Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-02
Observation-Disclosures
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Correspondence of the Mo. Statesman.
JEFFERSON Cry, !
Friday, Dec. ls, 1916. 4
HousE.-Upon assembling this morning
Mr. Hunter made second attempt to get
up his resolution concerning The per diem
of the members, but the House refused to
pass over the orders of the day, Qhe Con-
tested Election from Saline.) Mr.. String
fellow therefore proceeded, as Attorney for
Sappington, to reply to the argument of
Mr.. Bingham. The Attorney General. al
though speaker Of some earnestness of
manner, is neither an orator nor logician.
Very often his arguments are specious and
sophistical to the last degree. '.
Nevertheless, it is admitted on all hands,
that Mr.. Stringfellow is man of great
personal beauty the Adonis of the Execu-
tive Cabinet, ruling without a rival in that
respect III
Having concluded, Mr.. Hunter, Of Scott,
with view Of getting in a resolution to
declare the seat vacant, offered resolution
Resembling the order the House had made to
govern the proceedings in this case. That
order was very unwise-resulting in great
injustice to the parties; and was, simply,
that the House should hear the argument in
the case, and such portions ofthe testimony
as debatants saw proper to read, and then
vote upon the whole evidence IN gross!
With view of getting the order rescin-
ded and that the House should take up
each contested vote separately-the only
way by which the House could decide the
matter understandingly-Mr. Hunters res
olution was sustained in speeches from
Messrs. Hunter, Switzler and Broadhead,
and opposed by Messrs Combs, Gardenhire,
Hughes and Reynolds.
But the resolution was lost, (Yeas 90;
Nays 6l.) the House thus determining to
decide the matter in gross--to leap in the
dark! .. ~.
Mr.. Breadhead, of Pike, then proceeded
10 make speech in reply to Mr.. Stringfel-
low, but before concluding gave way to a
motion to adjourn for dinner.
After dinner, (Mr. B. yielding the foor9
Mr.. Taylor, of St. Louis, moved division
of the question under the resolution declar-
ing that Sappington was entitled to thesea
that is, that the vote of the House be ia
ken by yeas and nays on each contested
vote separately. He sustained the motion
by an able speech, but the Speaker decided
the motion out Of order-that the question
was not susceptible of division. The ina
struggle then came! The vote being taken
upon the resolution declaring Mr. Sapping.
ton elected was carried by yeas and nays
as follows: 3D. Z .... 3
! YEAs.-Abernathy; Bay Ballou, Bell Of
Livingston, Buford, Calvert, Chiffon
Combs, Conway, Edwards, Franklin, Full
kerson, Gardenhire, Goode, Halle, Hardin
Henderson, Henson, Hicks, Hight, Holbert
Holden, Hughes, Hunt, Huston, Keedy
: Kincheloe, Landers, McAfee, McFall
! Moore Of Moniteau, Morelock, Owens
Pannel, Pearson, Philips, Pool, Pratte, Re
!, qua, Reynolds, Richardson, Robertson O.
Greene, Roberts, Smith of DeKalb, Smith
of Jackson, vanderpool, Walker Of Dade
Warmcastle, Watkins, Whitaker, Williams
and Mr.. Speaker-52. ... -e ...a .
r All those voting Yea were Democrats.
/, NAYs-Allen, Bell of Cooper, Boggs
Bowman, Broadhead, Burden, Burney
Craig, Daggett, French, Frost, Gibbony
Harris, Henly, Ho,UeN, Hunter, Johnson
/, Livingston, Mccoy, Massey, Moberly
, Perryman, Ray, Reuby, Robinson of 81
Genevieve, Scott, Snelson, Stewart, Switz
Ter, Tate, Taylor of St. Louis, Iinsley
Vawter, and Walton-34.
Those among the Nays marked in itali
are Democrats, being Is in number--th
balance are Wings
Absent-Bingham, Bowles, Hill, Jones
Lonely, Moore Of st. Louis, Sayers, Thomp
son and Walker of New Madrid--9.
Sick--Brown, Flowers, Marvin, Riney
and Taylor of Marion-5.
i, Thus, by majority of Is, was the great
, est outrage against truth and justice perpe
trated which ever dsgraced Locofoco LIE
gslation. That Bingham was legally elect
ed by at least a majority of six; that, upor
the evidence in the case, any honest jury il
the land, after understanding the matter
5 would have so found; that in finding The
contrary the most unpardonabIe outrag,
has been committed, is beyond doubt o.
question.
But, what cannot Locofocoism do, ane
, that with high hand?
I We intend hereafter to speak more Al
length on this subject, and therefore will
desist for the present. .i.
After the vote was taken, Mr.. Sapping
ton appeared, was qualified and took hi
seat--choosing very humble one; viz: ,
, back seat near the lobby! What triumph
it was for him. being beaten by the people
. of his county IN have their arJ;,