The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-01-08

son. Davis. Foster. Hart. Heron. Howard
Hnstaa ha1chinspn, Cra%eF ieeper Majors. Marin
Woods and Woollen-25.
Those who voted for Mr. Wilson were Messrs.
Bischowski, Bundy, Chapman. Comstock. Gar
Keiser, Lsngdon, Lockridge, Mccartney, Owen
| Poindexter. Ristine. Sayre Shaffer, Smith,
sPanp Van .vorhis, White Wilson and Yancey
| -25.
| No one having received a majority of all the
| votes cast another ballot was ordered.
| On motion by Mr.. Menzies Ii was ordered that
when the Senate adjourn II be till 10 O'Clock to.
-Four other ballots were taken, resulting exactly
as the first
And then the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
IHURspAY January 6, lss1.-los g. m.
Members elected to the House of Representa-
tives of the Ftfty-seoond General Assembly Of In.
diana convened In the Criminal Court Room of
the Marion County Court House and were organ
lied lied according g to Law &lsw-the Secretary of State
Prayer was offered by Rev Myron ". Reed, of
the First Presbyterian Church.
The members named below came forward and
received the oath or Affirmation of Office at the
hands Of Hon. Byron K. Elliott. one of the judges
Of the Supreme Court of Indiana.
For Principal Clerk Of the House Mr.. CYRUS
Dixon. of Bartholomew County, forty aud Mr
J. NJ. Davis one vote.
MI. Nixon having received a majority Of the
0ss Osiss cast was declared elected and sworn into
For Assistant Clerk of the House Mr.. c. C.
Riley; OF Marion County, received ffty-n votes,
one votes and Mr.. NJ. H. Ingram one vote
MT. c. G. Riley having received a majority of
an the votes cast was declared elected and sworn
Adams. Jay and wells-D. F. Kahn.
Adams and Jay-D " Baker.
,,Allen-L. &. Null, 8. E. Sinclair. II. c. McDow-
Bartholomew-P. II. Mccormick
Boone-T. NJ. Hamilton.
Csrroli-W. III. Weaver
Cass-. A. Adrian.
Clarke-G. II. D. Gibson.
Clay-G. d. Teter
Clay, Putnam and Hendricks-w. ". Ridpath.
Clinton-D c. Bryant.
Crawford and Orange-H. C. Hammond.
Decatur. B. Robinson.
DeKalb-D D. Moody
Delaware-J. w. Ryan.
Dubois and Pike-S Hargroye
Elkhart-J. T. Thompson.
Elkhart. Noble and DeKalb-H. Idding
Fayette and Union-J. II. Huston.
FlOyd-F. B. Kerr.
Fountain-A. Marshall.
Frapklin-A. Miller.
Fulton ard Pulaski-s. Wheeler.
Grsnt-A. T. Wright.
Greene-E. Fuller,
Greene. Knox and Sullivan p Mcintosh.
Hamilton-I. T. Lindlay.
Hancock-M Chandler.
Harrison-J. Hottell.
Hendricks. @. Miles
Henry-w. N. Bartlett
Henry, Hancock and .Madison-I. franklin.
Howard-N. r. Lindsay.
Huntington-J. B. Kenner.
Jackson. T. Shields.
Jasper and Newton-W N. Gilman
Jeferson-W.J J. Johnson.
Jennings-S vawter.
Johnson-w. H. Barnett
Kns,1 KKno1xmHenry s. caHthorn,
kosciusko and wabash-W D. Frazer
Lagrange-O: B. Taylor.
Laporte-E. W. Davis
LRwrence-J. Gardner
Madison-s. W. Edwins.
Mar1on-l n. Cotton. j. W. Furnas vinsou
Carter, T. Mcsheehy and J. s. Hinton.
Marion, bartholomew and shelby-R Berry
man.
Marshal-T. Summer.
Martin and Dubois. Walker.
Mfamf-C. A. Cole.
Monroe and Brown. w. Buskirk
Montgomery. L. Wilson.
MorHan-D. Wilson.
Noble-v. r. Taylor,
Ohio and Switzerland-S. II. Stewart
Owen-B. Schweltzer.
Ps PsrkeII- Il. Gillum- ,,,nD
Porter-S. s. Skinner.
Putnam-wiilis G. Neff
Randolph-W. T. Murray.
Ripley H. Robinson
Rush,. W. Smelser
Scott. Floyd and Clark-D. Mcclure.
Shelby-E. Cooper.
spencer-w. HUI.
ST. Joseph-T J. Wolfe.
st. Joseph and Starke-S Beatty.
Steuben-D H. Roberts
Tippecanoe-J. K. o'Neal, H. westfsu.
TipsOn-G. W. Ham.
vanderburg-J.w W. Messick, J. H Rocker.
vermillion-J. #. Compton.
vigo-D. I. Morgan, W. II. Melruth.
Wabash-D. Fall
Warren and Benton-J. Gregory.
Warrick-J w. Cabbage
Washington-S. H. Mitchell
Wayne-H G. Merideth. H. Floyd;
Wells and Blackford-B. +. Cummins.
White and Benton-J. p. Carr.
Whitley-W. NJ. Carr
The Secretary OF State then announced that the |
House was ready to go into the election of officers
and that nominations for Speaker were I'm order. |
Mr.. Edwins nominated Hon. Henry s. Cau-
Mr.. Lindsay nominated Hon. William NJ. Rid |
path, of Clay County.
There being no other nominations, the ballot re-
sulted-tor Mr.. Ridpath. IS votes; for Mr. Cau- |
thorne. 40 votes.
Mr.. Ridpath having received a majority of all |
being escorted TO the Chair returned thanks for |
the honor conferred in very few remarks /
acknowledging keen sense of the difficulties and
responsibilities OF the position. and asking the |
kind indulgence of members generally |
For Doorkeeper of the House Mr.. owen Evans. |
OF Henry County. received iftyeight votes. Mr.. |
DaVid b. wilson forty votes and William /
Daggy one VOTE
Mr.. Owen Evans having received a majority of |
All the votes cast, was declared elected and sworn
futo office.
Mr. Fancher offered resolution that the rules |
OF the last session be adopted by the House until
otherwise ordered, and that Committee of fve |
oe appointed TO prepare rules for the government
of this House and report the same on Monday
next
The motion was agreed TO.
The Speaker subsequently makes this Commit |
tee 70 consist oi Messs. Cauthorn, Edwins, Car |
ter. Miles and O'Neal
Mr.. Edwins offered q resolution, which was
adopted, for the appointment OF Committee of |
Two to act with Ike Committee on the part of |
the Senate to wait upon the Governor, and ascer-
tain at what time 1t will suit His Excellency to
deliver his message to the General Assembly |
The Speaker appointed said Committee on |
the part of the House Messrs. Schweitzer and |
Lindsay.
On motion by Mr.. Furnas. the use of the Hall |
of the House OF Representatives was granted to the
Equal Suffrage Association. on Friday evening /
for lecture by Mrs Ellen Foster. Of Iowa.
Mr.. Hinton offered q resolution, which was /
adopted, looking to opening OF the morning ses |
sions Of the House with prayer.
And then the House adjourned TIL tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock