The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-02-07
Friday, February /, 1856.
The Senate did not sit to-day.

Friday, February /, 1856.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE
The Clerk stated, as the first business in Or
der, the consideration of the resolution yester.
day submitted by Mr.. Hickman, of Pennsylya-
MIA, providing that if, after the roll shall have
been called three times, no member shall have
received a majority of the whole number 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 a
quorum, shall be declared Speaker of the House
OF Representatives of the Thirty fourth Con-
gress.''
Mr.. MCQUEEN, of South Carolina, moved that
the resolution be laid on the table; which mo-
ton was decided in the negative-yeas lO7,
nays los.
The question then being on the adoption of
the resolution, it was taken, and decided in the
negative-yeas los, nays ITO.
Nearly the same vote as the one on the
same proposition on Wednesday. Herbert.
however, administration, voted nay Barclay,
Clngman, Hickman, Wells, and Williams, yea-
Campbell, Harrison, Moore, Dunn, Scott, and
Bayard Clark, nay
| Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, submitted the fol-
| lowing resolution for the adoption of the House.
The gentleman named in the resolution was
known to the House, and he rendered him az
the olive-branch of peace. He demanded the
| previous question:
Resolced, That Mordecai Oliver, a Repre-
| sentative from the State of Missouri, be and
hereby is chosen Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Mr.. Matteson, of New York, moved that the
resolution be laid on the table.
| Mr.. Orr, OF South Carolina, desired to say
that the presentation of the resolution by the
| gentleman from Tennessee met his entire appro-
baton. lie should be very happy to see it
adopted.
| The question was then taken, and the resolu-
luton was laid the table by the following
| vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball. Banks,
| barbour, Barclay, Bennett of New York. Ben
son, Billinghurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bliss Brad
shaw, Brenton, Burlington, Burngame, Camp
bell of Pennsylvania, Campbell of Ohio, Chat
fee, Clark of New York, Clark of Connecticut,
| Clawsoh, Colfax, Comins, Covode, Cragin, Cul-
len, Cumback, Damrell, Davis of Massachusetts,
Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd, Dunn,
Durtee, Edie, Etheridge, Flagler, Galloway,
Giddings, Gilbert, Granger, Crow Hall of Mas
sachnsetts, Harlan, Harrison Haven, Hickman,
Holloway, Horton of New York, Howard, Kel-
sey, King, Knapp, Knight, Knowlton, Knox,
|
Meacham, Miller of New York. Moore, Morgan,
Morrill,, Mott, Murray, Nichols, Norton, Oliver
OF New York, Parker, Pearce, Pelton, Penning-
ton, Perry, Petit Pike, Pringle Purviance,
| RitchIe, Rivers, Robbins, Roberts, Sabin, Sage
Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simmons, Sneed, Spin
ner, Stanton, Stranahan, Tappan, Thorington,
Ihurston, Todd Trafton, Tyson Wade, Wal
| bridge, Wadron, Washburne of Wisconsin,
| Washburne of Illinois, Weshburn of Maine,
Watson, WEIGH, Wood, Woodruff, and Wood
| worth-ll6.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen Barksdale Bell,
| Bennett of Mississippi, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce,
| Branch, Brooks, Broom, Burnett, Cadwalader,
Campbell of Kentucky, Garlic, Caruthers, Cas-
kie, Clingman, Cobb of Georgia. Cobb of Ala
bama, Cox, Crawford, Davidson, Davis of Mary
land, Denver, Dowdell, Edmundson, Elliott,
English, Eustis, Evans, Florence, Foster, Full
| Ter of Pennsylvania, Fuller of Maine, Goode,
Greenwood, Hall of Iowa, Harris of Maryland,
Harris of Alabama, Harris Of Illinois, Herbert,
Hoffman, Houston, Jewett, Jones of Tennessee,
Jones of Pennsylvania, Kelly Kennett, Kidwen,
Letcher, Lindley, Lumpkin, A. X. Marshall of
Kentucky, Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky
| Marshall of Illinois, Maxwell, McMullin, Nc
Queen, Miller of Indiana, Milson, Millward,
Orr, Paine, Peck, Phelps, Porter, Powell, Pur-
year, Quitman, Reade, Ready, Ricaud, Richard
son, Ruflin, Rust, Sandidge, Savage, Shorter
Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Virginia, Smith
T ppe StsD5fn s Stewart sf swO3s ae TR
ner, Watkins, Wells, Wheeler, Whitney, Will
liams, Winslow, Wright of Mississippi, Wright
of Tennessee, and ZollicoHer-l0l.
The supporters OF Banks, the scattering, and
Meesrs. Barclay and Hickman, (Administra
tion,) Lake and Etheridge, know Nothing,)
voting yea-the Administration and Fuller
men, nay, with the exception just mentioned.
Mr. Letcher, of Virginia, submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
ReSolred, That N. P. Banks, jr., James L.
Orr, and Henry NJ. Fuller be appointed to con-
fer together and report the name of some mem
Der to this House, upon whom they or ma or
ity of them may agree, who shall be declared
Speaker of the Thirty-fourth Congress.
ResOlced, That the said committee report to-
morrow, Immediately after the reading of the
journal.
Mr. Morgan, of New York, moved that the
resolution be laid on the table; which motion
prevaied--yeas 100, nays 81.
Mr.. Lindley, of Missouri, submitted the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolced, That Gilchrist Porter, of Missouri,
be declared Speaker of the Thirty-fourth Con-
gress.
Mr.. Sage, Of New York, moved that the res
| olutlOn DE Iald on the JaDle winch motion was
agreed to-yeas IA, nays 6S
| Mr. Ball, of Ohio, moved the following reso-
luton, and upon its adoption demanded the
previous question:
Res0lred, That Nathaniel p Banks of Mas
sachusetts, be and he is hereby declared Speak
er of this House for the Thirty fourth Congress.
The previous question was seconded, and,
under the operation thereof, the resolution was
disagreed to by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Bar
bour, Bennett of New York, Benson, Billing
hurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Bren-
ton, Burlington, Burlingame, Campbell of Penn
sylvania, Campbell of Ohio, Chaffee, Clark of
| Connecticut, Clawson, Colfax, Comins, Covode,
| Cragin, Cumback, Damrell, Davis of Massachu-
sets, Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick Dickson, Dodd,
Durfee, Edie, Fager, Galloway, Giddings, Gil
bert, Granger, Grow, Hall of Massachusetts,
Harlan, Holloway, Horton of New York, How
ard, Kelsey, King, Knapp, Knight, Knowton,
Knox, Kunkel, Letter, Mace, Matteson, McCar-
| ty Meacham, Miller of New York, Morgan,
Morrill, Mott, Murray, Nichols, Norton, Oliver
of New York, Parker, Pearce, Pelton, Pen
nington, Perry, Petit, Pike, Pringle, Purviance,
Richie, Robbins, Roberts, Sabin, Sage, Sapp,
Sherman, Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, Strana-
han, Tappan, Thorington, Thurston, Todd,
Iratton, Tyson, Wade, Walbridge, WaldroH,
Washburne of Wisconsin,, Washburne of Hi
nois, Washburn of Maine, Watson, Welch,
, Wood, Woodruff, and Woodworth-l02
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barclay Banks
dale, Bell, Bennett of Mississippi, Bocock Bowie,
Boyce, Branch, Brooks, Broom, Burnett, Cad
walader, Campbell of Kentucky, Garlic, Ca
ruthers, Caskie, Clark of New York. Clingman,
Cobh of GeOrOia Cohb Of 49,