Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

In the House, yesterday, after we won't to
press, Mr.. Sneed offered resolution directing
each of the three parties in tho hall to select
one candidate from among those who have
boen voting with the other two parties, who
alone shall hereafter be voted for in this cleo
ton; the lowest one of these to be dropped
after each succeeding vote until an election
be thus effected.
Laid on the table, on motion of Mr.. Ste
phens.
The House then proceeded to the ono hun
dred and eighteenth vote, with the following
result
Whole number of votes 1877; necessary to a
choice, 49,
Mr.. Richardson received Sc; Banks 92,
Fuller of Pa. 81, Campbell of Ohio 3, Pelning.
ton 2, scattering 3.
So there was no choice.
MIR Rust, of Arkansas, submitted thu follow
ing resolution
Whereas one hundred and eight Aineffect-
ual efforts to elect a Speaker in Which the
votes have been divided among Mr. Banks,
Mr. Richardson, Mr.. Fuller, and Mr. Penning-
ton, must have made il N ATTEST to those gem
tlemen and this Congress that neither of them
Is the choice of ma jOrity of the members of
this House for its presiding officer, and that
longer persistence on tho part of their respec-
tive friends in urging their names for this
office will only delay the organization of this
House, and thereby prevent immediate Iegis-
latlOn when the common interests of the whole
country require it be it, therefore,
fssotUed, That it is the sense of this House
that Messrs. Banks, Richardson, Fuller, and
Pennington, by Withdrawing their names and
torblddlng their use as candidates for the
Speakership, would remove certain insur-
mountable obstacles to its organization, and
nh Qi tho nm h1io infa "a. 4 l..
NOTED by their doing so. Laughter
Messrs. Fuller and Pennington here signi-
fed their wish that no member should again
vote for them.
NJ. Rust withdrew his resolution.
Mr.. Whitney proposed a series of resolu-
tlons amounting to a declaration that - be
elected Speaker, and then to vote on motions
to fill the blanks until some one be elected,
the name of no gentleman TO be proposed a
second time laid on the table-yeas I46.
nay "A
Mr.. Garlic offered the following resolution;
on which he demanded the previous question
HsSOired, That the Hon. William Smith. of
Virginia, be, and he is hereby, declared
Speaker of this House for the 3ith Congress
After an Intellectual effort had been made to
ADJOURN, the resolution was disagreed to by
yeas AZ, nays l3l-as follows
1eas-MeSsrs Bowie. Bpyce Broom John
T. Campbell, Garlic, W iliamson X. w. Cobb,
Cox, Crawford, Dowdell, Etheridge. Eustis,
Evans, Faulkner, Foster, Henry NJ Fuller, J.
NJ Harris. Herbert, Hoffman, Kernett, Lake,
Lindley, Alexander X. Marshall, Humphrey
Marshall, McMullen, Mcqueen, MiIlson, Paine,
Qultman, Reade, Ready, Richardson, Rust,
Savage, William r. Smith, Stewart, Swope,
Talbot, Taylor, Trippe, Underwood, Walk,
Walker, Warner, Watkins, Whitney, John V.
Wright, and Zollicoffer Al
Nays-Messrs Aiken. Albright. Allen. Ale
son, Barbour, Barclay, Barksdale, Henry Ben
nett, Hendley 5. Bennett, Benson, Billing
hurst, Bliss, BocOck, Bradshaw, Brenton, Buff
hngtOn, BurliDgame, Burnett, Lewis D. Camp
bell, Caruthers, Caskie, Chaffee, Clawson,
Clingman, Howell Cobb, Colfax, Comins, Co
vode, Cragin, Craige, Cumback, DamreIl,
Davidson, Henry Winter Davis, Timothy Da-
Wis, Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd,
Dunn, Durfee, Edie, Edmundson Edwards,
Elliott Emrie, English, Florence, Thomas j.
ID. Fuller, Gilbert, GOOde, Greenwood Grow,
Harlan Sampson W Harris, Thos L. Harris
Harrison, Hickman, Holloway Thos L Hor-
ton, Valentine d. Horton, Houston, Howard.
Hughston, Jewett, Geo w. Jones, J. Clancy
Jones, Kelly, Kidwell, King, Knapp, Knight,
KnOwltOn, Knox, Letter, Letcher, Lumpkin,
Mace, Samuel 5. Marshall, Matteson Max
well, McCaTty, Meacham, Smith Miller, Moore,
Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, Nichols, Norton, Mor-
decai Oliver, Parker, Pearce, Peck, Pelton,
Phelps, Pike, Powell, Priugle, Puryiance,
Robbins, Ruffin, Sabin, Sandidse, Sapp, Scott
Sherman, Samuel A Smith, Spinner, Strana-
han, Tappan, Thorington, Thurston, Trafton,
Wade, Wakeman, Walbridge, Waldron, Cad
walader c. Washburne, Elihu B. Washburne,
Israel Washburn, Wclch, Wells, Williams,
Winslow, Wood, Woodruff Woodwork, and
Daniel b. Wrght-l3I
And then the House adjourned.