Thomason Young Those voting for Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne are: Messrs. Ryan, Frank Total-62. Shephard Walsh Wilson, R. E. Total-28. Richardson Taylor Those voting for Mr. Murphy are: Messrs. Basel Cooper Elliott Total-12. Rostenkowski Rentchler Rethmeier Turner Roderick Those voting for Mr. Devine are: Messrs. Gorman Hruby Igoe Maucker Merritt Mitchell Morrasy Morris O'Rourke Purdunn Those voting for Mr. Burns are: Messrs. Vickers Total-16. Rinehart Total-18. Total-2. Total-3. No person having received the necessary constitutional majority, the Secretary of State announced that there was no choice for Temporary Speaker. Mr. Kane offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 5. Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed by the Secretary of State, to wait upon Justice Frank K. Dunn, of the Supreme Court, and request him to administer the oath of office to Hon. Francis E. Williamson, a member-elect of this House. And the resolution was adopted. The Secretary of State thereupon appointed as such committee Messrs. Kane, Rinehart and Burres. Mr. Kane, from the committee heretofore appointed to wait upon Justice Dunn, and request him to administer the oath of office to Hon. Francis E. Williamson, announced that Justice Frank K. Dunn, of the Supreme Court, was present and ready to perform that duty. Whereupon, the oath was administered to Hon. Francis E. Williamson, member-elect, and the Clerk directed to place his name on the roll as a member of the House. The order of business being the selection of a Temporary Speaker, the Secretary of State directed the Clerk to again call the roll, which resulted as follows: 1 1 Those voting for Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne are: Messrs. Total-62. Shephard Walsh Wilson, R. E. Total-29. Strubinger Thomason Those voting for Mr. Murphy are: Messrs. Fieldstack Gardner LePage Lynch Moore Williamson Total-13. Rentchler Rethmeier Turner Rostenkowski Vickers Total-16. Those voting for Mr. Roe are: Messrs. Lipshulch Total-2. Rinehart Weber Total-15. No person having received the necessary constitutional majority, a call of the roll was again ordered, resulting as follows: Those voting for Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne are: Messrs. Young Seif Shephard Smith Trandel Walsh Wilson, R. E. Total-32. Present and not voting are: Messrs. Madsen Mason and Provine Total-3. No person having received the necessary constitutional majority, the Secretary of State announced that there was no choice for Temporary Speaker. At the hour of 12:30 o'clock p. m., Mr. Shanahan moved that the House do now adjourn until 10:00 a. m. tomorrow. The motion prevailed, And the House stood adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1915, 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment, The Secretary of State presiding. Prayer by the Rev. J. Jay Duggan. The Journal of yesterday was being read, when, on motion of Mr. Mulcahy, the further reading of the same was dispensed with, and it was ordered to stand approved. The order of business at the hour of adjournment on yesterday being the selection of a Temporary Speaker, the Secretary of State directed the Clerk to call the roll, which resulted as follows: Those voting for Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne are: Messrs. Wood Young McCormick Stanfield Stewart Total-61. |
