Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-10
WEST VIRGINIA.
The House All Right but the senate
IN Not.
special tolegrara to the DlsDaich.l

Especial telegram 70 tue Dlspatch.l
CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 0-Prompt-
" as the hands points d 10 the hour OF IL
O'clock Clerk J. b. Peyton called the dele
gates 10 order by reading that portion OF
Section 4. Article W.. which prescribes that
when tie House shall have assembled the
oldest member shall Otiiciate as Speaker pro
tenn. until a Speaker shall have been elected
and taken bis seat. After explaining the
construction OF the words the oldest member
10 mean the oldest member ffom the point
OF successive service, he called the Hon. W.
II. McClung, OF Greenbrier county, to act in
that capacity.
Secretary.of.S State Walker having been re-
cogniZed by the Char presented the official
reiurns OF the late election for the members
Of the House Of Delegates, together with q
list Of the members appearing TO be elected
by such returns, which was read, where
gpon W. Z. Adams proceeded TO administer
the oath Of Office to the members, six being
sworn atatime. The roll was then called. All
the members answering 20 their Games with
the exception Of Mr. Smith, Of Tyler county.
The next business being the election OF a
Speaker, the names OF Hon. ;. J. j. Woods,
OF Ono county, and |. II. Duyal, OF the First
delegate district, were placed ia nomination,
a strict party vote being the result. Dir.
Woods receiving - votes and Mr.. Duyal 30
votes. whereupOn the speaker pro tenn. de-
clared Mr. Woods elected. j. VI. Hamilton
was the Democratic caucus nominee for
Clerk, Josiah st. Clair being the Republican
nominee. Mr.. Hamilton Was elected, strict
party vote being east. For the office OF
Sergeaut-at.Arms, W. B. Gib1s, OF Rosne
county, was the Democratic nominee. For
Doorkeeper the Democrats presented A. wv.
Knots, Of Marion. Both were elected as IN
the other onices-by a strict party vote.
The House then took a recess until 2:SO
this afternoon.
Upon rea.sembling Secretary-oi-Sate Wal.
ker delivered the election returns to the
House with the exception kanawha county's
vote en- Governor, together with copy OF
an Injunction FROM Judge Campbell, OF The
Tenth judicih circuit, enioining from lay
ing the certificate Of that vote before the
Legislature.
Several resolutions OF a minor character
tending toward the purpose OF the organiza-
ton were adopted. and the House adjourned
10 meet tomorrow morning.
The senate was called TO order promptly
at II O'Clock by Senator G.. l.. Price, Of
Mineral county, he being tbe Oldest mem
ber OF the body, and the new members were
Gt once sworn in.
NOuinatiOns for President being In ORDER
senator Edwin Maxwell placed the name Of
Hon. A. {. Minear, OF Tucker county, before
the body, and senator K. ;. Carr, OF ha'
nawha, was nominated by Senator Minesr.
A ballot was taken, but without any result
SO far as an election was concerned, all the
Democratic members voting for Senator Carr
snd all the Republicans voting for senator
Minear, except Hon. z. W. Morris, OF Richie,
who voted for Hon. Edwin Maxwell OF llar.
| rlson. The result was that Carr Received
! IS votes, Minear II, and Maxwell l, no Que
receiving majority Of all the votes. The
| experiment was repeated four more times,
| but without any result, Senator Carr on
each ballot receiving l3 and senator hinear
| ~ vote.. while Senator Morris continued to
vote for Tom, Dick, and Harry, a. his fancy
| dictated. Finding there was no likelihood
OF satisfactory solution OF the problem a
motion wss made 10 adjourn, but was de-
feated by tie vote. Thirteen ballots were
taken on this question before It was decided,
and finsiy tue body took recess until $3.50
O'Clock p. NJ, with the question OF organi'
/ zation still unsettled. At the afternoon
session il was q repetition OF the morning
/ deadlock. aud at 4 o'clock recess was
/ taken until \ T.. NJ.