Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

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delivered and we'll received He stated
upon taking the chair. that he laid all poll.
tics aside and would treat all fairly. The
house adjourned until o'clock.
At the second meeting the house pro-
|ceeded at once to the election OF CHIEF
Gone, OF Brule, in nomination on behalf OF
the republicans and Kippe, OF Bookings
named W. w. Eastman, OF Beadle, on be-
half Of the independents. The votes
showed Cone elected by q vote OF 63 to 60.
| A motion to adjourn at this point was de-
clared unconstitutional by the chair. it be-
Ang necessary that the governors message
should be delivered and the state officers
| sworn in in joint session.
| The senate met promptly at noon. Chief
| Justice Corson administered the oath Of Of
| fee to Lieut.. Hoffman. The clerk was
then instructed by the president to give
| him a certificate of election and the organ
ization was effected in the senate. Prayer
! was offered by Chaplain Brown. The senate
then proceeded to the election of officers.
Melville, of Bcadle. nominated G. N. Cooper,
OF Beadle, for secretary. Dixon, OF Ham
lin, named l.. III. Goodfellow, OF Bookings.
! Cooper received 81 votes and Goodfellow 81
votes, schnaid, of Bon Homme republican,
being absent, and Horton, Of Campbell, not
voting. A motion OF Wickem, of Hanson,
at this point to adjourn was lost. The re-
publicans then nominated j. r. Howell, of
Walworth, for assistant secretary, and the
democrats John I. Nolan, of Hanson. How
| ell was elected on the same vote as the Sec
rotary. Peterman. of Turner, nominated
Chas. i. Hacket, of Turner. as second
assistant. Sheafe, of Codington, stated
for the democrats that in the interest of
economy they.had no candidate to present.
Hackett receiving twenty-sevcn votes, was
elected. Jolly, of Clay, French, of Yankton,
Kyle, OF Brown, Sheafe, OF Codington, and
Seward, OF Union, were appointed COM
mittee on rules. S. B. Miller, Of Hughes,
and John S. Wells, Of Edmunds, were nomi-
mated for engrossing clerk, and Miller
was elected. P. j. Bentz, OF sanborn,
were named for bill clerk and Bentz was
elected. For sergeant-a arms T. Box, of
Yankton, and Mr.. Wilson, Of Union, were
the nominees, and Box was elected by the
regular vote. II. ID. Powers, of Dawson,
and Daniel Carry, of McCook, were nomi-
mated for assistant sergeant-at-arms and
Powers was elected. Frank Lillibrldge, of
Hughes, was unanimously elected post
master. Carl. G. Crude, of Mlnnehaha,
was elected Waterman against u. Curtiss,
OF Codington. Rev. ESyard Brown. Of
kingsbury, cousin Of the famous John
Brown. was elected chaplain, against Rev.
J. Fl. Waldron, Of Clark. Thad Fuller and
Irwin Yarnell were elected pages. The
senate then adjourned.
PIERRE, Jan. 1.-THE house met at 10 this
morning. After the opening Beach, of
Clark, the only member absent yesterday,
was sworn in and the house proceeded to
the election of officers. Dell Gov, of
Hughes. was elected assistant clerk over J.
u. Adams by a vote Of 66 to So. For Sec
ond assistant Clark, democratic, received
81 votes and w. A. Morse, OF Sphinx, go.
This would indicate that the combination
that elected the speaker was solid as to the
other officers. Henry Sepatz, of Yankton,
received for bill clerk ca votes and j. r,
White, of Hughes. 60. Hart Barton, of Bon
Homme, democrat, the only nom
inee, was elected sergeant-at-arm
by vote of 119, five not voting.
II. T. Volkmar, Of Grant. inde-
pendent democrat, was named for engr0ss-
ing clerk and received g. votes. and Scott
White, OF Webster, GO. The house reassem-
bled at o'clock and proceeded with the
election OF an assistant sergeant alarms
Mr.. Whitaker, of Brown, independent, and
Andrew shatz. of Hutchins, republican,
were named. Whitaker was elected, Ga to
pendent, and John H. Eyrie, of Beadle, re-
publican, were nominated for postmaster
Comstock received 62 votes and Eyrie 81
For messenger, S. F. Dow, of Kingsbury, re-
ceived IS, w. J. Thornby, of Custer, 81
For the office of Waterman and ianitor
pendent received IS votes, and II. saternia,
OF Yankton. So The chair ap-
pointed Brady Towne. of Redticld, and
Charlie Arnold, of Hughes, as pages
Both are independents. Bach Turner Of
fered resolution that the speaker appoint
committee of three to receive bids from
the daily papers of the city for printing the
journal. McKeel, of Sanborn, republican:
Waldron. OF Clark, independent, and Pea.
COCK, OF Douglas, independent, were an
pointed as such committee. After consid-
cradle discussion as to the economy and
necessity for a chaplain, a committee of
three-Winslow, of Sanborn; Hamaker, of
McCook, and Teets, of Beadle. was appointed
by the chair to see what arrangements could
be made with the ministers OF the CITY to
act This was the system last year. Pratt.
OF hughes; Mccormick, Hyde and Jones,
OF Miner, were appointed committee on
rules. The governors message was mad. n
special order for Saturday at 2 o'clock, and
after balloting for seats the house ad-
Journed to 2 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
Inc senate met at2 o'clock this afternoon,
Rules were presented by unanimous agree
ment OF the committee and were adopted
with only a few minor changes from lasr
year. The senate named a Committee '" on
Joint rules as follows: Senators Sheafe, OF
Cod1ngton; Jolley, OF Union, and French
OF Yankton. The salaries of officers were
nxed: The secretary at SIS per day, the
first assistant at SIS. the second at SIS, the
engross1ng clerk at 81, the sergeant at arms
- ~ WV o''aSeaAV az Sf INC postmaster
and messenger at 81, the watchman and
5anitor at $3.50, the chaplain at So, and the
pages at So. The discussion resulting from
fixing the salaries showed that the members
talked economical. After ballotinp for
seats the senate adjourned to 10 O'Clock tn.
morrow. w
PIERRE, Jan. s.-The house met at this
afternoon. S. B. Griffith, of Faux, demo-
crat, was nominated for journal clerk bv
Mr.. Pratt, OF Hughes Mr.. Converse. OF
Jerauld. nominated w. w. Eastman. of
Beadle, the independent defeated at the
opening session, for chief clerk. The nomi-
nation was eagerly caught up by the re-
publcans, who saw a chance of disruptinp
the combine Many Independents first
voted 1or Eastman, but after vote was
taken and 1t was seen that Eastman had a
majority, led by the celebrated independent
OF Lake, Mr.. Bowel, enough Independents
changed votes to elect Griffith. The
vote stood Ge to CT. At this point Con-
verse who is the well-known indcpend !
ent from Jerauld. who was talked Of 70, !
speaker, rose to question of privilege, |
anu stated That In order TO make the defeat |
OF tne republican Organization" of the house |
possible he had voted as he 1l,.nlsht for the
Desl interests Of the state WA. the inde-
Now tia. ...,s .rd de-