Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-11
SEN ATE.
Tuesdnu, Dec. :, 1910.


TIE Spf,KFa took the Chair at IL CLOCK.
Tie Chesterfield Coal and Iron Mining Company
ll VA. on the motion of Mr. BouLDs, read first and
second time and committed
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
After some other uuimporant business had been as
n,.ed 81 the Resolution of The House of Delegates to
proceed On Monday next by JOINT vote with the Senate,
d tar s,can Of L : Senatcr 10 supply the vacan-
by the expiration OF the term OF service OF
Wm { Ryes, Esq read by the Clerk. and the
question aat ii be creed 10 put
vi. BoUip rose Ia move that the words, "iionday
a,. be struck from the resolution. He did this with
,1e Ultimate view Of substituting Wednesday, tie 18th
nu,ty, their place. lie considered il 10 be mat
tsr al great importance that the State Of Virginia
should have another Senator, and be fully represented
il he Senate of the United States, yet he considered
/. matter Of much greater Importance that the Sena-
9 whoe yer he might be, should represent the roti-
al capacity Of the State Of Virginia, truly and IN iui
Fret lie knew that il against the rules OF that
ne 70 refer TO things transacted IN another place,
and Ii another Representative body but there were
.oue matters which il was impossible Ia avoid referring
i, and whether he named them BY name or not,
lie rs.rrence would be distinctly understood by the
:ieu oil that House, and would influence, ana 10
! certain extent ought 10 control the decisions OF
nat House With reference 10 the matter now before
i4e lie learned that there were in the House OF Dele
gates fewer than eight votes the proprety OF when
questioned and whether not the parties occupy
ing he question did fairly represent the cons.
tucncies who sent them there, was question now
awaiting the decision Of the regularly constituted rihu
nal: this, then, most important reason tor add
onal time being granted before deciding the import
ant election Of I. :. 81 nator. There was also the
&c, that county without representative at
al and another, (Harison) in which the representa-
I've detained az home by sickness, which would IN
al probability prevent him from representing his coun-
y upon the election in question. In this state OF the
electoral powers Of the General Assembly, it did
seem TO him that i was their imperative duty to post.
paHe the election, until the counties Of the State had
opportunity Of recording their op,n'ons-ther r"ai
opnons upon it, and he therefore felt it to be i'm
gera,ye duty upon him to bring forward the amend
ment which he had proposedtie was ANXIOUS that the
:ail and fair Of Virginia-thc political sense OF
Virginia might be expressed upon this quesiion-But
there another fact which all present knew, and
whrh he thought ought 10 have some influence upon
tier decision in this mater-he alluded the fact,
that the State of Firg MIA had just given her political
vote IN favor OF of the great political parties that
cvded the State, and that IT the vote Tor the election
I! United States Senator now cast IN the Gene
al Assembly, they had the knowledge that that
would be contrary to those principles which she
n upheld bv her vote and that the political organ
representing the one half of the embodied power OF the
Commonwealth would be chosen contrary to the wish Of
'ae majority of the people When this was the state OF The
case, he that Virginia should have the
opportunity of fully speaking her wishes upon the sub
=ct When there contested votes, and two
les without representative at ALL was It right then TO
disregard these facts and in order that Virginia might
hare Senator Of sort, 90 at into this cleo
ton and send into the Senate Chamber for FIVE years,
gentleman who might not fairly represent the politi-
c. opinions of Virginia? The course which he was
!g'sung not unprecedented. He should not, as
aawyer. 70 into the question, and urge the propreiy
o. Inc course he recommending but they had the
experience Of the last session before them when the
Consideration Of this election, and action consequent
WefeuPon, deferred and deferred, too, the
ee Of gentlemen on the opposite side of the question,
order that all the constituencies might be represent
o. and thus that all the people might be farly heard
upon the question Such course had frequently been
.a0p;rd, right that should be soand he trust
~ therefore, that the vote upon his amendment would
ee 4 unanimous one
The Debate to be concluded in nezt.I
me speakers the Wing side of the question, were
n+'s's Lyons (ngain,) Peyton, Cooke and Anderson.
Va he other side, Messrs Tod, McMullen, Smith
M Bouiin
lhe following IS the division the question to strike
w the words Monday next"
c'ys-Slrssrs. Nash, (Speakcr,) Wiley, Atkinson,
Y''sn Hnnton, Baptist, Smith, Piper, Bouldn, Dyer,
",,c'i', Bland, McMuen, Scott, Tod and Thompson
p,'''slIessrs. Campbell, Thornton, Cooke, Peyton,
TAsiFant, Gusts, Conrad Preston, Lyons, Carter,
--'Hafr Woodhouse, FontaIne, Mcllhaney, Ander
land tiood-l6
lac DIVISION being equal the motion was declared TO
beas, ~fN'' '"' "''''' "N' Wv "
4ae next division was upon the question that the
.ra''on as sen, up from the House of Delegates, be
s,'ed TO- the numbers being equal, the resolution
aot agreed to-
Inc following is the vote:
sas's-Messrs. Campbell, Thornton Cooke, Peyton,
F'slfan Gusts, Conrad, Preston, Lyons, Carter,
""odhouse, Fontaine, Mclhaney, Anderson
v'sfs-nes,'s. Nash, (Speaker9 Hun,on, Carson,
De-, ,-i.a'nsnn, Baptist, Smith, Piper, Bouldin,
.ssm- Msfie', Bland, McMullen, Scott, Tod, and