The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-11
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The Senate OJ the United States was call
ed to order on monday the Sd inst, at II
O'Clock, by the President thereof, when
thirty-one Senators, including Hon. d. S.
Reid, of North Carolina, appeared in their
seats. A number of credentials were pre-
scented, and among them Gov. Reid pre-
scented those of the Hon. Asa Biggs, of this
State.
The House was informed that the Senate
had organized and was ready for business !:
whereupon the Senate adjourned.
The House Of RePresentatfres consists of
two hundred and thirty-four members and
seven territorial delegates. The latter have
no vote. The House was called to order by
J. w. Forney, Clerk. Nine members were
absent. All the members from North Car
DINA were in their seats.
Messrs. w. \. Richardson, of Illinois,
Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, H. NJ.
Fuller, of Pennsylvania, L. ID. Campbell,
of Ohio, and \. p. Banks, Jr., of Massa-
chusetts, were put in nomination for spea-
ker; and the House then voted Gs follows ::
Aiken, Allen, Barclay, Barksdale, Bayly,
Bell, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce, Branch
Brooks, Burnett, Cadwalader, Caruthers,
Caskic, Clingman, Howell Cobb, William
son, r. w. Cobb, Craige, Crawford, Den
yer, Dowdell, Edmundson, Elliott, English,
Evans, Faulkner, Florence, Thomas j, d.
Fuller, Goode, Greenwood, Augustus Hall,
Sampson w. Harris, T. l.. Harris, Herbert,
Hickman, Houston, Jewett, G. w. Jones,
j. Clancy Jones, keitt, Kelly, Kidwell,
Letcher, Lumkin, S. S. Marshall Maxwell,
McMullen, Mcqueen, Smith Miller, Nilsson,
Mordecai Oliver, Orr, Pecker, Peck, Phelps,
Quitman, Ruffin, Rust Sandidge, Savage,
Shorter, S. A. Smith, William Smith, Ste
phens, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Vail, War
ner Watkins, Wells, Jr., Winslow, and J.
Y. Wright.-74.
For Mr.. Leocis d. Campbell free Soil
er. )--Messrs. Albright, Barbour, Henry
Bennett, Benson, Bingham, Brcnton, Ezra
Clark, Jr., Colfax, Cumback, Day, Dean,
Dickson, Durfee, Galloway, Gilbert, Gran
ger, Harlan, Holloway, Thomas r. Horton,
Valentine B. Horton, Howard, Hughston,
Kelsey, King, Letter, Mace, Matteson, Nc
Carly, Killian Miller, Moore, Morgan, Nor
rill, Murray, Norton, Parker, Pelton, PEN
nington, Petit, Sabin, Sapp, Scott, Sher-
man, Simmons, Stanton, Walbridge, Wal
dron, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Wash
burn, Jr., w. Wclch, Woodruff, and Wood
worth.-53.
For DIf. Humphrey Marshall, (Knoac-
Nothing. J-Messrs. John p. Campbell, Car
lille, Bayard Clark, Cox, Cullen, Henry
Winter Davis, Etheridge, Eustis, Jr., Fos-
ter, James NJ. Harris, Hoffman, Kennett,
Lake, Linley, Alexander X. Marshall, Paine
Porter, Puryear, Reude, Ready, Ricuad,
Rivers, William R. Smith, Sworpe, Triple,
Underwood, Walk, Walker, Whitney, and
ZollicOffer.-
For Mr. Banks, Jr., (Knoac Nothing. j.
Messrs. Burlingame, Chaffee, Comins, Crag-
in, Damrell, Timothy Davis, De Witt,
Dodd, Emrie, Robert B. Hall, Knapp,
Knowlton, Mott, Perry, Pike, Sage, Tap
pan, Thorington, Traitor, and Wood.-21.
For Mr.. Henry NJ. Hood (WAig. j.
Messrs. Bradshaw, Broom, James H. Camp
bell, Covode, Dick, Edie, Knight, Kundel,
Millward, Peace, Purviance, Ritchie, Ro-
berts, Robson, Sneed, Todd, and Tyson.
IL.
And thirty scattering Votes.
The House then voted the second, third,
and fourth times, with pretty much the same
result. Ihe House then adjourned until
Tuesday Il O'Clock.
There are eighty-three Democrats in the
House, and there were absent five Demo-
Gratis. The Democrats have, therefore, pre-
scented a firm and united front for Mr.. Rich
ardson. The opposition vote is very much
bulk of the black republicans
and abolition Know Nothing's voting for
Campbell and Banks, and the Southern and
moderate men for Marshall.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, the Rev. I'll.
Dean was elected Chaplain, and several
Senators appeared and were sworn in.
In the House, on Tuesday, the balloting
for Speaker was resumed. On the third
ballot Mr.. Richardson received "a votes
Mr.. Campbell 50-Mr. Banks 28-AIr. Full
Ter 28-Mr. Marshall 90. No election.
The House continued balloting for
Speaker daily, with slight variations from
the result above, until Friday, when the
result was as follows:
hlchardSon. -
Campbcll ~
Pennington (TFhig,) --9
Wheeler do.
After the second ballot, Mr.. Campbell
rose and stated that although he had receiv-
cd the highest number of votes of any op-
position candidate, it was obvious he could
not be elected unless he repudiated his we'll
known principles on Slavery and American
ism; and in order to facilitate an organiza-
ton, he would withdraw his name as a can
didatc.
After the withdrawal of Mr.. Campbell, four
ballots were taken. The last and eth bal