The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-01-17
Motion by Washburn, r., Me-, to lay on the

Bowie, Ad, Nd.
/ Motion withdrawn.
Resolution to elect Orr renewed by Sneed,
and previous question demanded.
Motion by Washburn to lay on the table, lost.
Motion to adjourn, by Etheridge, K. N,
Tenn, lost.
Main question on resolution refused to be or
dered Fuller of Pa, Haven, Moore, Wheeler,
Williams, and Millward, voting to order it.
Pending
Remarks by Colfax, r., Ia and then debate
by Sneed, K. NJ, Tenn. Davidson, Ad., Tenn :;
Etheridge, K. ~, Tenn. Paine and Ready, K.
Ms, N. c.
One o'clock, midnight -motion to adjourn,
by Etheridge, K. ~
Motion for no recess or adjournment till Sat-
urday, by Paine, K. ~
Motion to lay on table,
Motion to adjourn, by McMullen, 3D., Va.
Yeas and nays ordered on motion to lay on
table.
Motion to adjourn, by Carlile, K NJ, Va.
Motion that there be no recess, laid on table.
Motion to adjourn, by Kenneth, X. NJ, Mo.
Motion to adjourn, by Millward, K. NJ, Pa.
Motion to elect Smith, K. ~, Ala, tempo
rary Speaker, by Paine, X. NJ, N. c., and q
speech. Lost, there being % yeas.
Pending this vote
Remarks by Bowie, Ad., Nd, Marshall K.
NJ, KY, Paine, K. ~, Tenn, Brooks, Ad., S.
c., Cullen, X. ~, Del, McMullen, Ad., Va,
Davidson, Ad., La, Dowdell, Ad., Ala, Taylor
and Eustis, K. NJ, La, Paine, McMullen, Bowie,
and Walk, K. ~, N. Y, Kelly, DID,, N. Y.
l05th vote.
Pending this
Speech, by Paine, K. ~, N. c.
l06th voted o'clock in the morning.
Motion to adjourn, by Orr, Ad, S. C.
Yeas and nays demanded by Garlic, X. ~,
Va, and the motion then withdrawn.
Motion to adjourn over till Friday, by Eustis,
K. NJ, La.
| Motion to adjourn now, by Bowie, 3D., Nd.
Lost.
A o'clock. Motion to adjourn, by Wheeler,
X NJ, N Y. Yeas and nays ordered-53 yeas,
1852 nays.
Pending vote
Remarks by Cullen, K. NJ, Del, Cobb, Id,
Ala, Harris, Ad., III.
Motion to rescind ten minutes rule, by Paine,
K. NJ, N. c.
Remarks by Bowie, Ad., Md.
Motion to amend, by excluding all debate
till Speaker be elected, by Washburn, r., Me.
Points of order raised by Paine, by Letcher,
,Ad., Va, by Jones, i'd, Tenn.
Decision of the Clerk, that Washburn's mo-
ton is in order, sustained by the House.
Previous question called by Washburn-
proceedings interrupted by Cobb, Ad, Ala, and
Paine, K. NJ, N. C.
Motion of Paine withdrawn by the mover,
and motion made by him to suspend the ten
minutes rule for two hours.
Confusion-Paine, and Cullen.
Motion to adjourn, by Harris, Ad., III.
Motion, when House adjourn, to adjourn till
tomorrow morning, by Oliver of Missouri.
House refuses to adjourn.
Question Oh Paines motion; floor attempted
to be transferred to Cullen, X. NJ, Del. resist
ed by Letcher, Ad., Va.
Remarks by Cullen.
Motion of Oliver renewed, and lost
Pending the vote
Remarks by Burnett, Ad., KY; Lindley, K.
NJ, NO.; Hoffman, X. NJ, Md; Peck, Ad.,
Mich.
Motion to suspend ten minutes rule with
drawn.
Motion to adjourn till tomorrow at IL!
o'clock, by Sneed, X. NJ, Tenn, ruled out of
order.
Motion to adjourn, by Miller, Ad., a., lost.
Motion for no adjournment or recess till Sat
turday, by Paine, X. ~, NJ c.
Remarks by Paine.
Called to order by Sage, r., N. Y,
Great confusion; Paine threatening; called
to order by Washburn, r., Me-; increased con-
fusion; Paine threatening.
Motion to adjourn, by Orr, Ad., s. c. lost.
After a great deal of time wasted on Pane's
resolution, it was laid on the table.
Motion to rescind ten minutes rule, by Ca
ruthers, Wing, Mo.
speech, by Caruthers; and then a motion
to adjourn, lost.
Letcher, Ad., Va.
Remarks by Sage, r., N. Y, and Letcher.
Caruthers's motion to rescind withdrawn.
Notion by Colfax, r., Ia, to exclude all de-
bate and personal explanations, and all motions
for adjournment or recess, till Saturday at ii
o'clock, unless Speaker be chosen before that.
Suggestion, by Letter, r., Ohio, that mem
bers meanwhile be excluded from all commu-
nication with persons outside of the House, and
be kept within the Hall.
Resolution at last withdrawn.
Screen and a quarter o'clock, n,orning.-Mo-
ton by Winslow, Ad, N. c., to adjourn now
till Friday. Yeas and nays ordered. Lost
yeas II, nays los. Banks men voting nay,
Fuller men yea majority of Richardson men
yea.
| Pending the vote
Remarks by Florence, 3D., Pa. Barksdale,
Ad., Miss; Cadwalader, Ad, Pa; Allison, r.,
Pa; Greenwood, Ad, Ark.
Motion now to proceed to vote for Speaker,
by Sage, r., N. Y.
Motion to adjourn, by Jones, Ad., Tenn.
Lost.
Motion to adjourn till Friday, by Winslow,
3D., NC. Yeas and nays ordered.
Motion carried-yeas 80, nays s9-only six
| or seven Administration men and one Know
| Nothing, we belie.e, voting in the negative.
Pending the call
Resolutions were made by Ruffin, Ad, N. c.;
Winslow, Ad, N. c.; Cobb, Ad., N. c.; Letch-
| er, Ad., Va; Etheridge, X. N. Tenn; Quit