Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-12-22
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administration.
SATURDAY, Dec. Is.
r,o Senate we're not in session to-day.
unrxr-After the reading of the journal
o. W. Hickman offered a resolution providing
.,.t # the House did not elect a Speaker on
IIa lnovt ballot, all but the two highest candi-
t htaS sbould be dropped, and that he of those
""'I Who received the highest vote on the next
yelling ballot, should be declared the
Speaker. ~. noao,n.oa ;
y A. Uickman( its author) defended it on
.Ma rround of the necessity for organizing the
Uo9se as speedily as possible. Es. ~.
Mr. McMullen opposed it earnestly.
Wr II Marshall opposedtit on the ground
.lot il prescribed the Only national party, and
,%t the organization of the House certainly
n sectional hands.
Mr. Letcher offered a substitute the sub
.oncp Of which is, that all the members should
m~;rp and return to their constituents, being
evidently unable to transact the public BUSH
nms IN the present condition Of their minds
Mr. Giddings proposed, instead, that if the
friends of Mr.. Letchcr's proposition would only
rofre from the hall for five minutes, the rest
unId soon organize the body. ..s..
Vr English addressed the House with great
s,rnestness, opposing Mr.. Hickman's PROPOSE
,.n and proclaimed his intention of standing
Ir the policy on which the Democracy of the
lion.p had acted throughout the contest He
rfcrred to the fact that the American party
# the House had shown their u~nftncss to
vmyern America by the manner in which
,Ier had buugled the work of organizing the
ioiy. lie was quite severe on.the Short-com-
m, Of the American party, as demonstrated
}r their way of conducting affairs here so far.
Mr.. Dunn declared that though it was well
known by bis constituents that he differed
widely from the American party on some points,
lie was for helping them organize the House.
He thought. however, that Americans should
rule America, and if they could not he did not
know who could.
Nr. Wheeler next took the floor, and de-
Tended his course in this election at length :;
urging that he was no mans and no party's
slave. and that when he voted against the Ne
lrzka bill. be did not bond himself to a sec
tioual party. lie dcied all those, who were
c,>aying to shake a lash over his head, and
proclaimed his intention of being governed in
Ills election only by what he believed honestly
To be his duty to his country and his consti-
ucat>.
Mr.. Smith of Tenn, commented on the
speech Of Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, made some
aays since, wherein that gentleman had de-
Jared that he had withdrawn his name from
tie list Of candidates for Speaker, because he
could no longer continue in that position with
anv hope Of success, without compromising
lii honor or classifying his Congressional rec
orL. lie was sure no proposition had gone
from the Democratic party or any member of
it. TO that gentleman, inducing him to make
that declaration. He wanted him to say from
which of the parties or factions of the House
such propositions had come to him. He was.
content with the state of things existing, if
irresponsible majority were; and would stead
liz vote as he had done, in this election, until
March 4, 1851, if necessary.
Mr.. Campbell of Ohio, addressed the House
&a few remarks, in which he expressed his
l>Iproval Of the existing state of things,
and urged the obligation resting on the House
=" the country, to organize speedily. Under
gc>cnt circumstances he did not feel it incu-
tent On him to submit to a c~ross-fire of queS-
ions as to his own course, &c.
Mr., Rcade urged the necessity for an i'm
Mediate organization and, as a compromise,
proposed that the South should let the North
.aoo>c a Speaker from among the Southern
MmberS or that the North would consent
10 eject any Northern man whom the South
,1a.d select for the position. Great laugh
# tr over the hall
Nj. r., then movedto adjourn not agreed
M m
The resolution of Mr.. Hickman, and Mr..
LncIerS amendment proposed thereto being
nu aid on the table
The House proceeded to the Goth and 6lst
.a4ot, both of which resulted as follows:
Banks. 1851 Fuller, ,-. -- 40
RICHARDSON, "A Scattering, mr. 6
No choice having been effected the House
a.ognCd. s..-a .resA ". Fr - s