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wo uld be the pleasure of the House
to give him its vote for that high
position.
Mr.. James Ii. Brown said he was
instructed by the Republican caucus
to put in nomination Hon. Geo. f.
LOOMS. He said it was pleasure
to perform the duty, as he believed
it a harmless one. He also felt
pride IN the nominee just named,
Mr.. Kenna. He was a native of his
county and the pride of his people.
But believing in the principles in,
volved 1T was his duty to nominate
another man--one whose character
is above reproach one whose career
upon the bench, at the bar, and as
private citizen has been a distin-
guished one, and he is worthy of our
suffrages.
Mr.. Henshaw put in nomination
John i. Janney, of Berkeley county.
He said he was eminently qualified,
and was representative of the Ma
tlonal Labor party.
Mr.. Burtt, of Ohio county second
ed the nomination of Mr. Janney in
an earnest speech, commencing the
man and the principles he repre-
sents.
The House then proceeded to vote.
The whole number of votes cast was
81, of which Mr.. Kenna received 81
Mr.. LOOMS %, and Mr.. Janney 8,
as follows:
Those voting for Mr.. Kenna were:
Messrs. Adair, Allen, Armstrong,
Bee, Boggs, Brown, G. L., Brown,
James f., Chambers, Collins, Cor
der, Daley, Eckard, Fouke, Caring,
Gorrell, Hall, Harrison, Holt, Is
bell, Miller, McClung, Mccullough,
Mcqueen, Parsons, Payne, Penne-
hacker, Rider, Rife, Salisbury,
Shirtz, Stifel, Stump. NJ, Stump, T.
r., Timms, Wells, Yeager, Woods
ST.
Those voting for Mr.. LOOMS
were: Messrs. Bond, Brown, j. H.,
Cox, Davis, Evans, Harmon, Jones,
Lynch, Maxwell, McCord, Morgan,
Orr, Powell, d., Powell, w. NJ,
Rigg, Ruel, Sayre, Simonton, Simon
ton, Stapleton, Wilson-22.
Those voting for Mr.. Janney
were: Messrs. Burtt, I1enshaw,
Sturm-3.
The vote was directed to be en-
tered in the journal.
JANUARY "a.
The hour of II NJ. having arrived,
the Sergeant-at-Arms announced
the appearance of the Senate on the
floor of the House for the purpose of
entering into joint session with the
House for the purpose of electing a
United States Senator.
The President of the Senate took |
the chair and the rolls of the Senate
and House were called.
The President then directed the
Clerk of the Senate to read the jour |
nal of the day previous, from which
it appeared that at the vote then
taken for Senator Hon. j. E. Ken
ma received II votes, Hon. George
E. LOOMS votes, and John Il. !
Janney 2 votes. The Journal of the |
House was then read ,On which it ap. |
peared that Kenna received 81 votes, |
LOOMS % votes, and Janney 3 votes. |
The President then declared that |
Mr.. Kenna having received major
ity of the whole vote cast was duly !
elected United States Senator for
the term beginning March 4th, 1888.
Mr.. Holt thereupon offered the
following joint resolution
"Whereas, Hon. Henry G.. Davis
will conclude on the fourth of March
next, his second term as United
States Senator from West Virginia,
and having declined to be candi-
date for reelection, will then volun-
tarily retire from the Senate, there
fore, be it
Resolued: That a Legislative ac-
acknowledgements and public express
sion Of thanks is justly due to an
honored and we'll tried public SER
want, and that in accordance with
what we believe to be the sentiment
of the people of West Virginia not
restricted to the limits of one politi-
cal party, we do hereby declare that
by his devotion to the public service
at all times, and especially to the in
terests of West Virginia, the Hon.
Henry G.. Davis has justly earned
the gratitude of his constituents
anu tlc lcopcCt anu SOOu Will VI b1c
people or the State he will find the
reward for career of honesty, cap
ability and energetic endeavor in the
public services.
Resolved, That "a copy of these
resolutions be engrossed, certified
and transmitted to Mr.. Davis.
Mr.. Donohoe said that every gen
tleman in the hall knew that the
resolution was improper. He moved
that the joint assembly do now dis
solve sine die.
Mr.. Holt said that he had not of
tered the resolution unadvisedly. He
did not understand why it was not
1t was simply resolu
lion expressive of the appreciation
IF the services of a faithful public
officer.
The President having put the mo-
ion TO dissolve, it was carried, and
.ha Senators wit h1rAW