The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-12-25
Congregational Nesrs.
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WAsnDoTos, tuesday. De-. ,, 1880.
Due O'clock to day vas assi zned - the tine
Tor taking the vote on the admission oi Mr..
Whitfield. The hour preYious was devoted 10
al extreme Southern speech ca the Nesagc br
Mr.. Smith, o! Tennessee. lie paid Gen. Cas-
! the compliment Ia assert thar he i-mithl uegcr
| thought Or cared much about the doctrine Of
squaiter sovereignty. He said Mr.. buchanan
stood upon the ground occupied by the Soa,h
that the lseople OF 1. Territory, "wien lley
| come TO form state Constitution shai! be
| allowed thu privilege 81 declaring whether i
| shall Ire slave or free STATE.
A the conclusion Of Mr.. Smiths specc Inc
question recarrei ON Mr. Gfows mo'ioa 10
| reconsider the vote whereby the House declar
ed that Mr. Whitfield sh0nd not receive the
oath 0f Office as Delegate from hiiiss.s. dr.
Phelps, ot Missouri, moved a call Ui the HOUSE,
and the yeas aad nays being ordered, the cal!
was refused by !. vote Of 80 Ia ~. Tine ques-
ton again REQUIRED on Mr. Grow motion, ana
| the yeas and nays being or,iered ,,e vo.c sas
| reconsdered. II to los
The question then required -hal. Mr.
Whitfield be sworn r
Mr.. GROW moved that li.e whole saDlecI ~
| referred TO the COMMITTEE on Elections.
A call for the previous question came hon
the south side, IN the belief that IT would ca;
oil the last motion, and compel tie llouse 10
come at once 10 vote Oh administering tic oalA.
The previous question was ordered, and car
ried by vote oil uluetyei2bt 10 nnel y-6ve
when the Speaker jecided that The question
REQUIRED upon the motion OF the gentleman iron
Pennsylvania 10 refer the whole subject to The
Committee on Elections. The yeas aud maya
were called, and the motion 10 rei,r MAS defeat,
ed by vote o! one hundred and ak to onc
hundred and thirteen.
The question now was Shall Mr. Whitfield
be sworn ?" aud The H0u,a decided yes by III
yeas 10 100 nays, and Oh motion oi Mr.. rhei,s,
the Speaker proceeded TO administer the Data
Mr.. Whitfield walked % the front ot the
| Clerk y desk took from the Clerk with hIs ieiS
band Bible, raised his right hand and recriy.
ed the oath from the Speaker % support Tie
Constitution OF the United States He then
kissed the book and retired. and thu, ended thc
closing tableaux of the Whitfield drimA The
!. >.yae Wa as follows.
| YEAs-N-.srs AIKEN, Aker Alien, Ba.ssdae, en
b"hurlt (hiss) ltnroek howe B5yrn, PraBch, Efouzs
broom Bufaeit, Cst~adef, Campbell, tky) Carrie Ca
Ipthefs, taske, tnsWaH, ,ub3, (Alt Cos, Lraw osJ
auIe., naslaaon Da'i. ldd.j, Davis Qhl, beaver,
Dowdsl, EdmandsoD, Eiioit, Eugilsh htheti8ss Tu.,
us, Evans, Faulkner, EoteHc", fCsrr ulieg NE
Garnet ipoe, greenwood HAL Iowa, istr., tadJ,
HAIRS tAia Harris On HARRISON Herbert, uickiuan
iodmsa, iilonston, Jrse,, JONES Ienn) Jone. ia
hsit, helIy, kennet, kiweii Laae, istohaf Lluuirs
ihmpkin, ArNnnitr h. httsha1 Humphrey bershsH,
| hsrshaiI TN }, Man well hcaallsrsn MaQaren, Miller
(nl Nii'oa, Moore hofrsoa, uavct mo on psak.
er, Fans, Pen Phst - Porter foweh, PuryeH, QUIT
man Ready, Ricsdd. Rher. huin, Rust, Sanitsr, r4s
sxs. shorter. smti lenp.l smith Va Smith Ala J
saetd stetheDs, swoPs Talbot baylor, rtppr, Is sou
| ndefsool, Val, Vain, WALKER NatAin., Wheeler.
Well Nhiiney Willsm', Wn.!oS wight Cronu aad
| Zolic ar
| NAYs-N.,sr Albrsh., Alison Bali, Barbour gss.
clay, Bennett ~. y, lieu on. Hilingh Bingham.
shop Bliss. bradshaw, benton buthnt"n Bufiin game
ampbe!l (fenn J. tempbell (Ohie CDRjse, ,stA N.
! tiaIk' (co.hl tiswson, ,osS, tomas, toVode.
tfHgn, tuubaek, psmre b,ri. tAtss.} DAY. Irau.
Dewitt. Duck, DoJd uufiss. EGe, Ed ard, Enntr
! Fissisr, GsIowsyl Gtddinys Gibert GraugrF, row
Hall Mass Harlan HEDGES iolsas Horton, - -
Coward iiushs'on, h"l-y Ming, knaP. Knight, haos1s,
knnh~i, Letter, Mace Mstts-n Ar,ariy Niiisr u )
Mtl~srd, Morgan, aorrih Matt. Nauay, N,ehol., Nes-
ton, oliver N Fstser, tearcs, Hunt peina PEN
ansioa Ferry, ieut ftke Ptinxie Parvascs Rlt,his,
kebD'n-, Roberts, Robsr. sen, ssb,n SAM Sco rh,r
man, Summon. spinner, stanton. rlraa, ban 1agpa..
Naiitrhis~ NAidtou, MashhGrpr WIS J. vs. .hbirns
| Qill wGbburn~ ute - wsieh. Woriwoth n, aud
| wcodIuF.
MeSSrs Gfoom. Tyson Harrison. Moore,
Walk and Whitney, American; pnl Hickman.
Packer, Williams and Wells. pmacrats- all
Of whom voted to eject Whitfield IN August
last voted to-day Ia admit hmm Mr. Fuihr
| Of Pennsylvania. was absent Mr. Haven We.
ted 10 'iect. Mr., Damrrll. Of Massachusetts
ihnngh quite feeble, WIS IN his seat iur iha fret
time to-day, and voted. u Dickson. q. Sew
York, confirmed absent sick