Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-16

vote against the urnrt,di:entle thought il con.
that the notice was bad IN one respect and II
It was bad in one part, it must necessarily be bad
throughout He should vote against the resolution Of
the Committee, and ii, uoon inquiry hereafter il shonld
be found that the sitting member obtained his seat by
any improper means, he should vote send the eec
lion back to the people.
Alr. RArcLIrrE called for the reading of the deposit
ton of the Clerk OF Monon gallo who stated that il
had not been customary in that county for the Sncrs
to make returns within the time required BY law.
Mr.. SoUTuALL stated that the only object Of the me-
mortal of the contestant, avowcd face to
aside the election Of the sitting member II set mp
no claim whatever for the contestant He therefore
requested Mr.. Goode to withdraw his amendment
Mr.. GooDE expla!ned that he entirely satisfied
himself with the resolution OF the Committee and he
had offered his amendment TO meet the difficulty and
doubts OF the gentleman from Isle OF Wight and otkcr
gentlemen. He declined 10 Withdraw it.
Mr. WoRrnxGroS offered the following substitute
for the amendment of Mr.. Goode:
After the word sufficient in the resolution, insert
to raise the question of the legality or regularity OF
the election
Mr. w. thought the law was binding; but this House
has the constitutional right of investigating the legal
~ and regularity of the election of every member
lie threw out the suggestion that the election OF the
other sitting member from Monongaa might be irregu-
lar or illegal.
Mr. ROBERTSON requested gentlemen to Withdraw
their amendments, in order simplify the question be
lore the lioiSe lie considered Tn" notice III THIS Gaze
sufficient, and he would support the resolution of the
Committee.
The amendment of Mr. WosrHI.crox was lost
without count
Mr.. GooDE's amendment was also lost without 8
count.
Mr. SMITH of I. of w offered the following subs,i-
tute for the resolution of the Committee:
Rcsotrcd That no notice is necessary to contest the
validity of election return, when the petitioner
does not claim n seat in this House.
Mr. SourHALL opposed, and Mr.. SMITH supported
the substitute, which was lost without division.
The resolution OF the Committee was then concur.
red n-aycs 81, noes 22-as follows:
.3ycS-Alessrs. Gilmeg, (Speakcr,) Bay!y, Crorper
Souhali, Carpenter, CabrlI, Nj Cue, Burwell OF Bed
iord Mitchell, Myers of Berkeley, Hannah, Jackson OF
Braxton and Lewis, Mcmillan, Meredith, Haskinc
Flood, Thornburg, Tocr Fox, Corb;n, Coleman. ard
we'll, Cox, Burweli Of Clarke and Warren, Wilson
Whworti,, Cratiord Eoanc Marshall, Anderson, How
ell Baker, Byrd, King, Smith Of Gl, Guerran Carroll
of G., Erskine Butts Taylor of H., Clark of H., Glib
son, Alien of H., White, Seymour, Lee, Armstrong,
Wright, Fontainc, Ewing, Beard, Ramey, Harrison,
Organ, Banks, Taylor Of NJ. ind NJ, Baskerville,
Goode, Clayton, Chapman, Wade Of NJ. and p, Ny
crs of Morgan, Massie, Allyn Of y. B.. Hudna Fitz-
gerald, Hden Aleshire, Staples, Hincr, Taulan Nj
den, Robertson, Snyder, Lrybnrn, Smith of Rocking
ham, Sh;pman, Smith Of Russell, CULLEN, Conn, Bare,
Gricver, Ridley, Crulchficd, Fi:zhugh, Clarke Q: s.
Prince, Goodson, Stanger-9i.
.i0cs--Mcssrs. Stuart, Hunter, Kyle, Bfoadus, Hale
Wade of Franklin McRae, Hamlet, Smith of Isle OF
Wight, Gregory, Worthington, Kennedy, Reynolds,
Tayloe of King George, Tayloe Of L. & R., Lawson,
ridge, Mcconnell, May, Tunsal, Keen, Roberts, Ste.
phenson-29.
The House then, on motion 0: Mr.. HUNTER, ad.
journed