Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-02-06
IOWA LEGISLATURE.
Senate,

DEs MONIES, Jan ga resolution was
offered by Senator Woolson that until the
senate receives notice Of the organization of
the house any senator may present bill, pass
II 10 the secretary, by whom II may be mum
bered and memorandum made on the hill
| book and printed and distributed ON the desk.
Adopted Several other resolutions were intro
duced, and also some petitions presented,
which were referred. Adjourned,
House.
The roll was called, after which the speaker
announced the ballot ON permanent speaker as
the order Of business. The first ballot resulted
In s. votes equally divided between Hamilton
| and Wilson. At the close OF the seventeenth
ballot for permanent speaker and the twelfth
for the day, Head moved an adjournment, OK.
planning that he did Sc because the gentleman
from Monona (Roe) who usually performed
this duty was absent and that his friend from
Scott (liipwelll was tired After some further
pleasantries the house adjourned until 10 81
O'Clock Thursday.
sfs Senate.
DEs MONIES, Jan. 30 Several senators arose
to make explanations In regard TO petitions
and private letters they had received In rela-
tion 70 L. 5. Senator, No business was trans.
acted, and the senate adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow,
House.
At 9:30 Speaker Hotchkiss called the house
TO order. After some preliminaries the roll.
call for the election of permanent speaker be-
gan, At the close OF nine ballots for the
morning, the house adjourned to 2:30 In the
afternoon. In the afternoon six more tie bal
lots were taken, and then the house adjourned
to2 80 p, m. Friday,
Senate.
DIS MONIES, Jan. 81 ,-Senate called 10 order
number Of bills then passed In TO the secrc.
tary and among them one by senator Catch
for an appropriation OF slbo, go for improving
the capitol grounds, completing the frescoing,
We. Various other bills We're presented, after
which the senate adiourned TO Tuesday next
at $3.50 p. m,
Eight tie ballots were cast for permanent
speaker this afternoon, 33 for Wilson and ~
for Hamilton. II was announced that after
adjournment, the democrats would 20 into
hone. On motion of Walden, house adjourned
TO 10 80 Saturday. .
- House.
. DEs MONIES, Feb. l--rwenty-one pairs were
ANNOUNCED, the largest number SO far The
forty-second ballot for permanent speaker re-
suited Wilson, 30; Hamilton, 30. Six more
ballots were taken all with the same result.
After the forty-cighth ballot Mr.. Dent of Ply,
mouth, moved an adjournment to 2:O Monday
afternoon. Pending the motion to adjourn
there was some discussion relating TO the bus
iness OF electing, permanent speaker. An
amendment TO the motion to adjourn, that the
adjournment be at 2:80 this afternoon was
ySted down, and then the House adjourned to
2;3o Monday Feb. 3.
.E .... House.
Dies MONIES, Feb "3.--Aftcr the announce
ment of pairs, the forty-ninth ballot for per-
manent speaker resulted, Wilson 30, Hamilton
10. The balloting continued without incident
until the iifty-eighth, when Woods, the Demo
cratic member, astounded the House by voting
for Wilson, but the excitement subsidized when
Yergey, beside whom he was sitting, pumped
for Hamilton. 1t took the tcllcrs some time TO
get this ballot straight, they were so unprepar-
ged for any change. After the fifty ninth ballot
Field of Page, moved that when the House adj
Ejourned 1t be till 10 80 tomorrow morning.
Lost, After the siXticth ballot Holbrook of
Iowa, moved that when the House adjourns II
be 10 10 30 tomorrow morning. Carried. Hol,
brook then moved House do now adjourn. The
ayes and nays were called for by Wyman OF
O,Brien, and Chantry Of Mills, The roll call
resulted ayes Is, hays 25, and the House adj
iourned. ....
Senate.
DIES MONIES Feb. 4.--The senate met, but
transacted no business. 1t adjourned until
3 80 tomorrow.
U House.
The house was called 10 order at 10 80. Mr..
Holbrook for the democratic side presented a
proposition In effect as follows: That the op-
positionto the republicans in this house re-
quest said republicans to malSe'a division OF
the places and committees upon permanent
organization into two parts, such as they deem
equitable, fair and just. and such opposition
hereby bind themselves and agree to select one
Of the partitions into which the said places
and committees upon permanent organization
shall be separated by the republicans, and 10
proceed TO the permanent organization of the
house forthwith. Mr.. Luke, speaking for the
republicans, said the proposition was not one
on which they could act. Three fruitless bal.
lots were then taken, resulting In ~ votes, 35
for Wilson and SO for Hamilton. The house
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