Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-12-26
Congressional.

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Mr.. Douglass, of Illinois, gave notice, that
he should, Tomorrow, ask leave to introduce
tho following bills:
A bill to establish the Territory of Minnesota.
A bill to establish the Territory of N ebraska.
A bill to establish the Territory of New
Mexico.
A bill for the introduction of California as a
State Of the Union.
Mr.. Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, gave notice
of u bill to provide for taking the seventh cen.
sus.
A committee was appointed, consisting Of
Mcssrs King, of Alabama, and Davis of Mass.
to act in con- JUNCTION with similar commit
tee on the part Of the House, to inform the
President Of the orgonzlton Of the two Hous
es, and Of their adiness to receive any COM
munication he may be pleased to make.
The Senate adjourned.
House .-Monddy, Dec. d. lS49.-At IL o.
clock the House was called TO order by tho
Speaker Hon. Robert e. Winthrop, and the roll
called, when It's members answered to their
names Among the abscntccs was the Hon.
Shepherd Lefiler, from the State Of Iowa. Mr..
e. Blackmar, and Mr.. Horace Greeley, men,
bcrs elect from the State Of New York, to sup
ply vacancies, appeared, were quilted, and
took their seats.
Mr.. Wilson rose TO privileged question.
At the commencement Of the last session of
Congl css he said, the Territory Of Wisconsin
was represented on this floor by the Hon. Mr..
Twcedy, as delegate. In the course ofthe last
session Of Congress an act was passed for the
admission of Wisconsin into the Union, and
subsequently to the passage of that act two
gntlcmcn we're elected by the State Of Wis.
consin to represent her upon this floor. By the
act for the admission Of Wisconsin into the u
Mon, the boundaries Of that State were defined,
lcavng out portion Of the territory and PEG.
pie who had formerly constituted part OF the
Territory Of Wisconsin
Mr.. Wentworth interposcd, and stated thai
the resolution he proposed was merely tho Or
binary RESOLUTION for the organization of the
House; and as the resolution of the gentleman
from New Hampshire would be likely to give
rise to some dcbatc, he asked the gentleman to
waive it for a moment, that his resolution might
be adopted.
The Speaker stated that the proposition Of
the gentleman from New Hampshire, relating
to the admission Of IL member Of the Housc,
would clearly be privileged question.
Mr. Wilson, however, yielded for moment to
Mr. Wentworth, who offered the following,
resolution, which was agreed to:
Reso!ped, Thata committee be appointed. on
the part Of the House, to join such committee
as may be appointed on the part Of tho Senate,
to wait on the President Of the United States.
Houses is assembled, and that Congress is now
ready to receive any communication he may
be pleased TO make.
| The following gentlemen were appointed by
the Speaker to compose the said committee on
the part Of the House:
| Mcssrs. Wentworth, Rockwell Of Connect
cut, and Shepperd.
MIR. Wilson resumed. Subsequently to the
members from the State of Wisconsin taking
vi,
the Delegate from that Territory, as formerly
constituted formally resigned his Office. Tho
former Governor Of that Territory wa, elected
| to represent the State in the Senate Of the u.
nited States, and acccptir 6 Of that office, the
! office Of Governor was eff course vacated. BY
the law, in the absence Of the Governor of the
| Territory. or in case Of his death, resignation
or disqualification: the Secretary Of the Terri
tory becomes the acting Governor. Governor
Catln, the Secretary Of the Territory, issued
his proclamation t" Il e people, requiring them
t-.---'-- - X To-. 81 Delegate to rcprcsent
them in this Congress, and On the 3Dtk Ocio:
Der an election was held, and Hon. ii cnry w
Sibley was elected. He gtMr. 50 had the Ger
tfcatc of Governor Catln, under the sea- 0
the territory of Wisconsin, certifJi the fac
| Of his election.
Ia reference to this case, the House, he no
ped, would pardon hi while he rctcn cd to on
or two precedents The first which he fount
occurred as early as the year 1893 or 1904.
related to the Delegate from the Northwes
Territory. The gctlcman elected before tn
admission Of Ohio into the Union held his sea
upon the floor Of this House and upon the Stat
being admitted, and upon the representative
from the State OF Ohio taking their seats in tn
House, resolution was offered declaring tho
seat Of the Delegate vacated in consequence o
, Ohio being admitted State. The resolution
was referred to the Committee Of Elections
and that committee Immediately decided tina
the Delegate was entitled to hold his seat. The
case he found IN the volume Of "Contcsted r.
cctions,' from the Library, page l27-thc
case Of Paul Fearing. He would read but sin
gle sentence from it: "I'he erection Of Ter.
ritory into State does not necessarily vacatc
rhe seat of the Delegate" The committee
reported a resolution that the Delegate from
the Territory northwest of the Ohio was still
entitled to u scat in this lIouso, and Mr. Fear
ing having taken his scat at thei CONNIE acc
mcnt Of the session, continued TO hold his seat
Tho next case which he found was in the
year 1888, and sprung from tho very same
| Ierr!tory TO which he was now asking the at.
tention Of the House. The Territory of Mi.
chigan, as first organized, embraced simply
the peninsula which now constituted the State
of Michigan. subsequently, as the Indian
titles were extlnguished to the Territory of
Wisconsin, that was added to the Territory OF
|
subject to the laws Of Michigan At still
subsequent period, Iowa was also added, and
constituted part of Michigan In the year
1888, Michigan called u convention, organized
State Government, adopted constitution,
and proceeded to elect Representative to Con.
gress. The Territory Of Michigan elected
lion. George w. Jones TO represent them who
took his seat. and was permitted to hold his
seat. The State of Michigan elected Hon.
Mr. Cary to represent the State, and subse-
quentlv Mr.. Cary took his seat. Mr.. Jones
continued TO hold his scat as Delegate from
Michigan, notwithstanding the admission Of
the State of Michigan into the Union, and its
being represented by Mr.. Cary
The present case rested upon precisely
similar state Of facts, and involved the same
principles. Mr.. Sibley represented a portion
three or four thousand-of those inhabitants
who were formerly under the jurisdiction and
laws OF Wisconsin and were still governed by
the laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, with
magistrates exercising their authority under
the laws of the Territory of Wisconsin. He
(Mr. 5 y now presented himself as a Delegate
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