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HOUSE JOURNAL.

inform the House that the Senate has
adopted the report of the Joint Commit-
tee on the part of the Senate and House,
relative to the counting of the vote for
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor and
for the inauguration of said officers.
J. P. POOL,

Secretary of the Senate.

IN JOINT SESSION.

At 10:30 o'clock a. m. the Honorable Senate of Texas was announced at the bar of the House.

Escorted by Sergeant-at-Arms C. H. Allen of the Senate, Secretary J. P. Pool, and Rev. W. C. Denson, Chaplain, the Honorable Senate advanced into the Hall

and occupied the seats along the aisle already prepared for them.

President of the Senate Hon. George T. Jester was invited to a seat on the rostrum at the right of the Speaker.

Speaker Sherrill then called the joint session to order, and announced that the hour set apart by concurrent resolution providing for counting the vote cast for

Governor and Lieutenant-Governor at the last general election, held November 8, 1898, had arrived, and that the two houses were in joint session for that pur

pose.

The President of the Senate then directed the Secretary to call the roll of the Senate, and the following Senators answered to their names:

Schluter, Scurry, Shelburne, Shropshire,
Smith of Grayson, Smith of Collin,
Staples, Stripling, Tarkington, Tarver,
Tate, Teagle, Terrell, Thomas of Wise,
Vaughan, Walton, Wells, Wheless, Wil-
Thomas of Fannin, Tompkins, Tucker,
lacy, Willrodt, Wright.

The Speaker announced
present.

a quorum

The President announced the following Senators tellers on the part of the

Senate:

Senators James, Greer and Odell.
The Speaker appointed the following
tellers on the part of the House:

Messrs. Greenwood, Smith of Grayson
and Frost.

The Speaker then requested the tellers
to come forward, and he delivered to
them the returns of the general election
held in this State, Tuesday, November
8, 1898, for Governor and Lieutenant-
Governor, and which returns were by the
Secretary of State duly delivered to him
as Speaker of the House of Representa-
The tellers then proceeded to count the
vote.
tives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature.

(Pending the count, Senator Morriss
and Mr. Kittrell, a member of the House,
were called to the chair.)

Pending the count, Mr. Peery, on part of the House, moved that the joint session take a recess until 3 o'clock p. m. today. Speaker Sherrill announced that the Dib-motion prevailed on the part of the House.

Senators Atlee, Burns, Davidson,
rell, Goss, Gough, Greer, Grinnan, James,
Johnson, Kerr, Linn, Lloyd, Miller,
Morriss, Odell, Potter, Ross, Sebastian,
Terrell, Turney, Wayland, Yantis, Yett.
The President announced a quorum
present.

The Speaker directed the Clerk to call
the roll of the House, and the following
members answered to their names:

Senator James, on part of the Senate, then moved that the joint session take a recess until 3 o'clock p. m. today.

Senator Morris, then occupying the chair on the part of the Senate, announced that the motion prevailed on the part of the Senate.

The Speaker then declared the joint session closed for recess until 3 o'clock P. m. today, and the Senate retired to its

chamber.

IN THE HOUSE.

Messrs. Allen of Colorado, Allen of
Hopkins, Bailey, Barbee, Barrett, Bean,
Bennett, Blount, Bridgers, Caldwell, Cal-
vin, Chambers, Childers, Childs, Clem-
On motion of Mr. Morrow, the House,
ents, Cocke, Cole, Collins, Cross, Culp,
Dean, Decker, Derden, Dies, Dorroh,
Eckols, Ellis, Evans of Fannin, Frost, at 12 m., took recess until 2:55 o'clock
p. m. today.
Garrett, Gill, Goodlett, Goodman, Gor-
don, Graham, Greenwood, Grogan, Ham-
ilton, Henderson of Brazos, Henderson of
Lamar, Howard, Hurley, Jones, Kennedy,
Kittrell, Lake, Lane, Lillard, Little,
Livsey, Loyd, Looney, Marsh, Maxwell,
McAnally, McClellan, McDowell, Mc-
Kamy, McKellar, Mercer, Monroe, Mor-
ris, Morrow, Murphy, Murray, Neff,
Nolan, Oliver, Palmer, Parish, Peery,
Phillips of Lampasas, Phillips of Camp,
Pitts, Poole, Powell, Prince, Rateliff,
Robertson of Harrison, Robertson of Bell,
Sansom,
Russell,
Rochelle,

Savage,

AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House was called to order by the
Speaker at 2:55 p. m.

SENATE MESSAGE.

Senate Chamber,
Austin, Texas, January 16, 1899.
of Representatives.
Hon. J. S. Sherrill, Speaker of the House

SIR: I am directed by the Senate to

Sebastian, Terrell, Turney, Wayland,

The President announced a quorum present.

inform the House that the Senate has
passed the following Concurrent Resolu- Yantis, Yett.
tion No. 3, Providing for a joint session
of both Houses of the Twenty-sixth Legis-
lature in the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives, on Wednesday, January 18,
for the purpose of receiving gavels to be
presented by the Daughters of the Re-
public of Texas.

DAWSON A. WALKER,
Assistant Secretary of the Senate.

Mr. Smith of Grayson called up the above reported Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3, and the Speaker laid the same before the House.

The resolution was read second time, whereupon at 3 p. m., the Honorable Senate of Texas was announced at the bar of the House.

IN JOINT SESSION.

The Honorable Senators were seated as in the forenoon, accompanied by Sergeant-at-Arms C. H. Allen of the Senate, and Dawson A. Walker, Assistant Secretary of the Senate, while the President, Hon. Geo. T. Jester, resumed his seat at the right of the Speaker.

Speaker Sherrill announced that the two houses were again in joint session for the purpose of completing the count of the vote for Governor and LieutenantGovernor.

The President of the Senate directed the Secretary to call the roll of Senators, and the following Senators answered to their names:

Senators Atlee, Burns, Davidson, Dibrell, Goss, Gough, Greer, Grinnan, James, Johnson, Kerr, Lewis, Linn, Lloyd, McGee, Miller, Morriss, Odell, Potter, Ross,

The Speaker directed the Clerk to call the roll of the House, and the following members answered to their names:

Messrs. Allen of Colorado, Allen of Hopkins, Bailey, Barbee, Barrett, Bean, Bennett, Blount, Caldwell, Calvin, Chambers, Childers, Childs, Clements, Cocke, Cole, Collins, Conoly, Cross, Culp, Dean, Derden, Dies, Dorroh, Eckols, Ellis, Evans of Fannin, Frost, Garrett, Gill, Goodlett, Goodman, Gordon, Graham, Greenwood, Grogan, Hamilton, Henderson of Brazos, Henderson of Lamar, Howard, Hurley, Jones, Kennedy, Kittrell, Lake, Lillard, Livsey, Loyd, Looney, Marsh, Maxwell, McAnally, McClellan, McDowell, McFarland, McKamy, McKellar, Mercer, Monroe, Morris, Morrow, Murphy, Murray, Neff, Nolan, Oliver, Palmer, Parish, Peery, Phillips of Lampasas, Phillips of Camp, Pitts, Poole, Powell, Prince, Ratcliff, Robertson of Harrison, Robertson of Bell, Sansom, Savage, Schluter, Scurry, Smith of Grayson, Smith of Collin, Staples, Stripling, Tarkington, Tarver, Tate, Teagle, Terrell, Thomas of Wise, Thomas of Fannin, Tompkins, Tucker, Vaughan, Walton, Wells, Wheless, Willacy, Willrodt.

The Speaker announced a present.

quorum

The count of the vote was resumed, same tellers acting as in the forenoon.

(Pending the count, Senator Johnson, on part of the Senate, and Mr. McKellar, on part of the House, were called to the chair.)

When the count was concluded the tellers announced the following result:

RETURNS OF AN ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 8, 1898.
For Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.

RETURNS OF AN ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 8, 1898.

For Governor and Lieutenant-Governor continued.