Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-12-08

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at noon. The confusion which existed up to
this time abruptly terminated.
Two hundred and twenty-five members
answered to the + names.
On motion of Mr.. JONES of Tennessee, the
House proceeded to the election OF aSpeaker.
Viva voce nominations were made with the
following result
Richardson of Illinois IA
Fuller of Pennsylvania II
Campbell of Ohio 53
Pennington of New Jersey 7
Marshall of Kentucky 80
Banks Of Massachusetts, 81
Some others were also voted for. No cleo
ton, ll3 being necessary to a choice. Much
interest is manifested in the contest.
The following is the vote on the first ballot
for Speaker
For Riehardson-Messrs. Aiken, Allen (Ill. }
Barclay, Barksdale, Bayley, Bell, Bocock,
Bowie, Bopce, Branch, Brooks, Burnett, Cad
walader, Caruthers, Caskie, Clingman, Cobb,
(Ga.) Cobb (Ala.), Craige, Crawford, Den
yer, Dowell, Edmundson, Elliot, English,
Evans, Faulkner, Florence, Fuller (Me:),
Goode, Greenwood, Hall (Iowa), Harris ILL.,
Herbert, Hickman, Houston, Jewett, Jones
(Tenn.( }, Jones (Pa.), Kcitt, Kelly, Kidwell,
1JCUcHeT, LllII)hll, 4ndISHdll \Ah.J ldA"ChJ
McMullin, Mcqueen, Miller (Ind;), Millson
Oliver (Mo.), Orr, Packer, Peck, Phelps,
Quitman, Ruffin, Rust, Sandridge, Savage,
Shorter, Smith (Tenn.), Smith (Va.), Ste
phens, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Vail, Warner,
Watkins, Wells, Winslow, Wright (Tenn.)
For CampJcH-Messrs. Albright, Barbour,
Bennett, Benson, Bingham, Brenton, Clark
Conn }, Colfax, Cumback, Day, Dean, Dick
49, H.. n.fo TaJlo"oy NilNarf IpoI
ger, Harlan, Holloway, Horton, Howard,
Houghston, Kelsey, King, Lester, Mace, Met
teson, McCarty, Miller On. W, Moore, Nor
gan, Morrill,, Murray, Norton, Parker, Pelton,
Pennington, Petit, Sabin, Sapp, Scott, Sher-
man, Simmons, Stanton, Walbridge, Waldren,
Washburne en-, Washburne (Me.) Watson,
Welch, Woodruff, Woodwork.
Far Mr.. Marshall Of hcntncky-Messrs.
Campbell, (Ky.), Carlisle, Clark New York;
Cox, Cullen, Davis, (Md.) Etheridge, Fustis,
Foster. Harris Md Hoffman, Kennett, Lake,
Lindsey, Alex K. Marshall, Paine, Porter,
Puryear, FReade, Ready, Ricaud, Rivers, Smith,
(Ala.) Swope, Tuppe, Underwood, Walk,
Walker, Whitney, Zillicoffer.
For Mr.. Banks of Mass.-Messrs. Buf-
fngton, Burlingame, Chaffee, Comens, Craign,
Damrell, Davis Mass De Witt, Dudd, En-
RE, Hall, (Mass.) Knapp, Knowlten, Mott,
Perry, Pike, Sage, Tappan, Thorington, Ira
foon, Wood.
For FHHer-Messrs. Bradshaw, Broome,
Campbell of Penn, Grade, Dick, Edie, Knight,
Kunkell, Willard, Pearce, Purviance, Ritchey,
Roberts, Robinson, Sneed, Todd, Tyson.
For Pennington-Messrs. Bishop, Clanson,
Fuller of Penn, Meacham, Robins, Strana-
han, Wakeman.
For Harlan-BelI, Bliss, Wade.
i" Whcehn-Banks, Oliver of = \. Y,
ThruSton,
For IRrustom-Spinner Wheeler, Williams,
" H0card-S cllinghurat, Washburn, Wis.
Washburne, Me.-Allison and Player.
Mace-Campbell of Ohio.
q" BenncH-Edwards.
UIUiam-Nichols.
Lokc-Humphrey Marshall.
d" HQren-Knox.
q" GaHoway-Giddings.
" NichoLs-Grow.
" Miller ". Y-Haven.
Sage-Pringle.
-" Goode, Ienn.-R, Richardson.
Fourth vote same as first, with the follow
ing exceptions Bayley and Harris of ILL.,, who
had voted for Richardson, absent ; Bennett
and Gilbert who had voted for Campbell, alb
sent ; Bliss changed from Harlan, Dodd from
Banks, Knox from Haven, Meacham from
Pennington, Wade from Harlan-and voted
for Campbell.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4,
SyEArE.-The Senate was called to order at
noon. Messrs. Hale, Durkee, Yulee and
Pearce were sworn in.
The Rev. II. c. Dean was elected chaplain,
when the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-The House met at III o'clock,
when, on motion, the b~alloting for Speaker
was resumed, and the first ballot (ffth) re
suited as follows
Richardson, Dem, Of I'll. "a
Campbell, Rep, of Ohio So
Banks, 4" Massachusetts, 90
Fuller, American, of Penn. 90
Marshall Kentucky 10
Scattering, &c
There being no election, Ill votes being
necessary to a choice, other ballots were had,
resulting as follows
Ballots 9Th. It'll. 9Th. 9th.
Richardson, IS "A rs Is
Campbell, 81 81 81 81
Banks, % % 80 81
Fuller, % 90 90 81
Marshall, Is 20 Is Is
The whole number of votes polled was 223
Necessary to a choice, 1l2.
There being no election, the House, on mo-
ton, adjourned.
pr We have the result of one ballot, on
Wednesday, which shows no diffcret result, ex-