HOUSE JOURNAL.

Proceedings of the House of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma.

FIRST DAY

Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory,

Tuesday, January 10, 1905.

This being the day fixed by law for the convering of the Territorial Legislative Assembly, and the hour of 2 o'clock P. M. having ar rived, those declaring themselves elected members of the House of Representatives of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma met in the Hall designated by the Secretary of the Territory as "Representative Hall."

W. W. Noffsinger declaring himself a member-elect, called the House to order.

Mr. Gandy of Woodward Conuty placed Frank G. Prouty of Lincoln County in nomination for temporary chairman. He was unanimously elected.

J. P. Becker of Grant County was elected temporary secretary. The chairman declared the temporary organization of the House of Representatives to be complete and perfected.

As provided by law, a committee of five was appointed on credentials, as follows: Mr. Gandy of Woodward County, Mr. Ross of Woods County, Mr. Lydick of Cleveland County, Mr. Taylor of Noble County, Mr. Robinson of Greer County.

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The committee reported as follows:

Mr. Chairman:

Your Committee on Credentials beg leave to make the following report: That the following persons, in accordance with the certificates issued by the Secretary of this Territory, are all members of this Legislative Assembly as follows, to-wit:

First District, J. B. Norton, Ponca City, Kay County.
Second District, Wesley Taylor, Perry, Noble County.
Third District, J. T. Crag, Pawnee, Pawnee County.
Fourth District, W. N. Walker, Stillwater, Payne County.
Fifth District, Frank Prouty, Fallis, Lincoln County.
Sixth District, Isaac B. Levy, Guthrie, Logan County.
Seventh District. R. R. Fuller, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County.
Eighth District, John J. Gayman, Chandler, Lincoln County.
Ninth District, Milton Bryan, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County.
Tenth District, J.D. Lydick, Lexington, Cleveland County.
Eleventh District, J. P. Becker, Medford, Grant County.
Twelfth District, John Ingmire, Garber, Garfield County.
Thirteenth District, W. W. Noffsinger, Kingfisher, Kingfisher

County.

Fourteenth District, W. A. Maxwell, Yukon, Canadian County.
Fifteenth District, C. E. Wood, Cherokee, Woods County.
Sixteenth District, A. J. Ross, Alva, Woods County.
Seventeenth District, A. McBride, Watonga, Blaine County.
Eighteenth District, B. B. Bone, Arapaho, Custer County.
Nineteenth District, J. P. Gandy, Supply, Woodward County.
Twentieth District. W. W. Daniels, Seiling, Dewey County.
Twenty-first District, Dyke Ballinger, Anadarko, Caddo County.
Twenty-second District, Scott Ferris, Lawton, Comanche County.
Twenty-third District, J. A. Jester, Foss, Washita County.
Twenty-fourth District, 0. J. Logan, Mountain View, Kiowa

County.

Twenty-fifth District, David Hogg, Grand, Day County.
Twenty-sixth District. T. W. Robinson, Mangum, Greer County.

J. P. GANDY, Chairman

J. D. LYDICK. Secretary.

On notion of W. N. Walker, the report of the Committee on Credentials was adopted.

The oath of office was administered to all members of the House by B. F. Burwell, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

The selection of the permanent organization was then declared to be in order.

On motion of Mr. Ballinger, a committee of three was appointed on Permanent Organization, as follows: Mr. Ingmire, of Garfield County; Mr. Ross of Woods County; Mr. Hogg of Day County. The committee reported as follows:

Mr. Chairman :

Your Committee on Permanent Organization, of the House of the Eighth Legislative Assembly respectfully recommend that the House act as a Committee of the Whole, and make their nominations according to their respective caucuses.

JOHN INGMIRE,

A. J. ROSS,
'DAVID HOGG.

A roll call of House for nominations for Speaker was made.

Mr. Ballinger placed J. B. Norton in nomination, and was seconded by Mr. Daniels.

Mr. Maxwell placed J. D. Lydick in nomination, and was seconded by Mr. Bryan. The roll call resulted as follows:

J. B. Norton received 14 votes; J. D. Lydick, 10 votes, Mr. Norton and Mr. Lydick not voting.

Mr. Norton receiving the majority of the votes cast, was duly declared selected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Eighth Legislative Assembly.

The oath of office was administered to Mr. Norton as Speaker, by Associate Justice B. F. Burwell.

A committee from the Council notified the House that the Council of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma. was organized and ready for business.

On motion of Mr. Noffsinger, the following named persons were elected as officers of the House:

J. P. Gandy, Speaker Pro-Teni; Amos A. Ewing, Chief Clerk; Thomas Bassler, first assistant clerk; A. G. Crews, second assistant clerk; G. W. Hall, third assistant clerk; Thomas P. Braidwood, fourth assistant clerk; C. W. Bugbee, fifth assistant clerk; William Baird, sixth assistant clerk; J. S. Fisher, seventh assistant clerk; D. W. Jones, reading clerk; Ernest Jones, chief enrolling clerk; Edward Southwick, first assistant enrolling clerk; Louis Mattingly, second assistant enrolling clerk; R. J. Calkins, third assistant enrolling clerk; Florence Headley, fourth assistant enrolling clerk; J. E. Munhall, fifth assistant enrolling clerk; N. E. Taylor, sixth assistant enrolling clerk; Ray Farrell, seventh assistant enrolling clerk; Mrs. B. B. Bone, eighth assistant enrolling clerk; W. J. French, sergeant-at-arms; J. M. Hay, first assistant; G. Dockerty, second assistant; I. W. Rush, third assistant; Miss Stella Roberts, stenographer; B. W. Hall, messenger; the Rev. H. L. Holt, chaplain; Henry Calwell, watchman; Frank Fegan, first assistant watchman; John Grey, doorkeeper; B. Mahoney, first assistant doorkeeper; T. E. Phillips, second assistant doorkeeper; Willis Jones, chief janitor; W. A. Howard, assistant; S. Andrews, assistant; F. H. Bell, assistant; W. Flenoyd, assistant; Robert Johnson, assisstant; Robert Claypool, custodian of cloak room; Earl Lockwood, page; R. D. Ambrose, page; Lester Gandy, page; Harry Ballinger, page. Each subscribed to the oath of office.

A committee from the Council presented the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The committee from the Council have the honor to notify the House through you that the Council of the Eighth Legislative Assembly is now organized, and ready to proceed to business.

E. J. MURPHY,

C. R. ALEXANDER,

J. A. MENEFEE.

On motion of Mr. Daniels, the Speaker appointed a committee consisting of Mr. Fuller, Mr. Walker and Mr. Ballinger, to notify the Council that the House was organized and ready for business.

The Speaker appointed Mr. McBride, Mr. Wood and Mr. Levy as a committee to meet with a like committee from the Council to notify the Governor that the Eighth Legislative Assembly was organized and ready for business.

The Rules governing the Seventh Legislative Assembly were adopted until others could be formulated and adopted.

On motion of Mr. Becker, a committee consisting of Mr. Gandy, Mr. Daniels and Mr. Hogg was appointed on mileage and per diem. On motion, the Speaker appointed Mr. Becker, Mr. Ferris, Mr. Gayman, Mr. Noffsinger and Mr. Logan.

Mr. Ferris moved that the following persons be substituted as officers of the House:

J. I. Howard, chief clerk; C. C. Tolbert, assistant chief clerk; A. C. Root, enrolling and engrossing clerk; W. W. Bixby, assistant enrolling and engrossing clerk; J. A. Jenkins, sergeant-at-arms; J. N. Shepler, doorkeeper; W. J. Moore, watchman; John Williams, messenger.

The motion was declared lost by a vote of 15 ayes, 10 nays.
The House adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
JESSE B. NORTON,

Speaker.