man, Warren, Way, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-84. The nays were: Mr. Blume-1. Absent or not voting: Messrs. Blake, Byers, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Dunham, Eaton, Gibson, Head, Jenks, Kent, Miller of Fayette, Sokol, Stewart, Thuenen and Wilson of Keokuk-15. So the bill passed and the title was agreed to. I vote "No," because I do not wish to vote for a bill appropriating money of the people without having an opportunity to carefully investigate the merits of the bill. THEODORE C. BLUME. Consideration of the concurrent resolution relating to adjournment was resumed. Mr. Veneman moved that the hour of 10 A. M. be changed to 2 P. M. which amendment was accepted by Mr. Temple. The concurrent resolution as amended was adopted. Mr. Overfield reported for the committee on mileage as follows: MR. SPEAKER-The committee appointed to report the mileage of the House of Representatives submitted the following list of the number of miles traveled by each member in going and returning from the session of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and the amount of money to which each member is entitled by law. We recommend that such mileage be duly certified HALL OF THE BOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, } DES MOINES, Thursday, January 11, 1900. House met pursuant to adjournment, Speaker Bowen in the chair. Prayer was offered by the Rev. R. W. Hughes, of Oskaloosa. On request, leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Stuckslager, Wright, Hurn, Wilson of Buena Vista, Anderson of Lyon and Thuenen. 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: Relative to mail carrier. GEO. A. NEWMAN, Secretary. Also: 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: Relative to the use of committee rooms for the law class before the supreme court. GEO. A. NEWMAN, JOINT CONVENTION. Secretary. The doorkeeper announced the Senate in a body for joint convention, who took seats on the west side, which had been vacated for their use. The roll was then called. Those present were: Messrs. Alberson, Allyn, Anderson of Warren, Baker, Ball, Barkley, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blake, Blakemore, Bowen, Brighton, Buchanan, Campbell, Carr, Carter, Cheshire, Clarke of Dallas, Classen, Coburn, Cold, Cowles, Craig, Crossley, Crouse, Davis, Dodds, Downing, Dows, Dunham, Eaton of Fremont, Edwards, Eiker, Emmert, Finch, Fitchpatrick, Furry, Graff, Griswold, Hansmann, Harbert, Harriman, Hasselquist, Hawk, Hayward, Hazelton, Head, Healy, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hobart, Hopkins, Hubbard, Hughes, Jaeger, Junkin, Keck, Kendall, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koontz, Koto, Lambert, Lewis, Lister, Lyman, Lyons, McAleer, McArthur, McCurdy, McGinn, McIntire, Mardis, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Moffit, Mullan, Nicolaus, Nolan, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Penrose, Porter, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Smith, Stewart, Stratton, Tallman, Temple, Theophilus, Towner, Townsend of Calhoun, Trewin, Veneman, Wallace, Warren, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Clinton, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Young-111. Those absent or not answering were: Messrs. Alexander, Anderson of Lyon, Arthaud, Ayers, Bachman, Barrett, Bishop, Blanchard, Blume, Bolter, Boysen, Byers, Clark of Hamilton, Conley, Cottrell, Cruikshank, Eaton of Mitchell, Garst, Gibson, Gorrell, Hurn, Jenks, Jones, Kent, Letts, Myers, Perrin, Sauer, Scott, Sokol, Stallcop, Stuckslager, Sweet, Thuenen, Titus, Townsend of Monroe, Way, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wright-39. The joint convention then repaired to the auditorium and was called to order by Lieutenant-Governor Milliman, President of the Senate, at 3:00 P. M., where the following program was carried out: PROGRAM. Music-Iowa State Military Band. Music "America," Apollo Club of Des Moines. Music "The Warrior Bold," Apollo Club of Des Moines. Administration of oath of office to Leslie M. Shaw and J. C. Milliman, Governor and Lieutenant-Governor-elect, by Chief Justice Chas. T. Granger. Inaugural address-Gov. Leslie M. Shaw. Music "Iowa," by Byers, Apollo Club of Des Moines. At conclusion of ceremonies the procession re formed and returned to capitol. The joint convention resumed its session at the capitol at 4:30 P. M. The minutes of the joint session were read and approved. 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 adjournment from Thursday, January 11th, until 2 P. M., Tuesday, January 16th. GEO. A. NEWMAN, Secretary. Mr. Hughes moved that the House adjourn. |