JOURNAL OF THE SENATE

OF THE

FORTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, A. D. 1899.

At a session of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, begun and held in the city of Springfield, on Wednesday, the fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, being the first session of the Forty-first General Assembly, Honorable William A. Northcott, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate, appeared at 12 o'clock M. and called the Senate to order.

Prayer by the Rev. A. G. Goodspeed.

Mr. Sullivan offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1.

Resolved, That the following named persons are hereby declared as temporary officers of the Senate, viz.:

For Secretary, J. H. Paddock.

For Sergeant-at-Arms, Z. A. Landers..

By direction of the President of the Senate, the roll of the Senators holding over was then called, when the following answered to their names:

The President of the Senate announced that all of the Senators holding over were present and had answered to their names.

The roll of the Senators-elect was then called, when the following answered to their names:

The President of the Senate announced that all of the Senators

elect had responded to their names.

Mr. Bollinger offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

SENATE RESOLUTION No. 2.

Resolved, That a committee of three Senators be appointed by the President of the Senate to wait on the Judges of the Supreme Court and inform them that the presence of one of their number is desired in the Senate chamber for the purpose of administering the oath of office to the Senators-elect.

The President of the Senate appointed as the committee to wait on the Judges of the Supreme Court, Senators Bollinger, Dunlap and Curley.

At 12:30 o'clock p. m. the committee returned and reported that Judge Joseph M. Carter, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, was in attendanee, and he thereupon administered to the members-elect of the Senate the oath of office required by and set forth in the Constitution of the State.

The President of the Senate announced the next thing in order to be the election of permanent officers of the Senate.

Mr. Chapman placed in nomination Hon. Walter Warder, of Alexander county, for President pro tempore of the Senate.

Mr. McAdams placed in nomination Hon. Joseph P. Mahoney, of Cook county, for President pro tempore of the Senate.

Mr. McCloud placed in nomination Hon. Robert B. Fort, of Marshall county, for President pro tempore of the Senate.

Mr. Fort respectfully withdrew his name as a candidate.

The roll of the Senate was then called with the following result:

Mr. Granger offered the following resolution:

SENATE RESOLUTION No. 3.

Resolved, That the following named persons be, and they are hereby, elected permanent officers of the Senate of the Forty-first General Assembly, viz.: Secretary-J. H. Paddock.

First Assistant Secretary-James Conwell.

Second Assistant Secretary-Charles H. Chapman.
Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-Oscar A. Carlson.

First Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-W. D. Mack.
Second Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-J. H. Bohrer.
Sergeant-at-Arms-Z. A. Landers.

First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-J. W. Foster.
Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-Guy H. Case.
Postmaster-Ida M. Bacon.

Assistant Postmaster-Irene A. Coon.

Policemen-P. W. Riley, Charles W. Baldwin, A. W. McIntyre.

Mr. Hull offered the following amendment:

Strike out all after the word "viz." and insert the following in lieu thereof: Secretary Sidney E. Davidson.

First Assistant Secretary-Timothy Driscol.

Second Assistant Secretary-David M. Sharp.
Third Assistant Secretary-Ernest Jennings.
Reading Clerk-T. J. Manning.

Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-H. C. Feltman.
Sergeant-at-Arms-Henry Verselles.

First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-C. H. Stockon.
Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-Patrick Downey.
Chaplain-Rev. Boyer.

Postinaster-Mrs. Ida M. Bacon.

Assistant Postmaster-Miss Mollie McCabe.

Stenographer-Miss Rose Hazlett.

Superintendent of Ventilation-John Bird.

Assistant Superintendent of Ventilation-Mark Anthony.
Janitor-William Price.

Superintendent of Telephone-Miss Jennie M. Connor.

The question then being, "Shall the amendment be adopted ?" it was decided in the negative by the following vote: Yeas, 17; nays, 33.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

The question then being, "Shall the resolution be adopted ?" it

was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Pemberton offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: