66 HOUSE JOURNAL. inform the House that the Senate has 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, The Speaker announced a quorum The President announced the following Senators tellers on the part of the Senate: Senators James, Greer and Odell. Messrs. Greenwood, Smith of Grayson The Speaker then requested the tellers (Pending the count, Senator Morriss 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, The Speaker directed the Clerk to call 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 Savage, AFTERNOON SESSION. SENATE MESSAGE. Senate Chamber, 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 DAWSON A. WALKER, 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: |