WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1891–10 O'CLOCK A. M. Senate met, pursuant to adjournment, Hon. Lyman B. Ray, President of the Senate, presiding. The journal of yesterday was read, and it was ordered to stand approved, HOUSE MESSAGE. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Compton, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the following joint resolution, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, towit: Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That it is the sense of this assembly, that the constitution of the United States should be so amended as to provide for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. And the Representatives in Congress from this State are hereby requested and the Senators are directed to advocate and vote for such proposed amendment. W. H. HINRICHSEN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. AT 10:10 O'CLOCK A. M., Mr. Crawford, of Cook, moved that the Senate now take a recess until 11:30 o'clock, Which motion prevailed. 11:30 O'CLOCK A. M. The Senate resumed the transaction of business, Hon. Lyman B. Ray, President of the Senate, presiding. In accordance with Rule 7 of the joint rules adopted yesterday, the President appointed as members of the joint Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills on the part of the Senate: Messrs. Kerrick and Caldwell. READING HOUSE BILLS A THIRD TIME. On motion of Mr. Secrest, House Bill No. 1, for "An act making appropriation for the payment of the employés of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly," having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas 50; nays 1. The following voted in the affirmative, Messrs.: The following voted in the negative, Mr. Campbell. This bill expressing an emergency in the body of the act, rendered it necessary that it should go into effect immediately, and having received the votes of two-thirds of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Mr. Wright introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 58, for "An act to amend section two of 'An act to fix the time within which an execution may issue on a judgment of a justice of the peace, and within which a suit may be brought upon such judgment.' On motion of Mr. Wright, the bill was read at large a first time, and, On motion of Mr. Wright, was referred to the Committee on Judiciary, when formed. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. Mathews, from the Committee on Elections, made the following report, which was adopted, viz.: To Hon. Lyman B. Ray, President of the Senate: Your committee to whom was referred contested cases wherein the rights of Edward T. Noonan, John W. Arnold, Perry Anderson, Ben F. Caldwell, and John W. Coppinger, to seats in this Senate, are contested, respectfully report that we have considered said contests and examined into the same, and find that the said Edward T. Noonan, John W. Arnold, Perry Anderson, Ben F. Caldwell and John W. Coppinger are entitled to and shall hold their seats in the Senate of the State of Illinois for the term indicated by the certificates of election which they hold. Dated at Springfield, Ill., January 21, 1891. M. W. MATHEWS, Chairman. GEO. E. BACON, JOHN HUMPHREY, JOSEPH P. MAHONEY, CHARLES H. Crawford, 12 O'CLOCK M. At 12 o'clock meridian, in pursuance of sections 14 and 15, of title 2, chapter 1, revised statutes of the United States for 1873 and 1874, and of the joint resolution adopted by both houses of this General Assembly, the Senate, preceded by the President and Secretary of the Senate, proceeded to the House of Representatives for the purpose of electing a Senator in Congress of the United States, from the State of Illinois, for six years, from the 4th day of March, A. D. 1891. JOINT SESSION. The two houses being convened in joint session, the Speaker of the House of Representatives presiding, - The President of the Senate directed the Secretary thereof to call the roll of the Senate, when the following answered to their names, Messrs.: "The Speaker of the House directed the Clerk thereof to call the roll of the House, when the following answered to their names, Messrs. : ion, Donnelly, Johnston, Paddock, Taubeneck, Allison, Duncan, Jones, Parker, Terpening, Anderson, Eddy, Keller, Parkhurst, Thiemann, Anthony, Edmunds, Kelly, Parsons, Tice, Armstrong, Edwards, Kenney, Partridge, Townsend, Barton, Ellsworth, Kern, Patton, Tyler. Beals, Enslow, Kirby, Payne, Van Praag, Berry, Erickson, Kwasigroch, Perrottet, Vinton, Boul, Evans, Laughlin, Bowlin, Faires, Lense, Pollock, Watson, Boyer, Farrell, Brooks, Ferns, Lyman, William Prince, Weedon, Brown, Fishback, H., Quinn. White, J. W. McCrone, Ramsay, Daniel (19th), Burke, Frentress, McInerney, G., White, John W. Burns, Garrett, McKitrick, Callahan, Geher, May, N.. Merritt, Reed, George, Carson, Graham, Meyer, Ernst Reid, Thomas Chandler, Green, Miller, R., Cherry, Griggs, Miner, Chott, Grigsby, Mitchell, Rowand, Cockrell, Hambaugh, Moore, Conway, Hamilton, Morris, Corlett, Hawley, Moyers, Myer, N. J, Curtiss, Headen, Myers. William A.. Dawdy, Hopkins, H.. Dawkins, Hunter, David, Neal, Dearborn, Hunter, James Nohe, Norsworthy, Dixon, Sher Hutchings, O'Connel!, Rohrer, Scaife, Shirley, Slanker, Smith, James Smith, W. S., Spellman, wood, The Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the presiding officer of the joint session, announced that the roll call showed a quorum of each house to be present. By direction of the President of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate read that portion of the Senate journal of yesterday, January 20, 1891, which set forth the action of the Senate in naming a person for Senator in the Congress of the United States from the State of Illinois, for six years, from the 4th day of March, A. D. 1891. By direction of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Clerk read that portion of the journal of the House of yesterday, January 20, 1891, which set forth the action of the House of Representatives in naming a person for Senator in the Congress of the United States from the State of Illinois, for six years from the 4th day of March, A. D., 1891. Inasmuch as the journals of the two houses of the General Assembly showed that there had been no election of a United States Senator, from the State of Illinois, the Speaker of the House then announced the business to be the election of such United States Senator in joint assembly. Mr. Ramsay, of Clinton, offered the following resolution, which was adopted, viz.: Resolved. That the remarks, or speeches, to be made in placing in nomination candidates for United States Senator shall be confined to one speech in behalf of each candidate, and that no speeches, or remarks seconding any nomination shall be permitted. Thereupon, Senator McDonald placed in nomination Hon. John M. Palmer for United States Senator Senator Fuller placed in nomination Hon. Richard J. Oglesby for United States Senator. Representative Cockrell placed in nomination Hon. A. J. Streeter for United States Senator. Thereupon, by direction of the President of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate called the roll of the Senate for the first joint ballot for United States Senator, with the following result: Number of votes cast John M. Palmer received.. Richard J. Oglesby received Those voting for John M. Palmer are, Messrs.: 51 21 votes. 27 votes. Shumway, The following voted for Richard J. Oglesby, Messrs.: Thereupon, by direction of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Clerk thereof called the roll of the House for the first joint ballot for United States Senator, with the following result: Number of votes cast. John M. Palmer received. Richard J. Oglesby received.. A. J. Streeter received.. The following voted for John M. Palmer, Messrs.: 153 77 votes. 73 votes. 3 votes. Smith, W. S., LEEFE Carson, Conway, Craig, Curtiss, Dawdy, Dawkins, Dearborn, Denham, Dixon, wood, Dixson, Eli, Sher W.. May, Norsworthy, O'Donnell, A., White, John W. Mr. Speaker-77. The following voted for Richard J. Oglesby, Messrs.: The following voted for A. J. Streeter, Messrs.: (19th), Whitehead, F.. Wilke, Fred, Thereupon the Speaker of the House of Representatives announced the result of the first joint ballot for United States Senator, as follows: And it appearing that no one person had received a majority of the total vote cast in the foregoing ballot, the Speaker of the House of Representatives announced that no choice had been made by the joint assembly on the foregoing ballot for United States Senator. |