J. W. CATTELL-Member of Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh and W. G. THOMPSON-Member of Sixth and Seventh from Linn B. F. GUE-Member of Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and L. L. AINSWORTH-Member of Eighth and Ninth from Fayette ED. WRIGHT-Member of Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh JOHN SCOTT--Member of Eighth and Twelfth from Story county. county. JOSEPH DYSART-Member of Ninth and Fifteenth from Benton county. C. W. LOWREY-Member of Ninth from Lee county. JOHN G. FOOTE-Member of Ninth and Tenth from Des Moines JOHN RUSSELL-Member Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir- WM. SANDERSON-Member of Tenth from Scott county. L. R. BOLTER-Member of Eleventh, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Ninteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first from Harrison county. R. S. FINKBINE-Member of Tenth and Eleventh from Johnson county. HOYT SHERMAN-Member of Eleventh from Polk county. CHAS. ALDRICH-Chief Clerk House of Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Thirteenth from Hamilton county. THE FIRST SESSION of the Reunion opened at Foster's Opera House in Des Moines, at 10:30 A. M., February 24, 1886. The meeting was called to order by Governor Gue, who read the call and announced that the exercises would be opened with prayer by Rev. I. P. Teter, Presiding Elder for the Ottumwa district. The following list of temporary officers was then read: President-Reuben Noble, of the Fifth General Assembly. Vice-Presidents-Hawkins Taylor, First Territorial Legislature; Isaac N. Lewis, Third Territorial Legislature; Alfred Hebard, Third Territorial Legislature; J. H. Bonney, Sixth Territorial Legislature; William Thompson, Sixth Territorial Legislature; Phil. P. Bradley, Seventh Territorial Legislature; Samuel Murdock, Eighth Territorial Legislature. Secretaries-Hon. Chas. Aldrich, Clerk of Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Thirteenth, and member of the Nineteenth, B. Van Steenberg, C. S. Wilson, Judge F. S. Richman, and J. W. Dixon. Sergeant-at-Arms-E. R. Clapp. JUDGE NOBLE, the Temporary President and Speaker of the Fifth and Sixth General Assemblies, was introduced, and spoke briefly, thanking them for the honor conferred upon him: I do not know whose intellect evolved this meeting, but whoever it was I heartily thank them. It has been our custom to celebrate or commemorate all great events. It is not possible for a man or a state to lose the effects of a good beginning, nor is it easy to rid themselves of a bad beginning. We might retrospect, whether we made a good beginning. It was during this period that our proud common school system was established. During this period that railroad grant was made which has contributed so largely to the material prosperity of Iowa. It was at this period that the Capital was moved to Des Moines. It was during this period that the University was established, which now occupies so proud a place at the head of the grandest school system in the world. It was during this period that the foundations of our present prosperity were laid broad and deep, and during all that time no one member was ever tainted with jobbery and fraud. We have seen our State develop from a child into a powerful giant, and we hope to see that good beginning ripen into a better ending. Gentlemen of the reunion, I await your pleasure. The choir, consisting of Mrs. Cheek and Mrs. Robinson and Messrs. Stevenson and Brown, sang Auld Lang Syne, with great effect. The roll was then called, preparatory to appointing a committee on permanent organization. Each of the veterans as he arose and gave his county in response to his name, was greeted with rounds of applause, and the recollections and reunions thus brought about were most pleasing to all concerned. THE ROLL. The following named members answered to the call of their names: Isaac Milburn, Linn county, house, 1862. R. P. Wilson, Lee, house, 1850. L. L. Ainsworth, Fayette, senate, 1860-1862. W. H. M. Pusey, Pottawattamie, senate, 1858-61. Thomas Mitchell, Polk, house, 1858. Ed. Wright, Cedar, 6th, 7th, 8th and 11th. J. L. Mitchell, Fremont, house, 1862. A. V. Larimer, Pottawattamie, house, 1856. J. C. Jordan, Polk, senate, 1854-1856. John F. Morton, Henry, senate, 1854; house, 1856. C. G. Dibble, Van Buren, house, 1850. A. C. Fulton, Scott, senate, 1855. S. A. Moore, Davis, senate, 1864-1866. J. B. Young, Linn, senate, 1864–1866 J. F. Duncombe, Webster, senate, 8th and 9th; house, 14th and 18th. J. B. Grinnell, Poweshiek, senate, 6th and 7th. W. J. Moir, Hardin, house, 1862–64. Nicholas Baylies, Polk, house, 1864. N. L. Van Sandt, Page, house, 1854. A. R. Fulton, Jefferson, clerk in house, 1854-1856. F. A. Sherman, Dallas, chaplain, 1854. Hoyt Sherman, Polk, house, 1866. Hawkins Taylor, Lee county, house, 1838. Geo. F. Green, Jackson county, council, 1846-52. Miles, Jackson county, Iowa. Sylvester G. Maison, Jackson and Jones, house, 1846-7-8. Phil. B. Bradley, Jackson county, council, 1844-5; house, 1846-48-50. Andrew, Jackson county, Iowa. Wm. Thompson, Henry county, house, 1843-1860. 'Bismarck, Dakota. J. H. Bonney, Van Buren county, house, 1845. Keosauqua. Andrew Pherrin, Van Buren county, honse, 1848-52. Isaac N. Lewis, house, Van Buren county, 1840. Kohoka, Mo. Reuben Noble, house, Clayton county, 1844-56. McGregor, Iowa. Samuel Boyles, house, Lee county, 1854-5. Chicago. A. K. Eaton, house, Delaware county, 1850-1-2-3. Osage, Mitchell county. W. S. Hall, Dubuque, house, 1854-5-6. Onslow, Jones county. Isaac W. Griffith, house, Lee county, 1848-49. Des Moines. Justus Clark, Des Moines county, house 1852-58-60-61. Red Oak. Ben Van Steenburg, Jackson county, clerk of the house 1866. Preston, Iowa. T. S. Parvin, Muscatine, council, 1840, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. H. T. Cleaver, Louisa and Washington, senate, 1854-6-7; Keokuk, Iowa. Wm. J. Rogers, Jefferson county, house, 1852; Beloit, Kansas. H. B. Hendershott, Wapello, senate, 1850-54; Ottumwa, Iowa. S. P. Yeomans, Lucas county, house, 1854-5; Charles City, Floyd county. J. L. Dunn, Story, etc., house, 1858; Nevada, Iowa. H. H. Trimble, Davis, senate, 1856-58; Keokuk. John G. Foote, Des Moines, senate, 1862-64; Burlington. A. H. McCrary, Van Buren, senate, 1848-50, 1854-56; Keosauqua. W. H. Seevers, Mahaska, house, 1858; Oskaloosa. B. F. Gue, Scott, senate, 1862-64; house, 1858-60. Chas. Aldrich, Hamilton county, house, 1860–62, 1866-70; Webster City. John Russell, Jones county, senate, 1880-82; house, 1862-64-66-68-70; Onslow, Jones county. Norman Boardman, Clinton county, senate, 1862-64; Lyons. C. W. Lowrie, Lee county, house, 1862; Des Moines. R: D. Kellogg, Decatur county, house, 1860–62. Chas. Weare, Linn county, house, 1864; Cedar Rapids. G. C. Shipman, Muscatine county, house, 1860-62; West Liberty. R. S. Fink bine, Johnson county, house 1864-66; Des Moines. F. Wilcox, Des Moines county, house, 1862; Burlington. Thos. C. McCall, Story county, 1862; Nevada. J. W. Logan, Webster, clerk of senate, 1856; house, 1862; Waterloo. S. J. Crawford, Crawford county, house, 1866; Dow City, Iowa. S. B. Rossenkrans, Hamilton, 1860-61; Webster City. L. D. Tracy, Grundy and Butler, house, 1862; Iowa Falls. J. J. McMaken, Des Moines county, house, 1864; Middletown, Iowa. J. L. McCormack, Marion, house, 1864; Knoxville, C. F. Clarkson, Grundy, senate 1864-66; Des Moines. R. M. Burnett, Muscatine, house, 1866; Muscatine, Iowa. M. J. Rohlf, Scott, house, 1866-68-70-72; Davenport. After the transaction of some minor business the convention then adjourned to meet in the Capitol at 3 P. M. IN THE SENATE. AFTERNOON SESSION. Promptly at the time appointed the Law-makers convened in the Custodian's room of the Capitol, and proceeded in a body to their various chambers. The President appointed Scott, Casey and Woolson as a committee to wait upon the old Senators and invite them to the Senate Chamber. They retired, and were soon announced by Scott, who introduced them to the Senate as the ex-members of the Eleventh and proceeding General Assemblies, headed by the oldest Lieutenant Governor, the Hon. B. F. Gue. President Hull extended to them the privilege of the floor as follows: Senators: I know that I only express the wish of all the members of the present Senate when I extend to you the privileges of the floor of this chamber, and if we can return to our homes with the feeling that we have performed our duty as well as you did yours in the years of your service, we will have the satisfaction of feeling we have done our duty, and I take great pleasure in inviting Gov. Gue to a seat on the platform. The Senate then took a recess of fifteen minutes, which time was spent in a general hand-shaking and meeting of visiting guests. Captain Griffith then announced the ex-representatives saying: MR. PRESIDENT-I have the pleasure of introducing to you, and through you to the Senate, the Ex-Representatives of the former Assemblies. President Hull then welcomed the visiting members, and after the motion to adjourn had been carried, he passed the gavel to exSpeaker Noble, of Clayton county, the oldest surviving resident Speaker of the House. On taking the chair Mr. Noble said: It is a long time since we have met. I believe that your present Speaker is the oldest resident Speaker living. Judge Grant is still living but a resident of California. What is the pleasure of the members of the legislative reunion? Judge Murdock was called for. He said he had made half of a speech in the other house. (It was suggested that he make the other half here now.) He took the platform and paid a tribute to Iowa's first Governor. No one knew the business of the State better than he. He was a Democrat of the old Jackson type. In the year 1840 this country saw the greatest political upheaval ever witnessed in any country in the world. Judge Murdock gave the history of the organization of the State, adopting the Constitution, and the long fight between Democrats and Whigs. He said: The Democrats stood up to the rack, corn or no corn, it having been claimed that they would lose all the offices. We had no expenses. The gov ernment paid everything. In 1844 the boundaries of the State were agreed |