occurring, which are so embarrassing to new members, so annoying to those of riper experience, and so offensive to all. But if unfortunately such errors should occur, it is your privilege and imperative duty to substitute your judgment for my error, and prevent the seeds of incorrect opinion from ripening into fruit. It is a reproach to legislative bodies that the case is not unfrequent that, suffering under palpable injustice, a man of spirit is obliged to eat his own heart with restrained rage, or suffer in silence his wrongs, when redress is hopeless and complaint is useless. Let us see to it that no such reproach shall fall upon this body. When subsequent reflection shall have satisfied me that I have fallen into error, believe me, I shall regard your acquiescence in it as no friendly act, and it will but deepen my sense of my personal misfortune that you have permitted my fault to deprive any member of this body of a right, or to inflict upon him an undeserved pain. It remains for me but to renew my expressions of gratitude to you for the honor of your choice, and to assume the discharge of the duties it imposes. FOR SECRETARY. Mr. Hathaway nominated Thomas Hill. Nominations being closed, the roll was called, with the following re sult: Mr. Hill having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared duly elected. FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Mr. Banks nominated Mr. A. A. De Long. Nominations being closed, the roll was called, with the following result: Mr. De Long having received all the votes cast, was declared duly elected. FOR SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. Mr. De Long nominated Archibald G. Turner. Mr. Quint nominated J. F. Baker. Mr. Nixon nominated H. G. Wetmore. Nominations being closed, the roll was called, with the following re sult: |