19th District-W. E. Webster, Page county. 20th District-W. S. Lewis, Mills county. 21st District-L. R. Henderson, Fremont county. 22d District-H. O. Seiffert and J. C. Morgan, Pottawattamie county. 23d District-Wm. Baughman, Cass county. 24th District-Butler Bird, Madison county. 25th District-W. F. Powell, Warren county. 26th District-H. M. McCully and Wm. Blain, Marion county. 27th District-James Bridges and Robert B. Warren, Mahaska county. 28th District-Thomas E. Johns, Keokuk county. 29th District-Abraham Pearson, Washington county. 30th District-F. A. Duncan, Louisa county. 31st District-J. A. Pickler and J. C. Donahey, Muscatine county. 32d District-Ernst Mueller, Wm. O. Schmidt, and P. W. McManus, Scott county. 33d District-Wm. P. Wolf, Cedar county. 34th District-L. R. Wolfe and E. W. Lucas, Johnson county. 35th District-Elvin Tilton, Iowa county. 36th District-Charles H. Spencer, Poweshiek county. 37th District-John W. Tool and E. E. Dotson, Jasper county. 38th District-Thomas W. Havens and Thomas E. Haines, Polk county. 39th District-T. J. Caldwell, Dallas county. 47th District-Frank W. Hart and Henry P. Bowdish, Linn county. 48th District-M. H. Calkins, Jones county. 49th District-Larkin Upton and D. D. Rorick, Clinton county. 50th District-S. S. Simpson, Jackson county. 51st District-Michael Ehl and Dennis O'Brien, Dubuque county. 52d District-W. H. Merten, Delaware county. 53d District Buchanan county. 54th District-Thomas Welstead and Charles Bishop, Black Hawk county. 55th District-A. V. Stout, Grundy county. 56th District-C. J. Cook, Hardin county. 57th District-Charles Aldrich, Hamilton county. 58th District-R. M. Wright, Webster county. 59th District 60th District-H. C. Brown, Butler county. 61st District-L. S. Hanchett, Bremer county. 62d District-Wm. Taylor, Fayette county. 63d District-John W. Van Staden and G. W. McGregor, Clayton county. 64th District-Wm. C. Earle, Allamakee county. 65th District-Levi Hubbell and D. O. Aaker, Winneshiek county. 66th District-S. S. Lambert, Howard county. 67th District-James F. Babcock, Chickasaw county. On motion of Mr. Dotson of Jasper county, Hon. Platt Wicks of Shelby county was chosen Speaker pro tem. On motion of Mr. Stout of Grundy county, Mr. Dungan administered the oath of office to the Speaker pro tem. On motion of Mr. Lewis of Mills county, the chair was instructed to appoint two messengers, whereupon Masters Frank Barnett and Frank Blagburn were appointed messengers pro tem. On motion of Mr. Merten of Delaware county, Geo. L. Bolton was appointed door-keeper pro tem. On motion of Mr. Duncan of Louisa, a committee of five was ap pointed on credentials, as follows: Duncan of Louisa, Lewis of Mills, Morgan of Pottawattamie, Webster of Page, Mueller of Scott. At 3 o'clock P. M., on motion of Mr. Bosworth of Ringgold county, the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. HALL OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, } House convened according to adjournment and was called to order by the Speaker pro tem. Prayer by Hon. C. A. Marshall. Journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Duncan of Louisa, from the Committee on Credentials, submitted the following report: Your Committee on Credentials have instructed me to make the following report. We have examined the credentials of the following named gentlemen, and find them entitled to seats in this House as members: 1st District-John W. Irwin and James H. Snook, Lee county. 2d District-William Lynch and A. H. Kuhlemeier, Des Moines county. 3d District-C. W. Payne and M. L. Crew, Henry county. 4th District-. 5th District-James Elerick, Van Buren county. 6th District-F. M. Epperson and George W. Dickins, Wapello county. 7th District-S. B. Downing, Davis county. 8th District-James M. Robb, Monroe county. 9th District-E. M. Reynolds, Appanoose county. 10th District-Warren S. Dungan, Lucas county. 11th District-Geo. McCulloch, Wayne county. 12th District-W. H. Hall, Clarke county. 13th District-Wm. F. Kelly, Decatur county. 14th District-A. P. Stephens, Union county. 15th District-C. C. Bosworth, Ringgold county. 16th District-Thomas L. Maxwell, Adams county. 17th District-Lyman Evans, Taylor county. 18th District C. C. Platter, Montgomery county.. 19th District-W. E. Webster, Page county. 20th District-W. S. Lewis, Mills county. 21st District-L. R. Henderson, Fremont county. 22d District-H. O. Seiffert and J. C. Morgan, Pottawattamie county. 23d District-Wm. Baughman, Cass county. 24th District-Butler Bird, Madison county. 25th District-W. F. Powell, Warren county. 26th District-H. M. McCully and Wm. Blain, Marion county. 27th District-James Bridges and Bobert B. Warren, Mahaska county. 28th District-Thomas E. Johns, Keokuk county. 29th District-Abram Pearson, Washington county. 30th District-F. A. Duncan, Louisa county. 31st District-J. A. Pickler and J. C. Donahey, Muscatine county. 32d District-Ernst Mueller, Wm. O. Schmidt, and P. W. McManus, Scott county. 33d District-Wm. P. Wolf, Cedar county. 34th District-L. R. Wolfe and E. W. Lucas, Johnson county. 35th District-Elvin Tilton, Iowa county. 36th District-Charles H. Spencer, Poweshiek county. 37th District-John M. Tool and E. E. Dotson, Jasper county. 38th District-Thomas W. Havens and Thomas E. Haines, Polk county. 39th District-T. J. Caldwell, Dallas county. 47th District--Frank W. Hart and Henry P. Bowdish, Linn county. 48th District-M. H. Calkins, Jones county. 49th District-Larkin Upton and D. D. Rorick, Clinton county. 52d District-W. H. Merten, Delaware county. 53d District Buchanan county. 54th District-Thomas Welstead and Chas. A. Bishop, Black Hawk county. 55th District-A. V. Stout, Grundy county. 56th District-C. J. Cook, Hardin county. 57th District--Charles Aldrich, Hamilton county. 58th District-R. M. Wright, Webster county. 59th District- 60th District-H. C. Brown, Butler county. 61st District-L. S. Hanchett, Bremer county. 62d District-William Taylor, Fayette county. 63d District-John Van Staden and George McGregor, Clayton county. 64th District-Wm. C. Earle, Allamakee county. 65th District-Levi Hubbell and D. O. Aaker, Winneshiek county. 66th District-S. S. Lambert, Howard county. 67th District-James F. Babcock, Chickasaw county. 77th District-J. E. Anderson, Winnebago county. No credentials have been presented to your committee for the fol ing named gentlemen: 4th District-John Williamson, Jefferson county. 50th District-G. L. Johnson, Jackson county. 53d District--Isaac Muncey, Buchanan county. 59th District-E. H. Hubbard, Woodbury county. As the names of these gentlemen appear on the list of members made by the Secretary of State, your committee recommend that these gentlemen be admitted to seats in this House. All of which is respectfully submitted. F. A. DUNCAN, Chairman. On motion of Mr. McDonald the report of Committee on Credentials was adopted. On motion of Mr. Stout the Speaker pro tem. was instructed to administer the oath of office to the members, and upon a call of the roll the members came forward and subscribed their names to the oath. Affirmation was administered to Mr. Crew, of Henry, and he signed the oath. Mr. Stout offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the House now proceed to the election of its officers in the order in which the said officers are named in the proceedings of the Eighteenth General Assembly. Mr. Maxwell offered the following as a substitute: Resolved, That the House now proceed to the election of its officers in the following order: Second Assistant Clerk. 5th. Enrolling Clerk. 10th. Six messengers. 11th. Four paper-folders. On motion, all relating to janitors, messengers, and paper-folders was stricken out, and the substitute was adopted. On motion, proceeded to the election of Speaker. Mr. Irwin of Lee placed in nomination George R. Struble of Tama county, which nomination was seconded by Mr. Wolf of Cedar county. Mr. Schmidt of Scott placed in nomination Mr. L. R. Bolter of Harrison county, which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Ehl and Lucas. Mr. Downing placed in nomination Mr. McDonald of Guthrie, which nomination was seconded by Mr. Blain of Marion. The roll was called with the following result: Mr. Struble having received a majority of all the votes cast was declared the Speaker of the Nineteenth General Assembly. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Irwin and Wolf of Cedar, were appointed to conduct the Speaker to the chair. Upon taking the chair the Speaker made the following remarks: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives-I highly appreciate the honor you have conferred upon me, and the compliment I receive at your hands, in the preference you have expressed, that I should act as the presiding officer of this House. For this distinguished honor, and the evidence of your esteem and confidence, I am sincerely thankful; and I pledge you that, to the best of my ability, I will endeavor to discharge faithfully and impartially the duties of the office to which you have elected me. I undertake the performance of my duties, appreciating keenly the grave responsibilities that rest upon me, and with much distrust of my ability to discharge acceptably the duties of the position with which you have honored me. But I derive encouragement to go forward in the discharge of my duties from the fact that your expressed choice that I should preside as Speaker of the House is an assurance that I will have the benefit of your experience to aid me, and that my efforts to serve you in this capacity will have your hearty support and charitable judgment. We meet as the representatives of the great State of Iowa, whose wonderful growth and development stand without a parallel in the history of the nation. In the year eighteen hundred and forty-six the |