The state herald., 1891-01-16
THE LEGISLATURE

Tho Eighth Goneral Asse mbly for thu
State Of Colorado mot At noon Wednes
day, January 7th, III Dehvet. Senator M
b. Carpenter of Arapahoe was chossf u
preside over the Senate and ]. w. Hanna
| Of Montczuma County was elected Speaker
Of tho House. Tho election Of those Of
flcers, and ull others, In fact, was In &C
cordance with the nominations made by
the Republicans in caucus.
Hh contest was presented for any seat
in the Senate, but In the House the COM
mittee on credentials announced oh8 fforl
Arapahoe County.
SENATE.--At IL o'clock Lieutenant Gov
ernor Smith called tho Senate 10 order,
and after the prayer, delivered q short
opening address. A communication was
received from tho Secretary q state giv-
Ing list Of the hold7over Senators, Who
were entitled to participate In the organt-
zation Three Of these, Moasrs. Wells,
Gardner and Barela, wero electet com
mittee on credentials, and In short time
reported tho names Of ncwlp-elccted mem
bers OF the Senate who were at once sworn
in by Chipf Justice Helm.
Upon motion Of Senator Bailey, the
rules Of the Seventh General Assembly
wetc adopted AS governing the prcsctit
body. .. N,o,r :.
Upon motion of Senator MSertefy the
Senate then proceeded to the election Oh
u presiding officer. Senators Carpenter
and Barela wero nominated and tho Tor
mer, upon tho cali Of the roll, was elected
by strictly party vote OF 10 10 .. Sena-
tor gorder received one vote.
For secretary Of tho Senate the nomina-
lions were J. S. Lawrence Of Qunnison
and William Ferguson Of AraDah0e. MIR.
Lawreucc wac hlected by vote OF 10 70 "
For assistant secretary, Statley Stokes,
Boulder, was elected by the sat1o vote
over Ed. Mclslva1n of Salida.
The remaining officers OF tho Senate
were elected and sworn in as follows:
Sergeant at arms, L. b. Willard; assist
ant sergeant at arms, John A. Murray;
chief engrossing clerk, John Wyatt
assistant engrossing clerk, William T..
D5lh, chief enrolling clerk, W. Il.
Rogers; Assistant thtollirg elerkt "
messenger, Nathan J. Lotdohef, AocSrI
Haskell; iat,itsr, Amos Marshall; pages,
William q. Clinton ana andrew Whitlock,
Jr. night Waterman, Guy Fairhu..t ~.
Committees were appointed 10 select the
standing committees md TO arrange the
details OF the inauguration.
HoUsI.-At IL o'clock the secretary Of
tho last House called tho present House
IN HtdsEi
A list d. iacmber. vas received from tho
Secretary of State. JG5gs Whit. Of Gus
ter was chosen temporary chairmai..
Messrs. Schwanbeck Of Saguache, Flick
niger Of Pueblo, and Secor Of Boulder
were appointed committee on creden-
tinls and In fifteen minutes reported. The
members were then sworn in.
Mr. Sccor Of Boulder took tho floor and
IN brief speech placed James w. Hanna
A Mnt,tngfttffN in, untntpafi0t
Mr.. Rittenhouse OF Arapahoe followed,
placing the name OF T. F. O'Mahohey OF
Lake III Nomination.
On the roll bsing called, the speaker
stated that but forty eight -stes had been
cast, of these Mr. Hanna received thirty
two and Mr.. O'Mahoney sixteen.
On motion of Mr.. O'Niahoncy the cleo
tiop Of Mr.. Hanna was made unanimous.
Aftei JudEr Eliott had administered
the oath Of of,ico, fff. Hnnpn, thanked the
Assembly briefly, saying thai hs fflt par
ticularly pleased, not only TO be IL nat
mony with his own party, but also TO
receive the approval OF the opposition.
The Assembly thon proceeded TO the
election Of chief clerk, and W. II. Ed
munds OF Larimer was elected unanimous
~.
Tho Assembly then proceeded TO the
election OF sergeant alarms and assis-
taht sergeant alarms. MIR. q. NJ. Bowen
Of Chafloe was unanimously chosen ser
gennt-at-arms and Mf. jacob Amptar Of
Boulder, assistant.
The rules Of the Seventh Assembly were
Adopted.