The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-02-07


states nave for once secured the Speakcrship.
Mr.: Cobb, of Alabama, rose for the purpos
OF submitting resolution. which he truste
would commend itself to the House. lie though
he could take the step now with the utmost prc
priety, since his fle-leader, the honorable gen
tieman from Tennessee, Mr.. Jones' had in
manner parted from the Democratic caucu
TINS morning IN submitting worthy gentleman
10 the consideration of the House as Speake
1or the present Congress. He would tender tn
true ohve-branch, in offering the following reso
luton, containing the name of gentleman
whose democracy was not doubted, but VIII,
mad not been IN a caucus of the Democrat
party since Mr. c. had been member of tina
party:
Resoloed, That VIM. Aiken, Representative
from the State of South Carolina, be and here
by is chosen Speaker of the House of Repre-
| sentatives.
Mr.. Cobb demanded the previous question OF
the adoption of the resolution
| Mr.. Orr, of South Carolina stated that tn,
resolution met his entire approval, and he trust
ed that 1T would receive the votes of ma jorit]
| of the House.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, moved that The
resolution be laid on the table Cries of /" no
no; let US have a direct vote"
Inc question was then taken, and the House
refused to lay the resolution on the table-yea
| SO, nays III.
| The announcement of the result was haiIet
with loud applause by the galleries.
The previous question was then seconded
and the main question ordered, viz: on the
| adoption OF the resolution.
The yeas and nays having been demanded
| and ordered, the Clerk proceeded to call the
| roll, and having concluded the same
of L g. A.
| was announced, stated that he had been in
formed that, by changing his vote, he could eff
feet an election, and complete the organization
of the House. He had already declared that
he would not give vote that would commit
him to the Administration but he had been
informed that the gentleman named in the res
olutiOn was not a member of the Administration
party, and he would therefore change his vote
from the negative to the affirmative. Loud ap.
plause and cheers in the galleries.
Amid loud demands of declare the VOTE" the
Clerk announced it to be, yeas 1913, nays ITO.
Great laughter.
The following is the vote in detail:
YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Barksdale, Bell Ben
Branch, Brooks, Broom, Burnett, Cadwalader
Campbell of Kentucky, Garlic, Caruthers. Cas-.
kie, Clark of New York, Clngman, Cobb OF
Georgia, Cobb of Alabama, Cox, Crawford
Davidson, Denver, Dowdell, Edmundson, ELI
oft, English, Etheridge, Eustis, Evans, Flor
ence, Foster, Fuller of PENNSYLVANIA, Fuller OF
Maine, Goode, Greenwood Hall of Iowa, Har-
ris of Maryland, Harris of Alabama, Harris of
Illinois, Herbert, Hoffman, Houston, Jewett,
Jones of Tennessee, Jones of Pennsylvania,
Kelly, Kenneth Kidwell, Lake, Letcher Lind,
ley, Lumpkin, Humphrey Marshall of Kentuc-
Ky, Marshall Of Illinois, Maxwell, McMuln,
Mcqueen, Miller of Indiana Millson, Oliver OF
Missouri, Orr, Paine, Peck, Phelps, Porter,
Powell, Puryear, Quitman, Reade, Ready, Ri
caud, Richardson, Rivers, Rutfin Rust, San
didge, Savage, Shorter, Smith of Tennessee,
Smith of Virginia, Smith of Alabama, Sneed,
Stephens, Stewart, Swope, Talbot, Trippe I'm,
derwood, Vail, Walk, Walker, Warner, Wat
kins, Wells, Wheeler, Whitney, Williams, Wins
low, Wright of Mississippi, Wright of Tennessee,
and Zoicoffer-l03.
NAYs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Banks,
Barbour, Barclay, Bennett of New York, Ben
son, Billinghurst. Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Brad
shaw, Brenton, Burlington, Burlingame, Camp
bell of Pennsylvania, Campbell Of Ohio, Chat.
fee, Clark of Connecticut, Clawson, Colfax,
Conins, Covode, Cragin, Cullen, Cumback,
Damrell, Davis of Massachusetts, Day, Dean,
De Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd, Dunn, Durfee,
Edie, Flagler, Galloway, Giddings, Gilbert,
Granger, Grow, Hall Of Massachusetts,, Har-
Ian, Haven, Hickman, Holloway, Horton of
Knight, Knowlton, Knox, Kunke, Letter, Mat
teson, McCarty, Meacham, Miller of New York,
Millward, Moore, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, Muir
ray, Nichols, Norton, Oliver of New York,
Parker, Pearce, Pelton, Pennington, Perry,
Petit, Pike, Pringle, Purviance, Richie, Rob-
bins, Roberts, Sebin, Sage, s"rr' Soft se. Sher-
Tappan, Thorington, Thurston, Todd, Trafton
Tyson, Wade, Walbridge, Waldron, Washburne
of Wisconsin, Washburne of Illinois, Washburn
of Maine, Watson, Welch, Wood, Woodruff, and
Woodworth-ll0.
Barclay and Hickman, administration
and Millward, tx. N y voted nay. Broom and
Fuller of Pennsylvania, the latter elected as
Anti-N ebraska Clark and Wheeler, elected as
Anti-N Nebraska, Whitney, and Williams, all voted
for Mr.. Aiken. Mr.. Haven, elected as Anti
Nebraska, declined to vote The votes against
Mr.. Aiken were given by the supporters of
first named above.
Mr. Talbot, of Kentucky, submitted the fol-
lowing resolution, apd demanded the previous
question:
Resolced, That Alexander H. Stephens, Of
GeOrSla De anC ne Is nefeDy uecldreu Speaher
of the House Of Representatives of the Thirty
fourth Congress.
Mr.. A. X. Marshall, of Kentucky, moved that
the House proceed to vote for Speaker by bal
lot but the motion was ruled out of order
pending the previous question
And the question being on seconding the de-
mand for the previous question
On motion of Mr.. Watson, Of Ohio, at quar-
ter to four o'clock, the House adjourned.
Saturday, February 2, 1856.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE.
The Clerk called the House to order at II
o'clock
Mr. Talbot withdrew his resolution to elect
A. II. Stephens.
Mr.. Smith, of Tennessee, remarked that he
had heretofore voted against the plurality rule /;
but as the voting yesterday indicated that there
was at least a chance for the election of a man
of sound national principles to the Speakership,
he would submit the following resolution, and
upon its adoption demand the previous ques-
ton:
Resolred, That the House will proceed imme-
diately to the election of Speaker uica rOce
| and if, after the roll shall have been called
| three times, no member shall have received a
majority of all the votes cast, the roll shall again
| be called, and the member who shall then re.
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