IN SENATE.
FRIDAY, April 9, 1869.The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR took the Chair and command order at 2 o'clock P M , pursuant to adjournment, and directed the Assistant Secretary of the last Session (Hon. WM A BONHAM) to read the journal of yesterday.
The Secretary's minutes of yesterday's proceedings having been read -
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR said: The Secretary will call the roll
The Secretary proceeded with the roll call and the following named members appeared and answered viz:
Messrs Andrews, Armstrong Beardsley, Bellamy, Bradley, Case, Church, Cravens, Elliott, Fisher, Fosdick, Gray, Green, Hadley, Hamilton, Henderson, Hess, Hooper, Jacquess, Johnson of Spencer, Kinley, Rice, Reynolds, Robinson of Madison, Robinson of Decatur, Scott, Stein, Wolcott and Wood - 29
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR then desired the secretary to call the Counties and Senatorial Districts unrepresented.
The Secretary called the following named Senatorial districts:
- The county of Vanderburgh
- The counties oft Knox and Daviess.
- The counties of Pike, Dubois and Martin
- The counties of Perry, Orange and Crawford
- The counties of Washington and Harrison
- The counties of Floyd and Clark
- The counties of Ohio and Dearborn.
- The county of Franklin.
- The counties of SheIby and Bartholomew.
- The counties of Green and Owen.
- The counties of Clay and Sullivan.
- The county of Montgomery
- The counties of Cass and Fulton.
- The counties of Grant, Blackford and Jay.
- The counties of Huntington and Wells.
- The counry of Allen
- The counties of Allen and Adams.
No one appearing to claim a seat as Senator from any of these districts.
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Twenty-nine Senators only have answered to their names
Mr JOHNSON, of Spencer. Mr. President: I move that we adjourn till to morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Mr. STEIN. Under the rule I believe we adjourn till two o'clock
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I believe the Chair made a mistake in the ruling of yesterday on this point. Upon reflection I believe we have no rules for our guidance except the Constitution. I am rather inclined to think it is competent to adjourn upon motion to any hour from day to day I believe it has been the custom of the Senate at each session to adopt the rules of the previous session, but inasmuch as we have no rules, we must be governed by common parliamentary law.
Mr. BRADLEY. I move to amend by striking out, "10' and inserting "2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon."
The amendment was rejected.
The motion to adjourn till 10 o'clock was also rejected, upon a division - affirmative 13, negative 15.
Mr. BRADLEY. I move to adjourn till 2 o'clock to morrow afternoon.
The motion was rejected, upon a division - affirmative 4, negative not counted.
Mr CHURCH I move to adjourn till Monday at 2 o'clock P M
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR We can only adjourn from day to day. The motion is set to order.
Mr. STEIN I move to adjourn till 10 1/2 o'clock A M to-morrow
Mr. BRADLEY I move to amend by inserting 12 1/2 o'clock
The amendment was rejected
The motion to adjourn till 10 1/2 o'clock was rejected, upon a division - affirmative 9, negative not counted
Mr BRADLEY. I move to adjourn till to-morrow at 3 o'clock P M
Mr. CRAVENS. Mr President: I hope the Senate will not adjourn. It seems to me that we ought to do something, if we do nothing more than to talk about some steps for the organization of this body. This thing of meeting from day to day simply to adjourn is too much like child's play. We have a remedy - we have two remedies; and when this motion is disposed of, I suggest that we go on and make an effort to do something
Mr. HOOPER, It is upon the strong probability that by adjourning till to morrow we can probably organize without any difficulty - it is under that impression I vote for the motion to adjourn.
Mr. ROBINSON, of Madison to amend the motion by inserting 9 o'clock to-morrow morning
The amendment was agreed to.
The motion as amended was also agreed to upon the vive voce vote, and accordingly -
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR declared the Senate adjourned till 9 o'clock A. M. to-morrow.
