Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-01-03
IXyUI General Assembly.


Iou to secure all the principal Offices
LXvIII General Assembly.
THE SENATE.
The Senate was called to order by Hon.
David II. Mortley, Senatorelect from the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Districts.
Prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. W. Z.
Moore. Hon. Joseph Zimmerman, Senator.
elect from the Thirtieth district, WAS called
10 act as temporary clerk.
By direction of the Chair, the Senator'S
elect came forward and were sworn in by
Chief Justice owen, and the election of .
President pro TEN. was declared in order.
Mr. Brown nominated James Z. Richard
son. Of Hamilton.
Mir Srul! nominated Theo. F. Davis, Of
Washington.
A ballot was ordered. but. before the
result WAS announced, Mr.. Rannells moved
to adjourn The Chair declared the motion
to adjourn out of order, for the reason that
ii could not be made pending the announce
ment of a vote already taken.
Mr. Rannclls appealed from the decision
of the chair. The question being, shall
the decision Of the chair be sustained the
yeas and nays were called. and the result
was as follows: Navs-AlcXan,ier, Brown.
Cole, Coulter Crook, Ford. Kerr. Mack, Mas
sic, Morrison. Rann.lls, Rathbone, Snyder,
Stueye, Taylor-l5 Yeas-Adams, Brad
dock, Carlin. Cowgirl, Cutler Davis, Dorr,
Geyser. Glover, huffman, Lindsey, Me
haley. Mortley Robertson, Sinnett, Stull,
Townsend, Wallace. Zirnnerman-l9. So
the decision of the chair WAS sustained.
The vote on the election of the President
pro TEN. was thcreupon announced.
Richardson received fifteen votes,
and Davis neneteen, the vote be-
ing exactly the same as on the question Of
sustaining the decision Of the chair. The
vote for Davis consisted Of the eleven Dem.
cratic Senators. Adams. Rraddock. Dorr.
Huffman, Lindsey. Mehaffey. Morley.
Robertson. Sinnett, Wallace and thinner
man. and the eight boltins Republican
Senators, Csrlin, Cowgirl, Cutler. Davis,
Geyser, Glover, Ssull and Townsend.
The oath OF office was administered 10
Mr.. Davis ss President pro TEN by Chief
Justice Owen, and the new presiding Of
ficer At once took the chair.
The election Of Clerk was ne II in order
and Mr. Ransells nominated I. ]. Hayes,
of Lawrence: MIR. Cutler nominated J. T..
Lowry, of Kenton; Ar. Lowry was elected
by the same vote IS that which elected Mr..
Davis.
Walter S. Thomas, Of Delaware, and John
F. Brown, of Ross. were nominated for
Journal Clerk, and Thomas was elected by
~ votes, Brown receiving Ii.
For Message Clerk, q. N. Flenner of But
Ter, was elected without oPposition, receiv-
ing % votes.
For Engrossins Clerk, Mrs Belle Hun
ford was elected without opposition, re-
ceiving the 25 Republican votes.
For Enrolling Clerk, Miss Pattie Kumler
received 81 votes, and Mrs. Holiday. the
caucus nominee. received l5.
For Recording Clerk. Henry N. Korte.
Democrat Of Muskinyum. received 10 votes,
and Miss Mary Morrison, OF summit n
ceived Is.
For searseant-at- Arms, Dayton W. Glenn,
Of Cuyahoss, received - votes.
For First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms. =.
p. Henry, of Ashtabula, recciysd i6 votes,
and J. {. Glover ef Harris,sn, 10 votes.
For Second Assistant Sergesnt-at-Arms.
E-sn Evans, of Hamilton, was elected BY
36 votes.
For Third Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms,
Capt, r. b. Crawford, Of Stark. Was elected
by 30 votes.
A message was sen, to the House inform.
ing that body that the Senate had organ
lied.
Senators Mack, Robertson. Sinnett, Stull,
Coulter Richardson. Mchaifey, Rannells,
Ford, Lindsey, Morley aud Zimmerman
we're allowed 10 select seats in advance Of
all others, and the selection Of seats by lot
by the remaining members was proceeded
with.
Mr. Coulter offered the following resslu
tien:
Resolved, That committee of seven be
appointed by the President TO Arrange the
standing committees of the Senate, and tc
report list of the same to this body at an
early day.
Mr.. SinHett gave notice to discuss, and
the resolution went over under the rules
Mr.. Sinnett afterwards stated that he was
lsssring under Tnisapprehcnsion.
On melton of Mr.. Cowgirl, the rules by
the Senate of the Sixty-Seventh General
Assembly were adopted until the report Of
the Committee on Rules, hereafter ~ b<
appointed, shall be adopted
Senate joint resolution. by Mr.. Snyder
TO appoint committee Of three from the
Senate and - on the part Of the House
to make arrangements for the Inauguration
was adopted. Mr., For!'s joint resolution
was adopted TO appoint a committee from
the Senate and House to wait ubon the
Governor and inform him that the General
Assembly was ready to receive any com
munication he desired 10 transmit
Mr.. Wallace, OF Franklin, offered the fol.
lowing. which was adopted:
kesstsed. That when the Senate adjourns
upon any day without any other time be-
ing determined Spon. il shall be until the
hour of 10 o'ciock a.. m. of the next LeKis-
lative day: and whenever il takes q recess
upon any dsy, unless otherwise ordered, il
shall be until the hour of 8 p. m. of the
same day
A resolution hy Mr. Sinaett that the Sen.
ate be opened each day With prayer and
that the President invi,. cleryymen to per
form this service, was adopted.
Mr. Ford nHereI ths fsl1r~ipr
which was adopted:
Rssoiresi That the two Houses Of the Gen
eral Assembly meet in joint convention, in
accorda3ce with the provision of the
statute, on Wednesday, January 4, leeS, at
ii O'Clock n. IN, and count the votes for
State officers al the election held On the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember. 1857
A message from the House. notifying the
Senate that an organization had been af-
fected, was received.
On motion OF Mr.. Mort!ey, copy of the
Revised Statutes was ordered delivered to
each OF the Senators.
The Senate then took a recess till
o'clock
When the Senate rcconycned q resolu-
tion was adopted thanking Fred. Blankner
for his services in preparing the Senate
chamber for the SESSIONS OF the Senate.
The following bills were introduced:
By Senator Braidock-To reduce maxi
mum Passenger fare from three cents TO
two cents per mile. and Ia reduce freight
rates from live cents Ia three cents per ton
per mile.
By Senator Mo:ley-To reduce passenger
fare to two cents per mile.
By Mr.. Sinnett-A local bill PROVIDING
Tor the erection Of public hall in the vii
lage OF Utica, Licking county.
by Mr.. Hufiman-To annul Section
5, .01 OF the revised statutes 50 as TO author.
ize guardians to consent to the assignment
Of dover in real estate OF which the intes
tate died seized.
The Senate then adjourned
THE HOUSE.
Promptly at ten o'clock General Robinson
called the House TO order. and the divine
blessing was invoked by Rev. $. d. Hutsin-
piller, of the Town Street NJ. L. Church.
General Robinson appointed Representa-
tive John J. Strauahan, Of Cuyshoga, Clerk |
pro tenn, and then proceeded to call the roll |
)f the members, who came forward and |
formed in a semi-circle in front of the |
Speakers stand as their names were called |