New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-10
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w,srrrSEToN Dec, l. 1S56.-Sendte--Ihe thlrd
sass;o If The thirty fourth Congress commenced this
dnv. confornahly to the Constitution OF the United
States et,, Co.,
ate called that body to order at IL ociock-a
being present. ,,s tb,t +la
dsily hour of meeting of the Senate be IL O'CLOCK
until otherwise ordered. = p,,,,,.
sentatiyes announcing that the House was ready 10
proceed to business, and that committee haa oeeh
nnonted on the part of the House to JON such COM
tce might be apponted on !e par y w .bat
quorum of the two Houses had assembled ana we're
ready to receive any communication ne mSh1 De
pleased to make.
committee be appointed on the part of the Senate.
Messrs, Brodhead Pugh and Foster were appointed
on the part of the Senate.
Mr.. Brodhead subsequently reported that the com
mttee had waited on the President and informed HIM
that the two Houses had assembled and were ready
to receive any communication he might be pleased to
make. and that the President had replied that he
would make a communication to the two Houses OF
Congress tomorrow, at II o'clock.
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
House--The Speaker called the House to order at
u o'clock, and the roll being called by States 2l2
members appeared.
hands Of Asbury Dickins their Secretary informing
the House that quorum Of the Senate had assembled
and that that body ready to proceed to business
Mr.. Orr moved that committee of three be ap
pointed by the Speaker to wait upon the President OF
the United States, in conjunction with similar com
mittee to be appointed by the Senate, and inform him
that quorum of the two Houses had assembled and
were ready to receive any communication he might
be pleased to make.
The motion was agreed to- and hlessrs. UT, Camp
bell Of Ohio, and Zollicofer of Tennessee, were ap-
pointed the said committee.
n,,I1 Ep0 X PheDS
stated that he held in his hand the credentials Of John
w Whitfield elected as the delegate of the Territory
OF Kansas for the present session. Mr.. Whitfield. he
said was present, and desired that the oath OF Office
might be administered to him.
The credentials were read. They certify that John
W. Whitfield was duly elected delegate for the second
session of the thirtyfourth Congress from the Terri
tory of Kansas at an election held on the first Mon
day in October 1856 and are signed by the Governor
and attested by the Secretary OF the Territory.
Mr. Grow, Of Pennsylvania, objected to the recep-
ton of the delegate, principally on the ground that
the House, during the first session, had decided that
there had been no valid election i'll Kansas and that
since that time no election had taken place in the
Legislature of that Territory, and consequently the
delegate occupied precisely the same position before
the House that he did six months ago.
After long debate the question was taken ::
Shall the oath Of Office be administered to the dele
gate from the Territory of Kansas p and decided in
the negatiye--yeas 81, nays l04.
No further business was transacted, and the House
adjourned.
DECEMBER 2, 1S56.-A message WAS received from
the President of the United States, by Sidney Web
ster ESQ.,, his Private Secretary, which was read.
long discussion ensued upon the question OF
printing the message and accompanying documents
when, without deciding the matter, the Senate adj
iourned.
The House adjourned after long debate, ending
in nothing, upon the question of laying on the table
motion to reconsider the vote rejecting Mr. hltled
as delegate from Kansas.