The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-12

Il Ethc 4HatioHuIa EutFu.7 ! ne upJeIsiOH
was overr,iied by the speaker protein,
Mr.. HILL, and Mr.. Ash was sworn In.
Ash Is not In the volunteer service, but
merely in the new national guard or
i ganlzed. z. II a z tEi .sf
llsEsR Via and Brohard SworI, IN. y. :
i lWhen Was name was called, objec-
tlon was raised TO hla being. sworn in
BY Mr. Davis. OF Harrison county. He
raised the point Of order. that Logan
was the legal representative. as he held
the certificate. He began TO argue the
cause, but the chair called him 10 or
der, as the point OF order only could
be made. Mr.. Davis then asked that
lfLogaD's and Was certificate, he read.
The chair ruled that the house could
4 attend to- the matter later in due pro-
cess. Mr.. Davis repeated the demand
on behalf of the majority of the house,
but the chair ruled 1t irregular. aad
4 Mr.. Via (Republlcan) was sworn in
] Notice was given that q protest
/ against the. chairs ruling would be en-
tered ut the proper! time by the Demo-
CRITIC side. This was virtually notice
! Of n contest in LoEnn's behalf. Il
| y Objection was'madc from the Repub-
lican side to the swearing In OF Shu-
mate. OF Summers county on account
OF! his holding Il postofilce. The chair
overruled the objection. Mr.. Davis
demanded tltat the certificate OF Bro
hard. OF Taylor county. De read. 4 lie
held that neither OF the contestants held
a legal certificate. Mr.. Bennett, OF Ca
bell. protestd against the chairs posi-
ton that the secretary OF states list
was the only thing to go by until the
house was organized and the contests
could be settled BY the house. He de-
elafed that tho secretary Of state was
4 not q judicial officer. Mr.. Brohard was
| sworn In. His case is subject to con-
test. ..5 Z e 49, Z, Ji
Permanent, Organization.
After the swearing In came the per-
mancnt organization OF the house. z On
behalf Of the Democrats Delegate Ste
vens of Wetzcl county, placed in nom
4 nation Hon. o.. s. Mckinney, of Ma
ricn county. Delegate Schulz. OF Pres
ton, nominated w. b. Outright for the
Republicans. The; roll call resulted as
follows:E Mckinney, ii: Outright. a. z
Mr.. Davis. OF Harrison. objected 10
MIR. Brohard's being allowed to vote.
and the objection was overruled, but
recorded. He also protested against
Was vote, with the same result. Mr..
Mckinney and Mr.. Outright voted for
| each other. O courtesy which was ap-
precfatcd by the big crowd.
On the election Of Mr.. Mckinney be-
Ing declared he was loudly applaude1
by the Democratic side. In which some
\ Republicans Joined. Mr.. Outright and
Mr.. Stevenson escorted the new speaker
10 the chair. where he was greeted with
applause and cheers.
On assuming the chair, Mr.. Mckinney
spoke as follows: Z 81 & +
Gentlemen-1ap appreciate the honor you
have paid me In selecting me as your
presiding officer. and am not urmind-
full OF the important duties and &c Sc
| rlous responsibility which are involved
IN executing the trust. I bespeak In
| advance your earnest cooperation in
the.work OF performing in tho most ex-
| pcdftiou5 manner. consistent with nee
essarJ deliberation the public business
| demanded. byit interests Of the state.
In the performance OF tho duties we
owe to our respective constituents
there 10 much common ground upon
which VIC ali may stand.@3t j hope our
proceedings will be conducted In a-splrit
of fairness, and so fnr as am per-
| Eonally' concerned I Will cndeayor 10
treat with full! and exact Justice every
| member OF this body and every public
Interest. I shall at tines require your
indulgence, as no matter how earnestly
i q presiding olllcer may endcavor to dis
charge his full duty, even In The most
pninstalilnE manner, errors OF judg-
mene are frequently likely to happen.
L know that each and all of yol will
appreciate this, and hope that you may
lend me your earnest and cordial sun
port and assistance in transacting the
I business for which we are convened.
thank you. gentlemen, for the dis
tlnction you have conferred upon me. :,
For clerk the Democrats nominee. ".
/ L, r. Byrne, OF Braxtor. was elected
by his full party vote over Cupt. Z. T..
Hood. of Kanawhl county, the Repub-
lican nominee.
For serSeant-at-arms. J. J.. Ryan, of
! Fayette county, Republican. was de-
feated by Z. II. Martin, Democrat, OF
| Webster county. q p
For doorkeeper. Shirley a. Mitchell,
| OF Writ county, Democrat, was elected
over ]. NJ. Buckley. Republican, of
Woos. The votes in all cases were the
same as those, for the speaker The
house at o'clock adjourned till to-mor-
row morning at 10 O'clock, n
Senate Organizes.
In the other end of the capitol build
Ing the senate was called to order by
Clerk Harris, who called Senator n. e,
Whitaker, the oldest member in point
! OF service, to the chair. The PROCEED
ings were opened with prayer by the
Revl Mr.. Barr Of the Presbyterian
church. Mr.. Dawson presented the list
OF newly elected members Of the body,
who were duly sworn in.
| Mr.. Mcneil, OF Pocahonta3, named O..
s. Marshall. of Hancock, for president.
The nomination was seconded by Mr..
Mr. Beaver presented the name OF C.
D. Dotson, of Wood. as the minority
candidate. Mr.. Marshall was elected
by party vote, and after being cs-
corted to tho chair made n neat speech
OF thanks. Before the vote was taken
Senator Cornwall protested against Mr..
Getzendanner occupying n scat, and n
similar protest against Mr.. Pearson
was offered By Mr. oscntcn. These pro-
tests were typewrltten. Mcssrs. Farr
and smith argued that the matter was
] out OF order. because the senate wns
not organized. The chair ruled other
wise. \ motion to lay the protests on
the table was carried by a strictly party
! Vote. -
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