House met pursuant to adjournment, Speaker Bowen in the chair. Prayer was offered by the Rev. A. M. Colstead of Burlington, Iowa. Journal of Wednesday, January 10th, corrected and approved. Journal of Thursday, January 11th, corrected and approved. Mr. Eaton requested that he be excused and that he be recorded as voting for the Hon. John H. Gear for United States senator for the term beginning March 4, 1901. There being no objection, the request was granted. Mr. Dows moved that the House proceed to nominate and elect a United States senator. Carried. Mr. Wilson of Keokuk, in behalf of the republicans, placed in nomination Hon. John H. Gear. Mr. McGinn, on behalf of the democrats, placed in nomination Hon. Fred E. White. There being no other nominations the roll call was ordered. Those voting for Hon. John H. Gear were: Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Ayers, Baker, Barkley, Barrett, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blake, Blakemore, Boysen, Buchanan, Byers, Carr, Carter, Clark, of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Coburn, Cold, Cowles, Crouse, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Gibson, Graff, Harbert, Hasselquist, Hawk, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Hurn, Jenks, Jones, Keck, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Koto, Letts, Lyman, McCurdy, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Scott, Shambaugh, Stallcop, Stewart, Stratton, Stuckslager, Sweet, Temple, Thuenen, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Warren Way, Wilson, of Adair, Wilson, of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker78. Those voting for the Hon. Fred E. White were: Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Campbell, Conley, Cottrell, Cruikshank, Davis, Dodds, Downing, Hansmann, Jaeger, Kirkwood, Koontz, McAleer, McGinn, Marshall, Nicolaus, Sauer, Theophilus-18. Absent or not voting: Messrs. Blume, Kimball, Myers, Sokol-4. Mr. Gear, having received a constitutional majority, was declared elected by the House as United States senator for the term commencing March 4, 1901. On request of Mr. Temple, leave of absence was granted Mr. Sokol indefinitely on account of sickness. Mr. Prentis offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: Be it resolved, By the House, the Senate concurring: That a joint convention be held in the hall of the House on Wednesday, January 17, 1900, at 12 o'clock noon, as required by law. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Scott the House took a recess for fifteen minutes. House reconvened at 2:50 P. M. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. The following message was received from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has concurred in the following concurrent resolution, in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: Resolution relative to joint convention for the election of United States senator. GEO. A. NEWMAN, Secretary. Mr. Carr moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. Carried. HALL OF THE, WOULESOFY, FPRESENTATIVES,} DES MOINES, Wednesday, January 17, 1900. House met pursuant to adjournment, Speaker Bowen in the chair. Prayer was offered by the Rev. W. J. Hastie of the Christian church of Altoona, Iowa. On request, Mr. Sweet was excused until January 22d. Speaker pro tem Temple took the chair at 10:15 o'clock A. M. Messrs. Kimball and Myers requested that the Journal show that they would have voted for the Hon. John H. Gear for United States senator had they been present. Mr. Blume, requested that the Journal show that he would have voted for the Hon. Fred E. White, for United States senator had he been present, Mr. Cowles, for the joint committee relative to selecting a mail carrier, report as follows: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee appointed by the Senate and House to select a mail carrier, report that they have had the matter under conderation, and have selected John W. Omer, from Fremont county, for the position of mail carrier of the Twenty-eight General Assembly from this time until and including the second day of March, 1900, and have selected J. C. Heffelfinger from Grundy county for said position from and after the second day of March, 1900. Adopted January 17, 1900. WILLIAM EATON, Chairman Senate Committee. GARDNER COWLES, Chairman House Committee. Mr. Sweet moved that the report of committee be adopted. Mr. Dows, for committee on arranging committees and apportioning clerks, reported as follows: By Mr. Dows, House file No. 4, a bill for an act to authorize the payment of the cost of corporate suretyship upon official bonds. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Dows, House file No. 5, a bill for an act to provide that any fiduciary required by law to give a bond may include the expense thereof as part of the lawful expense of executing his trust. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. McGinn, House file No. 6, a bill for an act to amend sections 1 and 2 of chapter 25 of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly of the state of Iowa, relating to election of park commissioners in certain cities. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Nicolaus, House file No. 7, a bill for an act to prohibit the leasing and contracting of the labor of convicts confined in the state penitentiaries. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Labor. By Mr. Sauer, House file No. 8, a bill for an act to amend section ten hundred and ninety-six (1096) of the code in relation to time of closing of polls at elections. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Elections. By Mr. Sauer, House file No. 9, a bill for an act to amend section 3158 of the code in relation to hotel and innkeepers' liabilities. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Theophilus, House file No. 10, a bill for an act to authorize the appointment of a commission to procure and erect suitable granite monuments and markers upon the battlefields of Shiloh, Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, etc., etc. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Towner, House file No. 11, a bill for an act to amend chapter 38 of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Roads and Highways. By Mr. Veneman, House file No. 12, a bill for an act to amend section 2767 of the code, relative to the rate of interest to be charged in loaning the endowment fund of the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Warren, House file No. 13, a bill for an act for the conversion of the Industrial Home for the Blind into a state normal school, and to transfer the blind to the Soldiers home. Read first and second time and referred to committee on uormal schools. By Mr. Wilson of Keokuk, House file No. 14, a bill for an act to provide for the cutting of weeds on the public roads. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Roads and Highways. The Speaker announced the following standing committees: |