15. While the two houses are acting together upon elections or any other matter, the Speaker shall preside, and all questions of order shall be decided by him, subject to an appeal to both houses, as though but one body was in session. A call of members of either house may be had in joint meeting by order of the house in which the call is desired. 16. Motions to postpone or adjourn shall be decided by a joint vote of both houses, and yeas and nays upon such motions, if required, shall be entered upon the journals of both houses. 17. Upon questions arising requiring the separate decision of either house, the Senate shall withdraw until the decision is made: Provided, That questions upon motions for a call of either house shall not comé within the provisions of this rule. 18. Each house shall have the liberty of ordering the printing of bills, messages and reports, without the consent of the other. 19. Whenever any message, bill, report or document shall be ordered to be printed by the Senate or House, for the use of both houses, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House, (as the case may be), immediately to report the fact of the passage of such order to the other branch of the General Assembly, together with the number so ordered to be printed, in case the same shall exceed three hundred. Together with the following amendment thereto: Amend Rule 15 by adding thereto the following: "And to constitute a quorum of the joint assembly upon any question, a majority of all the members elected to both houses shall be present and voting." And in the adoption of this amendment I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House. Also, under Rule 7, the following Senators were appointed on the part of the Senate: Messrs. Kerrick and Caldwell. Respectfully submitted, January 21, 1891. L. F. WATSON, Mr. Eddy moved that the consideration of the resolution offered by Mr. Watson be made a special order for to-morrow at 10:30 o'clock A. M. Mr. Allen rose to a point of order that the resolution should, under the rules, be referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses. The Speaker ruled the point of order not well taken. The question recurring on the motion of Mr. Eddy that the consideration of the resolution be made a special order for tomorrow at 10:30 o'clock A. M., The motion prevailed. The Speaker announced that the consideration of Senate messages other than bills was in order, and Mr. Dixon, of Lee, moved that the amendment adopted by the Senate to the joint rules for the government of the House and Senate be adopted, And the amendment was adopted. The question now recurring on the adoption of the report of the Committee on Joint Rules, as amended, Mr. Dixon, of Lee, moved that the rules, as amended, be adopted. The motion prevailed, and the rules, as amended, were adopted. Mr. Eddy offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption: Resolved. That during all sessions of the joint assembly, the two front rows of seats be vacated for the use of the Senators. And the resolution was adopted. Mr. Eddy moved that the two front rows of the seats of this House be now vacated for the use of the Senators during the joint assembly, And the motion prevailed, And, thereupon, the members of this House occupying the two front rows of seats in this House vacated the same. Mr. Cockrell offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption: Resolved, That the Speaker be authorized to appoint a recording clerk for the Clerk's office, at a salary of four dollars per day. Mr. Prince moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses, And the motion was lost. Pending the consideration of the original resolution, the hour of twelve o'clock M. arrived, And at 12 o'clock meridian, in pursuance of sections fourteen and fifteen of title two (2), chapter one (1), revised statutes of the United States for 1873 and 1874, and of the joint resolution adopted by both houses of this General Assembly, the Senate, preceded by the President of the Senate, was announced by the Speaker of the House and assigned seats in the hall of the House of Representatives for the purpose of electing a Senator in the Congress of the United States, to represent the State of Illinois, for the term of six years, beginning on March fourth (4), eighteen hundred and ninety-one (1891). The two houses being convened in joint session, the Speaker of the House of Representatives presiding, The President of the Senate ordered the Secretary of the Senate to call the roll of Senators, and the following Senators answered to their names: The Speaker of the House then ordered the Clerk thereof to call the roll of members, and the following members answered to their names: Adams, ion, W.. Beals, Edwards, Kelly, Parkhurst, Berry, Ellsworth. Terpening, Boul, Enslow, Bowlin, Erickson, Kirby, Patton, Townsend, Kwasigroch, Brooks, Faires, Laughlin, Perrottet, Van Praag, Brown, Farrell, Lense, Picker, Vinton, Lyman, John S. Burke, Fishback, Lyman, William Callahan, Frentress, McCrone, Quinn, Weedon, Carmody, Garrett, McInerney, Ramsay, Daniel White, J. W. Carson, Geher, McKitrick, G., Chandler, Gill, Chott, Green, Cockrell, Griggs, Miller, Reid, Thomas Conway, Grigsby, Miner, R., Corlett, Hambaugh, Mitchell, Rohrer, Craig, Hamilton, Moore, Rowand, Curtiss, Hawley, Morris, Scaife, Dawkins, Headen, Myer, N. J., Slanker, Myers, William Denham, Hunter, David, H., Smith, James The Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the presiding officer of the joint assembly, announced that the roll call showed a quorum of each house to be present. The President of the Senate then ordered the Secretary thereof to read that portion of yesterday's journal relating to the vote of the Senate for Senator to represent the State of Illinois in the Congress of the United States, for the term of six years, beginning on March 4, A. D. 1891. The Speaker of the House of Representatives then ordered the Clerk thereof to read that portion of the journal of the House relating to the corresponding vote in the House. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, as presiding officer of the joint assembly, thereupon made the following announcement: It appearing from the reading of the journal of the Senate, and from the reading of the journal of the House, of yesterday, that the same person has not received a majority of the votes in each house, It is in order for this joint assembly to now proceed to choose, by a viva voce vote of each member present, a person for Senator to represent the State of Illinois in the Congress of the United States, for the term of six years, beginning March fourth (4), A. D. 1891. Nominations for that high office are now in order. Mr. Ramsay, of Clinton, offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption by the joint assembly: Resolved, That the remarks or speeches to be made in placing in nomination candidates for United States Senator shall be confined to one speech in behalf of each candidate, and that no speeches or remarks seconding any nomination shall be permitted. And the resolution was adopted. Whereupon, Senator McDonald placed in nomination the name of John M. Palmer for the office of Senator in the Congress of the United States to represent the State of Illinois, beginning on the fourth day of March, A. D. 1891. Senator Fuller placed in nomination the name of Richard J. Oglesby for the same office, for the same term. Mr. Cockrell placed in nomination the name of A. J. Streeter for the same office, for the same term. There being no other nominations, The Speaker of the House of Representatives, as presiding officer of the joint assembly, then announced that the roll of members of the Senate and House of Representatives composing the joint assembly would now be called, for the purpose of receiving the vote of each member, viva voce, for choosing a Senator in the Congress of the United States, from March 4, A. D. 1891. The President of the Senate ordered the Secretary of the Senate to call the roll of members of the Senate for the election of a United States Senator. The roll of the Senate for the election of a United States Senator was called by the Secretary of the Senate, and resulted as follows: John M. Palmer received.. Those voting for John M. Palmer are, Messrs.: 24 votes. 27 votes. Those voting for Richard J. Oglesby are, Messrs.: The roll of the House of Representatives was then called for the choosing of a United States Senator in Congress, as aforesaid, and resulted as follows: Those voting for John M. Palmer are, Messrs.: LEEFE Carmody, Conway, Sher wood, Ferns, Green, W., Lyman, William McInerney, Norsworthy, Ramsay, Daniel Rohrer, Smith, James A., Those voting for Richard J. Oglesby are, Messrs.: Allen of Ver milion. Anderson, Anthony, Armstrong, Beals, Duncan, Jacobs, Keller, O'Connell, Payne, Webb, White, John W. (20th) Wilkinson, Wiwi, Mr. Speaker-77. Straight, Tice, FLEEE Berry, Boyer, Brooks, Brown, Bryan, Callahan, Chandler, Cherry, Chott, Corlett, Hunter, David, Hutchings, Lyman,John S., Patton, Reed, George, Those voting for A. J. Streeter are, Messrs.: White, J. W. (19th), White, Samuel, Wilk, F. William Wilke, Fred, The Speaker of the House of Representatives, as presiding officer, announced the result of the joint ballot, as follows: John M. Palmer received a total of the joint assembly of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly of 101 votes, And Richard J. Oglesby received a total of 100 votes, And A. J. Streeter received a total of 3 votes. And it appearing from the vote aforesaid that no candidate had received a majority of the votes of the members of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly, convened in joint assembly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as presiding officer of the said joint assembly, announced that there was no election of a representative from the State of Illinois as Senator in the Congress of the United States, for six years, from the fourth day of March, A. D. 1891. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the presiding officer of the joint assembly, then announced that the roll of members of the Senate and House of Representatives composing the joint assembly would again be called, for the purpose of receiving the vote of each member, viva voce, for choosing a Senator in the Congress of the United States, from March 4, A. D, 1891. |