The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-10

1 tOiiilllllCS lo llOllly MIL Li5hI VI AAi
 his election. Mr. Light in taking tn
 chair made an address, in the cours
 of which he spoke of the advisabilit!
 of constitutional reform to be secured
 in a constitutional manner, of the re
 vision of the statutes In conclusion h' l sad:
 Tn conclusion let me say that this
 beautiful Capitol is the home of th' proud old commonwealth of Connect
 cut, and in it is housed the very ark ol
 the covenant of the people, and reach | ing out over the whole state, and into
 every household, are the mystic words | of duty, binding us to the service o1 | every man, woman and child. Here
 our sovereign people should find thell | true voices in the laws we may enact
 We are privileged to be classed among | the first law-givers of the twentieth | century; may the good we do live after us"
 | The vote for clerk was then taken anc resulted as follows: George F.. Hinmar | 1SS, Joseph R. Manning Az Alfred O. | Baldwin, of Derby was elected assist | ant clerk and Rev. pr. Lowell chap lain.
 The following were appointed door,
 keepers: Walter c. Daily, of New
 Haven, P. B. Smith, of New London
 county, J. B. Beers, of Fairfield county,
 John Wagner, of Holland county, Jud-
 son s. Leonard of Hartford county,
 and l.. c. Hibberd, of Fairfield county. Messengers were appointed as fol- lows: Samuel c. Adams, of Hartford
 county, Dwight H. Barstow, of Wind
 ham county, John G. Terrill, of Litch-
 field county. and Samuel P. Clark, of
 Middlesex county.
 Resolutions were passed adopting the
 rules of the last house; for the printing
 of the journal; appointing Mr. Adams,
 of Norwalk. and MT. Housel, of New
 Haven, a committee to wait on the sen-
 ate to inform that body that the house
 was organized and ready to receive
 business from the senate; pro- viding stationery; raising commit tee consisting of MT. Colt, of New Lon don; MT. Woodruff, of Orange, and MT. Hemingway of Watertown, on house rules; appointing MT. Baldwin, of Bea- con Falls; MT Fahey, of Vernon, and MT. Brady, of New Britain, commit tee on the canvass of votes, and ap- pointing MT. Curtis of Stamford, and MT. Housel, of New Haven, a commit tee to inform the senate when the house was ready to go into joint con- vention.
 The following were appointed com mittee on the canvass of votes for state officers: MT. Brown, of Griswold; MT. Seymour, of Windsor Locks, MT Man. vile, of Ansonia; MT, Sillsnan, of New Canaan; Mir Russell of Middletown; and Mr. Foster, of Stafford.
 Petitions in contested elections were presented as follows: From Willis l. Fenn, of Meiden. for a seat in the house; from Orson F. Curtis, of New Britain, for a seat in the house. Both were referred to the committee on con- tested elections.
 A communica ton from Governor George F. Lounsbury, was read an- nouncing that he had, since the ad- journment of the session of 1899 appoint ed John H. Light judge of the criminal court of common pleas for Fairfield in place of R. Jay Walsh, re- signed, and Benjamin F. Williams. of Stonington, to be county commissioner of New London county. to fill the va cancy caused by the death of John T. Batty.
 The house passed, in concurrence with the senate, a resolution raising a com mittee to wait on the retiring governor, and ask him if he has any further com to make to the general as- sembly. MT. Freeman, of Hartford, and N pointed on the committee The commit tee reported that Governor Lounsbury had no communication to make.
 The house concurred with the senate in passing a resolution raising a com nittee to wait on the governor-elect to nform him of his election and request 1is acceptance of the office. MT. King of Windham, and MT. Calkins, of Old Lyme, were appointed on the commit zee.
 MT. Whittlesey, of New London; MT. Curtis, of Stamford and Mir Donovan, # New Haven, were appointed com | nittee on contested elections. Resolu- | ions were passed declaring the gov .rnor and state officers elected.
 By o'clock the corridors at the cap- | tol began to fill with visitors and hun- lreds gathered upon the lawn Shortly | liter 2 o'clock, amid the roar of can- lon, the inaugural parade appeared. | The parade was headed by a band fol- owed by the Hartford company of the 1overnor's Foot Guard. Next came he New Haven company, then the off, ials in carriages, headed by the car iage containing Governor Lounsbury, Mclean and their exec tive secretaries. Following were the Horse Guard. On the north front of he capitol the Foot Guard presented ies left the carriages, and entering the uilding passed to the executive cham CT. each retiring official arm in arm rith the new official of the same rank. The members of the senate came into he house and occupied the chairs re- erved for them in front of the speakers esk. The lieutenant governor presided t the joint convention The clerks of le senate and house acted as secreta- les of the convention. Prayer was of cred by the Rev. Clarence H. Barber, le chaplain of the senate A committee of one senator and two epres sentatives was appointed to wait { n Governor Mclean and inform him lat the senate and house were meeting l joint convention for his inauguration. overnor Mclean, accompanied by his : .aff and the other executive officers, I ltered the house. The oath of office T. |