The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1860-01-07

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lis and BY him 20 the clerk ana ne mcmOess; -
that no resolution Of this body can repeal We 90
or 1he proPosltlcn now onefcd = tnereiore ~ an
les surdity The cases referred 20 ~ ~: 1onsgom
,rt cry we're not applicable 70 ~ pfoPoassoh
Int Here the matter rested
~ Mr. Reagan resumed hIs remarks from yes.eF
nc Gay, Insisting that the kepuDiicans dsregardes
n the obligations Of the CONSTITUTION and invadet
not only the rights OF the people but the reserves
& ra&nta % tine states Their candlaate ZOE SPEAK
ne er had not slid that the doctrines Of the HELPER
on pook are reasonable. The TACT that there ars
men VINO VIII mot respect CONSTITUTIONS 0Diiea
tons Il one Of the startling features OF the fimei
or and has raised intense feeling IN the Southern
X States AL patriots should come together, rising
above their ordinary preJudices On traalsica
ques.lons, ana meet me common enemy, whose
= success wouid increase the danger 70 the per.
to petuity Of the confederacy.
,e 80, Weiis remarked that ne was mucn pleased
i Win the remarks OF Ar. AcKle, VINO said ne
at was fair man and believed nc liked 70 see fair
d play m this pugilistc ring, for i could not be
r called BY much better name. There was moth
70 ing lke fair play. He was perfectly satisfied that
n the policy which seems to have been adopted by
tne Republicans had been followed by the other
A. SIDE from the commencement Of this contest
o ne was satisfied they would now have been an
o organized body lie wanted to know whether il
was ialr play ior the Aispnbcans to keep sealed
!, lips while gentlemen on the other side seized the
opportunity 70 discuss the principles Of dsunion
3 and enunciate doctrines which disturb the peace
: ana prosperity OF the common country. He did
r not rise TO make speech but simply to ask the
question, how was the House to be organized -
, ! vas any party here able to do SOY Was any
. party in majority. 1t was well known that
+ no such party exists In one or two ways only
, can an organization be effected. 1t was known
tnat tne Republicans had pOlled their entire VOTE
ana tnat the South Americans and Democrats
: cannot unite on any man. They were as radi
cally opposed to one another as they are Jointly
70 the Republicans. The House can be organ
ized only by the voluntary withdrawal Of gentle
men actihg with the Americans or Democrats, or
uy .ne piuraiity rule IL was said that some gen.
.,ehen would oppose It, but ne said not let gen.
tlemen talk any more on the general principles |
OF the American, Republican or Democratic par |
ties but act like men and vote till they come 10
conclusion. He was here to work and vote |
ana even when the turkey was hot, he did not
iesve 70 60 to dinner, ii he could help it. He |
was willing to stay here till tomorrow's cock /
crow to elect Speaker.
lhere was call OF the House preliminary to
vote for Speaker.
John Cochrane said there was still one gentle
man on the Democratic side absent owing to sick
ness who had not paired off He had been sent
| ior. he trusted gentlemen the other side
mouid see how proper it was to make pair for
| that gentleman.
Cries from the Republican side, No, no.
Mr.. Cochrane said the action Of the Republi-
| can then forced him to make dilatory motion
ana that was to adjourn.
The yeas and nays were demanded by the De-
nocratic side and ordered. The motion was dis
agreed TO 70 against l35.
Mr. Barksdale nominated Mr. Vallandingham
ana the House proceeded to vote,
mr. Potter, when his name was called said as
Mr. Nalandlngham was somehow mixed up with ]
.he John Brown affair he could not vote for him
p"t Ior Jon Sherman. d
mr.. sailandingham, at subsequent period, ]
retorted by saying he should very much like to /
vote Tor Mr. Potter but as the latter was con- |
traucton OF the remark of Shakespeare, that /
when the brains are out the man is dead,' he
should vote for Mr. Houston.
Oiies OF good on the Democratic side, and 1
laughter
The ballot resulted as follows whole number 4
OF votes, ~ necessary to choice l07. Sherman. n
lO4; Nallandingham, 90 (; Gimer, z, H. f. d
Oiark, scattering Is. G
The House again voted. Davis, of Massachu-
sets, nominating Bacock The ballot resulted az
follows whole number Of votes 2ll; necessary
100 sherman, 1903; Bocock, SO; Nelson, Is.
Davis, Of Ind. 8 scattering 2s
Mr. Mills said it was perfectly obvi
Gus t. every gentleman in the House that there |
Is not the rcmotest probability of an organiza- Z
ton for an indefinite time. +
Voices from the Republican side, we doubt G
that i
Mr.. Mills did not suppose that there were 10 i
men in the country who believed that they were | !
one jot nearer the solution of the question TO- :
day than when they first assembled here. How
long was this state of things to 60 on. Some
gentlemen in perfect good faith had urged the G
adoption Of the plurality rdle, while there are
many, whether right or wrong who are as CON
scientious in their belief as the proposers Of 1t
that suce rule is unconstitutional in spirit and
could not therefore consistently vote for It. 8
would oppose it to the end OF time He neverI
could under any circumstances vote for the adop- !
ton OF the plurality rule The Constitution saws
that the House after assembling shall proceed to
the election of officers, and he understood the j
House to mean the majority. There are three +
parties opposed to the Republican party. The
Democrats and Republicans are the two great
parties; the Southern opposition for the first
time are here, Aery considerable body number
ing 81 TIL. anti i.ecompton Democrats are \
mere handful in number although no doubt in :
GLIDING thoroughly conscientious men, He diff
tered from them, but was willing to concede till
the contrary was shown That every man here .
acts from his own conviction of duty and there
fore would be the last to impute unworthy mo-
tives. 1t appeared that they are simply disor- !,
gained
Mr. Adrian replied that he was ant-Le-
compton democrat, but he did not believe that !.
those with whom he. acted disorganized the
House lie did not see how there could be an
organization unless they vosed for Sherman. If
they had voted for Bocock or Milson they could
not have been elected therefore he could not ]
see how they were disorganizers. Mr.. Clark of I
New i0rk was understood to say that he agreed ]
with Mr. Miles; he and his friends were disor- 8
gamers whenever ne could show that by !
union with the Americans and the Democratic d
party proper an organization was practicable and
could oe Drought about, then they stood on the q
same OASIS a. any other Democrat.
MI. NILS resumed. Inc Democrats number
enough, WIN onion N their ranks, together
M'l 'lle noutnern opposition % defeat the cleo
t'oi q nepuDhcan. Inc southern opposition
say 70 ", whenever you can show the possibility
o. eiec'inS Denocfat by our votes, we will give