Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-02-05
LOUISIANA sENAToRIAL ELECTION.

p. SouLE, supporter of the present Admins
traton, has been chosen by the Legislature of
LOUISIANA TO be a Senator of that State for six
years from the 4th day of March, 1S49, when the
term of Senator JOHNSON, of that State, will expire.
Mr.. SoULE served in Congress as Senator from
Louisiana during part of the last session. He
is gentleman who will, we suppose, be as accept
able to his political opponents any other gentle
man Of the same politics would have been. His ma
ljority seven votes. The Bee, Wing jour
nal, thus narrates the manner in which this result
was brought about:
The report Of the proceedings in joint convention will
enable those who present understand the rationale
Of the process by which the Lococo party succeeded Every
member Of the branches present except Mr. Isaac
Myle Wing from the parish of Washington. This gen.
eman absent and though sought for every direction
be found He had attended the Whig caucus on
Saturday evening" voted with bis parry and shared the gene
raj pledge support the Whg candidate His mysterious
absence, however, reduced the majority joint ballot to one
vote, and rendered the result highly probematcal.
stAt the first and second trial, Mr. Baldwin, Whig re-
presenting the parish of Sabine (Which though heretofore
Democratic gave majority for the Whg candidate for Con-
gress the November eecton) voted for Mr. Sdel from
motives which have anped This detection would have
secured the defeat of the Whgb for the pursued by
Col Maunse White, the Democratic Senator from Plaque
mine, who threw away his in favor Of Robert c. Ncho-
given sxlyou its respective candidate AT the third
trial Mr. Soulcs substituted for Mr.. Sders. Mr.
Baldwin, this OCCASION vo.cd for Mr.. Kcnne the Wing
nominee but the other hand, the following Wings de-
serted their party and their surages for Soue viz:
Messrs F. Garcia and Parham, Of the Senate, and Mess
Bienvenu and Watkins, Of the House
cit due Mr. Paham say that he explained 10 the
convention that he had voted for Mr. Soue only because he
thought the alternative lay between the latter and Mr. Sde
and that Mr. Soue was his opinion, preferable in every
respect Mr. Parham added that he would have continued to
for Mr. Kenncr had that gentleman needed his to
his election The other members offered no expana-
ton of their votes"
In the lower house Of the Legislature, on the day.
following the election, member stated that il was
publicly reported that Mr.. MYLEs was absent in
consequence of being influenced 10 that course
and another member then offered the following re-
solution, which was adopted:
sResOed, That in view Of tile made by the
member from Jefferson committee Of five members be an
pointed by the Speaker with Instructions nquc whether
breach Of the privileges Of this House has been committed or
attempted to be committed, by improper on the part
Of the members Of this House, Others influence any
member thereof either to vote for particular candidate for
United States Senator abstain from voting at the cleo
ton on the 24h January. And that said committee have
power send m persons and papers, and be directed
port the result Of their inquiry TO the House."