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and twentyiour members answered to their
names, and the House proceeded to the cleo
ton OF Speaker cird rOce, with the follow
ing result
Richardson, of Illinois, "A
Campbell of OHIO, SO
Marshall, of Kentucky, 80
Banks, Of Massachusetts, q
Fuller, Of Pennsylvania, Il
Pennington, of New Jersey, !
And some others were voted for There
was no election-ll3 being necessary for a
choice. Messrs. Sabin and Morrill, voted for
Campbell, and Mr. Meacham for Pennington,
until the fourth ballot, when he changed and
voted for Campbell. The fourth ballot brought
no decisive result, the vote differing but lit
| tie from the above figures.
Dispatches Of Monday evening say
The National Americans will, it is believ-
ed tomorrow vote for Mr.. Fuller. and endcavor
| to draw the entire Democratic vote on him.
| by conceding to them Clerk and Printer. thus
| forming union against the Free Soil faction.
They deny that the Republicans cam by fus-
ion, poll more than l05 votes, whilst l3 are
| necessary to elect,
Caucusses are being held tonight. 1t is
generally understood that the Republicans
and Free Sellers will concentrate tomorrow
on Mr.. Banks, and numbering l23, that they
will be sufficient to elect him.
\ caucus of Southern X y : and National
Democrats and Wings numbering %, rcsolv-
ed to rejcct.all fusion with theFrcc Soil fac
ton, but have no hope of defeating them.
Messrs Greeley, Weed and Sewa I'd, have
been all day working TO fuse the factions. and
are understood TO have succeeded.
We may look for the organization of the
House tomorrow, and Presidents message
Wednesday,"
Mr.. Greedy telcsraphs from Washington to
the Tribune Dec. 9th. We have elected
no Speaker to day, shall elect none to-mor-
row, and probably none this week. The
prospect now is that no Speaker will be
chosen before Tuesday next. Unless the
country shall Enthusiastically call upon the
House to organize and proceed to business,
this wretched play may be protracted
through onothor r~eo,."
/ The following are Washington dispatches
Of the same date.
The members Of the House are exchanging
views tonight, and endeavuring to arrange
matters 50 that an organization may be eff
i"cted without further delay, but their
figuring does not promise them Il favorable
result.
The Democrats resolve to stand firm on
their platform, recently adopted in caucus.
in the hope OF eventually succeeding, seeing
that the majority Of the House in opposition
to them cannot unite but some Of the latter
are comforting themselves with the as
surance that after several of their number
shall have been cOmplimentcd with heavy
vote, an election of Speaker will ready take
place
1t is expected that Mr. Banks will show
his strength tomorrow. In the event of his
failing, Mr. Pennington will be brought for
ward.
The 25th ballot stood-Richardson - ;
Banks, ~ Fuller, % , Pennington, Is To-
licuffcr, 10; Wheeler, 10 Washburn, ;
Thurston, G; Meacham, 6 Tappan, How
ard, ; Woodruff, ,, and eleven others had
one vote each.
eth ballot-Richardson 10 ; Banks, 40 {:
Fuller, Is: Pennington, Il ; Zollicoffer, Q !:
Wheeler, :, Thurston, : Washburn, i /:
Howard, ; Tappan . Meacham, ? +, Haven,
>, and scattering 10.
On Saturday Mr. Banks doubled his vote
as was expected. The goth ballot, as given
by telegraph on Saturday evening stood
Banks, o.
Richardson %
Fuller, j.
Pennington, 6
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