Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-12-12

80 'S'S''oo W tue pTdCtiCc VI tue IlOus
Of Representatives in cases of conteste
elections, and stated that there an ind
vidual, whose right was contested, di
not take his seat until he had establish
ed il. With the gentleman Just elected
he had the pleasure Of an intimate nc
quaintance, and if his right to the sea
should be declared valid, he should b
glad to continue that intercourse. IL
was not prepared however, at this mo
ment, to go into an argument on tn
question, whether, under the constitution
laws and usages of Rhode Island, tha
gentleman was duly elected or not.
the gentleman from Kentucky was pre-
pared to GO into the question, he wouIr
confess that he was not ready to sa,
who IS the proper person Ia be qualified
He hoped there would be no precipitan
cy, hut that the subject would be refer.
red TO select committee for rxamina-
ton.
The debate was further continued BY
mr.. Chambers, ..ing, and Kane, who
moved TO postpone the further considera-
ton OF the subject until tomorrow. But
this moi'on was determined in the mega
tive. Ayes I6-Noes II.
The debate was then resumed, and
continued by mr.. Clay, mr.. Frelinghuy-
sen, mr.. 5; Wright, mr. Ewing, mr..
Bibb, mr.. Poindexter, mr.. Benton, and
mr.. Mangum.
Mr.. Benton moved a reference Of the
whole subject to special committee of
five members, and demanded the yeas
and nays on the question which were or
deved. The question was then taken on
his motion, and decided as follows:
Yeas-messrs. Benton, Brown, Grun-
dy, Hill, Kane, King, Morris, R;ves,
Robinson, Shepley, Tallmadge, Upton,
White, Wilkins, Wrigh,-I5. =
Nays-messrs. Bell, Bibb, Chambers,
Clay, Ewing, Frelinghuysen Hendricks,
Kent, Knight, Mangum, Moore, Nau-
lain, Poindexter, Prentss, Silsbee, Smith,
Swift, Tomlinson, Tyler--I9.
So the motion was negatived.
The question was then, taken on the
notion Of mr.. Poindexter, and decided
u the affirmative.
Mr.. Robbins then took the oath.
Mr. Benton, of Missouri, submitted a
esolution proposing the usual mourning
n honor of the memory of Hon. r. A.
}uckner, late Senator from Missouri;
'hich was read and agreed TO.
MIR. Clay then rose, and after few
relatory remarks, and in which he ex-
ibited strong feeling, offered similar
Of respect to the memory Of
,e late Josiah S. Johnston.
On motion Of mr. King,
Resoired, That message be sent to
e House of Represe natives to inform
at body that quorum Of the Senate
ad assembled, and that they are ready
proceed to business. H
On motion Of mr.. Grundy,
Resolred, That a committee be ap-
'inted by the Senate, to Join such COM
ittee as may be appointed by the
ouse Of Representatives, to wait on the
resident o. the United States, and in
rm him that Congress has assembled, I
ID are ready to receive any conmuni-
tion he may be pleased to make. Il
On motion Of mr.. Knight, the usual G
solution ordering the Senators to be g
rnished with the customary supply of a
wspapers, was adopted. 4
On motion Of mr.. Grundy, G
The Senate adjourned until to-mor- +
v at l2 o'clock. c
In the House OF REPRESENTATIVES, @
,drew Stevenson, Of Virginia, was re-
'cted Speaker, without any regular !
position. Walter S. Franklin, ofPenn- b
vania, was, on the third ballot, chosen e
ERIK Of the House no other business a
'ides swearing in the members was
Ie. ci
tuesday, Dec. Cd. In the SENATE, the n,
ssage was received, and on motion Of
. King Of alabama, 5000 copies were N
cred to be printed, and 1900 of the ill
ompanying documents. cl
n the HOUSE after eiecting Thomas i
Sergeant at arms and re- 1t
ointing the former do"r-keepers, the tn
aI resolutions for appointing Chap S,
= and furnishing the members with ht
spapers were adopted. WI
Ir. Hubbard moved that all the for ca
rules, Tor the government of the W,
use, be adopted, with the exception M
ne 56;h and 18th. One of his propo-
ms would be to increase the number wi
he members ofthe Standing Commit tn
from TO 8, and of the other Com to
eos from 8 to 5. He also intended Ike
ropose that the members should sit alb
overed, until the Speaker should. pc
rwise direct. hi,
lr. Williams said, that the PROPOSE bu
to sit without hats had often been
nitted, and had always been reject sh,
IT had been rejected on the ground the
there was no convenient place for rec
ng our hats; but he supposed that his