The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-03-28

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Of its officers were sworn and enter.
ed upon their respective duties fol
the first time, and thereupOn the
House duly notified the Senate Of
ito organization.
On Monday. December 8, 1890,
the Senate took no steps toward
electing any Of it, officers, but elect.
ed them eli on December 8, 1890,
and thereupon notified the House
of Representatives. Of its organiza.
ition.
So that. the 9th day of December,
1890, Was the day on which the
Legislature was organized, within
the sense of<the word organised; .
a. found in said above quoted
clause of Section IA, Art. XXI, Of
the Constitution of the State, and
in Section IA and Is of the Revised
Statutes.
As said Section IA, in the above.
quoted clause, provides that within
ten days after the organization Of
the Legislature both Houses shall
then and there proceed to elect, ~
provided by law, two Senators Of
the United States for the State Of
Idaho, the said two Houses, in sepa-
rate meeting, prior to the 10th day
of December, 1890, and within the
ten days aforesaid, passed a con-
current resolution in words and
figures as follows e.
''Resolved by the Senate, the House concur
ring. That tbeosaate and House Of Represe nts;
On Taesd e 4 iS ne da eS tses
: And the two houses, of the said
Tuesday, December l6, 1890, pur-
suant to said concurrent resolution,
did proceed to vote for q United
States Senator, without a choice
being had. On the next day, De-
cember II, 1890, pursuant to the
terms of said concurrent resolution
and the provisions of said Constitu.
ton of the State and the admission
act, and of said section Is of the
revised statutes of the United
States, the two houses met together
in joint assembly and took two
votes for q United States Senator,
and failed to elect.
On the next day, December Is,
1890, the two Houses again met in
joint assembly, whereupon Senator
Gum offered, in joint assembly,
the following resolution:
'.Resolved by the joint assembly Of the Senate
and House Of REPRESENTATIVES Of the legislature
81 he e. to
cies; and that after such election, we immediate
y proceed to elect one United States senator to
fill the vacancy occurring March 4, 1884,
This resolution, offered for the
first time in joint assembly. was
strongly opposed, 80 far as that
part of the resolution is concerned
which provided for the election of a
third Senator, Immediately after
the election of the two, to fill exist
ing vacancies, and for whose cleo
ton special provision had been
made by the Constitution of the
State, the admission act, and the
concurrent resolution passed by
the two Houses acting separately,
and upon which the joint assembly
had convened. The resolutions
was adopted by vote Of 20 to Is,
all the members elected to both
branches of the Legislature being
present and voting on the resolu-
tions; it thus requiring % to con-
stitute majority of the joint con-
convention, and to make an cleo
ton.
Whilst the said resolution offered
by Senator Gum was pending,
Senator Gray offered an amend
ment thereto, az follows:
II move to amend the resolution, to read ~
follows: That We DO now proceed to elect one
Senator from North Idaho, and then proceed to
cancaes now existing"
This amendment was declared
out of order by the chair.
Senator Gray then withdrew his
amendment, but offered the follow
ing as substitute for the original
resolution.
Senator Gray:
~ move that the resolution read AZ follows:
That we proceed to elect two Senators to MI the
vacancy now existing
Which substitute was rejected
by the joint assembly, the vote
Standing rs for and % against.
The question then recurred IN