Show SENATE IN SESSION bayard of delaware laware D e elected president preside de nt pro tero tem by 13 W U telegraph raph to the herald I oct 10 the assembling of tho the special session of tile senate was witnessed by a large number of persons who as early as 11 filled the tu galleries 11 eries to their utmost capacity the desk formerly occupied d by senator burnside Burn sido was tastefully ly draped with black while several bouquets ornamented the desks of prominent senators sen senators acors elect aldrich lapham and miller occupied r seats cats upon hie tile floor on the republican side iho the senate was called to order by harrison arrison II who after pra prayer by ane cli chaplain plain bullock who a alluded yer J in a feeling manner to tile death of president garfield senator burnside and secretary Burch said I have ha vo been requested by a number of senators on n both sides of the chamber to call ti tho lo 10 senate to order if there is no objection I will call the senate to order that we may proceed with its business the senate will please come to order and tile clerk will report to the senate the message of the president convening this session i of senate the presidents proclamation pr damnation da mation having been read pendleton moved tile adoption of the following follo ii ing resolution that thos F baa bayard ard is hereby chosen president of the senate pro tan ton edmunds said tha of course he did not object to th present consideration of the rc ol ution but lie thought under the xi sting circumstances it was his duty to present the credentials of alie senators lie thereupon did the credentials having been read edmunds moved that the oath of office bo be administered to those gentlemen by senator anthony the senior senator pendleton moved to lay the motion on the table which was carried with yeas 30 36 nays 34 davis of illinois voted with the republicans in the negative Afa mahone lione did not vote and platt and fair were paired edmunds said no reason had been give given n why the senators elect should not b be c allowed to take part in the organization of the senate and he lie therefore nl moved ved to amend Pendle tons resolution bd by providing ing for the immediate qu qualification of tho the senators elect t the ic oath of office to be administered ister A by senator anthony tile amendment offered by edmunds to Pendle tons resolution gave i rise to a short discussion but was finally rejected yeas 33 naye nays 34 mahone malione who entered the senate at 1230 p ra in and davis 11 I voting il LI with the republicans edmunds munds then proposed an amendment providing that bayard be elected presiding officer for this day only and argued in support of his amendment contending that it would comply with lith both the letter and the spirit of tho the law and would allow new york and rhode island to have a voice in ilio lie election of a permanent president pro rotem tern the amendment is still under ser discussion morgan at present having the tile floor floo r senator beck beek referred to alie action of the democratic president of the senate after fillmore Fill moro acceded to the presidency odthe of tho united edmunds inquired if the senate Se natora rs of two states were denied aloice a voice in that election beck said they were not nor had a vicc vice president refused t to give the senate an all opportunity to elect a president nor had two senators enacted a comic trag tragedy edy by resigning this reference to conkling and platt elicited a shout of applause from the galleries which shocked the decorum of tho the senate chairman harrison arrison II gave notice that for another similar demonstration he lie would have tile galleries cleared IN washington oct 10 tho the yea and nay vote on edmunds amendment resulted in its defeat ac to 34 edmunds then offered another amendment substituting the name of senator anthony for bayard as president pro tern tem the tile vote was at once taken and the amendment defeated yeas 32 nays 34 IN mahone fallone voted with the republicans pub public laicans ans davia davis did not vote yote the original resolution introduced by pendleton was then adopted by 34 to 32 davis of ills did not vote mahone voted with the republicans throughout the chair then appointed senators sc acors anthony and pendleton to escort the president pro imi elect bayard to the chair edmunds moved to admit the tb c senator elect from R RI I aldrich and andeen pendleton moved to aa adjourn Journ on the motion to substitute anthonys thon Ps name for bayards bayaras Ba yards davis billu ills did not vote thus leaving the democrats with two major majority it bayard was installed as president resident ies ident of the senate for which he lie returned thanks and invoked the consideration and operation cooperation co of the senators lie referred to the sad circumstances caused tho tile call calt of the senate and said th the grief ef which penetrates every household house ho d in the land should gotten the party aspi aspirants runts in the sen sell ate and lead to harmonious action |