The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-12-27

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pie to make the fight. This was the place, and
he, for one, was willing to take his stand. If
the question was to be decided by arms, they
should meet it here like men, and tell their con-
stituents that they were not willing, when dan
ger presented itself, to run to them for protec'
ton, but that they, who had been appointed as
their standard bearers, would, like men, assume
the responsibility of fighting the battle upon
the floor of the House.
The following was then announced to be the
result of the vote:
Mr.. Banks, of Massachusetts l0l
Mr.. Richardson, of Illinois "
Mr. Fuller, of Pennsylvania 81
Scattering ii
Total number of votes given 2l5
| Necessary to a choice los
No candidate having received majority OF
the whole number of votes given, there was
consequently no election.
| Mr.. Nichols, of Ohio, then renewed the fol-
| lowing resolution, rejected on Saturday last,
and, on its adoption, demanded the previous
question:
Resolred, That the House will now proceed
to vote viva voce for a Speaker of the thirty
fourth Congress, and the member having the
highest number of votes, provided it be a ma
jority of quorum, shall be declared to be elect
ed Speaker.
Mr.. Barksdale, of Mississippi, moved that the
resolution be laid on the table; which motion
was decided in the affirmative by the following
vote:
YEAs-Messrs Aiken, Allen, Barksdale,
Bell, Bennett of Mississippi, Bocock Boyce,
) Brooks, Broom, Burnett, Cadwalader, Camp
, bell of Kentucky, Campbell of Ohio, Carlile,
; Caruthers, Caskie Clingman, Cobb of Georgia,
Cobb of Alabama, Cox, Craige, Crawford, Gull
= len, Davidson, Davis of Maryland, Denver,
e Dowdel, Dunn, Edmundson, Edwards, Elliott,
e English, Etheridge, Eustis Evans, Faulkner,
: Florence, Foster, Fuller of Pennsylvania, Full
Ter of Maine, Goode Greenwood, Hall of Iowa,
n Harris, of Maryland, Harris of Alabama, Har-
l. ris of Illinois, Harrison, Haven, Herbert, Hous
= ton, Jewett Jones of Tennessee, Jones of Penn
o sylvania, Keitt, Kelly Kennett, Kidwell, Lake
d Letcher, Lindley, Lumpllin, A. X. Marshall o.
h Kentucky, Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky
e Marshall of Illinois, Maxwell, McMulien, Nc
IT Queen, Miller, of Indiana, MillsOn, Millward
N Moore. Oliver of Missouri, Orr, Paine, Peck
% Phelps, Porter, Powell, Pringle, Ppryear, Quit
b man, Reade, Ready, Richardson, Rivers, Rufhn
is Rust Sandidge, Savage, Scott, Seward, Shorter
10 Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Virginia, Smit
n. of Alabama, Sneed, Stephens, Stewart, Swope
of Talbot, Taylor Trippe, Underwood, Vail, Walk
Walker, Warner, Watkins Wells, Whitney
x. Winslow, Wright of Tennessee, and Zollico
he fer-ll3.
81 NAYs-Messrs Albright, Allison, Barbour
ra. Barclay, Bennett of New York, Benson Bi
ay, Ueshurst, Bingham, Bliss, Bradshaw, Hrentor
urfee, Edie, Emrie,' S Campbell OF Pennsy
ngs Gilbert, Granger, Grow h2n' COiisN s SV NM.
arl:n, Holloway, HoE.sE Of Aew York, IT, Dod
CHE, Aowaia HsshstoS, kelsey, King, ~ ~
latisson, McCsry, Meschsm, Miller o. ".
lorgan. Morrill,, Mott, Murray, Nicholas, Nor. t-
on, Oliver ofNew York, Parker, Pearce, Pelton. pc
'ennington, Perry, Petit, Pike, pErvisncs, y
Richie, Robbins, proLerts Robson Sah;n, Sage tn
app, Sherman Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, tn
:tranahan. Tappan, Harrington, Hurst - =.
, TsTd,o aFSM9eG Wade WaEH:i an, wabridge,
Y s,uroh' "".yurne of Wisconsin, Washburne tn
;. Illinois, Washburn of Maine, Watson, WEIGH, tn
Williams, Wood, Woodruff, and Woodworth- Gu
o. ia
Mr.. Orr, of South Carolina, moved that when OF
he House adjourn to-day, it adjourn to meet on NJ
Thursday next. ia
Mr.. Giddings, Of Ohio, did not think they at
lad the power to adopt the notion If ma
ority should meet in the hall tomorrow they &C
night rescind the notion and elect Speaker, az
IS if no snch motion had been passed. -,
After some conversation, u
Mr.. Orr withdrew his motion.
Mr.. keitt of South Carolina, moved that q
YheR the House adjourn to-day, it adjourn to o'
meet on Wednesday next. M
Mr.. Orr moved to strike out "wednesday" ~
md insert "Thursday;" which motion was ''
SO, nays l04. =,
Mr.. Keitt then withdrew his motion, when III
Mr.. Florence renewed it; and, the question
being taken, it agreed to-yeas IL nays 9j. Sc
And then the House adjourned. e e
Wednesday, December 2G, 1855. til
The Senate did not sit to-day. Id
HOUSE
Mr.. Knight, of Pennsylvania, proposed a A
resolution to the effect that the voting for =,
Speaker should be continued uninterruptedly -
Until Friday morning, unless there should be a,
IN election sooner and that afterthe first vote o.
IF that morning, the pluralit yprincple should r
prevail.
On motion of Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi
his was tabled by the votes Of the Democrats &
md Americans generally, Mr.. /. D. Campbell, =,
however, with Messrs. Henry NJ. Fuller and az
W. A. Richardson, (all candidates for the ia
Speakership,) voting with them. Mr.. Banks G.
was not within the bar at the time. r
Several propositions we're made by Mr.. Sage, l.
Of New York, and other gentlemen, to devote a;
he whole session of each day, from twelve 4,
o'clock to four or to six P. NJ to voting, and 4,
hat motion for an adjournment should not w
be in order during this time The debate on 6,
IucoS IcSOluCOnS WAS prOudCIcu auA IOutoAoi "
until Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, proposed that IN
here should be no adjournment until Speak
er should be elected. &,
Mr.. Garlic, of Virginia, was surprised that A.
The gentleman from Georgia should be in favor .,
of such a measure, when he must know that e,
Vie consequence soould be the election Of the
candidate of sectional party. .,
Mr.. Stephens replied, that the Representa- n
lives in this House had been sent here from q,
their respective districts, by the people of the -
United States, and that the determination OF h
majority of them must and ought to prevail. ,,
After a series of amendatory motions and ir
regular remarks, many of them of jocose char =,
acter, by Mr.. Paine, of North Carolina, who .,
wished to take leave of his family before enter -
ing into starvation arrangement, and Mr.. o
Peck, of Michigan, who wished an opportunity
TO supply himself with provisions, in order that 7
be might withstand his competitors in this con. q,
test of physical endurance-together with an ad- 70
mission by Mr. McMullen, of Virginia, that, so p
far as parties are defined, the Republican sen n
tin,e,H IS IN the ascendant-a motion to table 4
Mr.. Stephens's resolution was lost, and, upon
call for the previous question, by Mr.. Washburn n
of Maine, the yeas and nays were being taken q
when our report closed, at half past o'clock. {"
The proposition of Mr.. Stephens was too a
much of the brag game. Some of its South G.
ern supporters probably expected to bluff off :
the Banks men, and then they would claim G
that they and the Richardson party were in tc
favor of organizing.-Ed. Era. n