The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-01-03
MR.. KNIGHTS PROPOSITION.

The proposition of Mr.. Knight, of Pennsyl-
vana, moved in the House on the 26th of De-
cember, was as follows:
Resotoed, That this House will continue to
vote, Cica rOce and without debate, for Speak.
er, to-day. tomorrow, and to the conclusion of
the first vote on Friday next, if an election
shall not sooner be made; and if there shall be
no election upon the said first trial on Friday,
then the House will proceed to a second trial
on said day, when the person that shall be high
est in vote, and having the majority of quo
rum, shall be tho Speaker of the thirty fourth
Congress.
Was not the proposition reasonable? The
House had been in session nearly month, and
it was evident that before an organization, the
adoption of the plurality rule was necessary.
But Mr.. Barksdale, Of Mississippi, (AdmiAistra.
ton, moved to lay it upon the table, and the
Richardson and Fuller men, who still hoped
for the Reorganization of the party supporting
Mr.. Banks, laid it upon the table-Mr. Barks-
dale's motion prevailing by the following vote !:
YEAs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barksdale. Bell.
II. s. Bennett, Bocock, Boyce, Brooks. Broom
Cadwalader, John p. Campbell, l.. ID. Camp.
bell, Garlic, Caruthers, Caskie, Clingman, Ii
Cobb, W. X. w. Cobb, Cox, Crsige, Crawford.
Cullen, Davidson, II. w. Davis, Denver. Dow.
dell, Dunn, EdmundsOn, Elliott, English, Ether
idge, Eustis, Evans, Faulkner, Florence. Foster.
II. NJ. Fuller, L. j. ID. Fuller, Goode. Green,
wood Augustus Hail. J. NJ. Harris. S. w. Har.
ris, Il. l.. Harris, Harrison, Haven, Herbert.
Houston, Jewett, G. W. Jones, J. G. Jones
Kelly, Kidwell, Lake, Letcher, Lindley, Lump.
kin, A. X. Marshall. Ii. Marshall, s. s. Mar.
shall, Maxwell, McMullen, Mcqueen, S. Miller.
MillsOn, MiIlward, Moore, NJ. Oliver, Orr.
Paine, Peck, Porter, Powell, Pringle, Puryear,
Quitman, Reade, Ready, Richardson, Rivers.
Rutin, Rust, Sandidge, Savage. Scott. Seward,
Shorter, w. r. Smith, Sneed, Stephens. Stew.
art, Swope, Taylor, Trippe, Underwood Vail,
Walk, Walker, Warner, Watkins, Whitney,
Winslow, j. V. Wright, and Zollicoffer-IO5.
NAYs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Barbour,
IL. Bennett, Benson, Billnghurst, Bingham.
Bliss, Bradshaw, Brenton, Burlington, Burling-
anne, j. II. Campbell, Chaffee, f. Clark, Claw
son, Colfax, Comins, Cragin, Cumback, Damrell
/. Davis, Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickson
Dodd, Durfee Eide, Edwards, Emrie, Flagler'
Galloway, Giddings, Granger, Grow, R. b.
Hall, Harlan, Holloway, T. Il. Horton, V. B.
Horton, Howard, Hughston, King, Knapp
Knight, knOwlton, Knox, Letter, Mace, McCar.
ty, Meacham, h. Miller, Morgan, Morrill, Mott
Murray, Nichols, Norton, A Oliver, Parker
Pearce, Pelton, Pennington, Perry, Petit, Pike
Purviance, Richie, Robson, Sabin, Sage, Sapp
Simmons Spinner, Stanton, Stranahan, Tappan
Thorington, Thurston, Todd, Trafton, Wade
Wakeman, Walbridge, Waldron, C. C. Wash
burne, +. b. Washburne, l. Washburn, Wat
son, Wood, Woodruff, and Woodworth-94.
Not a single Administration man or Know
Nothing voting in the negative. This fact
proves that in the judgment of the Richardson
and Fuller faction, and in the opinion of the
Scattering, had the plurality rule been adopted
Mr.. Banks would have been elected His sup
porters did not krOaO this but were willing, for
the sake of organization, to take the risk but
his opponents believed that he would be elect
ed, and were more intent on defeating him than
on preparing the way for the transaction of pub
lie business.