Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-09
senator Douglass nominated John P !.


man.
Senators Woodward, Townsend and
| Claiborne were appointed tellers. On the
| first ballot Childress received Is votes,
Kirk, O; Hargon, 8 and Streetman, /
vote. Sfreetman was withdrawn.
Senator Glasscock nominated Ed junk.
Second Ballot-ChildreSs received Il
votes, Kirk, s; Hargon 4 Junk l vote.
| ChiIdress received majority of the votes
cast and was declared elected calendar
clerk.
For sergeant-at-arm Senator Pope
nominated Captain w F. Brewer There
were no other nominations, and Captain
| Brewer was unanimously reelected.
For assistant sergeant-at-arms, SEN
| ator Claiborne nominated Captain j D.
Roberdeau.
Senator Woodward nominated W. L.
Rudd
Senator Harrison nominated James
Rigley.
Senator Armistead nominated H E.
Henderson.
First Roberdeau, votes; Rig
| ley, Z: Rudd, 5; Henderson, 10.
Second Ballot-Roberdeau 3 votes;
Rigley, Z; Rudd, 3; Henderson, II.
Henderson was elected assistant sergeant
alarms.
For chaplain, Senator Woodward
| nominated DR.. r. K. Smoot. There
WAS no other nominations and DR..
Smoot s election was unanimous.
For door-keeper, Senator Davis nomi-
mated Captain Thomas J Calhoun.
Senator Pope nominated Major A. J
Dorm.
Major Dorm received eighteen votes and
Captain Calhoun eleven. Major Dorm
was declared elected door-keeper.
For assistant door-keeper, Senator
Armistead nominated G. W. Fitzhugh.
Senator Glasscock nominated w. T.
| Rutledge.
Senator Claiborne nominated Captain
J NJ. Bennett.
Fitzhugh received Is votes; Rutledge,
z; Bennett, 6. G. w Fitzhugh was de-
clared elected assistant doorkeeper.
For president pro TEN of the senate,
Senator Lane nominated Senator H. d.
Mcdonald of Lamar, seconded by Sena-
tors Armistead and Pope. He was
elected unanimously.
Senator Mcdonald introduced a reso-
luton providing for five committee
clerks, one to be appointed by the chair
man of each of the four commit
tees-judiciary committees Nos l and .
the committee on finance, and the COM
mIttee on internal improvements-the
fifth clerk to be appointed by the presi-
dent of the senate as general clerk to
serve any committee.
Senator Field offered an amendment
taking the clerk from the internal i'm
proyement committee and giving the
president of the senate the right to ap-
point two general clerks.
Senator Tyler offered q substitute for
the amendment allowing the above speci-
fed four committees to select their clerks
and the president of the senate to appoint
two additional clerks, making six clerks
in all.
Senator Field IS amendment was
adopted and in that shape the original
motion prevailed, giving the president of
the senate the right to appoint two gen
eral clerks and the judiciary committees
! and and the finance committee each
the right TO select clerk.
Senator Davis offered a resolution en-
towering the sergeant-at-arms to pur-
chase stamps for the senators and to pro-
vide each senator copy of the Revised
Statutes and the journals of the Six
teenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nine
teenth and Twentieth sessions of the
legislature. Carried.
A resolution by Senator Claiborne that
the president of the senate appoint two
committees-one to wait upon the
governor, the other upon the house of
representatives to inform them the senate
was organized and ready for business.
Carried.
On the arst committee were appointed
Senators Claiborne, Tyler and Allen; on
the second, Senators Kimbrough, John
son and Harrison.
fy,, 1o1 Iob 4ho
of the house, and in turn selected their
seats in the body for the session.
The president announced the selection
of porters and pages.
By resolution the rules of the session
of the Twentieth legislature were adopted
until otherwise changed.
The president of the senate then an
nOunced the committees of which the fol-
lowing were the chairmen:
Judiciary No. Mcdonald.
judiciary No. 2-Abercrombie.
Constitutional endments-Upshaw.
Education-Burney
Internal improvement-Pope.
Finance-Jarvis.
Private land claims-Davis.
observation-disclosures.
Public health-Atlee.
Military affairs-ClaiboTne.
Public lands-Burgess.
State affairs-Crawford
Commercial manufactures Claiborne.
Roads and bridges-Lane.
Claims and accomts-Kimbrough
Contingent eXpenses-Douglass.
General land office-GlasscOck.
Federal relations-Allen
Counties and county boundaries
Woodward.
Public debt-Ingram.
Public routine-Johnson.
State aSylums-Armistead
Stock snd stock raising-Davis.
Agricultural affairs-HarIison
Press and comptrOllers office-Morris.
Elections-Douglass
Rules-MaetZ.
Insurance statistics-Seale.
Judicial districts-Sims
EngrOSsed bills-Simpkins.
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