Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-12-12

ed States. Feel profound sorrow For the - sudden death of the vice president. who, l. by the constitution, IS also declared tO , be president of the senate. he contin-
 geLcy has now arrived when it becomes ' the imperative duty of ibe senate to 1 elect a president pro tenn In accepting j. the position assigned ne feel there are
 many svnEtOrs on either side of the . house more apt ID dischargiag the dutles [ of this position-mOre experien ed ID ! the rules and orders of the senste-than
 myself. Still, l accept with the sincere
 desire that l may be able to enforce the . rules with kindness and impRrtIality, SO
 B tO ascertain. If pOssit!e, the sense of
 the lOrlty of tine senate, and glve 10 l the minority lis fnil constitutional right E and protection. With the sincere deslTe
 of performing this duty l appeal to each
 individual senator for bis courtesy and foIb-arance."
 2 Cullom presented the credentials of
 Logan, re elected Es senator from Hi , nols, and Pike presented those of Blair as senator from New Hampshire. The credentials were read and Logan and . Blair were at once sworn m by the pres- ident pro tenn.
 The newly appointed president pro
 tenn called the senate tn or1er. The cleik of the house of representatives brought a message from that body an- nouDclDg the election of it's speaker and
 clerk and the appointment Of q commit
 tee to Wait on the Presiden iu coujunc-
 tlOn with the committee already ap-
 pointed by the Senate. NOorhess then
 offered the following resolution, prefac-
 ing It with ;be remark that m so doing
 he was performing the RRddest duty of
 his life:
 Resolved, That the senate has re-
 ceived with profound sorrow the intelli.
 gcnce of ths death of Thos. 4 Hen-
 drieks, late Vice President of the United l
 States BDd for many yeaEs 8 distIn- l
 guisbsd member Oi this body. Resolved, That the business of the | seDste be suspended n order that the | eminent public services Rnd repre senta-
 tive virtues of the deceased msy be 3D. | proprately cOmmemUratsd.
 Resolved, That the secretary of tine | senate be directed Co cummuuic Ite | these resolutions to the house ot repre- seDtRtives
 Voorhees, asked that the resolutions l he permitted tu he on the table subject to be called uaon at future day On
 which the senate should have due and
 Imely notice. The resolutions were ao- curdlngly lad On the table.
 Harrison then moved the immediate
 dJournmeut of the senate, "Out of re. spect to the memory of the late vice
 president" The motion was agreed to aLdsthe senate adjourned until tO-mor- low.
 At precisely noon, the house was ralled 70 order by J. E. Cla k. its clerk. and the hrst session of the 18th congress
 ] clerks call IL disclosed the presence of BIO members. the absentees oeIng Mil TT, of New York, Henderson of North Carolina, Aiken Of South Carolina, Craig of Texas aud Coxtou of Virginia NomI- nations for speaker weIe then in order.
 ucker of Virginia presented the name "t Carlisle Of hentucEy. Cannon os H. lInois placed the name Of Reed of Name ID nomination. he vote was uuuuuced
 is follows: Carlisle, IT; Reed, l33 Amld loud applau-e the clerk declared ,ar!lsle elected aud appointed Mes rs Tucker and Reed as a committee to con- duct the speaker 10 tie cnaIr.
 Carlisle spoke briefly, thaukinc the members for the reneA al of cnu iidcnc.. tno election of house officers resulted m ihe seleciiun of tho e chosen by the dem "crat Caucus. Toe usual committees we're then 1ppuin'ed to ioin that from the senate to asnolHce tD the president z the organization Of the two branches of , congress.
 WhIie waiting for the comm ttee to ! report the house proceeded on motion Ct Mir. Springer. O. IlinOls. to save tune to draw for seats. MIlle, of TsGaS, l moved by unauImOUs cunrent that Mir. q kelly, of Penn, the father of the hOuse. | 1e permitted to choose his seat ID ad- c vance, ont Mir. Bennett, of North Car c ohna, objected. Mir. Reid then suggest l d that Mr. Kelly put hIs hat upon hIs desk and be assured that his wish wound be respected, and the membrrs then re- tired behind the circle Of desks while a b page drew from box mum b tered marbles which cores ponded to q numbers attached to their names. The il trst marble drawn wHs 237, and Stahl- n necker, oi New York, proved to be the n lncky man. He selected seat on the |, drmocratlc side. little 10 the left of " he speakers chair and three rows from a the front. Mir. Breckenridge, of Ark u - nsas, took hls former seat The next sl dozen names drawn were those of new F members and the faces of older members Iengthened as they saw their chances ..' f securing prominent seats lessening. [.
 On the temocatic side, however, Mr, - Warner. of Ohio, Mr. McAdoo, of New P Jersey, Mir. Springer and Mir. Eden of P llInols and MT. Bland of Missouri were u ible to secure good positions. Tie last h' ia.De called was that os Mr. Gedies uf Is Jh O. Mir. Holmes, of Indiana, then CT ss and said: "Mr. Speaker, the uel- cc .ucholy du'y has dev, lyed on me Of on i"uncing to the house that 1hos. 4. i-udricks. vice president of the Uuited tI , ates, at his home in the city of Indian bl .polIs, on the 10th day o' last month, ni 'eparteh thls life. The death of this minent citizen after lOns period of nl 'uUlic service, holding the second high h, -i office iU th- gift 'f the people. aud -, ThOse high reputation in public aat ,T 'rivate life aud unsulliei goodness. has t 'i wide spread expressions of hi .ri-f thr ughout the whole republic m undoubtedly congress will at on eErlS tir lOment. acting through both its houses, o1 rov'de sn occasion for the proper eI- bo rf ssion touching the life. character and an uollc service of the deceased. Dat Of ,,, ->p-ct [" his memory, l move that the .t "use do now adjourn" The motion 'u -z- agreed to unanimously. and &C., On ordinely the house adjourned. p' LONDON, Dec 1.-It is stated to-day ey, Ut Parnell seeing tbat the Torres and bv combined are not able to =. esl with the affairs of Ireland, has P'I sde Oyertures to the Liberals. The sa. arnellites are said to have declared ca lat the Liberals and the Psrnellites to 'mbiDed can carry everything before sio lem. A6, OLYMPIA W. T. s-The Legislature bo' 'nvened tbis morning. After organ gr' ing, 1t adjourned until tomorrow. tak NEW YORK, Dec. s.-Wm. H. Wander Tor It died st 2:R p m. st lis residence. uo he fact was kept from the public vh PRESCOTT. Ariz-. Dec. S--Th- special sg, legIam from Albuquerqus, \. NJ, to 70 e Tombstone Epitsph m regard 10 8 Poi Inference reported to have been held res Albuquerque, between Governor Zul- 10 [ and General Phil Sheridan. on tbe veS