Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-05
in the forenoon until otherwise ordered
Message from the House.


MIR Davies of Cumberland. that th'
House is duly organized Tor the 15tl
Legislature, by the election Of F'ranr
A. Morey of lewiston as Speaker. {. G
Harvey of Fort Fairfield as clerk and
WV. Kelley of Gardiner as assistant
clerk.
on motion by Mir. Fulton of SaSada-
hoe IL was
Ordered: That the secretary of thC
Senate prepare and have printed Isl
diagrams of the Senate chamber for
.athe rsc of the Senate
On motion by Mr.. Pendleton of Wal
do it was
Ordered: The House conculring. that
the joint rules and orders OF 190919l0
be adopted as the joint rules and or
ders of this Legislature.
The order was sent down for con-
curyence.
On motion by MI Hamilton of York
it was
Ordered That the use of the Senate
Chamber be granted to the Maine
State Bar Association for the after
noon of Jan. IL. 1911.
The following communication was
received from the secretary of State:
To the President of the Senate:
| have the honor to herewith trans
init the returns of the votes given by
the several cities. towns aud planta
tions of this State on the 18th day of
September last, for senators.
Your Obedient Servant
A. l. BROWN.
Secretary of State.
On motion therefor the foregoing
communication was referred to the
committee on senatorial vote.
The following communication was
also received:
To the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House:
have the honor to herewith trans
init the returns of votes given by the
several cities, towns and plantations
OF September last.
Your Obedient Servant,
A. /. BROWN,
Secretary of State.
On motion therefor this communca-
ton was referred to the committee on
Gubernatorial vote. Sent down for
concurrence.
Mr.. Allen of Washington presented
tDe following petition:
To the Honorable Senate of the Sew
enty-fifth Legislature of State of
Maine
RespectfulIy represents Frank w
Burnham of Milbrdge in the county
OF Washington and State of Maine that
the Governor and Council, acting un-
der the powers conferred upon them
by Article ", Part Second. Section
four of the Constitution of the State
of Maine. have determined that Her.
bert Fl. Allen of Dennysvlle and Fred
A. Chandler of Addison were elected
at gsthe election of Governor. senator's
and representatives held on the sec
ond Monday of September in the year
OF our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ten, as senators from the 18th
Senatorial District, said district being
the county of Washington, whereas
your petitioner, the said Frank w
Burnhain and the sad Herbert II. Allen
received plurality of the votes east
for senat tors for said Senatorial Dis
trict by the qualified voters thereof
and should have geen declared as such
by the Governor and Council and their
Summons issued to each of said gen.
legislature Of the State of Maine on |
the first Wednesday of January a. D., /
1911 and take their respective seats
as senator's from said district
inasmuch as under the constitution,
Article Nv. Part Second, Section five
1t is provided that the Senate shall on
the said first Wednesday of January |
determine who are elected by "a plur-
atty of votes to be senator's in each
district. your petitioner respectfully
represents that he will be in attend
ailce with his witnesses evidence and
proof and he therefore respectfully
prays that in determining who are
elected by plurality of votes to be
senators in each district Your Honor
able Body will permit him to he heard
on said day set apart by the constitu-
tion for the purpose and that. after
hearing, Your Honorable Body will de-
tefinine that he was elected by a pur-
ality of votes to he senator in the
18th District
Dated this ninth day of December in
the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
tSigneD FRANK W. BuRNHAM.
State of Maine.
Washington SIS: Dec. 3, a. d., 1910.
Personally appeared Frank W. Burn
ham and made oath that the foregoing
petition by him signed is true in sub
stance and in fact
Before me.
tSigned) II. II. GRAY,
Justice of the Peace.
On motion by the same senator, dull
seconded. the foregoing petition wa.
referred to the committee on Senatorial
vote.
The Senate adjourned to meet on
Thursday, Jan. ). 1911, at 10 O'Clock in
tho forenoon.
HOUSE.
In convention of membt rs-elcct OF
the House of Representative
Augusta, Jan. L. 1911
This being the Cay designated by
the Gonstit1tion of the State for tho
meeting OF the 18th Legislature. the