HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-sixth General Assembly of the State of Indiana, met this day, at two o'clock P. M., in their Hall in the Capitol, in extra session, in pursuance of the proclamation of His Excellency, the Governor of the State, dated March 22 1869 Mr Speaker Stanton taking the Chair.
The SPEAKER The House will please come to order. And the order of the attention of members in their places obtaining, the Speaker announced a call of the House, and directed the Clerk to proceed with the roll. Whereupon -
The Clerk called the names of such members of the House as did not resign on the 4th of March last and before the close of the last regular session, and there were responses, immediately and subsequently, as follows:
PRESENT - Messrs. Admire, Baker, Barnett, Beatty, Britton, Breckinridge, Buskirk, Chapman, Chittenden, Coffroth, Davidson, Davis, Dunn, Fairchild, Field of Lake, Field, of Lagrange, Furnas, Gilham, Gordon, Greene, Hall, Hamilton, Higbee, Higgins, Hutson, Johnson of Parke, Johnson of St. Joseph, Jump, Kercheval, Lamborn, Logan, Mason, Millegan, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Osborn, Overmyer, Palmer, Pierce of Porter, Pierce of Vigo, Ratliff, Sabin, Skidmore, Stephenson, Stewart of Ohio, Stewart, of Rush, Tabor, Vardeman, Vater, Wile, Wildman, Williams of Hamilton, Williams of St. Joseph, Wilson and Mr Speaker - 56.
The SPEAKER The Clerk will now call the counties represented
Mr COFFROTH suggested that it is customary to call the names of the members elect in connection with the counties.
The SPEAKER. The Clerk has no official information on that subject
Mr. COFFROTH supposed he has as much information as the Clerk generally has on that subject at the opening of any session.
The SPEAKER now directed, and the Clerk proceeded to call the names of the resigned and the re-elected members of the House, as printed in the Roll ot Members of the House of Representatives of the late regular session.
Mr OSBORN suggested, as to the order, to call the names of those whom rumor says are elected Representatives of certain Counties, that it would be proper now to call the names of the Counties and Districts not represented here to-day, so that if there should be any person present having credentials as a Representative from any of these Counties or Districts, he may come forward, present them, and the fact, be made a matter of record
Mr COFFROTH stated the ordinary course to be this: When the counties are called, the name of the person elected therefrom (of whom the clerk has information) is called with it. It had never been the case that the name of the county alone has been called, for some other person to step up and claim a seat here.
Mr. OSBORN corrected the gentleman from Huntington. He did not say that any person might step up with credentials, and the clerk swear him in; but simply that credentials might, be presented, and the fact recorded. He would have all the counties called
Mr. COFFROTH said responses could not be reasonably exuected from all the counties. There was Mr Cotton elected from Whitley county but last Monday, and there has not been time for him to get here. Mr Shoaff, also, elected for the county of Jay, though he is here, is sick, and unable to get to his place.
The SPEAKER In the absence of any official information as to who are elected, the Chair thought that there could be no impropriety in calling the names of the counties alone, or with the names of their members elect, and if credentials are presented the House can pass upon them.
Mr OSBORN still urged that the Clerk had already called the names of those of whom rumor says they are elected, and there was no response. He thought it proper now that the Speaker order the call of those counties. For, in every case where there is no response, there is a failure on the part of those counties to send a representive here; and we ought to have a record of it.
The SPEAKER directed the Clerk to call the unrepresented counties and the names of their representatives elect.
The Clerk called: "From the county of Posey - M T Carnahan."
Mr STEWART, of Rush, seconded the view of Mr Osborn, that it would be enough to call the name of the county alone; and, of course, as credentials may be presented the House will receive them
The SPEAKER The names of the counties will be called; and if any present have credentials as a Representative, let him step onward.
Mr OSBORN stated again, that his object was to get a record of the unrepresented counties - a record of the fact, if any person come from them, or from any page: 25[View Page 25]one of them, with the credentials of a Representative
The thirty seven counties and Representative districts, for which the thirty-six resigned members were re-elected - and Hon J S Davis, for Floyd county - were then called; and there was no response by credentials
The SPEAKER announced the number of members present to be less than a quorum to do business.
Mr OSBORN then moved that the House now adjourn till to morrow morning at nine o'clock; and that the absentees be notified of this adjournment. And accordingly -
The House adjourned.
