Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-14

He himself speaking By the mcr" courtesy
OF the House and until, sand he" arrive al the point
OF organza:on all talk Will BE- mere talk. In or
der that may arrive at that point. pcT:at 70 aG
dress myself 10 the majority. Ii said that one OF the
political parties Of the day has majority on this floor;
If that be- the truth. iii. whole responsibility tor ~"
waste Of tame and vast of money OF the nation VIII rest
upon them. Go on therefore, | bcsecch you, gentle
Of the majority. organize this body-to putS IN
such state Of constitutional! existence Will enable
TO decide upon the questions thus prematurcy put he
for" It, call upon that minority 10 reflect what may
be the opinion of them If they exclude these
five New Jersey members from the fear that if they
admitted they not BIZ able 10 elect Speaker OF
their party Go then, gentlemen, to organize-adnt
these to their seals and II an Opposition Speaker
is elected BY their votes the election may be undonc
Tomorrow Mr.. b. said he had get only spoken on
the preliminary Question: and what might be has OPP
mons, and what hiss votes regardt 10 the ultimate right
of the claimants 10 the seats from New jersey he
prepared when that question should come properly be-
fore them to do what law and justice required. After
the House should be organized, he willing to open
that casche would be willing to hear the evidence,
and to decide who are the rght!ul Representatives
| from the State of New jersey He would be wiling
to examine the facts who had the majority of the
popular VOTE and 10 accord the seats TO those who
shnnd BE- found to have it.
! Mr. UNDERWOOD believed that the question be-
fore the House was, whether the papers the gentleman
from Ohio proposed to have read part Of speech
should BE- read or He was ara n>t the reading o.
them, well against the reading ct1e papers winch
his worthc colleague wished 10 have read counrract
ng testimony, and his objections were unded on the
simple reason that there tr bunal IS yet cons
tutcd to decide them 1t seemed to N that this dis
cussion had been carried too far. The gentlemen In
whom he acted had acted throughout troni pI nc Pile
We have shown, SAID he, that if you refuse 70 give the
contested to those who held the regular commits
sion you out at without chart or compass The
House could not until organized 20 behind the regular
commissions of the State of New Jersey At present,
however, the whole and sole question should be-
How shall we proceed to an organization OF the
body: On this subject he wished 10 make few re-
marks before lr moved the previous question: (Which
he should presently do and he wished 10 suggest some
mode of acton after he did call for IT. He trusted that
lie held IN Ii hand a resolution winch would relieve
the House from every difficulty, and which h. also
trusted would meet the appreciation Of majority ii
those present. He did pretend 10 say t!Ia plan
was the best that could be offered: but he would cheer
fully surrender il to any better. We have already. sad
he, expended twenty thousand dollars OF the pcop!"
money purpose, whlc we have been consuming
lime in useless debate: and what IS worse, We have
nd in the was Of the interests OF III" public by pre-
venting The annual message Of the President, n tie
condition of the c"un'ry, from gong bet re them Let
us, then, SAID he, no longer waste time III discussion,
Int proceed al once t. the organ zlton "t the House.
Cor the despatch of the pull business. My plan,
then, sd Mr. T., is to III" previous question OH
MI que stions before the House. and thea t. submit
tho resolution hold in my hand 10 the following Ell
feet The Clerk shall again commence call M III" roll
OF
going geographically through each State, unit he
comes 10 a name that shall be objected 10; and when
that the he slll pass over that nana and pro-
cecd call all the rest passing over such rs are on
to- New hs did Of MR. AEcs
and his associates or Mr. Dckcrson and his associates.
The effect would be the same, he to pass over all
the names to which CD ,c.,on should be made. The
Clerk them would calling the roll unit he called
the names of all the members whose seats MOI con
ctnI nd rh !, YEAS
then decide up the credentials Of all those whose seats
were contested After that. said Mr. l., shall then
20 tc elect Speaker, VIXEN some member present,
having administered the oath him. he will administer
all the rest, and shall then be organized boz
d. competent 10 the transaction OF the pubc business
Mr.. L. concluded by mnv mr. the previous question On
the reading of the documentary testimony called for by
Mr.. Duncan.
The demand for the previous question was seconded
by the House, and the man question ordered TO be
put.
The main question was then taken by ellcrs, Messrs
| Francis Thomas and Tlnghast acting such.
Which main question was, whether the gentleman
from Ohio should be permitted 10 read the documentary
testimony.
VIII CHI question was decided in the affirmative ayes
(, lC6, nays l0l
The Clerk then proceeded 10 read the testimony,
and having commenced the reading of the proceedings
OF the Privy Council on the AlirIllr and South Amboy
7 polls,
Mr. Profit objected to the further reading, and asked
if the paper being read not brought and placed
on file in the Clerk 5 Office on Saturday last. He
it himself handed the Clerk Saturday last by
! of the gentlemen from New Jersey. He objected 10
its reading and moved that i be thrown under the table
Mr. Duncan hoped the Chairman would order the
reading go without interruption.
The Char said the decision q. the isuse, just made.
allowed the gentleman to read all the documents
! file.
| The Clerk then went en- with the reading of the do
cuments until he finished, when
tl.h g II
sire 10 organize the House. and place themselves in
condition to transact the public business any
Der on that floor. He heard the suggestions Of the
gentleman from Kentucky and pleased with them;
and if assured that these resolutions could be- adopted
without giving rise 10 long debate, he would yield
his right TO the floor 10 allow them to be offered -
Wit.nu: such understanding, however, lie would
not weld the door
Mr. Mercer observed that the gentleman had RICH,
to make such compromise with the House He, for
his part, could not agree 10 il; and further he not
intend 10 for the resolutions of the gentleman
from Kentucky.
Slr Duncan. Then withdraw my offer.
After which, Mr.. d gave way for motion for ad-
iou-nmcnt. which moved and ed, end the
House then adjourned
T0esdeg. D,ceaLer 10, 1889
At IL O'Clock by Ie House clock, the CHAIR call
ed the House TO order and stated that TIC question pend
Ing was upon the appeal taken b. M.. |nndcrpccl
th. decision cf the Cha r, which dccs.on was that
Messrs. Aycrigg, Halsted, &c, f New Jersey,
cnt tied = vote.
The CHAIR announced that Mr.. Duncan Of Ohio
was entitled to the floor upon this av ny
concluded his re marks on former day.
Mr.. DUNCAN not appear ng n his seat,
MIR WISE and said, # the gentleman from OHIO
Mr. Duncan) was in the House be would not do what
he was about to do; but if the gentleman in Tie
House he would now move the previous question.
/ Mr.. DROMGOOLE stated that there was d fer
cnce in the tine between the House clcck and gentle
men time pcces, and he hoped his colleagues would
wait few minutes to see If the gentlemen from Ohio
would not n.
alr. WISE thought perhaps that The absence Of the
gentleman from OHIO intentional, with view e
permitting the question 10 be taken; but Il any gentle
NAN would inform him that the gentleman from Ohio
wished to address the House, he would wat til plea
sure. In order that the gentleman night have