The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-01-10
THIRTf-f0URTH CONGRESS.
First Session.
Wednesday, January 2, 1856.
The Senate did not sit to-day.

Wednesday, January 2, 1856.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE,
The Clerk called the House to order at IL
o'clock, and the Journal of Monday was read.
Mr.. Giddings, of Ohio, moved to amend the
said Journal by striking therefrom the words
" a message In writing from the President of
the United States was handed in at the Clerk
desk, by Sidney Webster, his Private Secretary,
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Z" After the reading of the Journal of Satur-
day, and before the members had proceeded to
ballot for Speaker, the Private Secretary of the
President appeared at the bar of the House,
and, without permission of the members, an.
nounced that he was directed by the President
OF the United States to present to the House OF
Representatives a message in writing. He then
handed a sealed package to the Hon. John w.
Forney, Clerk of the House of Representatives
of the last Congress, and now acting, under the
act of 1871, as Clerk, for the purpose of elect
ing Speaker, and, having delivered the said
package, he withdrew"
This gave rise to considerable discussion,
and at last the motion was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Knight, of Pennsylvania, thought it was
high time that an organization should be effect
ed. He appealed to the House to effect an or
submitted the following resolution:
ResoIred, That this House will Immediately
proceed to the eighty-ffth ballot for Speaker,
upon the result of which, and no choice, the
House will make the eighty sixth ballot, which,
if it shall not effect an election shall be succeed
ed by an eighty-seventh vote; when, if there
shall still be no election, the person highest in
vote and having the majority of quorum shall
be the Speaker Of the thirty fourth Congress
and the said proceedings shall be conducted
RIGA roce, as heretofore, but without debate, ad-
lournment, or recess.
Mr.. Phelps, of Missouri, moved that the reso-
luton be laid on the table; which motion was
decided in the affirmative by the following vote
YEAs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barclay, Banks
dale, Bell, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce, Branch,
Brooks, Broom, Cadwalader, Campbell of Ken
lucky, Campbell Of Ohio, Garlic, Caruthers,
Caskie, Clark of New York, Clingman, Cobb
of Georgia, Cobb of Alabama, Cox, Craige,
Crawford, Cullen, Davidson, Davis of Maryland,
Denver, Dowdel, Dunn, Edmundson, Edwards,
Elliott, English, Etheridge, Eustis, Evans, Faux
ner, Florence, Foster, Fuller of Pennsy lvania,
Fuller of Maine, Goode, Greenwood, Hall OF
Iowa, Harris of Maryland, Harris of Alabama,
Harris of Illinois, Harrison, Haven, Herbert,
Houston, Jewett, Jones of Tennessee, Jones of
Lake, Letcher, Lindley, Lumpkin, A. X. Mar
shall of Kentucky, Humphrey Marshall of Ken
lucky, Marshall of Illinois, Maxwell, McMul-
len, Mcqueen, Miller efIndiana, Millson, Moore,
Oliver of Missouri, Orr, Paine, Peck, Phelps,
Porter, Powell, Puryear, Quitman, Reade, Ready,
Ricaud, Richardson, Rivers, Rufin, Rust, San
didge, Savage, Scott, Seward, Shorter Smith
of Tennessee, Smith of Alabama, Sneed, Ste
phens, Stewart, Swope, Talbot, Taylor, Trippe,
Underwood, Vail, Walk, Walker, Warner, Wat
kirs, Wells, Wheeler, Whitney, Winslow,
Wright of Tennessee, and Zollicofer-ll5.
NAYs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Bar.
bour, Bennett of New York, Benson, Billing.
hurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Bren-
ton, Burlington, Burlingame, Chaffee, Clark OF
Connecticut, Clawson, Colfax, Comins, Covode,
Cragin, Cumback, Damrell, Davis of Massachu,
sets, Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd,
Durlee, Emrie, Flagler, Galloway, Giddings
Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Hall of Massachusetts,,
York, Horton of Ohio, Howard, Hughston, King,
Knapp, Knight, Knowlton, Knox, Kunke, Lei.
ter, Mace, Matteson, McCarty, Meacham, Mil
Ter of Kew York, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, Murray,
Nichols, Norton, Oliver of New York, Barker,
Pearce, Pelton, Pennington, Perry, Petit, Pike,
Purviance, Richie, Robbins, Robson, Sabin,
Sage, Sapp, Sherman, Simmons, Spinner, Stan
ton, Stranahan, Tappan, THORN gton, Thurston,
Todd, traitor, Tyson, Wade, Wakeman, Wal
bridge, Waldron, Washburne of Wisconsin,
Washburne of Illinois, Washburn of Maine
Watson, Wolch, Williams, Wood, Woodruff, and
Woodworth-l0a.
Mr.. Lake, of Mississippi, submitted the fol
lowing resolution, and upon its adoption de-
manded the previous question
ResOlDed, That the message of the President
with the accompanying documents, be received
and that the message be read to the House.
Mr.. Washburn, of Maine, moved that the res
olution be laid on the table, and it was decided
in the affirmative.
There being loud demands for the call of the
roll, the House proceeded to the eighty fifth bal
Lot which resulted follows.