At a general Assembly of the State of Illinois, begun and held in the city of Springfield on Wednesday, the 5th day of January, A. D. 1887, being the first session of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly, Hon. John C. Smith, Lieutenant Governor of the State and President of the Senate, appeared at 12 o'clock M. and called the Senate to order. Prayer was offered by the Rev. R. O. Post, of Springfield. Mr. Sumner offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the following named persons be declared temporary officers of the Senate; Secretary, L. F. Watson, of Iroquois county. Sergeant-at-Arms, Wm. B Lynn, of Green county. The roll of the Senators holding over was called, when the following answered to their names: The roll of Senators elect was then called, when the following answered to their names: Mr. Sumner moved that a committee of three be appointed to inform the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois that the members elect were now ready to take the oath of office, And the motion prevailed: The President appointed as such committee Senators Sumner, McGrath and Johnson. Upon the announcement by the foregoing committee that the Honorable John M. Scott, Chief Justice of the Supreme court of the State of Illinois, was present, Under direction of the President of the Senate the roll of Senators elect was again called, Whereupon all answered to their names and took position in front of the bar of the Senate and the oath of office was administered to each one of the Senators elect by the said Chief Justice as set forth in the constitution of this State. The President announced the next thing in order was the selection of permanent officers of the Senate. Mr. Sumner placed in nomination the Hon. A. W. Berggren, of Knox county, as President pro tempore of the Senate. Mr. Shutt placed in nomination the Hon. A. J. Bell, of Peoria county, for the same office. By direction of the Senate the roll was called, with the following result: Whole number of votes cast. Necessary to a choice... Mr. Berggren received. Mr. Bell received.. Those voting for Mr. Berggren are: .50 .32 votes. ..26 Messrs. Adams, Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Bell, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Crawford, Curtiss, Eckhart, Evans, Funk, Garrity, Gibbs, Greenwood, Hadley, Hogan, Humphrey, Johns, Knopf, Leman, McGrath, Monahan, Pearson, Pierce, Reinhart, Sumner, Thompson, Torrance, Washburn, Wheeler and Yost-32. Those voting for Mr. Bell are: Messrs. Berggren, Cantwell, Darnell, Dean, Forman, Gore, Higgins, Hill, Johnson, Orendorf, Organ, Reavill, Seiter, Shutt, Southworth, Stephenson, Strattan and Streeter-18. And it appearing that Hon. A. W. Berggren had received a majority of all the votes cast, the President of the Senate declared him elected President pro tempore of the Senate of the Thirtyfifth General Assembly. Mr. Sumner offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the following named persons be declared additional officers of the Senate of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly: Secretary-L. F. Watson, of Iroquois county. First Assistant Secretary J. W. Bailey, of Bureau county. Second Assistant Secretary-J. M. Marks, of McHenry county. Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-John F. Dewey, of Kane county. First Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-A. H. Reed, of Clay county. Second Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-Charles D. Patch, of DeKalb county. Assistant Postmaster-Theodore Tromly, of White county. Sergeant-at-Arms-William B. Lynn, of Green county. First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-Frederick Newland, of McDonough county. Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-Robert F. Shipley, of LaSalle county. Policemen Thomas Ryan, George W. Eldridge and Charles W. Dagwell. Mr. Shutt offered the following amendment to the foregoing resolution: Strike out all after the word "Assembly," and insert in lieu thereof the following: For Secretary-L. A. Goddard, of Williamson county. For First Assistant Secretary-W. D. V. Bogan, of Jefferson county. For Second Assistant Secretary -David T. Deadrick, Jr., of Adams county. For Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-John Weigel, Jr., of St. Clair county. For First Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-W. P. Tuley, of White county. For Second Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-W. T. Wells, of Cook county. For Sergeant-at-Arms-John G. Mack, of Sangamon county. For First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-Beverly Wiltshire, of Randolph county. For Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-George Graybill, of Shelby county. For Postmaster-J. K. McMaster, of Washington county. For Assistant Postmaster-Miss Mary A. Fisher, of Peoria county. And the question being, "Shall the amendment be adopted?" and the yeas and nays being demanded, it was decided in the negative by the following vote: Yeas 17, nays 32. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Bell, Cantwell, Darnell, Dean, Forman, Gore, Higgins, Hill, Johnson, Orendorf, Organ, Reavill, Seiter, Shutt, Southworth, Stephenson and Strattan-17. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Adams, Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Berggren, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Crawford, Curtiss, Eckhart, Evans, Funk, Garrity, Gibbs, Greenwood, Hadley, Hogan, Humphrey, Johns, Knopf, Leman, McGrath, Monahan, Pearson, Pierce, Reinhardt, Sumner, Thompson, Torrance, Washburn, Wheeler and Yost-32. And the amendment was lost. The question then being, "Shall the resolution be adopted?" and the yeas and nays being demanded, it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas 32, nays 16. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Adams, Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Berggren, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Crawford, Curtiss, Eckhart, Evans, Funk, Garrity, Gibbs, Greenwood, Hadley, Hogan, Humphrey, Johns, Knopf, Leman, McGrath, Monahan, Pearson, Pierce, Reinhardt, Sumner, Thompson, Torrance, Washburn, Wheeler and Yost-32. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Bell, Darnell, Dean, Forman, Gore, Higgins, Hill, Johnson, Orendorf, Organ, Reavill, Seiter, Shutt, Southworth, Stephenson and Strattan-16. Mr. Wheeler offered the following resolution: Resolved, That H. E. Torrance, of Livingston county, be and he hereby is appointed Bill Clerk of the Senate, who shall have charge of the bills, resolutions and reports printed by o. der of the Senate, and who shall also do all clerical work required of him by the Secretary of the Senate and be under his supervision; said Clerk shall receive the same per diem now allowed the Assistant Secretaries of the Senate, to-wit, four ($4.00) dollars per day. And the question being, "Shall the foregoing resolution be adopted?" and the yeas and nays being demanded, it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas 49, nays 0. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs, Adams, Bacon of Edger, Bacon of Will, Bell, Berggren, Burke, Cantwell, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Crawford, Curtiss, Darnell, Dean, Eckhart, Evans, Forman, Funk, Garrity, Gibbs, Gore, Greenwood, Hadley, Higgins, Hill, Hogan, Humphrey, Johns, Johnson, Knopf, Leman, McGrath, Monahan, Órendorf, Organ, Pearson. Pierce, Reavill, Reinhardt, Seiter, Shutt, Southworth, Stephenson, Strattan, Sumner, Thompson, Washburn, Wheeler, Yost-Yeas 49. Mr. Sumner offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the President of the Senate be and he is hereby directed to appoint a Chaplain for the Senate, who shall receive as compensation for his services a per diem of three dollars during the session. Mr. Darnell offered the following amendment to the foregoing resolution: Add to the foregoing resolution the following: "And further, that the Rev. E. C. Joiner shall constitute the said Chaplain." The question being, "Shall the amendment be adopted?" and the yeas and nays being demanded it was decided in the negative by the following vote: Yeas, 13; nays, 33. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Bell, Cantwell, Darnell Dean, Gore, Higgins, Hill, Johnson, Orendorf, Organ, Reavil 1, Seiter, Strattan-13. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Adams, Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Berggren, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Crawford, Curtiss, Eckhart, Evans, Funk, Garrity, Gibbs, Greenwood, Hadley, Hogan, Humphrey, Johns, Knopf, Leman, McGrath, Monahan, Pearson, Pierce, Reinhardt, Streeter, Sumner, Thompson, Torrance, Washburn, Wheeler, Yost-33 And the amendment was lost. The question then being "Shall the resolution as offered by Mr. Sumner be adopted?" it was decided in the affirmative by a unanimous vote. In accordance with the foregoing, the President appointed Rev. R. O. Post, of Springfield, Chaplain of the Senate. |