American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-08-10
Baltimore Gltpper.
Reported for the American Republican
FIRST SESSION Of the 29th CON "h "sS
WASHINGTON, August 8, l846.
SENATE


WASHINGTON, August =, 1916
SENATE.
AS soon rs the Senate met this morning the
Secretary Of the Senate announced 'haL "''
frst business would be the election Of Presl.
dent pro tenn, ana Ie4uSs''u ''e""'o'a u PFC
pare their ballots
The ba llots having been cast MIR. Allen nov
cd to mt of the count until - O'Clock.
Mr.. CrittenCcn said that any such freedom
s,o1ld be ont OF order. L was the duty OF the
SECRETARY 10 proceed with the count. Wha'
was the Senate to do from now until 2 o'clk!
lie insisted that the count should be made
MIR Cass said, surely the Secretary is under
The control of the Senate.
After some further remarks from Mcssrs.
Allen, Cass, Archer, and others, the motion
gas withdrawn.
The fist ballot gave Mr. Rannegan Is, MIR.
Sewer ), scattering 2S.
The second ballot gave Nj, flanagan 20,
Sewer, 7, scattering %.
Third ballot gave Mr.. Hannegan l9, Niles
Sewer 5, scattering Is.
Fourth ballot gave Mr. flanagan IS, Niles
3, scattering u.
Fifth ballot gave Mr.. Hannegan Is, Niles
s. scattering Is.
Mr.. Hannegan here rose and hoped his name
would be no longer used. 1t was more impor-
tant that there should be an election than that
any particular individual should be the choice.
Sixth ballot, Atkinson l6, Niles Is, scat
terng Is.
Seventh ballot, Atkinson 20, Niles y, scat
terng Ia.
On the eighth ballot there we're 49 votes
cast IS being necessary to choice, which
ulmher Mr. Atkinson had.
Messrs Cass and Calhoun conducted MIR. A.
20 the chair and the Vice President elect made
this brief address:
"Senators-The honor you have conferred
upon me, though unexpected, is highly appre
slated, the only return ! can make is TO endea
yOr 10 discharge the duties assigned TO m'
faithfully and impartal!y,"
Mr.. McDuffie moved that the committee OF
foreign relations be discharged from all mat
ters referred to it not already reported upon; Sc
ordered.
Similar motions were made by the chairmer
Of several other committees.
Several messages were received from the
President.
Mr.. McDuftie called for the reading of ar
open message lying on the desk, and proved tc
be a request from the President that he might
have 81, 000, 900, put at his disposal to settle
boundaries with Mexico.
On motion of MIR. Sewer the Senate passed
nto Executive session, and therein renamed
until half-past a, when they took recess until
O'Clock,
The Senate re-assembled at 6, when
Mr. Lewis, from the committee on finance,
reported bill to carry into effect the recon-
mendations of the President in regard to our
Mexican relations transmitted in his message
Of this morning; which was read.
The amendments to the Military Academy
oil were receded from.
The fertilization bill was considered, and an
amendment reported, and several other bills
acted on, when the Senate again went into ex-
ecutye session, and at % minutes to IL O'Clock,
adjourned till Monday at l-2 A. NJ.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The same message as that referred to in the
Senate was read in the House, and Mr. Mckay
introduced bill to grant the 1000, 900 asked
for by the President, and moved to end all de-
bate in about an hour.
The wings were not disposed TO have SO
momentous measure thrust upon them blind
fold, and therefore resisted vigorously and eff
tectually this effort to suppress debate. More
-han two hours Of previous time we're spent in
taking the yeas and nays upon all sorts OF
questions of order. Finally MIR, Mckay chang
ed his proposition, prolonging the time, and
proposing 10 consider the subject after the re.
oess. This was agreed TO.
The Naval Academy bill was then considered
until s O'Clock, when the House took recess
lnt o'clock.
At 5 the House met, and passed seyeral bill
cThoh the Senate had amended.