| Show THE legislature opening of the twenty eighth session ir the peoples members elect of the legislature held a caucus on saturday evening for the purpose it i Is 8 understood of formula formulating tink a ticket of legislative officers though the pro have hava not been made public at ten tea ocl ocic this morning a joint legislative caucus was was held in order it is to be presumed to come to an understanding with regard to the organization of the respective etive houses bouses order of bL business diness etc reporters were excluded there has been a widespread der ferstanding standing regarding the hour at which the assembly would sit in formal session it is fixed by law at two p m COUNCIL the council was called to order precisely at 2 p m by haber M wei wells iss clerk of the last council mr marshall then moved to te proceed to the permanent organization of the council carried the members of the council are as follows first district john E carlisle P logan cache county second district 0 F olsen P hyrum cache county third district L W shurtliff P ogden weber county fourth district john M young L salt lake city salt lake county fifth district thomas marshalll marshall L salt lake city salt lake county sixth district ellas elias A smith P salt lake city salt lake county seventh district i richard howe P south cottonwood salt lake county eighth district A 0 smoot jr P provo proto utah county ninth Dis district J P wimm P huntington emery county tenth district wm A C bryan P nephi J juab county I 1 eleventh district luther T turtle tattle P manti mant sanpete county twelfth bistrica Bi district strict E G woolley P st george geerge washington county the clerk cler kwas was called to furnish a list of the officers required which he read woolley then nominated hen han E at smith as president of the council and he was duly elected smith briefly thanked the council for the honor shurtliff then nominated H dwells for chief clerk he was elected bryant nominated Y V L halliday for enrolling and en ep grosing clerk elected howe then nominated J golden kimball for sergeant at arms carried liff moved that john V bluth be elected messenger carried L john nuttall jr was nominated and elected watchman I 1 C C shaw was nominated and elected chaklai pf af toe the council marshall moved that the secretary be notified of the organization and requested to appear to administer the oath to the officers elect the roll of the officers was called k J they came forward to take the oath winch which was then administered prayer by the chaplain marshad moved that the house be the council is organized Cir carried ried moved that a committee of df the council be appointed to notify the governor that were ready tor for any communication he mcglat have to make carried woolley and marshall were appointed such committie committee bryant introduced the following resolution resolved the house concurring carriar cur riar ring that it a minute clerk be elected at a sa salary ry of 5 per day carried HOUSE H G whitney chief clerk of the last house called the house to order and announced that he be held in his bis hind hand a iret of members elect duly certified by the secretary of the territory hatch moved that the list be read carried 1 the list was read as fallows first district ellas elias 8 9 kimball P meadowville meadow ville rich county second district jos howell P wellsville cache county third district bistrica Bi strict hicy P brigham city box elder county fourth district chas C richards Kic Rich hards aroix P ogden weber county fifth district nathaniel montgomery P north ogden weber county sixth F kaysville Kays ville davis county seventh district D 0 mclaughlin L park city summit county eighth district C E allen alien L ahab county ninth district W W riter biter P salt lake city salt lake county tenth district john coilin dark chirk P salt lake salt lake county eleventh District Jas las H moyle P salt lake salt lake courty county twelfth district E D hoge L salt lake salt lake county thirteenth district geo gen M spencer P taylorsville Taylors ville salt lake county fourteenth district levi P helm P mill creek salt lake ake county fifteenth district W wm m creer reer P spanish fork utah county sixteenth district samuel R thurman P provo utah county seventeenth district lyman S wood P springville Spring ville utah county eighteenth district abram hatch PH P heber eber city caly wasatch county nineteenth district wm H king P fillmore Fillmo Fill moie ic millard county twentieth A H lund CP mount pleasant sanpete county twenty first district wm H P richfield sevier County tt 4 twenty second district philo T farnsworth P t beaver beaver county twenty third district robert bobert W reybourne Hey bourne P cedar city iron Cou couitt lity twenty fourth district wm F stwart st wart P kanao kane county clark moved that the house now proceed to permanent organization organisation carried dark clark nominated hov HOD W W biter pitr is as speaker the nomination was carried unanimously dark clark and king conducted the speaker elect to the chair when he be made a brief speech expressing his appreciation of the honor conferred upon him and the hope that sectional feeling would not interfere with the harmon harmonious lous labors bt the house montgomery nominated jos joa A west as chief clerk carried unanimously ani J T H moyle nominated 0 F whitney as minute clerk it appeared that this nomination was premature until the office should hist first be created by legislative action S B R thurman nominated W C A smoot as sergeant at a tarm arros allen alien nominated F houghton by a vote was elected prior to the vote E D hoge suggested that the voting be done in some other way thaw vive voce on OB motion of king the vote on sergeant at arms was taken by ri ing C C richards nominated J F voy boyden as enrolling and engrossing clerk king nominated nominate ed james jamea melville as W watchman atchman carried by acclamation a jones nominated B H jones as messenger carried by acclamation rouche nominated W G smith chaplain carried by acclamation richards offered a concurrent resolution ol providing for the election ot of a minute clerk for each house thurman suggested that the laih should be taken by members before transacting any business calling for an expenditure of public funds hoge asked it the house had not been transacting public ou siness tor for halt half an hour the speaker replied in the affirmative but stated that the house had bad followed precedent E H D hoge thought members should have been sworn before transacting any business at all A hatch moved that t honorable secretary of the territory be requested to administer the oath to members of the house secretary hall then appeared and administered the oath first explaining pla ining that the name of the person taking it his age status etc would be inserted when the oath should be signed it was substantially the tae same oath as that known as the commission oat oab ll 11 which registration officers administer howen suggested that the officers had not been sworn secretary hall was recalled he stated that he presumed the members would qualify first and then appoint the officers of ef the house hope hoge made the poa point int that as the house heuse had organized before being 8 word sworn the organization was illegal a and 8 d he be moved that the house now proceed to organize again A debate ensued in which hoge urged that the had bad been made before the house became a body and hence grave questions of toe the validity of its doings might intent arise he was willing that the same officials should be elected hatch reid read from the house journals our showing that the course coarse to taken aeki in 1884 and had neen heen followed various members spoke upon the subject ome acme maintaining that the course taken was legal and proper others that it would be better to reorganize organize re allen alien suggested that the sate safe courne to take would be to reelect re elect the officers king moved to expunge expanse from the minutes of the house that portion relating to the election of officers and then proceed to elect them again 8 thurman stated that if what had been done was illegal all of at the laws now in force in this territory were invalid lie he thought there could be no question as to the ibe validity of what had bad been done he would have favored having members mm beri sworn before do doial a any Y bu business but did not think it necessary aass ganary to rescind what ha had d been done the motion by king was put pot and on a divis division ioD carried it then became necess arry to reelect re elect the officers ofil cers 0 of the house mrk clark moved that riter biter be elected speaker carried unanimously the formality of electing each of the officers as before was gone through with this bus business iniss finished prayer wits was offered by the chaplain on motion members of the house who had bad served three terms were ware allowed to choose their seats and all others were reu required Ired to draw for theirs the drawing tor for seats was in progress when we went to press pres a thurman end and hatch were the only ones wha who were permitted to cloose choose seats I 1 ifrey bey selected locations locati oas tp to the left of the speaker |
