The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-01-06

ero,I,sutof This. with ne sxcepfion offhel
/ 18th ruIe. which requires 81 elections in
the Hodee 10 b made ciua coce, tnstead q
The Jallot ri1s vion cocc system was IN
troduced last year for the first time, BY a
vote Of l 90 to 90. Il was FIRST proposed in
1894 5, when Mr.. Bell was the Speaker,
and rejected A warm debate took place on
tho subject, last evening, commenced by Mr..
Bell, who appealed to the State Rights men,
and especially 70 Mr.. Pickens, who thought
{as Mr.. Pickens lately said) that there had
been .an over action OF tho Executive De-
APARTMENT Of this Government" TO oppose the
rfrn uoce system; which was introduced by
the friends Of the Executive, and held over.
this House as whip to lash members up to.
their duty. Mr.. Pickeus, ia reply, was glad,
he said, that The gentleman had referred to
The time when the rita uoce system was at
tempted to be introduced. It was ut time
when tremendous ini1uence was exerted
on this House by the Executive, and when
the gentleman was a prominent leader OF
that party which supported the Executive
He, (Mr. Pickens,l then opposed the prop
osition, as a part ofthe system, by which il
was attempted to break down the indepen-
| dence of this House, and he should oppose it
now.s Mr.. Pickens said, however, that there
were other influences felt in this House, be-
sides the Executive influence. The COM
bination at Harrisburg, Of the Banking influ-
ence, and anofI<r influence which he would
not now name, might be deeply felt IN this
House.
The debate on this subject was resumed
to-day. Some commended that the ballot
system was the, most Independent; that it
served TO exclude party organization from
the House; that it was the original and con-
situtional mode; and that it had been de-
parted from, not at the instance of the peo-
pie, but Of party leaders and executive
champions.
P. S.-The House has adopted the rule,
including the 18th rule, and is about to com
plete its organization by electing Clerk &c.
The Message will certainly be deliver ed
on Monday
Dec. %.
The vote for Sergeant-at-Arms resulted
as follows:
For Roderick Dorsey, HI; DR.. VIM.
8 jones, 76.~-s-.-- $50
Mr.. Dorsey was therefore duly installed
by the Speaker Previous to the names
being called for door-keeper, Mr.. H. Ever
EFT moved that further proceedings be post
poned until Monday, which being seconded
by the House, the same gentleman submit
ted a resolution, that the Clerk inform the
Senate of the organization of the House,
and request the appointment of joint COM
mittee, TO wait on the President for any
communication he may have to make. Ad-
Ijourned.
1t is probable that the present door-keep.
erwill be re-instated in his Office, although
some four or five other candidates are men.
toned. This will disappoint number Of
hungry office-seekers.
i Messrs. Stanley and Hoffman yesterday
gave notice that they would introduce mo
ton, to give ont the public printing by con.
tract, and that persons Offering to execute
il for the Invest prices should be chosen
i This rule, if adopted, will soon render the
fics of printer not worth having.
i II is not qui-e certain that we shall have
the Message tomorrow, as the committee
to act with the Senate has not yet been ap-
pointed.
/ Mr.. Van Buren, expresses himself very
freely on the misconduct of the House, in
thus OBTAINING the business Of the nation
and i is supposed that he will suggest the
passage of some law, by which an occur
renee of such scenes as we have experien.
ced during the past three weeks, will be
prevented hereafter
4 The mad arrangements seem to be very
irregular here. lperceive that some of my
letters areSnot published until day or two
latter they should have been received. ;Now
am very careful in this respect, and have
never lei the hour hand reach nearer than
FIVE minutes Of Eve o'clock, before my let
tsrs are duly deposited in the Congressional
Post Office. | wonder where lies the fault!
| GEN. HARRIsor-By way of commenta
ry upon the defamation heaped upon Gen
Harrison by the Globe, and re-echoed by the
Enquirer and the Tory messing here las
week, we beg to re-publish the following
brief notice Of Gen. H. by the Vice Presi
l - IL e. n u r