Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-03

phens, and intended for Senator elao, Alfrol
| ii: CoiquItt, give you below the first com
nlisslo1 IA ever issued by Governor of Georgia
to an United States Senator, aud also fbe
commission Of much later date, issued TO the
now oldest living eX-United States Senator in
America, the Hon; John p. King, of Augusta
Inc people OF the State of Georgia BY the
dent. ~"
ISeall. To the Honorable William Few.
Esquire, send greeting:
WHEREAS, BY the third section of the Com
stitution of the United States of America 1t
Is ordained and established. ssThat the sem
ate OF the United States shall be composed of
two Senators from each St.ae. chosen by the
Legislature thereof for six years. and each
senator shall have one vote" And
WHEREAS, The Legislature of this State
uid, on the seventeenth day of January last,
eject you, the said William Few, to be one of
the said Senator'S
THESE ARE THEREFORE to commissiOnate
anu anu autnorIze you, the said William Few, to
@ take session In the Senate of the United States,
and to use and exercise all and every the pri
Fileges ana powers which of right YOU NAV or
can do IN and by virtue OF the said Constitu-
tlon IN behalf of this State.
Witness our trusty and well beloved George
walton, Esquire, Captain General Governor
ana Commander-in- Chief, under his hand and
ne great seal at our said State in the Council
Chamber of Augusta, this fifth day of Febru-
airy, IN the year of our Lord one thousand and
seven hundred and eighty y-nine and of our
sovereignty and Independence the thirteenth.
OEO. ALTON.
By HIS Honor's command:
JNO. MILTON, Secretary.
GEORGIA. BY His Excellency Wilson Iump-
Kin .tseFeFHof-- and Commander Chief OF
the Army and Navy of this State and OF the
Militia thereof,
10 the honorable John p. King, oreetiao.
WHEREAS. By the third section of the first
article of the Constitution of the United
States of America, it is ordained and estab-
nshed that the Senate of the United states
snal s De composed of two Senators from each
State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for
the term or six years; and whereas, The Gene
RAJ Assembly did by joint ballot of both
branches thereof on the sixth day OF NOvem-
per, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight elect
tne honorable George NJ. Troup to be one of
the Senators from this State, which appoint-
ment has become vacant by the resignation of
u tne sald George nj. Troup; and whereas, The
General Assembly did by Joint ballot of both
branches thereof, on the twenty-flrst day of
November instant, elect you, the said John p
hlng, TO take session in the Senate of the
United states from and after the date thereof
ana TO use and exercise all and every privilege
ana power which you may or can do in and
by virtue of the said Constitution in behalf of
TINS State, this commission to continue in
hundred and thirty-five.
,@~ Given under my hand and the
SEAL' great great seal Of ,h the State at the State
twenty ninth day of November, in the wear Of
our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three,
ana OF American independence the fifty
elSnth. WILSON LUMPKIN.
BY the Governor:
VIM. A. TENNILLE, Secretary of State.
NOW, your readers will perceive that Sena-
tor Few's commission does not set forth that
he was elected ''by Joint ballot of both branch
es, as does Senator Kings. Itwas this omis-
sion IN senator Barrow's commission that led
senator Edmunds to object to his being
sworn in. But Senator BarroW's commission
Is precisely like the one given Senator Brown
by Gov. Colquitt, and yet Gov. stephens has
made new and more elaborate form of COM
mission for Senator COlquitt. Here is Sena-
tor BarrOw's:
10 the Honorable the President of tie Senate of
me United States, Greeting.
This Is to certify that on the fifteenth day of
November, 1892 the Hon. Pope Barrow was
by CteG o0cs vote of the two houses of the
General Assembly of Georgia, elected a Sena-
tor IN Congress of the United States to fill the
uneXpIred term of Hon. Benjamin H. Hill,
deceased, viz: until the fourth day of March,
1883, as appears by reference to the Journals
OF said General Assembly.
The above is duly signed by Gov. Stephens
and attested by Secretary Of State Barnett.
1t VIII readily be seen that from the first
TO the last senator there has been a variation
IN the form of commission issued to them. or as
In case of Brown and Barrow, to the President
OF the Senate. The subject is not an uninter-
esting one. SIDNEY HERBFRT