New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-20

| wants flied. ltu haze stood by Mr.. Sherman be-
| cause lie ipdorsed tie Helper book. ION sgned II
with him. lou Coliaxl signed it first OF I'll the MEM
bers. You and Jour conrigners are 10 tut same cave
CORY with lin. You dare no, desert him Without de-
| serting yourselves,
Mr. COLFAX-Tbe author Of "The Buckeye
Abroad Cox il not the man TO arraign me for any
thing have done, uIe,s be VIII inform US who upon
| tbi- side he is willing TO vote for
Mr.. COX-I vote for none of You.
Mr. COLFAX-TLen If he will vote for no gentle
man upon this side, | respectfully submit to him that
according 10 the principles OF tue Kansas Nebraska
bill which / believe he indorses, he should 1t least
leave Us to settle our differences in our own way.
Great laughter
Mr. COX-Su6iect TO the Constitution of the United
Mr. C0LFXX-The Constitution requires us to sit
here and vote.
Mr.. COX-Andthe House shall do in constitutional
w9y do not interfere with the family affair." 81 the
Republican party, when ask him about tue coalition
OF bis party. Yesterday my colleague Mr.. Hatchusl
leotured The Democracy for non-oganzaiioo aud tired
TO place the onns opd odum of not organizing upon us
now declare that it is possible for the Republicans to
elect man in their own party whom nave name l.
1t is OF DENIED but that some enc who IL more c0n
ervative than Mr. Sherman, aud who Is not IN the
anne Helper boat with these gentlemen, can be
elected, aud thar, too, by majority of the House.
Mr. COLFAX-I do not acknowledge the gentle
man I'll bit 10 inerfere but will say smoly that we
support Mr. Sherman becau.o he receives the largest
number of votes that can be poled. wish to cay IN
conclusion that the Constitution Of the United States
authorizes the various States of tlis Union TO elect
Representative in the American Congress and, in
compliance with that Constitution. those Representa-
lives sit here to-day. Now, il il fact that every
gentleman who sits here is elected, not by the
majority, bat by The plurality rule. Only Rhode
Island requires majority vote, and there on second
vote plurality is sufficient TO elect. Now, when
gentlemen come bee aud draw their salaries from
he Treasury Of the United States, by virtue OF an
election under che plurality rule j say it is far
fetched argumert for them TO Insist that hat C0Dstl-
tuition, Which pits our 20 ser i'll the election OF
Speaker IN The @ay, will not Per2it Us to elect
by the plurality rule. Nay, more, Mr. COBB OF Geor.
ola and Mr Banbs of Massachusetts have both been
elected Speakers nader the plurality rule and, al
thong questions have arisen Ia regard To the consttu-
onaiy OF laws passed under INSTRUMENTATION and
signed by them yet no mau no lawyer, has ever at
tented before Court Of Justice to insist that those
laws were invalid because the Speaker WAC elected by
plurality. We have therefore the presidents OF two
elections of Speaker bv each of the great parties,
and be analogous fact of the election Of Representa-
tiyes by plurality, which has been provide1 for in
order that the pee lie in none of the Districts mSht be
unrepresented The law iaid to the people, You
may scatter cur votes if please, but the mau who
"Iecsives tie highest number shall be elected" II ID
wige provision and we should do well to copy that
example to rut TN end TO the present dead lock.
Adjourned.