Worcester daily spy., 1860-01-18
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rHIRTY-sIxTH CONGRESS-.
XTH CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, Jan. II.

Mr. Sr,,xpp introduced n hill sunnIar,on+
arv to the act of 1851 relative to tho I;ah;I;tes
nj shin owners Referred
Mr. CAMrrox introduced n hill for tbo rol;of
of the widow If Con persiter y S,,,;,I, -e--e+
Mr., MASON introduced memorial of +,,o
Alexandra and Washington RaiIroaI Con,na y, ,,.o
for leave To bring the road across tIa p' idn',
bridoe and connect viii tho RoItin,nro -o5 o,,tI
Ohio Railroad
Mr.. SIInpII. from tho soloet co,,r,;ttoo 80
norte,l barl, the hin to nrob;ht tha ,;rc~Io,;o,
in the Distr;rt of Columbia of h;IIs Nd. 500
with the Observation-Disclosures tl,ot II ,ass ~-''
Mr., RRowv corrncted a statanInSt r1I' of h;s ra
marks ON the I'd of Jann.rv wi; ,b ronrosent.
ed him as SAVING that four million Of sentharn
slayes nccm1ind nosition ,-''U h;,,ar - sooaIv
morally md nhvsicaIIv thar 90. otber ahor'
ers on The f,ra of thc ,rloha WHAT Le said
was that thar noS;,;nn ,sas s,,,or;or ta that Of
tho san,e, - r. - 10 Globe
Tha - .' - f,r ti,o eIortiop of
a Printor 70 tho S~,atn Mr. Brown said he did
NOT intend IN vote for The nominee Mr.. Row
man. and woud give his reasons. The first
was nersonal to himself. The Washington
Constitution had. in insulting and discourteous
terms discussed the speech delivered by him
before the Mississippi legislature last fall, with
out permitting its readers to see what had been
said He did not wish tIis to control the votes
of others. In the second place the letter of
Mr.. Sneed. a prominent opnosition gentleman
of Mississippi. to parties in Memphis. was pub
lished in the Constitution, while his speech
was excluded. The letter of Mr.. Sneed was
most offensive to the Democratic party of his
state and therefore on party grounds he was
not bound to support Mr.. Bowman.
Mr.. BRowN alluded to the Arrangement nv
which Mr.. Bowman was to receive $4,000
per wear while Wendell was public printer.
and pronounced it either a corrupt or stupid
act. He also denounced the system of taking
money out of the public treasury to support
worthless and vagabond papers
Mr.. -PUGH followed in defence of Mr.. Bow.
man. The debate was further continued by
Messrs. Bigler, Brown, Hale. Davis. CLAW.
johnson of Arkansas. King and Fessendon.
when motion was made to adjourn and lost.
The Senate then proceeded to ballot for a prin-
ter with the following result Whole number
of votes 48, of which Bowman had 81 Ad-
journed.
HOUSE.
The attendance bein0 small tbere was a
call of The House. Mr.. PENNINGroy with
drew his motion for the nluralitv rnle saving
he did il to avoid confusi1n
Mr.. HUrcHINs Successor to Mr.. Giddinpsl
concurred with his political friends. that dis.
cussion anterior to an nrganizatinn was ont of
bad taste. to use no harsber term. The Ren16
lcan Marty with which he was nroud to act
and the nsonle of the fraa states had boon
rudeIv he might saw shameIassIv assa;Ied
Their nrincinIes and acts had hsen grossly
misrepresenteJ Their motivas and tbeH;r
patriotism were rudeIv imneacbed and their
citizens denounced as worthy of the gallows
for frankly evnressinq their onninns in or
corlance with their Constitutional rigbts on
the subject of slavery. A resolution lad been
introduced saving that nersons who did certain
thin,ys were uu6t for the offic. of Sneokor
There were a yrrat many man pnf;t for thot
Office. His opinion was that anv man who
nursues the pro.sIavcrv gagging nol;rv is no
iiticaIlv un6t tn be Sne.ler ond co ;s anv
man who beliavaS il ri,,ht tn ra.onen tho slova
trade or onnose the admission of Kansas into
the IInion nnder her nreSant recently adonted
constitution Gentlamen were to 1atarn,;ne
bv their votes who was fit or unfit to he Sncok.
er. and that man who can receive a majority
of votes in anv wav the House NAV soc nron-
or to adopt is fit to h.. Sneaker THe majority
of the House want nm organization Thp
countrv is sick at heart witS these oratorifal
and noIemir EXERCISES NE House could he
organized nv adontiny the nIuralitv rnle rho
nronrietv and constitntion.litv of ,vhirh ha
nronosed tn aryup
Mr. W,eunIuNr orr,od tb,t tl,o o,oot;o, %
SNEAKER was nc;vraJ o,,ast;n,, ,,a',n "
;no ali others Ua refarrod tn tJia ootio,
heretofore of Mr. Clingman il, sunnortin~ t,,,
plurality rule.
Mr. GURTrs said the Honse had tba r;obt
TO designate the means bv which a Sneaenr
shall be elected and michf select tbe taIIest or
the shortest for that nnsf
Mr.. MI1LsoN and Mr. Miles said eoch =
few words AGAINST the nluralitv rule
Mr. HuTc1INs resumed asking whetbor
the Honse will adont the nluraiitv rula mr. no
without an organization. majority beIiaye
this is a constitutional mode of orpanizng the
House. They did not ask those Who tbnngI,t
n unconstitutional to vote for il Ha reorot9od
to saw there is a determined minority Who do
not desire or0onization II was ren,arkod bv
Mr.. Puph. that. if he had his wav he wonid
perpetlIate this disorder He further advocat-
ed the adoption of the plurality rule saving
the countrv demands an orran;zat;on T;horo
is a commercial paralysis through tho length
and breadth OF the land and the nnblic crGdi-
tors are SUFFERING. n was unnaressarv II
need onIv ba s.id rhat tho unmso ShaII ,'rcro
i've and If will be dnna In 1,onnI,'sio,t ~ 81 w.
moved that the House nroread tn tho eloct;nn
Of a sneaker viva vncepond ,bst s tha Uo noraon
having the largest number shall he Srnaknr
of the Hnuse He mnvnJ tbe r'rarin,,s go
tion.
Mr.. W1NsLow and Others objected. Mr..
DAvrpsoN moved a cali of the Honse which
was decided in the negative by three majority
The CLERK said the question recurred on
secondino the demand for tbe nrevious oues
ton. Mr. WINsLow raised point of order.
Mr. HoUsToN commended that the resoInton
was not before the House. not having bren
read Inv the Clerk.
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