Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-02-09
E,n1r OF araaker.

~,ne,nkrsss Asssn
Lces on OF Speaker
n, saturday. the House mt at ~ O'Clock,
N..ol alter prayer by The Rev hf Ouo'H,as
al, Clerk stated that the first business IN ofdei
-. ia ,.so,ution sahui,,el NV he Sentieian
fr.m Ken,ucky, Nit Taibou,l as follows:
R..oIvrd. That The Hon Alexander II. Ste
nb.ns h. and he is hereby, declared Speaker of
IL Hpy.s OF REPRESENTATIVE, for The "a Con-
Mr. T.lb,t aross AMI stated, that at the re-
oses, Of MIR. Stephens, he Withdrew :h' fesoiu-
son.
Mr.. Smith. Of Tennessee, stated that ne mad
h.,,,ofote voted against the plurality rule; eus
~. ,o,e ~ Yesterday indicating that there was
-, l.ss, the chance Of the election OF man OF
.asnd national principles under It's operation,
he therefore offered the following resolution,
and called for the previous quest II:
pesolyed Tha, the House will proceed I'M
medjs,ely to the election OF Speaqer U,vd rote,
.nA e after tho roll shall have been called
,hras times. no member shall have received
majority OF the whole number OF votes. Inc roll
snail again be called, and the member VINO
shall then ieceve the largest numoer o. Votes
provided that il be a majority OF quorum, sha''
l. duly declared Speaker ri the House OF heP'
,s,sn.atves Of the 34th Congress
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tesulu,on on the tables which motion was not
Agreed ,o-yeas l04, nays a.
Tho question was then taken on the resoin
ton. and was adopted-yeas ll3, nays WI
iTss announcement OF the iesu, was greeted
with applause in the galleries
Mr. Orr, of gSou tn Carohna, said that his
name had been put in nomination Some TWO
weeks ago by the democratic party iof me
speakersh p, and though very many oal'o's had
taken place since that tire and although the
msmbers of that party supposed tina! BY chang
inc ,heir nam;nee they might increase and
.tT,nphen them. vet the result, had shown that
thev were mistaken in The CONCLUSION 10 which
tbev arriyel The complimentary vote given
vssierday to his colleague, Mr.. Aiken, rem
aered it very evident to his mind that gen.
,lemau would be able to concentrate a greater
strength than himself, and as he desired 10 see
tho Hsuse organized upon national Principles,
aud in opposition TO sectonallsu ne look ocea-
sion. after returning his thanks to MS party
friends for their fidelity, aud confidence IN
.onina,ino and sustaining him, TO withdraw
sncnnd,iinna.ly his name from the contest.
Mr.. Boyce, Of South Carolina, moved TO re-
soind the resolution just adopted
Ar Smith. of Tennessee, moved to lay that
molten OH the table, Whch was agreed to
yeas III, nays lol.
Applause in The galleries.
Cries of "Call the foll.'
Nj. J.nss. OF Tennessee, moved an adjourn.
men. of the House, in order to give members
an opporunit, to confer, that they uiishs eas'
their votes underslandlhsly III The great Crisis
which tbsy were now approaching De mo-
ten was not agreed to-yeas "a, nays 100
Applause in the galleries.
Cries OF ..Call the roli.o
Mr.. Walker, of Alabama, moved 10 rescind
the plurality resolution
Mr.. Clinemar raised the nolGt that the mo
tien WAS moi in order, il having been decided
omco already during the day
The Clerk though, that the motion was IN Or
der, but submitted The question TO the louise,
aud i. was decided thai II was uol in order
yeas S3, nays IS.
Mr.. Paine. of North Carolina, novel that tho
House do now adjourn; which motion was mol
agreed to. Applause in the Galleries.
bir Orr, sad that if the House was to be an
noyed by continued applause he would have To
move that the galleries ee cleared. He did no;
auae TO the ladies' gallery Q.aughiier)
(Csiss of Call the loli')
VOTE zaR srrixes.
The House .hen proceeded TO vote for Speak
or, i, bging the FIRST nuder the plurality rule.
The Clerk called the roll .he one hundred
snd'.hirise III time, with The follow ing result:
Whole number OF yotea, 2i5; necessary 10 IA
choice, 1913; Of these
Banks received log
AIKEN 90
II M, Fuller 10
l.. D. Campbell
Wells
Nj. Richardson, .f Illinois. gave notice thai
he had paired off with Mr.. EIure, otherwise
be would have voted for MIR. Aiken.
Mr. Fuller, Of Pennsylvania, desired TO re-
peat what he had said upon Two former occa-
sions, that he was not, and did no, desire 10 be
candidate. Applause One hundred and
thirty ballots would have satisfied him that he
was not the choice oil majority OF the body
and upon no other terms, upon no other condl-
tions, would he consent 10 take that positlon.-
lie again returned his acknowledgements to the
gentlemen who had honored him wrh their
support, and he requested Them TO cast their
sufffaEes for better and ADLER man.
Two more ballots were taken without chang
Ing the result, and then came the vote under
ths plu ALLY resolution which resulted as fol-
lsws:
Banks 1863
Aiken lU0
H. Nj. Fuller
l.. D. Campbell
Wells
Mr.. Benson, of Maine one Of the 'ellers an,
Iounced that Nslhanial p. Banks, Jr., OF Mas
sachuso,ls, was duly elected Speaker
The Clerk appointed Messrs. IL. Nj. Fuller,
Aiken, and L. ID. Campbell 10 conduct NJ.
Banks TO the chair
MI Banks, on taking the chair, acknoal.
edged tho honor done him in brief aud neat
spsech.
The usual oath Of flee was then sdminis-
tered 10 him by Mr.. Glidings.
After vote ,harks TO Mr.. FoIney, tie
House adjourned.
The Washington Union Of yesterday says:
The result was, as we have stated the cleo
sion OF MIR. Banks BY plurality OF three votes
--Mr Banks receiving 1903 vo.es Mr. Aiken
lO0-six national Americans throwing thar
votes on Mr.. Fuller, and four republicans throw
ing theirs Oh Mr., l.. d. Campbell. Although
,ha result is one which every national man Will
rspre,, yet, as the republicans have kuown
majority in the House, and therefore were enti
tied to the speaker, there is reason ion acques-
cling, in as much as it enabled the machinery
Of government once more TO move on.
How TO BREAK UP CoLp.-Doetor
Hall, in his Medical Journal, gives :he fol-
lowing objections for breaking up cold:
"Msny useful life may be spared to
n. increasingly useful by cutting cold