The daily union., 1856-01-30
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The House met at IL ul
Prayer by the Rev. DR.. Smith Pyne.
The Journal of yesterday read and approved.
Mr. UNDERWOOD, Of Kentucky, offered resolution
TO the effect that shall be taken for each member in
rotation as their stand the roll and the member
receiving majority of all the votes cast provided IL be
majority Of quorum be declared be elected Speaker
In case no election be made in this way, then the choice
shall be made between the two receiving the highest
number OF votes Amy member being at liberty 10 decline
being voted for. During the voting debate personal
explanations TO be in order unless by unanimous consent
Mr.. RICHARDSON, of Illinois, apprehended that the
difficulty in the way of election OF Speaker the
number Of candidates in the field and the resolution
would make still more, be moved 10 lay it the table
Mr. DUNN, OF Indiana, suggested to the gentleman from
Kentucky that he withdraw bis resolution for the present
in order to give members an opportunity OF examining
into il.
Mr. UNDERWOOD withdrew the resolution, giving no.
tice that he would introduce it tomorrow.
Mr. WALKER, Of Alabama, moved a call of the House
which motion WAS not agreed TO. ... ..s ..... A.
Mr. CRAWFORD, of Georgia. desired to give notice that
be would introduce the following resolution Tomorrow in
organization of the House not effected to-day
The House had tried TO elect presiding officer by
joy of votes; it had failed adopt the plurality rule
and he would submit this proposition hoping that would
meet the approval OF majority Of the House. and end the
contest:
resoped That the House of Representatives do
proceed to the election Of Speaker in the same way and
manner as is provided by the constitution of the United
shall devove upon this Housethat is to say the
Clerk shall call the roll by States and each State cast
vote, the shall be called and the having
majority of the States shall be the Speaker of the House
Representatives for the Thirty-fourth Congress.
Mr. A. X. MARSHALL of Kentucky, submitted the fol-
lowing resolution;
Resolved That il the opinion of the members of this
House that the Of party nominees has the
dency to reard organization therefore, it is the duty of
the different parties to Withdraw such nominations leaving
each member free from the control or influence OF
nominations.
Mr. NJ stated that the difference between this resolution
and the one offered few days ago by the gentleman rom
ArEa MIR that in cppn-
tleman pointed directly 10 each individual by who
candidate of OF the different parties and there
fore might be construed into something like personal OBJ
lection to those individuals while the resolution which he
offered did point to individuals, but simply sug-
gested the fact that the different parties being here
arrayed under their leaders force their opponents to
oppose those leaders. His object that these NOM
nations should be withdrawn and that then the mem-
bers of the House should select for themselves they
believed the best interests of the country required and
their own judgments dictated. He had PROPOSE
tons make TO the socaed republican side of the House.
but he would say the democratic side that without any
consultation whatever with those gentlemen with whom
he acted he would confidently that II his resolution
adopted they would be ready to accede to of two
propositions first, they would nominate gentleman of
the democratic party who had been acting with that
party, and they would unite upon him and try to elect
him the democratic party might select any Of the
American party who best suited their purpose, and they
would unite with them and try TO elect him. II his
luton adopted he would follow il up with another
that would test the Willingness of the democratic party
organize the House. and place the responsibility for the dis
organization where II properly belonged
Mr. MlLLS0N, of Virginia, agreed with much that the
gentleman had said, particularly that the election Of
a Speaker had probably been defeated by nominations
made at the commencement of the session. but still
he thought that there objections to the adoption
Of the resolution which would readily suggest themselves
to the members. The House knew nothing of parties.
The journal knew nothing of parties The nominations
that had been made made by individual members
the floor and they did appear the journal hav
ing been made by party another. Hc entirely
agreed with the gentleman however that these nomna-
tions should not have been made or If made that they
should not have been made at that time, When he
to Washington at the commencement of the ses-
sion he heard with astonishmen that the democratic
party had met in caucus aud made n nomination,
before heard of the election Of Speaker for
They ascertained minority; the very res
outon which they adopted proclaimed 1t and though
the thing might have happened before he knew
Of minority caucus for the purpose OF making a
nomination, The object Of to procure an
eeston by concentration of votes but concentration
Of votes Of II minority could make election. So
far from its being desirable 10 concentrate their votes
he thought that it much to be wished that they
should first be scattered as widely as possible in order
that they might in the end have been concentrated.
Who could doubt that the nomination then made in
for the assigned prevented the distin-
guished nominee Mr. RrcHARDsoSl from receiving votes
that be might aud would have obtained 2 lie did
not 10 say the reason assigned sufficient
one prevent gentlemen from voting for that nominee.
1t not deemed by him sufficient He did not al
low the resolution to be obstacle In the way of hs
vote because he did not choose that Others by their
he considered It, should prevent him from doing what
he thought right and he therefore voted for the nom
Although The reluctance Of other gentlemen TO vote
him might be excused yet he did not think 1t could
he justified He thought that much blame attribua-
BILE to all parties and to all members and he took his
share of Though he could defend he could not justify
himself for having voted eight weeks for single gen
tleman, and he would not do it again.
He bad hoped that eight weeks experience would have
afforded instruction and that the withdrawal OF Mr..
RcHkRnsoN would have been followed by the selection Of
gentleman-not by caucus nomination, but by common
consent Of all the members Of the Housewho would have
been likely be elected but the democratic party
had put In nomination another gentleman Of eminent ab
tiles and placed him in that position where he might be
subjected all the Inconvenience that had prevented the
election oi his predecessor The friends of Mr. FULLER in
nominating him bad no justification for their
than had the gentlemen with whom he associated and
as for those who supporting Mr. BANKS he did not
how they could justify themselves for insisting on vo
ting for him in the face Of determination repeatedly
pressed Ivy the House. that he should not be elected Speak
" then he placed in the position Of that gentle
man. he would rise In his place and and again
yehemeny and Indignantly protest against the further
OF his name for such purpose lie did not think that the
House Of Representatives had scarcely yet made serious
effort to elect Speaker. ........ .... ..
Mr. ALLISON, OF Pennsylvania objected TO the resou-
on the ground that he thought 1t violated the princ
pie Of squater sovereignty II dictated to Others their
course and was therefore in violation Of the great demo-
cratic principle Of allowing all people TO take care of them
selves The republican party had thought proper 10 pur
n certain line of policy ana though IL did suit tho
other parties he hoped that they would allow its members
10 be governed by their ideas Of proprety. E
Mr.. COBB Of Georgia, understood the resolution as
read TO that the nomination Of candidates by the
respective parties in the House had precluded orRanz
that these parties had made nominations, and therefore
sought to make the election Of Speaker hereafter free from
party nominations. The gentleman from Virginia, Mr
MtisoS in supporting the principle of the resolution