked the senator's for the honor
conferred upon him, and promised to ad
minister the duties of his Office with i'm
partiality, and to the best of his ability.
lie hoped, if unknowingly. he should, at
any time prove deficient in parliamentary
usages, that he would receive the kind in
diligence Of the senate. The president
announced the next business in order TO
be the election of q secretary.
The following candidates were placed
in nomination: N. B. Pierce, Lou. T.
Kretchmar, and N. d. Holmes. On the
fourth ballot Mr.. Kretchmar was declar-
ed elected, and the vote was as follows
For krctchmar-Boyd, Crowley, Dun
can, Grant, Gatewood, Harris, Hill, Jud
kins, Mitchell, Mulkey, Pennington, Reid
Rutherford, Terry, Watson, White, Viii
liams--l7
For Pierce--Armistead, Chism, Fer
guson, Hanna, Kerr, Upton, Watkins
Wilson's.
For Holmes-DufIle, Thornt IN, Whit
tington-3.
The election for assistant secretary
being next in order, the following namee
were placed in nomination: Messrs
Hicks, Fatherly, Wood and Hanna
Mr Fatherly was elected on the frs
ballot by Is.
For the position of sergeant at arms
lutIc "CiC II VI Sahota''so, GIN
among them Messrs. Berry, Roberts
Kerr, Fondoum, Johnson, Nabors, Davi
and Williams.
On the 10th ballot, Capt. Terry Rob
erts was elected the vote being in hi
favor.
After motions by Senators Chism
Gatewood and Kerr, referring to the fac
that the house was organized and read,
for business, Senator Watson moved tina
a committee of three DO appointed tt
act with a like committee from the hous'
to inform the Governor that the genera
assembly was prepared to receive an,
communication he would be pleased tc
make. Adopted.
? The chair appointed the senators from
Benton, Columbia and Clark, as said com
mttee,
A committee from the house was re
ceived, and announced that that bod,
was ready for business.
The election Of doorkeeper was mex
in order, and the following were nomina
ted w. b. Massey, James A. Love, I
C. Scott, =. B. Dillard, J. j. Wilder, Mr.
Love was elected.
A motion was adopted that the posi-
tions of engrossing and enrolling clerk
be consolidated, and the following wer
then nut in nomination for the joint off