Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-02
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the House, yesterday, after we went t.
press, Mr.. Letcher moved the following reso
buttons:
Rcsoiued, That N. P. Banks, jr.. James L
Orr, and Henry NJ. Fuller be appointed &c
| confer together and report the name of some
member to this House upon whom they or a
| majority of them may agree, who shall be
declared Speaker of the Thirty fourth Con.
gress.
Resotped, That the said committee report
tomorrow, Immediately after the reading of
the journal
Laid on the table yeas 40, nays %.
Mr.. Lindley submitted the following reso-
ton
Resolred, That Gilchrist Porter, of Mis-
souri, be declared Speaker of the Thirty
fourth Congress
Laid on the table; yeas I44, NAYS 6S.
Mr.. Ball submitted the following resolution:
ResoiUed, That Nathaniel P Banks, of Mas
sachusetts, be and he is hereby declared
Speaker OF the House for the Thirty fourth
Congress.
Not agreed to; yeas 1O2, nays II5.
Mr.. Cobb, of Ala, offered the following res.
olution
Resolved, That William Aiken, a repre-
sentative from the State Of South Carolina.
be and hereby is chosen Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
Not agreed to; yeas lob, nays 110-as fol-
lows
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Barksdale, Bell, Ben.
nett Of Miss, BOcOck, Bowie, Bovce Branch.
Brooks, Broom, Burnett, Cadwalader, Camp-
bell of Ky, Garlic, Caruthers, Caskie. Clark
of N. Y, CliDgman, Cobb of Ga, Cobb of
Ala, Cox, Crawford, Davidson, Denver, Dow
dell, Edmundson, Elliott, English, Etheridge.
Eustis, Evans, Florence, Foster, Fuller of Pa
Fuller of Me. GOode, Greenwood, Hall of
Iowa, Harris of Nd, Harris of Ala Harris of
Ill Herbert, Hoffman, Houston, Jewett, Jones
Of Tenn, Jones of Pa, Kelley, Kennett, Kid
we'll, Lake, Letcher, Lindley, Lumpkin, H.
Marshall of Ky, Marshall of ILL.,, Maxwell,
McMullen, Mcqueen, Miller of Ind, Millson,
Oliver Of Mo, Orr, Paine, Peck, Phelps, Por-
ter, Powell, Puryear, Quitman, Reade, Ready.
Ricaud, Richardson, Rivers, Rufin, Rust,
Sandidge, Savage, Shorter, Smith of Tenn,
Smith of Va, Smith of Ala, Sneed, Stephens,
Stewart, Swope, Talbot, Trippe, Underwood,
Vail, Walk, Walker, Warner, Watkins, Wells,
Wheeler Whitney, WinsIow, Wright Of Miss,
Wright of Tenn, and Zolicoffer
Nays-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Banks,
Barbour, Barclay, Bennett of N Y, Benson,
Billinghurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Brad.
shaw, Brenton, Burlington, Burlingame, Camp-
bell Of Pa, Campbell of Ohio, Chaffee, Clark
of Conn, Clawson, Colfax, Comins, Covode,
Cragin, Cullen, Cumback, DamrelI, Davis of
Mass, Day, Dean, lie VIII DICK, Dickson,
Dodd, Dunn, Durfee, Edie, Flagler, Galloway,
Gididngs, Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Hall Of
Mass, Harlan, Haven, Hickman, Holloway,
Horton of N. Y, Howard, Kelsey. King,
Knapp, knight, Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel,
Letter, Matteson, McCarty, Meacham, Miller
of n. Y Millward, Moore, Morgan, Morrill,,
Mott, Murray, Nichols, Norton, Oliver of N.
Y, Parker, Pearce, PeIton, Pennington, Per-
~, Petit, Pike, Pringle, Purviance, Richie,
Robbins, Roberts, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, Scott,
Sherman, Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, Stran-
ahan, Tappan, Thorngton, Thurston, Todd,
Trafton, Tyson, Wade, W albridge, Waldron
Washburne Of Wis Washburne Of Ill, Wash
burn Of Me W atson, WEIGH Wood, Woodruff
and WOodwOrth.
Mr.. Talbot offered the following resolution
Resoivsd, That Alexander Ii. Stephens. Of
Georgia, be and he is hereby declared Speaker
of the House of Representatives for the
Thirty fourth Congress.
Pending the consideration of this resolution,
they adjourned.