The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07

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choosing oss - they wsfs two weeks ego.
The Helper book, hes ben advertised by
Cosgsess, = he hoass. Ard u ~ Sseass,
until it's salss are snornops. andit y gazing
over the country Ike wildArs, North and
South. John Blown, and his sympathi-
ssfs, have bssnf dsseanosd until the NEST
fearful dsasnsistioss within the scope Of
the EnsAsh language fall dat and insipid
upon thu ears Of tired aaditory. The city
is swarmisg with expsosaat oiIss seekers,
and government creditors, an1ious 1es
place and pay. The members. or naay 81
them are "hard up'' for money, and NJ.
Glsssbrsmer, the Se.jsant at Arms, hes ID
vaDcsd then forty or afsy thousand dollars,
till the organisation Of the house. Each
day the Democracy make two Or thrss
speeches, and then comes the ballettiae,
gspss ally two ballots day are taken, ana %
one occasion, they only Have taken three
Unlsss thsy can effect IN orgaoisati,n, The
wheels Of government must stop, AID IN.
dsrstand that last night, after the ho,so i
journsd, Mr.. Buchanan, sent for some ..
the members, and told them they mSa o..
ganiss, but unfortunately the old gentle
mans time is too mar out for him to pos.
sess much influence now, a. the result Of
to-days work plainly shows.
Daring the struggle the Democrats hsvs
had up Mr.. Bocock, and Mr.. Botelsr, both
Of whom after fair trial resigned, and
yesterday, Mr.. Millson was pat in nonias-
ton, he got the strongest vote yet polled on
bis side the house, part Of tho Americans
having gone ovor to him, but he only got
96 votes. Az their case seems hopeless Mr..
Anderson Of Kentucky, an American to-day
put in nomination Mr.. Gilmer, Of North
Caroline, he made speech, told the demo.
crats it was impossible for them to elect
their man, % the Anti Lecompton men would
not vote for him, said that Gilmer, was .
conservative man and STAKEHOLDER, that
the Americans and Anti Lecompton men
would unite on him, and that the Lscompton
men by giving him their vote, could elect
him, he could not induce them to do it
however, ~ ion the ninth Ballot Millson,
got 70 votes, and Gilmer only SO.
During the course Of Anderson's remarks
in alluding to tho fact of his seat being
contested, he told Burnett, his democratic
colleague from Kentucky, who had said i
former speech in the house, that he did aot
believe Anderson was entitled to his seat
that he did not want any man to pre- judge
his case, Burnet, no said would be one Of
the Judges, or Jurors, when it came up.
and he thought that according to all legal
precedent, this prior verdict Of his, quail
fled him from acting in that capacity, but
he would not be captious, and would waive
the illegally. lie said he Was elected in a
democratic strong hold BY three majority but
there Was a. good as ten thousand. lie
presumed the case would be woll attended
to, ~ about two hogsheads Of dispositions
had bssn sent in to the clerk, he is a humor-
Gus fellow and pretty good speaker
Great confusion followed the balloting The
democrats were evidently afraid tt.at the
Americans, and Anti Lecompton m en-, would
90 over to the Republicans AMI elect Sber.
man. Hurried consultations we're held,
Mr.. Aeits, Of S. G. got toe foor and made
. speech 30 dinsrers from bis usual Ere
eating speeches, that he hardly seemed
like the same man. He treated the Repub-
licans With much respect, and said nothing
aboo. South Carolina or disunion. After
bs.lotting again, one Of the southern mem.
bers, democrat offered a resolution, that
the house should adjourn until after the hol.
idays, this. called out Grow, of Pennsylvania
who used him up in very eloquent
speech OF IL or Is minutes. lie said
the Republicans had been striving earnest
y for an organization, ever since the hou',
met. That creditors of the Cove amen
with claims, to the amount Of ~. r,;lI;o,
dollars, were waiting ~ the monev In.
due them, and mo.. nar. IT,; to save then
IRON oanAl' icy and ruin, and should Gov
''"''''. break its plightcj faith with .hes,
!, ."sn. Should the mail service Of the couu
try, be suffered to stop for want Of funds
For many OF tho Contractors have de-
clared, that unless government performs it,
part Of the contracts, they will no longe,
perform theirs.
lie said the other side Of the house had
dragged in the Negro question at the very
onset, and kept agitating it to the exclusion
Of the legitimate business of the house, they
had had speech after speech on that ques'
ton. And all but rehash Of the editori
als Of the New York Heruld, with this diff.
ference however that while be would give ID,
Herald the credit Of terseness and brillian.
cy, be could not accord those qualities t.
the speeches no bad listened to-. 1t was on,
OF the best impromptu speeches ever hssrt
and surpassed the expectations had o.
the man. Tho southernsr could not gss 4
vote on his resolution, and tho house id.
journed till tomorrow. e
On Tuesday last, Singleton, Of Missis.
sippi, made regular fro eating speech
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