JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

HALL OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DES MOINES, Monday, January 13, 1896.

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Pursuant to law the House of Representatives of the Twentysixth General Assembly met at 10 o'clock A. M., and was called to order by Hon. O. E. Doubleday of Polk county.

Rev. Joshua Jester offered prayer.

On motion of Hon. R. T. St. John of Mitchell, seconded by Hon. Z. H. Gurley of Decatur, Hon. I. K. Wilson was elected temporary chief clerk.

On motion of Hon. J. H. Funk of Hardin, seconded by Martin of Adair, John Morrison of Keokuk was elected temporary Speaker.

The Chair appointed Messrs. Funk and Crow as a committee to conduct the temporary speaker to the chair, also Messrs. Williams and Weaver to conduct the temporary clerk to his seat.

The oath of office was administered to these officers by the presiding officer, O. E. Doubleday.

On motion of Hon. W. W. Cornwall, a committee of five was appointed on credentials.

This committee consisted of Messrs. Cornwall, Wood, Brinton, Sullivan and Jay.

On motion of Hon. J. H. Funk, that the list of representatives published by the Secretary of State be considered correct, unless there is a contest.

Carried.

On motion of Mr. St. John, S. P. Miles was elected temporary sergeant-at-arms, and A. C. Boales for temporary door-keeper. On motion of Hon. E. C. Spaulding, the chief door-keeper was authorized to appoint his own temporary assistants.

On motion of Hon. M. H. Brinton, seconded by Hon. H. J.

Griswold, J. O. Lenning was elected temporary first assistant clerk.

Mr. Cornwall, Chairman of Committee on Credentials, submitted the following report.

MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on credentials respectfully report that they have examined the credentials of the members presented and find the following named persons entitled to seats as members of the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Second district-W. S. Allen.

Seventy-ninth district-C. F. Bailey.
Forty-third district-George T. Baker.
Twenty-third district-W. B Bell.
Eighty-fourth district-J. W. Bird.
Eighty-seventh district-D. H. Bowen.
Eightieth district-E. M. Brady.
Nineteenth district-H. H. Brighton.
Sixty-third district-M. H. Brinton.

Thirty-third district-H. W. Byers.
Forty-first district-O. A. Byington.
Fifty-eighth district-W. B. Chapman.
Thirteenth district-J. M. Clark.

Fifty-first district-J. B. Classen.

Twelfth district-R. E. Cook.

Eighty-second district-W. W. Cornwall.

Eighteenth district-W. G. Crow.

Thirtieth district-M. J. Davis.

O. E. Doubleday.

Thirty-seventh district-C. C. Dowell.

Sixtieth district-C. L. Early.

Thirty-fourth district-A. H. Edwards.
Fifth district-H. K. Evans.
Seventy-sixth district-Parley Finch.
Eighty-sixth district-John Frazee.
Ninth district-O. H. Frink.

Sixty-fourth district-J. H. Funk.

Twenty-fifth district-J. A. Garner.
Fifty-third district J. L. Good.
Sixty-seventh district-H. J. Griswold.
Fifty-sixth district-J. F. Grote.
Sixth district-Z. H. Gurley.
Ninety-first district-G. N. Haugen.

Sixty-sixth district-W. E. Hauger.

First district-J. B. Hazen.

Twenty-sixth district-I. B. Hendershot.
Forty-fourth district-R. W. Hinkhouse.
Seventy-fifth district-S. N. Hinman.
Twenty-first district-William B. Hunt.
Sixteenth district-L. S. Huntley.
Fiftieth district-A. E. Jackson.
Fifty-fifth district-John T. Jay.
Sixty-second district-Jonas P. Johnson.
Seventy-fourth district-C. F. Johnston.
Eighty-eighth district-W. H. Klemme.
Seventy-third district-W. G. Ladd.
Forty-sixth district-Thomas Lambert.
Fourteenth district-J. W. Lauder.
Sixty-first district J. F. Lavender.
Forty-seventh district-A. M. Loomis.
Eighty-ninth district-J. J. Lowry.
Third district-W. H. McAchran.
Twenty-first district-W. C. McArthur.
Forty-eighth district- F. McClelland.
Thirty-fifth district-M. McDonald.
Fortieth district-J. P. McDowell.
Fifty-eighth district-Francis McNulty.
Forty-ninth district-B. M. McQuinn.
Seventy-eighth district-F. B. Manahan.
Forty-third district-Chris Marti.
Twenty-ninth district-W. B. Martin.
Eighty-third district-S. Mayne.
Forty-fifth district-N. A. Merrell.

Sixty-eighth district-Frank F. Merriam.
Seventy-seventh district-D. C. Miller.
Fifty-ninth district-Wireman Miller.
Twenty-seventh district-J. H. Miller.
Sixty-fifth district-J. D. Morrison.
Twenty-fourth district-John Morrison
Twentieth district-W. Mullin.
Forty-eighth district-H. J. Nietert.
Sixty-ninth district-Thomas F. Nolan.
Eleventh district-John Parker.

Thirty-sixth district-E. G. Perrott.

Fourth district-C. R. Porter

Thirty-first district-L. F. Potter.
First district-J. T. P. Power.
Seventh district-P. L. Prentis.
Thirty-first district-G. M. Putnam.
Thirty-ninth district-W. G. Ray.
Fifty-second district-J. F. Reed.
Seventeenth district-D. H. Scott.
Fifty-fourth district-P. A. Smith.
Eighty-fifth district-E. C. Spaulding.
Ninetieth district-R- T. St. John.
Seventieth district-T. J. Sullivan.
Fifteenth district-M. L. Temple.
Seventy-first district-J. A. Thompson.
Seventy-second district-O. O. Tibbitts.
Eighth district-G. H. Van Houten.
Sixty-ninth district-C. A. Voelker.
Forty-second district-H. B. Watters.
Thirty-eighth district-N. A. Wells.
Thirty-second district-J. R. Wheeler.
Eighty-first district-M. K. Whelan.
Fifty-seventh district-Lyman Whittier.
Tenth district-S. Williams.

Forty-fifth district-J. L. Wilson.
Twenty-eighth district-A. L. Wood.
Twenty-second district-H. O. Weaver.

Respectfully submitted,

W. W. CORNWALL.

A. L. WOOD.

T. J. SULLIVAN.

M. H. BRINTON.

J. T. JAY.

Committee on Credentials.

On motion of Mr. Klemme, report of committee was adopted. Mr. Klemme offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That we proceed to the selection of seats in the following manner: The names of each member to be written on a slip of paper, and all such slips placed in a box or hat and well shaken; then the Chief Clerk shall draw from the box, or hat, a slip and read the name thereon, and the member answering to the name shall select his seat and remain in his seat until all are seated.

Mr. Funk, of Hardin, offered as an amendment to the above resolution that the older members of the House who might be

hard of hearing be granted the privilege of selecting their seats from those in the front row.

By consent, the matter of selecting seats was laid over until to-morrow.

Mr. Temple offered the following joint resolution:

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly:

We, the undersigned members of the Committee on Arrangements, appointed by your honorable bodies, beg leave to report that the funeral of the Hon. George G. Wright will take place at 2 o'clock P. M., of January 13, 1896, at his late residence on Pleasant street, and we recommend that both houses of the General Assembly use all diligence and dispatch in effecting organization, and when it is accomplished, that in token of their respect and appreciation of the life and public service of the lamented deceased, they adjourn to 10 o'clock of Tuesday, January 14, 1896, and we recommend that the members attend the funeral in a body. Signed:

J. M. JUNKIN,
JULIAN PHELPS,
D. J. PALMER,
C. G. HIPWELL,

A. A. HURST,

WM B. PERRIN,

W. H. BERRY,

Senate Committee

M L. TEMPLE,

W. S. ALLEN,

W. B. MARTIN,
H. O. WEAVER,

W. B. HUNT,
J. H. FUNK,

House Committee.

Mr. Martin moved that the members assemble in front of the Speaker's desk and take the oath of office.

Carried.

In accordance with the above motion, the members assembled before the Speaker's desk, and after roll call, the following members received the oath of office:

List of members receiving oath of office:

Messrs. Allen, Bailey, Baker, Bell, Bird, Bowen, Brady, Brighton, Brinton, Byers, Byington, Chapman, Clark, Classen, Cook, Cornwall, Crow, Davis, Doubleday, Dowell, Early, Edwards, Evans, Finch, Frazee, Frink, Funk, Garner, Good, Griswold, Grote, Gurley, Haugen, Hauger, Hazen, Hendershot, Hinman, Hunt, Huntley, Jackson, Jay, Johnson of Webster,