Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-02-09
TIE FINAL STRUGGLES FOR srEAKER.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

kentucky, mir. Talbott,l as follows:
Resotred, That the Hon. Alexander H. Ssepheos
BE- and he is hereby declared Speaker o. the ''0'''
Mr. Talbot had offered tho resolution w''hoo. nav
ing any conference with the honorable gentleman
whose name was c contained in il. lie hoped that
would reconcile all the discOrdant een's"'S u Wv
House, and bring about an orgs"*s0T,", y, ,ho
for the purpose Of withdrawing the resolution AZ INC
request Of the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr. Smith Of Tennessee, stated that he had mere
tofore voted against the plurality rule; but tue VOC
of Yesterday indicating that there was al ess s.
chance of the election OF a man OF s"u"u aano."J
nr;ncn,es nnder its operation, he therefore, ohe'e"
The following resolution, and called for the previous
question: ,.,:..o
Re.elred. That the House will proceed lmmeaia'e-
~ to the election of Speaker cira roee; ana aer
the roll shall have been called three tunes 70 'e
her shall have received majority OF the "no'e nun
her Of votes. the roll shall again be called and the
member who shall then receive the largest number
Of votes, provided it be majority OF quorum, sl'a
he dulv declared Speaker of the House of Represen
tatves of the 34th Congress.
Mr.. Goode of Virginia, moved to lay the resoo'
ton on the table; which motion was not agreed 20
yeas l04, says ia
The previous question was seconded, ana the mai"
question was ordered to be now put
The Question was taken, and the resolution was
.dopted-years ll3, nay lO4-as follows:
Albright A5sSp Ball R RnsSa Bar ss
Rarca III. Bennett,
James Eli. dsnpbe c5ass baya1d clark Era Clark
Gaws1n Cng%an G01 Gem PaS Desn De- w.t. Dick
Dickson Dodd, Durfee Eide, Fagler. Galloway, GIddmgs
Gilbert GoS Robert Hail. H Hawap IsWe
Kelley Kelsey, Kifg, Knapp, Knight, knowton Knox,
M1ttsso1 MeGary Msaeh Tn1 hnn
Petst Pike Prnee PurSance Richie Robbins Roberts,
a Smith Sumner Stanton Stranahan, Tappan, Thoring-
ton, Thurston Todd, Traf,on, Tyson Wade Waibrdge'
Israel Washburn Watson, WEIGH, Wells, Williams Wood,
Woodruff. and Woodworth.ll3 mn u,
S. Bennett Bocock Bowie Boyce Branch Brooks Broom,
Burnett, Cadwalader John p Campbell l.; ID. Campbell
Carlie Caruthers, Caske Howell Cobb Williamson W.
Dowdeil, Dunn Edmundson, Elliott English, Etherdge,
Eustis Evans Faulkner Foster Henry NJ Fq I
J. NJ Harris Sampson W. Harris, Thomas L. Harris HAIR
rspn, Hoffman, Houston, George W. Jones, j. Glanery
Lumpkn, A. H. Marshall, Humphrey Marshall Samuel $.
Marshall, MAXWELL McMullen MCQUEEN Smith Miller, Mill
Phelps Porter Powell Puryear Quman, Ready Rcaud,
Rivers Rufn Rust, Sandidge, Savage, Scott Shorter, Wm
Smith VIM R. Smith sneed Sephsns Sgxar Sw"re
Watkins, VIZ ,ler whitney, Winslow, Daniel Wright,
John v. Wright, and Zoilicsfer-lr4
(The announcement wasapplauded in the galleries.
Mr.. Orr of South Carolina said that his name
had been lut in nomination some two weeks ago by
the Democratic party for the Speakership and though
very many ballots had taken place since that time,
and although the members Of that party supposed
that by changing their nominee they might increase
and strengthen them, yet the result had shown that
they mistaken in the conclusion to which they
arrived. The complimentary vote given yesterday
to his colleague Mr. Aiken rendered it very evil
dent to his mind that that gentleman would be able
to concentrate greater strength than himself and
as he desired to the House organized upor. ma
tonal principles, and in opposition to sectonasm, he
oCtor fhapE TO
friends for their fidelity and confidence in nolninat
ing and sustaining him. to withdraw unconditional
~ his name from the contest.
Mr. Boyce of South Carolina, moved to rescind
the resolution just adopted.
Mr. Smith Of Tennessee, moved to lay that mo.
ton on the table; which was agreed tO-yeas 1T,
nays lOl.
Applause in the galleries. Cries of "Call the
Mr. Jones of Tennessee, moved an adjournment
of the House, in order to give members an oppor
tunity to CONFER that they might cast their votes
derstapdngly in the great crisis which they were
now approaching. The motion was not agreed to
yeas "a, nays 1873.
Applause in the galleries
Cries Of Call the roll.
Mr. Walker, of Alabama, moved to rescind the
plurality resolution.
Mr.. Clngman raised the point that the motion
was not in ORDER it having been decided once already
during the day
The Clerk thought that the motion was in order,
but submitted the question to the House, and it was
decided that it not in order-yeas 49, nays 1913.
Mr.. Paine, of North Carolina, moved that the
House do now adjourn which motion not agreed
to. Applause in the galleries.
Mr.. Orr said that if the House was to be annoyed
by continued applause, he would have to move that
the galleries be cleared He did not allude to the la
Cries Of Call the roIl."'
The House then proceeded to vote for Speaker, it
being the first under the plurality rule.
Tie Clerk called the roll the one hundred and
thirtitt h vote, with the following result:
Whole number of votes 2l5 /; necessary to a
choice, l08: of these Mr.. Banks received 1922 Aiken
SO, H. N. Fuller H. L. D. Campbell 4, Wells 2.
Mr.. Richardson of Illinois, gave notice that he
had paired off with Mr. Emrie, otherwise that he
would have voted for Mr.. Aiken.
There being no choice, the House proceeded to the
one hundred and thirty first VOTE being the second
under the plurality rule, with the following result:
Whole number of votes, 214 necessary to a
choice, los: Of these Mr.. Banks received l02, Al.
ken SO, d. NJ Fuller ID, L. D. Campbell 4, Wells O.
So there no choice
Mr.. Kennett of Missouri, moved that the House
do now adjourn; which motion was not agreed to-
The House proceeded to the one hundred and
thirty second vote, being the third under the plura
ty rule, with the following result:
whole number Of votes, 213; necessary to
choice, l07; of these Mr. Banks received 1O2 Aiken
~, d. M. Fuller 10, L. D. Campbell 4, Wells2. So
there was no choice
Mr.. Rust of Arkansas, moved that the House do
now adjourn; which motion was not agreed to-
yeas 49, nays 1862.
[Shouts Of "Call the roll."1
Mr.. Fuller of Pennsylvania, desired to repeat
what he had said upon two former occasions that
he was not. and did not desire to be a candidate.
lApplause.] One hundred and thirty ballots would
have satisfied him that he was not the choice of a
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