Senate bill No. 4, A bill to be entitled "An Act appropriating the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of the general revenue, not otherwise appropriated, to pay the contingent expenses of the Thirty-second Legislature, and declaring an emergency." (President Pro Tem. Hudspeth in the chair.) SIMPLE RESOLUTION. By Senator Terrell of Wise: Resolved, That 600 copies of the Senate Journal be printed each day, 150 of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and shall be delivered to the Sergeant-atArms of that body by the printers, one copy to the Governor and one to each of the heads of departments, and the remainder to be prorated among the members of the Senate. The resolution was read and adopted. The Senate was at ease until 11:55 o'clock, a. m. The Senate was called to order by President Pro Tem. Hudspeth and At 11:55 o'clock, a. m., the Chair, President Pro Tem. Hudspeth, announced that the hour, 12 o'clock, noon, having arrived, the Senate would proceed to the Hall of the House of Representatives for the purpose of attending and witnessing the inauguration of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, viz.: O. B. Colquitt and A. B. Davidson. ing announced at the bar of the House, were, by direction of the Speaker, admitted. Senate bill No. 3, A bill to be en-he Honorable Senate of Texas, betitled "An Act appropriating the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($120,000), or SO much thereof as may be necessary, out of the general revenue, not otherwise appropriated, to pay the mileage and per diem of members and per diem of officers and employes of the Thirty-second Legislature, and declaring an emergency." Escorted by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, James Hornbuckle, the Secretary of the Senate, Clyde D. Smith, and the Journal Clerk of the Senate, R. M. Gilmore, the Honorable Senators advanced into the Hall, Iand, by direction of the Speaker of Nichols of lunt. the House, occupied seats on the ros- German. trum already prepared for them. Gilmore. The President Pro Tem. of the Sen- Goodner. ate, Hon. Claude Hudspeth, by invi- Graham. tation of the Speaker, occupied a seat Gross. on the Speaker's stand to the left of Hall. the Speaker. Hamilton The President Pro Tem. of the Senate then directed the Secretary of the Senate to call the roll of the Senate. The roll of the Senate was called, and the following Senators answered to their names: of Childress. Hamilton of McCulloch. Haney. Henry. Herder. Highsmith. Hill. Hillyer. Hornby. Hubbard. Humphrey. Hunt. Johnston. Kennedy. Kraitcher. Landry. Astin. Bryan. Lane. Leach. Lee. Lawson. Absent. Logan. Oliver. Robertson of Bell. Robertson of Travis. Ross. Rowell. Rucks. Russell. Savage. Schlick. Shannon. Smith of Atoscosa. Spradley. Stead. Stepter. Stevenson. Stone. Tarver. Maddox. Mangum. Teel. Terrell of Bexar. of Cherokee. Turney. McGown. McNeal. Morris. White. Williams of Dallas. of McLennan. Wood. Woods. Wortham. Yarbrough. Absent. Caves. Baker of Hood. Chapin. Baker of Panola. Coffey. Donegan. Absent-Excused. Clerk to read from the Legislative nd Harmon, the joint committee on Record (House) of Friday, January part of the House, Chief Justice of 13, 1911, the report of the Joint the Supreme Court, Hon. T. J. Committee appointed to make ar| Brown, Governor T. M. Campbell, the rangements to count the vote and to Associate Justices of the Supreme arrange for the inauguration of the Court, the Justices of the Court of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Criminal Appeals, and others, at which report was on that day duly 12:10 o'clock p. m., being announced adopted. at the bar of the House, were admit The clerk then read the report as ted, and were conducted to the follows: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, January 13, 1911. Hon. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Rerpesentatives, and Hon. A. B. Davidson, President of the Senate. Sirs: Your Joint Committee, appointed to make arrangements to count the vote and arrange for the inauguration of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, beg leave to recommend that the House and Senate meet in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Friday, the 13th of January, A. D. 1911, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of counting said votes, and that the House and Senate shall sit in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the 17th day of January, 1911, at 12 o'clock, noon, at which time the Joint Committee will escort the Governor and Lieutenant Governorelect to the Speaker's stand, and the oath of office will be administered to them by Judge T. J. Brown, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ASTON, PERKINS, WEINERT, On the part of the Senate. HILL, ROWELL, HARMON, On the part of the House. The Speaker then announced that the Joint Session is now ready to receive the Governor-elect and the Lieutenant Governor-elect. Speaker's stand, where they were invited to seats. Rev. W. D. Bradfield, pastor of the First Methodist church, South, of Austin, on request of the Speaker, offered prayer. The Speaker then announced that the two Houses were in joint session for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-elect and the Lieutenant Governor-elect. OATH OF OFFICE ADMINISTERED TO THE GOVERNOR. Hon. T. J. Brown, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was requested by the Speaker to administer the oath of office to the Governor-elect and the Lieutenant Governor-elect. Hon. O. B. Colquitt, Governor-elect, first came forward and took the oath of office, Chief Justice Brown holding the Holy Bible in his right hand, the Governor-elect touching the same with his left hand, and holding his right hand erect. Governor O. B. Colquitt then affixed his signature to the official oath, Chief Justice Brown attesting same with the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Texas. Hon. T. M. Campbell, being presented to the Joint Session by Hon. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, presented Hon. O. B. Colquitt to the Joint Session and the assemblage. Governor Campbell said: Gentlemen of the Legislature, Fellow Citizens and Ladies and Gentlemen. In presenting to you my successor, the Chief Executive of this State, I hope and bespeak for him the co GOVERNOR-ELECT AND LIEUTEN- operation of this Legislature and of ANT GOVERNOR-ELECT ENTER. Hon. O. B. Colquitt, Governorelect, and Hon. A. B. Davidson, Lieutenant Governor-elect, accompanied by Senators Aston, Perkins and Weinert, the joint committee on part of the Senate; Messrs. Hill, Rowell all the people of the State of Texas in every effort that makes for the peace, happiness and prosperity of our people and the glory of our great Commonwealth. Without further ceremony I now present to you Governor O. B. Colquitt. Governor Colquitt then spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Legislature; my seeching the co-operation of the LegFellow Citizens. islature in this laudable undertaking, OATH OF OFFICE ADMINISTERED Lieutenant Governor Davidson then affixed his signature to the offcial oath, Chief Justice Brown attesting the same with the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Texas. Hon. Claude Hudspeth, President Pro Tem. of the Senate, then presented Lieutenant Governor Davidson who addressed the Joint Session and the assemblage. I deeply appreciate the honor and distinction that the people of Texas have conferred upon me. In taking the oath of office which has just been administered to me, I realize fully the responsibility which the obligation carries with it. I want to say that I have taken that oath of office four times before, and I challenge any citizen of Texas today to say that I have not observed faithfully Chief Justice Brown then adminisits injunctions and responsibilities. I tered the oath of office to Hon. A. B. hope, my fellow citizens, that we will Davidson, Lieutenant Governor-elect, have a successful, restful and peace- in the same manner as to the Govful administration of public affairs ernor-elect. during the next two years in this State. I promise you now to consecrate an honest and sincere heart and an honest and sincere purpose to enforce the laws and uphold its dignity and preserve the rights of persons and of property throughout the confines of the State of Texas. Without bitterness and without strife I hope I will have the co-operation of the members of the Legislature Speaker Rayburn, at 12:30 o'clock and the citizenship of Texas at large. p. m., announced that the work of I want the members of the Legisla- the Joint Session was completed. ture to feel at home in the Governor's office; come and counsel with me and let me counsel with you, whether you agree with me on policies and upon questions that are confronting you or not. I ask that you candidly confer with me and see whether we can adjust our differences and unite upon a policy which will lead Texas to the first place in the sisterhood of States. I pledge you now every effort of mine shall be directed to the upbuilding and development of our educational institutions, our system of common schools. I want to see the hearts of the people of Texas so educated and trained that all of its citizenship can live up to the injunction of the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." If the members of the Legislature and the citizenship of Texas will meet me half way upon this great and grand principle, we will not only have a season of legislative rest, but we will have an era of political peace, prosperity and development in this State that we have never had before. IN THE SENATE. At the conclusion of the joint session the Senate returned to the Senate Chamber, President Pro Tem. Hudspeth presiding. ADJOURNMENT. On motion of Senator Perkins the Senate, at 12:45 o'clock p. m., adjourned until 10 o'clock Thursday morning, January 19. FIFTH DAY. Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 19, 1911. ment, President Pro Tem. Hudspeth Senate met pursuant to adjournpresiding. the folowing Senators answering to Roll call, a quorum being present, their names: Adams. Again pledging myself and every Astin. effort and all of the authority vested Bryan. in the Governor of the State to en- Carter. force and uphold the law in accord- Cofer. ance with the Constitution and be- Collins. Hudspeth. Johnson. Kauffman. Lattimore. By Senator Townsend: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4. Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Texas, the House of Representatives concurring: That the following application to the Congress of the United States of America, applying to Congress to provide for the calling of a convention to propose an amendment to Section 3, of Article 1, of the Constitution of the United States, so that the United States Senators from each State shall be elected by the direct vote of the qualified electors in each State, be and same is hereby adopted. the Read first time and referred to Committee on Federal Relations. |