The Portland daily press., 1881-01-13

solve framed here, and which has been incor-
porated into the Constitution. He could not
assent to the proposition to invoke the court.
1t was the function of this legislature, Co
ordinate branch, to express the VIII OF the peo-
pie He did not believe that our function
should be arrested and brought to a stop be-
cause few members thought something was
Illegal
Mr. Mortland spoke further in answer to the
arguments made.
Mr.. Emery replied.
On motion by Mr.. Lamson of Sagadahoc. the
yeas and nays being sordered, resulted as fol.
lows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Messrs Baker, Beatty, Berry, Bisbee, Brew
er, Buxton. Clarke Coffin Cornish, Dingley
Dudley Emery Friend, Hill of Hancock
Hill of Penobscot, Jennings, Lamson, Lord
Nutting Parcher, Pattangal, Sanborn, Sher-
man, Smith, Tabor, Wakefield, Walker-27.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs Fernald, Flint, Mortla 1d-3:
So the Senate refused to substitute the mi
nority report for the majority report by q
nays to yeas
Mr. Emery moved to amend the majority re-
port, by adding the vote reported for Harrison
M. Plaisted from Ellsworth to the vote return
ed for Harris NJ. Plaisted
Messrs. Bisbee, Pattangall, Dingley and
Walker opposed.
The amendment was rejected by the follow
ing vote:
1eaS-MeSSrS BAKER, ClarK6, dudley, En-
cry, Friend, Hill of Penobscot, Jennings, Sher
man, Smith,.
Nays-Messrs. Beatty, Berry, Bisbee, Brew
er, Buxton, Coffin, Cornish, Dngley, Fernald,
Flint, Hill of Hancock, Lamson, Lord, Nut
ting, Parcher, Pastangall, Sanborn, Taber,
Wakefield, Walker-20
The majority report was then accepted.
HOUSE.
The house met and took recess until -
o'clock, at which hour they adjourned to go
p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Majority and minority reports of the COM
mlttee on gubernatorial votes came down from
the Senate and were read.
Mr.. Morrill, of Augusta moved the accept
ance of the majority report in concurrence.
Mr.. McKusick of Calais moved that the
yeas and nays be ordered when the vote was
taken.
Mr.. King of Caribou moved to substitute
the minority for the majority report, and on
his motion the yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr.. McKusick withdrew his motion.
The yeas and nays being taken resulted as
follows:
Yeas-Averill, Blanchard, Bradstreet of
Palermo. Flint, Hatch, King, McKusick,
Nutter-S.
Nays-Achorn, Allen, Andrews, Ashford,
Boothby, Bradstreet of Bridgton, Bragdon,
Bragg, Brigham, Brown, Buck. Burnell.
Burr, Chadbourne, Chase, Clark, Cook, Cros-
by of Norridgewock, Crosby of Whiting, Cum
mings, Cushman, Dennis, Dickey Donnell,
Doore, Eastman, Eaton, Eldred, Estes, Fol
som, Foss, Freeman Of Cherryfeld, Freeman
OF Lincolnville, Gilbert Glidden, Goodale,
|Goodall, Goodwin of Hudson, Goodwin of
Shapleigh, Goss of Auburn, Hall, Harding, Har-
ris, Haskell, Heath, Hersom, Hilton, Hopkins,
Hutchinson of Lewiston, Hutchinson of Houl-
ton, Jones of Winthrop, Jones of Brighton,
Jordan, Keegan, Kendall Lang, Leavitt,
Leighton, Leland. Libby, Lnscott, Livermore,
Lord of Bangor, Lord of Kenncbunk, Loud,
Malett, Marble, Marston, Maxcy, McAllster,
Mcclellan, Means, Morrill,, Nickerson of Brew
er, Nickels, Norris, Noyes, Packard, Parker,
Parsons, Partridge, Perley, Pitcher Puring-
ton, Redlon, Rowe, Rowell, Richie, Sargent,
Seavey, Shaw, Smith of New Sharon, Smith
of Buxton. Sprague, Staples of Biddeford,
Staples of Eliot, Strout of Portland, Strout
Tarbox, Thatcher, THOMPSON, TORY, traitor,
True, Trufant, Varney, Yerrill, Vinal, Ward
well. Ware. Waters, Webb, Wentworth of
Gardiner, Wheeler of Easton, Wheeler of
Etna. White, Wilder, Wyman-129.
So the question to substitute the minority
for the majority report was rejected by yeas.
100 nays.
The majority report was accepted in concur
renee.
On motion of Mr.. Dickey of Fort Kent, the
Speaker of the House and President of the
Senate were directed to notify Harris M.
Plaisted by telegraph that he has been elected
Governor, and to request his appearance.