Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-03

Berwick and Furbush of Lewiston, were
appointed committee to receive, sort and
count votes for clerk of the House.
Having attened the duty assigned it,
Mr.. Haines from the committee, reported
as follows:
Whole number of votes, 1873
Necessary for a choice, IS
w. S. Cotton had les
And ". S. Cotton was declared duly
elected clerk of the House.
On motion of Mr. Howe, Messrs. Howe
of Milo, Fairbanks of Bangor, Mccullough
of Calais, White of Rockland, Twitchell
of Bath, Wheelden i of Portland and
Boothby of Saco, were appointed a COM
mittee to receive, sort and count votes for
assistant clerk.
Having attended to the duty assigned
it, Mr.. Howe from the committee, reported
as follows:
Whole number of votes, 1874
Necessary for a choice, IS
!. E. NJ. Thompson had 1874
= And Mr.. Thompson was declared duly
elected assistant clerk of the House.
On motion Of Mr.. Lane of Augusta,
that gentleman was charged with and
conveyed message to the Senate inform
ing that body that the House had organi
zed by the choice of Hon. Llewellyn
Powers as Speaker, W. S. Gotten as clerk,
and e. NJ. Thompson as assistant clerk.
A message was received from the Sen
ate conveying the information that that
branch had organized by the choice of
Hon. George NJ Seiders as President,
Kendall NJ. Dunbar as secretary, and
Harold r. Smith as assistant secretary
On motion of Mr.. Plummer of Dexter,
that gentleman was charged with and
conveyed d message to the Governor and
Council, informing them that the House
had organized by the choice of Hon.
Lewcllyn Powers as Speaker, W. S. Cot
ton as clerk, and f. NJ. Thompson as as
sistant clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Mccullough of Calais,
Ordered, That the secretary of State be
directed to deliver to the clerk of the
House one copy of Worcester's Quarto
Dictionary, one copy of Webster's I'm
abridged Dictionary, one copy of the Holy
Bible, one copy of Lippincott's Pronounc
ing Gazetteer, and one copy of Cushing's
Manual.
On motion of Mr.. Fairbanks of Bangor,
that gentleman discharged the duty of
conducting the clerk and assistant clerk
80 the Governor, where they took the
necessary oath of Office.
Mr.. Hamlen of Ellsworth, presented
the following order:
Ordered That the rules and orders of
1898 be the rules and orders of the House,
until otherwise ordered, excepting Rule
&C. which is hereby amended by striking
out the words "Cushing's Manual" ex
cepting Section 81, relating to the recep
tion of petitions, and inserting in place
thereof the words Reeds Rules, so that
the section as amended shall read fol
lows: 1.-THE rules of parliamentary
practice comprised in Reeds Rules shall
govern the House in all cases to which
they are applicable, and in which they are
not inconsistent with the standing rules
and orders of the House and the joint
rules of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives. -
On motion of Mr.. Lane of Augusta, the
order was laid on the table for the present.
On motion of Mr.. Lane of Augusta,
Ordered, That the rules and orders of
the last House of Representatives be
adopted for the government of this House
until otherwise ordered.
On motion of Mr. Twitchell of Bath,
Ordered That the clerk of the House
furnish catalogue containing the names
of members, alphabetically arranged, with
the residences post office addrss, board
ing place. occupation, politics, number of
seat, and diagram of the House, and that
the usual number of copies be printed and
distributed.
Mr.. Leighton of Columbia Falls, said
that by mutual consent Mr.. Smith, who
has been nominated as first messenger Of
the House, wishes to exchange positions
with MI. Fisher, as his health is poor,
and l ask the unanimous consent of the
House that the change be made, and 1 pre-
sent the following order:
Ordered, That George III. Fisher be
messenger; William j. Smith, assistant
messenger; Fred A. Stevens, second mes
senger assistant; Walter l. Neal, mail
carrier; l.. II. Hammond, assistant mail
carrier; j. e. Frederick, first folder;
Chaplin Lydston, second folder; S. S. Hol-
brook, third folder; R. C. Noyes and
Walter ID. Beane, doorkeepers; and that
the Speaker appoint the pages
The order received passage
The Speaker appointed as pages Edward
W. Delano of Abbott and Henry j.
Mitchell of Springvale
On motion of Mr.. Coffin of Bangor.
Ordered, That the clerk Of the House be
directed to furnish each member and
officer of the House with two daily papers
printed in the State such as each member