The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-03
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Magnificent floral designs were carried
here and there by pages, and the odor of
roses filled the air. 4 handsome, but
unobtrusive basket graced the speakers
desk. Two desks were necessary to sup
port the immense floral morse shoe and
floral chair, each bearing the inscription
"Our Little Giant, sent to McCarty, Of
New York, by his admirers.
HOuk, OF Tennessee, was the recipient
OF superb floral ship OF State. Before
the hour of noon, the executive and dip
lomatic galleries were filled. As the
hands OF the clock pointed to the hour of
- o'clock, the clerk called the house to
order and proceeded to read the roll of
the members elect The roll call showed
the presence of 1927 members, 3 absentces
being. O'Ncall, of Indiana Randall, of
Pennsylvania and Whitthornc, of Ten
nessee. The clerk stated that he had not
received the certificates of the election
from the Sixth Ninth and twenty
seventh districts of New York. More
than quorum having been disclosed
nominations were i'll order, and Mr.. Reed
was placed in nomination by Henderson,
of Indiana The mention of Reeds name
was the signal for applause on the re-
publican side which was returned with
interest by the democrats when Nc
Creary, of he lucky, nnminoted Carlisle
for the honorable position. Cannon, OF
Illinois, Mills, of Texas; Henderson,
OF Iowa, and Felix Campbell were APP
pointed tcllerS and the clerk proceeded to
call the roll.
The vote resulted, Mr.. Reed l66, Mr..
Carlisle 154, Mr.. Cummings, Of New
York, It Mr.. Cowles, of North Caro-
lima, )-and Mr. Reed having been de
clared elected the speaker, was escorted
to the chair by Mr.. Mckinley and Mr..
Carlisle amid applause, and the oath OF
office was administered by Mr.. Kelley, OF
| PENNSYLVANIA. The names otMr. Turner,
Mr.. Cummings and Mr.. Payne from the
Sixth. Nintha and Twenty-seventh districts
Of New York were not called, their Gre
dentails not having been received.
During the roll call Mr.. O'Nclll, OF
Pennsylvania, stated that his colleague,
Mr.. Randall was paired with WILDER, OF
New York, and Mr.. McMilIin, OF Ten
ncsecr, stated that his colleague, Mr..
| Whtthorne was detained at home by
illness.
Mr.. Cummings received a round of ap-
plauSe for his one vote and had to endure
good natured bantcring of his friends.
On assuming the chair, Speaker Reed
said:
Gentlemen OF the House of Represcn-
tatives, | thank you for the high office
which your voices have bestowed upon
me- 1t would be impossible not to be
moved by its dignitieS and hOnOrS. Yet
YOU may well imagine that am at this
moment more Imprt SScd by its RESPONSE
bilitieS and duties. Under our system OF
government as it has been developed
these responsibilities and duties are both
political and parliamentary So far as
duties are practical, sincerely hope that
they may be performed with Il proper
sense of what is due to all the people Ot
the whole country. So far as they are
parliamentary, hope with equal SINGER
itv that they may be performed with
proper sense of what is due to both sides
Of the chamber. Applause.
To the end that | may be successful i'll
carrying out your wishes, ! invoke the
cOnsideratr Judgment ard cordial aid ol
all the members of this house" Long
and continued applause.
The next step i'll the organization OF
the house was the swearing i'll of the
members elect, and as they ranged them
selves i'll squads oftwenty at a time i'll
the space IN front of the clerks desk, the
oath was administered hy the speaker
This duty having been performed, Mr.
Carlisle presented paper which he said
was the certificate of the county court OF
New York. stating the number Of votes
cast i'll the Ninth New York district, and
Tor whom they were cast. Although
official credentials had not been received
Mr. Carlisle asked that Mr.. Cummings
the member elect from that district be
allowed to qualify.
Mr.. Sherman, of New York. made a
similar request in behalf OF Mr.. Payne
member elect from the Twcnty-scvcntll
district. Both requests were aCccded to,
and the gentlemen took the oath of office
Mr.. Henderson, of Illinois, offered Il
resolution for the election of Edward
Mcpherson as clerk, A |. Holmes ser.
gcaut at arms; I. a. Adams, door
keeper; lanes l.. Wheat, postmaster
and Rev. ChdS. B. RamSdell, chaplain o1
the house.
MIR. Cheadle, of Indiana, offered al
amendment striking out the name q
ChaS. b. Ramsdell, and inserting that o
VIM. II. Milburn.
Mr.. Carlisle offered an amendment
substituting the names OF present clcctiv,
officers of the house with the exception
OF chaplain ior the names contained il
MIR. Hendcrson'S resolution.
The yeas and NAYS were demanded OF
..Mr. Cheadlc's amendment, but were re-
fused. On a standing vote the amend
ment was rejected, 1919 to 1874, but ON Z
vote by tcllcrs, this result was adopted
l61 to l5+.
The republicans then attempted t,
secure reconsideration of the yot,
l by which yeas and navs wer,
: refused, but met with a defeat, 15l tt
| 5S, so the amendment was adopted
Mr.. Carlisle'S amendment having beer
r defeated on viva voce vote, Mr.. Lodge
/ OF Massachusetts demanded a division
on Henderson resolution as amended
, That portion of the resolution for tn,
/ election of clerk, sergeant at arms, door
keeper, and postmaster, was adopted bN
, viva voce vote, the vote then recurring
on that portion OF the resolution which
, amended, provides for the election o
Rev. W. H. Milburn as chaplain, tn,
I yeas and nays were ordered. This por
| ton of the resolution was likewist
/ adopted, yeas 100; nays 1856. MesSrs
Cheadle, Lehbach, and Moore, of New
Hampshire, voting in the affirmative
| with the democrats.
The newly elected clerk, doorkeeper
postmaster and chaplain then appcaret
= at the bar of the House and were quail
fed.
A resolution was adopted directing tn,
!, clerk to inform the Senate that the HOus
had organized and was ready to proceed
to business.
MessrS. Mckinley, Cannon and Car