CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
Mr. JOHNSTON, of Montgomery, presented the credentials of Wm. H. Montgomery, Senator elect from the counties of Pike, Dubois and Martin.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Spencer, was of the opinion that we had a sitting Senator from that district now in his place.
Mr. STEIN moved to refer the paper back to the source from which it came.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Montgomery, stated that the sitting Senator accepted an appointment from the General Government, and consequently vacated his seat here. An election was ordered by the proper officers of these counties and the petitioner was duly elected.
The yeas and nays being demanded by Messrs. Johnston of Montgomery and Humphreys, Mr. Stein's motion was agreed to by yeas 29, nays 19, as follows:
YEAS--Messrs. Andrews, Armstrong, Bellamy, Case, Church, Colley, Cravens, Elicit, Fisher, Fosdick, Gray, Green, Hadley, Hamilton, Hess, Hooper, Hughes, Jaquess, Johnson of Spencer, Kinley, Rice, Reynolds, Robinson of Madison, Robinson of Decatur. Scott, Stein, Wollcott and Wood--29.
NAYS--Messrs. Bird, Bradley, Carson, Caven, Denbo, Gifford, Henderson, Howk, Huey, Huffman, Humphreys, Johnston of Montgomery, Laselle, Lee, Morgan, Sherrod, Smith, Taggart and Turner--29.
So the communication was ordered to be returned.
