The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-13
The Pennsylvanf~ SenetOrrss COrtest.
oUR HARRISBURG CORREsPOMDBk0B,

HARxnBoRG, JAM 10, 1857
The senate today refused to 20 into nomination for
Senator oil of the American and repubiican members
voting against it, That voo has revealed the mot that
the Senate does not intend TO- 60 into the convention for
election Senator unless they Of defeating
Col Forney. The thres opposition majority In the Senate
will ceeat the aspirations Of Foey, IL he succeeds
n obtaining the Of Fosters friends which there ap
pears to be probability Of hs accomplishing. op
position members OF tie Senate will follow the plan
adopted by the democrats members Of the Indiana Iess
alure and refuse TO 60 into election rather than 300
Forney elected
PENNSYLVANIA, LEGISLATURES.
HARRsRvRG, Jan. 10, 1857.
SENATE Mr. SHUMAN asked and obtained leave 70 with.
draw the petition and documents os Shirk Royer.
Mr.. Browse moved to proceed 70 the second reading
of the resolution submitted ~ him ON
yesterday proposing to meet tho House Of Representa-
lives convention in their halt Tuesday next, for the
purpose OF electng United states Sen Ator.
Mr. KIIIsGER called the yeas and nays the motion,
which ordered and resrlsedyeas Ii, nays IL, as
follows
Welsh Wilkins, and s Wrigstals g y,, r.,,,,., r.v..
Gszzem Gregg. Harris Jordan, Killnger. Lewis Myer,
Penrose hcoded' Sellers shruan senihsr and rAssHrs
so the the motion was not agreed to.
Mr.. BROWNE then asked leave, for himself, to make
nomuaon OF candidate for United States Senator His
for akng this privilege that he would neces
sarily bo absent on Monday, having just received o
family II the request was not granted he would DO de-
pFved OF the privilege OF making nomination.
Mr.. PENRosi remarked that If tho person the Senator
deeired 70 nominate would be prohibited from receiving
nomiI alton by the Senator's absence he would be dis
posed grant request but this would nos be the CASE
The Senator could very readily get another Senator TO
make the nomination for him. Besides, II was not cer
tain Senate would be prepared 10 into convention
fer the purpose designated Tuesday and their side OF
the house disposed 70 commit themselves on
tho question by any action the part OF the Senate.
Mr. BROWNE replied, that be had no desire TO commit
the other sde and they need not be apprehensve on
that By the vote Just taken, ws apparent that
they could control the whole matter. They could 30
into convention not. a. they A'ght sec proper.
Mr. PENRosy made . few further remaIks with regard
the right Of the Senate to decline going into ntion
Tuesc az next and Of exercising its discretion on the
raised. II might be raised Monday, or might not be
raised ut ALL II 1t their constitutional right, they de-
sired TO hold themselves uncommtted and unrarameled,
that they might exercise II at their discretion
Mr. kINCER moved that the further confederation oil
the Senator'S request be postponed for the prcsen.
Mr.. BROWNE remarked that Its postponemen now
would postpone to time when the privilege would be
Of no avail He read from the law to show tho power o
the Senate TO control It's action and that there
nothing that could commit them in granting his request
The motion to postpone was then agreed TO- Yeas H.
nays Is, a. folows;-
YEAs-Mesrs. Coffee Crabb Finney, Fennisen, Frazer,
Gazzam, Gregg, Harris Jordan, kinger, Eowu, Myer,
penrose, scofed, Sellers Shuman, Senher and TagRart
NAvs-Mesus. Brewer, Browne, Cresswell Ely, Evans,
Fetier Ingraham Knor Lsubsch, steele, ssnb Walton
Welsh, wilkins and Wright
Adjourned ill Monday at IL O'Clock.