JOURNAL

OF THE

HONORABLE SENATE,

JANUARY SESSION, 1895.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1895.

At eleven o'clock in the forenoon, on the first Wednesday of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, being the day prescribed by the constitution for the Legislature of New Hampshire to assemble, the following named persons, elected Senators, assembled in the capitol, in the city of Concord in said state, and his Excellency the Governor, attended by the Honorable Council, having come into the senate chamber, took and subscribed the oaths of office, and were duly qualified as Senators, agreeably to the provisions of the constitution, namely:

From District No. 1-THOMAS H. VAN DYKE.

2

3-HENRY H. PALMER.

4-AMOS L. ROLLINS.

5

6-WILLIAM F. KNIGHT.

7-HERMON HOLT.

8

From District No. 9-FRANK C. TOWLE.

10-FRANK W. ROLLINS.

11-EDMUND H. BROWN.

12-JAMES A. EDGERLY.

13-THADDEUS W. BARKEr.

14-WILLIAM J. REED.

15-SAMUEL F. MURKY.

16-MARCELLUS GOULD.

17-EDWARD B. WOODBURY.

18-JOHN P. Bartlett.

19-FRANCIS A. GORDON.

20-CHARLES W. STEVENS.

21-STEPHEN H. GALE.

22-JEREMIAH LANGLEY.

23-CHARLES E. FOLSOM.

24-CHARLES A. SINCLAIR.

His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council then withdrawing, the Senate was called to order by Charles J. Hamblett, clerk of the Senate of last session.

The clerk stated that the first business was the selection of a temporary presiding officer.

On motion of Senator Edgerly, Senator Gould was chosen temporary presiding officer.

And the clerk requested Senators Woodbury and Sinclair to conduct the temporary presiding officer to the chair.

On motion of Senator Sinclair, the Senate proceeded to the choice of a President, by ballot, with the following result:

and Frank W. Rollins, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared elected president.

And the chair requested Senators Stevens and Bartlett to conduct the President to the chair.

The President having assumed the chair, addressed the Senate as follows:

Senators:

Permit me first to thank you most sincerely for this election, which is particularly gratifying to a man of my years and lack of legislative experience. I shall do my utmost to demonstrate that your confidence has not been misplaced.

The presiding officer of a legislative body is but the servant or mouthpiece of the assembly, subject at all times to the direction of the assembly. This fact I wish you to bear in mind, and I ask and invite the help, advice, suggestion, and even criticism of my fellow Senators.

If I err I shall be only too glad to be set right by those among you who are old in years and rich in experience, and by thus working together I trust that we may be able to point with pride to our record as Senators, and return to our homes at the end of the session with a feeling of a duty well done, and I trust that in the deliberations upon which we are about to enter we may put aside partisanship and bring to the discharge of our duties high patriotism and a deep regard for the well being of the old Granite State.

Senators, I await your pleasure.

On motion of Senator Bartlett, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That Edward H. Wason, as clerk, be elected by acclamation; that Henry E. Hill, as assistant clerk, be elected by acclamation; that James M. Adams, as sergeant-at-arms, be

elected by acclamation; that Henry B. Stearns, as messenger, be elected by acclamation; and that Horace B. Sherburne, as doorkeeper, be elected by acclamation; and Edward H. Wason, Henry E. Hill, James M. Adams, Henry B. Stearns, and Horace B. Sherburne are hereby elected to the several positions named respectively.

Thereupon, Edward H. Wason, Henry E. Hill, James M. Adams, Henry B. Stearns, and Horace B. Sherburne appeared, signified their acceptance, and were duly sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties before the President.

A true record.

CHARLES J. HAMBLETT,

Clerk for 1893-'95·

A true copy attest:

CHARLES J. HAMBLETT,

Clerk for 1893-'95.

On motion of Senator Stevens, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the secretary of state be requested to furnish the Senate the official returns of votes from the various senatorial districts for the state.

On motion of Senator Edgerly, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the returns of votes in the several senatorial districts be referred to a select committee of three, with instructions to examine and count the same, and report to the Senate whether any vacancies exist, and if so, in what senatorial districts.

The President appointed as such committee, Senators Edgerly, Van Dyke, and Bartlett.