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Rh at the regular election for the year 1870, and was about to succeed Governor Woods. A joint committee was appointed for the purpose of making arrangements for the inaugural ceremonies, and the governor-elect was inaugurated in Reed's Opera House. At this session Andrew Shuck and William M. Townsend successfully contested the seats of L. Laughlin and A. Hussey, of Yamhill; Carlisle and Galloway contested successfully the seats of Kelly and Dunn, of Benton County. The seats of the sitting members, Starkweather, Apperson, and Paquet, of Clackamas, were unsuccessfully contested. On September 20, 1870, in the house, James K. Kelly received twenty-eight votes; George H. Williams, nineteen votes for United States Senator; and in the senate Kelly received fourteen votes, and Williams seven. In joint convention Wednesday, September 21, 1870, Kelly received forty-two votes and Williams twenty-six, and Judge Kelly was thereupon declared elected United States Senator for the term beginning the first Monday in March, 1871. On September 21, 1870, Mr. T. W. Davenport offered House Joint Resolution No. 14, as follows: "Whereas, Lieutenant-General Sherman, the hero of Atlanta, is expected soon to arrive in this state; therefore, be it resolved by the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon, that in remembrance of his great services in the cause of republican liberty and for the preservation of the American Union, we do hereby extend to him a most cordial welcome, and respectfully invite him to visit the capitol at his earliest convenience, some time during the present session of the legislative assembly." Mr. Olney moved to amend, by inserting in its proper place in the preamble, the words: "William T. Sherman, General of the Army of the United States." Mr. Amos moved to amend by inserting after Lieutenant-General Sherman the words: "Who destroyed indiscriminately the people of a