Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-01-11
OHIO LAW MAKERS.
The Sixty Ninth General Assembly
Convenes. m

Caucus Elected In Both Houscs and
the Legislative Machinery Put
in Motion without Par
tlole of Friction.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 7.-SENATE-.The Sem
ate met at ten a. M, with Lieutenant
Governor Lyon in the chair There were
present all the Senators-elect except
Mr.. Silver, of Columbiana, a Republican.
The Senators were sworn in by Judge
Munshall, of the Ohio Supreme Court.
The organization of the Senate was then
effected, the nominee of the Democratic
caucus being elected and sworn in as
follows: President pro tenn, Perry M.
Adams, OF Seneca County; chief clerk,
w. A. Taylor, of Franklin; journal
clerk, l. ID. Fisk, of Morrow; message
clerk, j. r. Kagy, of Hancock; engross-
ing clerk, Miss Nellie O'Hagan, of Erie;
enrolling clerk, James Ireland, of War
rem; recording clerk, Miss Leal I'll. Rob
ertson, of Shelby; sergeant-at-arms, Cap
tain D. II. Mortley, of Coshocton; first
assistant Carlos L. Trevitt, OF Franklin;
second, w. A. Varley, of Athens. Com
mittees were appointed as follows: To
wait on the Governor, Messrs. Cole,
of standing committees, Messrs. Adams,
Van Cleaf, Shaw, Corcoran, Ryan, Mas
sic and Kerr; on the Inauguration of
Governor Campbell, Messrs. Van Cleaf,
Gaumer and Massie. A joint resolu-
tion was offered by Mr.. Brown and
adopted paying tribute to the MEM
ory of the late George II. PEN
dleton. Mr.. Morrison offered joint
resolution, which was adopted, pro-
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Detroit river. He also introduced bill
to provide for the payment by the State
of S3.5 per week for each insane patient
kept in a county or city infirmary on ac-
count of the crowded condition of the
asylum in that district. Mr.. Oren intro-
duced bill to prevent trusts, pools and
all other combinations that restrict
trade, limit production and increase the
price of products. Mr.. Reed introduced
a bill providing that district assessors
shall give notice to property holders of
the valuation placed on their buildings
at the decennial land appraisement.
John Juelg. of Hamilton County, was
appointed an additional sergeant-at-
arms.
HoUsE-At ten o'clock Secretary of
State Daniel j. Ryan called the House
of the SiXty-ninth General Assembly to
order, and the oath of Office was admin
istered to the members by Judge Will
Jams, of the Supreme Court. Messr:.
Taylor, of Champaign and McDermott,
of Muskingum, were appointed to act as
clerks for the organization. The first
call of the House ordered after the mem-
bers were sworn in, showed the presence
of 100 members. The absenteeS were
Messrs. Counts, of Shelby; Eggerman.
of Hardin; Kean, of Carroll Knapp, of
Defiance, and Lawler, of Franklin. Mr..
Kean was present, but did not answer to
the call. Three of the other gentle
men, Messrs Counts, Knapp and Law
Ter, were absent on account of sickness.
Since there were four Democrats out,
with all the Republicans present, there
was stir on the majority side. 1t was
an excellent opportunity for the Re-
publicans to delay the organization,
but no effort was made to do this.
The next business was the election of q
Speaker, and Neal r. Hysell, Democrat,
of Perry, and S. c. Saylin, Republican,
of Huron, were nominated. The Demo-
Gratis voted for the former. The Repub-
licans, except Messrs. Spencer, of Wood.
and Messer, of Lucas, who were paired
Lawler. of Franklin, voted for the lat
ter. Mr.. Hysell received 55 votes and
Mr.. Saylin 81. Messrs. Forbes, of Gosh
octon, and Saylin were appointed com
mittee to conduct the Speaker to the
chair. Mr.. Hysell made a brief address
thanking the members for the honor
conferred upon him. A. G. Robson, of
Darke, and Mr.. Hudson, of Clinton, were
nominated for Speaker pro tenn. Mr..
Robson was elected by the same vote
as the Speaker. The Democratic caucus
nominees were elected, the Republicans,
except in the case of the Speaker and
Speaker pro tenn, complimenting the
old officers of the House, as follows:
Chief clerk, David Il. Fisher, of Hardin;
journal clerk, d. +. Taylor, of Ash
land; message clerk, Sherman Mott,
of Defiance; engrossing clerk, G.
L. Pollock, of Morrow; enrolling
clerk, w. B. Albright of Brown;
recording clerk, Miss Sallie e. Brown
of Hancock; sergeant-at-arms, George
ID. Neal, of Knox; first assistant, George
f. Foster, of Wyandot; second, Thomas
j. Knight, of Hamilton; third, Fred
Blenkner of Franklin. The usual COM
mittees to wait on the Governor and in
form him that the General Assembly
was organized, were appointed and re-
cess was taken. The members drew for
choice of seats and Messrs. Palmer and
Hodge, of Cuyahoga; Braman, of Lorain;
Shearer, of Union; Smith, of Franklin;
Munson, of Licking, and Beard, of Ash
land, were allowed to chose their own
seats. The Governors message was then
read. The chair appointed as the COM
mittee on rules, the Speaker, Messrs.
Belville, Forbes, Laylin and Hudson.
Mr.. Hodge introduced a bill 30 provide
d federal plan of government for Cleve-
land. A resolution was offered provid-
ing for joint meeting January to can
yass tho vote cast at the recent State
election.
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