Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-26
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1917.
Eo.IcE oE DELEGATES.

EOUSE OF DELEGATES.
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATOR.
The House was called to order BY Mr.. b AIMS,
who had been dcpu.ed b. Mr.. Speaker JONES .: "
fill The Chair Tor this day. Alter oIiei ''he
employed in other business,
Tine House proceeded TO the execution OF .ne
ioihl order oil The day, having lor us ONCE sne
election oil Senator ofthe United States, 10 sup
ply The vacancy created BY the death oil Inc r1oo'
Isaac S. Pennyhacker.
Mr.. CARSON nominated for the once Co''
JAMES Nj. Mason, oil the county ol FreoeIich.
Col. Mason, said Mr. CARSON, is know,, as d"
accomplished gentleman, an eminent lawyer
and Gislins uished statesman. dis private cna-
racer was above Ieprnach-pure and n"sn,h'u'
even by an iEpulalon. His MIND was auol'-
Ell hy all The ornaments which science dhu i,'e
nature could heap upon il. He was possess q ni
very high order OF talents, and among Inc ioie-
most men in The country. lie was MOI ohly
known in Virginia, but had been before Tue I'D
lion as representative in Congress IRON tn's
He was for several years Delegate in THIS dail,
where he won The respect and gratitude oil ms
constituents by sustaI ming, with thai zeal anu
ability which Distinguished him, The interests ana
honor Of his native State He was member Of
The Convention OF Virginia for amending me
Sla conslnion-lo which Virginia caileu
some of her musl usirious sons, who had hleo
The eyes OF The nation and had alrac'ed lhr ao-
miralion or The word-and in that body his Vnice
WAS heard resisting sun.e If The provisions oil me
amend-d constitution which are now deemed
most obnoxious. He was even distinguished
member of that illuslrions assembly. DE was
afterwards nemberol Congress from the fltd-
erck District, in which station he proved nm
self capahle and JEALOUS and was devoted 10 inc
Interests OF his country and gained lot nims'i IL
high distinction as man, as an orator, ana ds
a sla'rsman. As an o. alor, wheIhrr al Inc Oar
or in the halls OF legislation, he possessed Inc pow
er II com manning The admiration and convincing
he ia ement of his heareis.-Mr Cafs,n ieh
proud in bringing The n M 81 sacn man oe'o.e
| me Leoisla rre- man ~ distinguished lJf ms
nublic and n-iys;c yifluss--i Tor his lea ming and
Tor us b.llies as a S, lesman. lie trusted u
,nieht b. Tic pleasure o. rhr Legislature 10 elect
MN. cvntidenl that he wouli BIZ f: representa-
I'VE Of Virginia iii he SenaIe Il he United
States
Mr.. STREET nominated JAMES McDowELL,
E>o., OF Rnckhridge. G"ycrn"r Mcdowell he
aid. was too we'll known Ior him. il he were
capable, TO say anr Thing in The way Of eulosV oil
him tIe hoped The House would that day pay
,iehl due, by elrclins Governor Mcdowell tu the
Senate of The UniIed Saes.
| Nr. DANIEL said hey we're ab,u Ia fill an
flee no less important for the distinction u con
ie,r d. Than for the high responsibility which al
| tachps 10 H. Fot thai Office he b-gerd lesve 10
nominate JonN w. JoSEs, Esq, oil the COUNTY oil
| Ches field In presenting lis name, he DIS
| charged duly moi only congen'al 20 his own lee-
| ines ard 10 those Nh, IN he represented, tu' he
veniured 10 .ay, il il pleased he legislature 10
elect hi u, heir choice would mrcf cordial TT.
Spouse from Inc seahoari 10 the Alleghanes from
one limit al The Commonwealth 10 The oheT
Whal IS the question which presents ITSELF 10 Sc
rctins an individual 10 fill this high sialion2
What are The qualifications hr should be re-
quired 10 possess 10 eniile him 10 the conn fence
II the Lesislatu,e2 With one accord The answer
would be, an elevated moral character political
experience and high mental ability. be asked
if The gentleman he nominated did mt possess, in
an eminent degree, these requisites ? As Tor his
moral character, in The words used by The mem.
Der llom Frederick, Mr. CARsoN,) il was beyond
and above reproach. The breath ot suspicion
had never dared 10 resi- upon il. What was his
political exper ence2 Look al his conrse-ook
al his whole liic-look 10 Congress- where ne was
nlaced al the head Of The Commee Of Ways and
deans the m ,>imporlant committee OF that body
and afterwards IN the chair o! The presiding o.
icer, a station regarded second only 10 that ior
which he is now offered; but IN his opinion Sc
cond in dignity only 10 that oil President OIL the
United States. The ability with which he ac-
Quilted himse + in these high and responsible sta
lions was we'll known. Ii was needless for MIR.
D. To pronounce encomiums on Mr.. Jones; he
was known 10 each and every member Of the
House Ills reputation extended 10 The limits
oil the Common wealth. yea over The Union
itself. Therefore he would desist; ardenlly
trusting thai The vote oe the House would place
him whrrt, in his opn!on, The vcicc Of The Com
munwca;ih would say he ought IL b. placed.
Mr.. PATRICK .esiitd to ca The attention OF
the House 10 a ge.ilem IN he regarded as entirely
b,eI n, MI H., ,,tf,s,t Senator 1rpe U.aS
Western man; but he would not base his claims
on hat fact. IL was entirely qua lifted, mentally
and morally. He would consider lha, ne was de-
lracln. from his claims, were he 10 urge an
appeal Tor h,n On the ground thar he vas Wes-
tern man, GguRug w SUMMERS Esq, Of Ka-
nawha, was IA, gentleman o whom he alluded
He was distinguished Wing, and had always
been Wing; and he called on lbe Wing menu
bsrs to give Mr.. Summers their votes. He need
not tell The House that il elected he would dis
charge The duties If Senator 10 the satisfaction Of
The people OF The Co nmon~eallh. He asked the
General Assembly 10 give The claims OF Mr.. S.
fair consideration.
MIR. COOK would say a few words with re-
card TO one Of the nominees. Friday he had had
the honor 10 presen 10 the consideration oil The
House the claims Of JAMES Mcdowell OF Rock
bridge for he dis inoni>hed office then filled. The
Legislature was this day called on 10 ill SINH
e,
Providence. He had risen, therefore, 10 discharge
his duly to The West again, ty seconGing the no
mnalou made by the genem n from Franklin,
| (Mr. Street) No man in The broad limits of the
Commonwealth was better hued for The station
Than the nominee Of that gentleman. 1t might
have been premature; II might have 6een better
had Mr.. McDnwell's claims not been presented
Friday; but Mr.. Cook claimed now that he stood
,ecius ~ cmria, and he asked the Legislature 10
i - ,h,t~ 4
| due them; MT because he was a distinguished
man OF the West. Mr.. G. deprecated any
hing like sectional feeling in This election -
! The day had passed, he trusted and bsiey
ed, when The nuplial hail should hp lighted to
| eel, braie The nniun OF Eastern and Wesrefn Vir-
! eiaia. II had been said BY some that Gov. Nc
I Dwell was nor sounf on The question OF slavery.
/ He assured The House that Gov. Med. was as
sound IN ha point As any man in Virginia. t1r
| was as firm a. the mnuniains which tower above
him; they could no be more firm than is James
McD.we No man in Virginia il more decid.
/ Ell in his support "l The Interests Of The Suuln, and
| n ne less deserving of oensurr. He presumed
! The ella ms Of Gov. Med were we'll known, no'
only in Virginia, bni heYcrd her Limits Fer his
services this ta'l, in The Gnbernaiorial chair,
! in Congress, he stands pre- eminent. He trusted
G " NrDnwell would b. rlecrf; il So he wnu'
sand shout Ter 10 shnul Ter with The 'niumilabc
Tending he principles # Virginia
Mr. IIIErr did no, RS. 10 make speech !;
hui coming from The nel-h,orhood OF Col. Ma
son lie fell il incumbent on him TO say few
words. lie responded with hearty god cheer
10 his nomination He was II d ted to le-
! fleet honor on the commonwealth and on The
United States II cleo ed he would be an orna-
menl 10 The Senate Of The United Sacs He was
| a man Of great literary acquiremenls-a proioun
lawyer, and an able statesman He was posses
sed ui talents exactly >niied To The ex,eency. As
a Democrat he 1ld say Mr.. Mason dates his
principles from SO aud SO; and amidst all the po-
! lilic.l lhiocs and throbs AMI commissions which
the country had witnessed since that period, Mr..
Mason had remained Fl m and s,eadia>t 10 those
principles. He hoped they should To-day give
him a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all 10.
eeIher, and elect him 10 The Senate OF The Uailed
States
Mr. M0pISON nominated Gyo w Hon