4:00 o'CLOCK P. M. The hour of 4:00 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the House resumed its session, The Secretary of State presiding. The order of business at the hour of taking a recess being the selection of a Temporary Speaker, the Secretary of State directed the Clerk to call the roll, which resulted as follows: FOURTEENTH BALLOT. Number of votes cast .146 For Mr. Provine. 62 votes For Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne 25 votes For Mr. Richardson 15 votes For Mr. LePage 16 votes For Mr. Schuberth 23 votes For Mr. Purdunn 2 votes For Mr. Devine 1 vote For Mr. Rentchler 1 vote For Mr. Arthur Roe 1 vote Thon Tice Jackson Rothschild Tompkins Kessinger Rowe, W. Turnbaugh Tuttle Vursell Shanahan Watson West Smejkal Wilson, G. H. Wood Young Total-62. Hilton Shephard Jacobson Ryan, Frank Smith Ryan, J. W. Trandel Santry Walsh Wilson, R. E. Total-25. Hoffman Taylor Hubbard Kasserman Thomason Total-15. Lynch Rentchler Rostenkowski Curran, T. Gardner Moore Rethmeier Turner Vickers Total-16. Prendergast Rinehart Roe, A. O'Connell Quisenberry Ryan, F. J. Weber Total-23. Total-2. Present and not voting are: Messrs. Total-3. No person having received the necessary constitutional majority, a call of the roll was again ordered, resulting as follows: FIFTEENTH BALLOT. Number of votes cast .145 For Mr. Provine 62 votes For Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne 26 votes For Mr. Richardson 15 votes For Mr. LePage 16 votes For Mr. Purdunn 23 votes For Mr. Devine 1 vote For Mr. Rentchler 1 vote For Mr. Williamson 1 vote Thon Tice Rothschild Tompkins Kessinger Rowe, W. Turnbaugh Tuttle Vursell Shanahan Watson West smejkal Wilson, G. H. Wood Young Total-62. Hilton Ryan, Frank Shephard Jacobson Ryan, F. J. Smith Ryan, J. W. Trandel Santry Walsh Wilson, R. E. Donlan Total-26. Kasserman Taylor Huston Thomason Total-15. Lynch Rentchler Rostenkowski Rethmeier Turner Vickers Total-16. Rinehart Prendergast Roe, A. Quisenberry Schuberth Weber L'otal-23. Present and not voting are: Messrs. 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 5:15 o'clock p. m., Mr. Kane moved that the House do now adjourn until 10:00 o'clock a. m. tomorrow. The motion prevailed, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1915, 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment, The Journal of yesterday was being read, when, on motion of Mr. Smejkal, the further reading of 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: SIXTEENTH BALLOT. Number of votes cast .145 For Mr. Provine 62 votes For Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne 29 votes For Mr. Purdunn 35 votes For Mr. Rethmeier 16 votes For Mr. Merritt 1 vote For Mr. Fieldstack 1 vote For Mr. Mitchell 1 vote Thon Tice Jackson Rothschild Tompkins Kessinger Rowe, W. Turnbaugh Tuttle Vursell Shanahan Watson West Smejkal Wilson, G, H. Wood 'Young Total-62. Those voting for Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne are: Messrs. Browne, L. OʻN. Epstein Hilton Prendergast Shephard Smith Ryan, F. J. Trandel Ryan, J. W. Walsh Santry Wilson, R. E. Donlan Griffin Mulcahy Seif Total-29. Huston Rinehart Igoe Roe, A. Strubinger Taylor Quisenberry Thomason Weber Total-35. Rostenkowski Curran, T. Gardner Lynch Rentchler Turner Vickers Total-16. Mr. Donahue voted for Mr. Merritt. Mr. Rethmeier voted for Mr. Fieldstack. Total-3. No person having received the necessary constitutional majority, a call of the roll was again ordered, resulting as follows: Madsen Mason SEVENTEENTH BALLOT. Number of votes cast .144 For Mr. Provine 62 votes For Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne 30 votes For Mr. Groves 14 votes For Mr. Rethmeier 16 votes For Mr. Mitchell 18 votes For Mr. Purdunn 1 vote For Mr. Huston 1 vote For Mr. Merritt 1 vote For Mr. Fieldstack 1 vote Thon Tice Jackson Rothschild Tompkins Kessinger Rowe, W. Turnbaugh Lantz Tuttle Vursell Shanahan Watson West Smejkal Wilson, G. H. Wood Young Total-62. Griffin Seif Prendergast Shephard Jacobson Ryan, Frank Smith Ryan, F.J. Trandel Ryan, J. W. Walsh Santry Wilson, R. E. Total-30. Richardson Thomason Kasserman Strubinger Williamson Total-14. LePage Rostenkowski Curran, T. Gardner Lynch Rentchler Turner Moore Vickers Total-16. Purdunn Rinehart Quisenberry Roe, A. Weber Total-18. Present and not voting are: Messrs. Total-3. No person having received the necessary constitutional majority, a call of the roll was again ordered, resulting as follows: EIGHTEENTH BALLOT. Number of votes cast .143 For Mr. Provine 62 votes For Mr. Lee O'Neil Browne 28 votes For Mr. Groves 14 votes For Mr. Rethmeier 16 votes For Mr. Merritt 20 votes For Mr. Green 1 vote For Mr. Fieldstack 1 vote For Mr. Donahue 1 vote Thon Tice Jackson Rothschild Tompkins Kessinger Rowe, W. Turnbaugh Tuttle Vursell Shanahan Watson West Smejkal Wilson, G. H. Wood Young Total–62. Jacobson Ryan, Frank Shephard Ryan, F.J. Smith Lipshulch Ryan, J. W. Trandel Santry Walsh Wilson, R. E. Total-28. Richardson Thomason Kasserman Strubinger Williamson Total-14. LePage Rostenkowski Curran, T. Gardner Lynch Turner Vickers Total-16. Ray Prendergast Rinehart Roe, A. Total-20. Present and not voting are: Messrs. Total-3. No person having received the necessary constitutional majority, the Secretary of State announced that there was no choice for Temporary Speaker. Mr. Donahue offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6. Resolved, That the House, beginning January 19, 1915, hold sessions each day thereafter, except Sundays and legal holidays, until a Speaker is elected. And the resolution was adopted. |