Hon. T. B. BUTLER. Hon. C. H. CARPENTER. Hon. C. M. DAVIS. Hon. J. T. DOUGLASS. Hon. P. L. HARDIN. Hon. J. T. HAY. Hon. W. C. HOUGH. Hon. R. I. MANNING. Hon. J. Q. MARSHALL. Hon. EDWARD MCIVER. Hon. T. G. MCLEOD. Hon. J. E. PEURIFOY. Hon. GEO. F. VON KOLNITZ, JR. Hon. E. F. WARREN. The Clerk then called the roll of Counties in which elections for Senators had recently been held. The credentials of the following named Senators-elect and present, were handed in, and the Senators presented themselves at the Bar of the Senate, when the oath of office was administered to them by the PRESIDENT: Aiken-Hon. W. E. Johnson. Barnwell-Hon. G. H. Bates. Beaufort-Hon. N. Christensen, Jr. Berkeley-Hon. E. J. Dennis. Dorchester-Hon. J. D. Bivens. Fairfield-Hon. W. J. Johnson. Edgefield-Hon. T. G. Talbert. Georgetown-Hon. L. G. Walker. Greenville-Hon. W. L. Mauldin. Greenwood-Hon. J. H. Brooks. Laurens-Hon. F. P. McGowan. Lexington-Hon. D. F. Efird. Marion-Hon. Jas. Stackhouse. Newberry-Hon. Cole L. Blease. Oconce-Hon. J. R. Earle. Orangeburg-Hon. T. M. Raysor. Saluda-Hon. E. S. Blease. Spartanburg-Hon. D. E. Hydrick. York-Hon. J. S. Brice. ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT PRO. TEM. The Senate proceeded to the election of a President pro tem. Mr. RAYSOR nominated Hon. Richard I. Manning, of Sumter. There being no other nomination, the Clerk of the Senate called the roll, and the Senate proceeded to vote viva voce, as their names were called. The following Senators voted for Hon. Richard I. Mannings: Messrs. Bates, Bivens, Black, Blake, C. L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Brice, Brooks, Brown, Butler, Carpenter, Christensen, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Earle, Efird, Hardin, Hay, Holliday, Hough, Hydrick, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Marshall, Mauldin, McGowan, McIver, McLeod, Peurifoy, Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert, von Kolnitz, Walker and Warren-36. Whole vote given.. ... Of which Hon. Richard I. Manning received.... 36 36 Whereupon the PRESIDENT stated that the Hon. Richard I. Manning having received the unanimous vote of the Senate, was duly elected President pro tempore of the Senate. The oath of office was administered to him. ELECTION OF CLERK OF THE SENATE. Hon. J. R. BLAKE, Jr., nominated Hon. R. R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, S. C. There being no other nomination, the roll was called and the Senate proceeded to vote viva voce, the following Senators voting for Mr. Hemphill. Messrs. Bates, Bivens, Black, Blake, C. L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Brice, Brooks, Brown, Butler, Carpenter, Christensen, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Earle, Efird, Hardin, Hay, Holliday, Hough, Hydrick, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, McGowan, McIver, McLeod, Peurifoy, Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert, von Kolnitz, Walker, Warren-37. Whereupon the PRESIDENT announced that the Hon. R. R. Hemphill having received the unanimous vote given was duly elected Clerk of the Senate. The oath of office was then administered to Mr. Hemphill, Clerk-elect, by the PRESIDENT. ELECTION OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. The Senate proceeded to the election of Sergeant-at-Arms. There being no other nomination, the roll was called and the Senate proceeded to vote viva voce, the following Senators voting for Mr. Schumpert: Messrs. Bates, Bivens, Black, Blake, C. L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Brice, Brooks, Brown, Butler, Carpenter, Christensen, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Earle, Efird, Hardin, Hay, Holliday, Hough, Hydrick, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, McGowan, McIver, McLeod, Peurifoy, Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert, Walker and Warren-36. Whereupon the PRESIDENT announced that Mr. J. F. Schumpert was duly elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. ELECTION OF READING CLERK. The Senate proceeded to the election of Reading Clerk. There being no other nomination, the Clerk called the roll and the Senators voted viva voce as their names were called. The following named Senators voted for Mr. Stewart: Messrs. Bates, Bivens, Black, Blake, C. L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Brice, Brooks, Brown, Butler, Carpenter, Christensen, Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Earle, Efird, Hardin, Hay, Holliday, Hough, Hydrick, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, McGowan, McIver, McLeod, Peurifoy, Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert, Walker and Warren-36. Whereupon the PRESIDENT announced that Mr. W. H. Stewart was duly elected Reading Clerk of the Senate. ELECTION OF CHAPLAIN. The PRESIDENT announced that nominations for Chaplain were in order. Mr. McIVER nominated Rev. W. I. Herbert. Mr. BRICE seconded the nomination. Mr. DAVIS nominated Rev. W. J. Schneider. Mr. CARPENTER seconded the nomination. Mr. C. L. BLEASE nominated Rev. N. A. Hamrick. The Clerk proceeded to call the roll and the Senators voted viva voce as their names were called. Those voting for Rev. Herbert are: Messrs. Bates, Bivens, Black, Blake, E. S. Blease, Brice, Brooks, Butler, Christensen, Dennis, Hay, Holliday, Hough, Manning, Mar shall, Mauldin, McIver, McLeod, Peurifoy, Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert, von Kolnitz and Walker-24. Those voting for Rev. Schneider are: Messrs. Brown, Carpenter, Davis, Douglass, Hardin, Hydrick, W. J. Johnson and McGowan-8. Those voting for Rev. Hamrick are: Messrs. C. L. Blease, Earle, Efird, W. E. Johnson-4. Whereupon the PRESIDENT announced that Rev. Herbert having received the majority of the votes cast was duly elected Chaplain. APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CLERK. The PRESIDENT announced that he had appointed Mr. E. S. Dingle Assistant Clerk of the Senate. E. S. Dingle, Assistant Clerk, J. F. Schumpert, Sergeant-at-Armselect and W. H. Stewart, Reading Clerk-elect, appeared at the Bar of the Senate and the oath of office was administered to them by the PRESIDENT. APPOINTMENTS. The PRESIDENT announced the following appointments: Doorkeepers-J. F. Bobo and W. C. Evans. Pages E. V. Cullum, Jr., and Wm. Haddon Johnson. Laborers-Albert Nance and Jack Pressley. Doorkeepers Bobo and Evans appeared at the Bar of the Senate and the oath of office was administered to them. The PRESIDENT then addressed the Senate as follows: ADDRESS OF LIEUT. GOV. JOHN T. SLOAN AT ASSEMBLING OF S. C. SENATE, 1905. Senators: We are met together under the Constitution and laws of our State for the transaction of her public business and for the mak ing of such laws as may promote her welfare. Important measures will doubtlessly be brought before you during the session, and I feel confident they will receive your careful consid eration and most thoughtful attention. The eyes of the people of your State are upon you. They believe that their future interests, their welfare, their business, their prosperity and the government of their State in all of its departments, is safely entrusted to your care. They believe it, because you have been elected by the voice of the people; they believe it because they know that a South Carolinian's love for his State is inextinguishable; that this love is filial; that our parents, whose images we bear, have taught us not to rank even our sacred love for them above that we owe to the State; not to put it upon the cold footing of duty, but to regard it as the most precious sentiment of our hearts, as a truth and principle which strikes its roots far down even into our very souls. Indeed, this patriotic love is as a beautiful flower whose bloom has expanded into a passion. The results of this devotion I need not speak of now. The pages of American history are bright and rich with the deeds of the warriors, statesmen and jurists of South Carolina. Nor need I speak of her present. This is the day of her dignity, her power and her triumph. By virtue of the office to which I have been re-elected, and for which re-election I am profoundly grateful and am justly proud, I earnestly beg that you will accord me your hearty counsel and sympathetic support, for in no other way shall I be able to discharge successfully the duties devolving upon me. Above all, I invoke upon you and myself as well that Divine guidance which shall lead us into all truth and so enable us to do wisely for those whom we represent and have sent us here. And in our fullest measure serve our State with patriotic devotion, fidelity and zeal. I now announce that the Senate is ready for business. Mr. MANNING then rose and expressed his appreciation of the honor conferred on him, by electing him President pro tem. MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE. On motion of Mr. HOUGH, the Clerk of the Senate was sent to the House of Representatives to inform that body that the Senate had met in pursuance to the provision of the Constitution, and that a quorum being present, had organized by the election of Hon. Richard I. Manning as President pro tempore and Hon. R. R. Hemphill as Clerk, it was ready to proceed to business. |