The Shasta courier., 1861-03-30
SHASTA COURIER.

SHASTA COURIER.
Was Gen. McDougan Elected on Thursday.
the 2lst inst.i
On Thursday last, on the fourth ballot of
that day, the Clerk of the Assembly report
ed to the President of the Joint Convention
that the vote stood thus: McDougall, Sc
Nugent, Al Phelps, l; Weller, 6 Creanor.
total, Ill necessary to choice, 56, Up
IN which Presideiit D. Ia Guerra declared
McDougall elected, and then pronounced the
Convention adjourned sine die. 1t appears,
however, that the count of the Clerk was er-
roneous-that he failed to record the vote OF
Leet for Casserly and of Watkins for the
Clerk himself-and that the total number OF
votes cast was 1l3 instead of 111-and that
thus, 81 votes being necessary to choice,
Gen. McDougall was not really elected, not
withstanding the Lieut. Governor and Speak
er of the House so certified, The last ballol
stood TINS:
For McDougall-Burbank, Chase, Clark,
De Long, Harvey, Heacock, Hill, Irwin,
Phelps, Rhodes, Ryan, Shafter, Sharp,
Thomas, Vance, Adams, Avery, Banks,
Blair, Briggs, Burnell, Campbell, Cherry,
Clarke, Coleman, Coltrim, CONFESS, Coun-
Gilman, Denniston, Doherty, burst, Eastman,
Fargo, Flanders, Ford, Foster, Green, Har-
ryman, Henderson, Hill, Hunter, Mongon,
Percy, Porter, Powell, Smith of Tulare,
Smith of Placer, Spence, Stearns, Tilden,
Tuttle, Walden, Walter, Wiley, Wright
Sc.
For Crittenden, De la Guerra,
Denver, Dickinson, Eagan, Gallagher, Lo-
gan, Merritt, Pico, Thornton, Warmcastle,
Watson, Watt, Williamson, Bradley, Buell.,
Chandler, Childs, Curtis, Gillette, Gregory,
Hagans, Hanson, Harris, Harrison, Ham,
Holman, Herrill, johnson, Kungle Kurtz,
Lalor, Laspeyre, Lippincott, Magruder,
Miller, Morrison, Munday, O'Brien, Patrick,
Ross, Scott, Showalter, Sorrel, White, Wood
of Plumas, Wood of Yolo-47.
For Weller--Frenklin, Parks, Amyx,
Baechtel, Gordon, Montgomery-6.
For Casserly-Leet.
For Major Anderson-W Watkins.
For Creanqr-Covarrqhias
For Phelps-Crocker.
Senator Logan, one of the Tellers of the
Convention, made the following statement in
Senate the day following:
Mr. Logan desire to rise to a question
Of privilege upon a different subject.
noticed in an editorial of the Bee Yesterday,
speaking in relation to the election of United
States Senator, it stated that upon authority
Of the report af tho Tellers and Clerks of the
Convention, the President of the Convention
announced that James A. McDougall was
duly elected by a majority of the votes cast
desire to say that such statement is incor-
rect in this, that the Tellers of the Joint
Convention never made a report of the last
ballot. 1t will be remembered that two tally
lists were kept in the Convention-myself
and the Secretary of the Senate kept one
and after all the votes had been polled, and
all the changes made that members wished,
the list was called over in order that if there
was any mistake it might be corrected. The
next thing that was done by the Tellers and
Clerks was to foot up the votes cast, and for
whom cast; and having ascertained that the
two tally lists were alike, to take from one
of the lists the result of the vote and hand ii
to the President of the Convention but the
result of the last ballot was handed to the Pre-
sident of the ConYention without any reference
to the list was making; and from that list,
thus handed up, the announcement Of the
result of the vote was made, made no OBJ
lection at the time to the announcement, from
the fact that / had not time sufficient to make
calculations as to whether it was correct and
before did it the announcement was made.
Now, as to the vote upon the last ballot,
will state that of the lis members of the
Legislature, l13 were cast, according to my
list of which McDougall received Sc; Nj
gent, Al; Weller, g.; Casserly, |; Major
Anderson, L !; Creanor, l Phelps, l-mak-
ing lib votes-absent and not voting, Ed
gerton and Haynes-and making 81 votes
necessary toa choice. Mr.. Sorrel, the other
Teller appointed, did not act as Teller during
the last ballot did not make a report upon
the last ballot, for the reason have stated !;
and make this statement in Justice to my
self, as don't want it to go to the world that
it was upon account of the mistake of the
Tellers that the vote was thus announced.
On Saturday the Senate adopted concur
rent resolution of the Assembly to investi-
gate the matter, and appointed AIessrs, Bur
bank and Gallagher on said committee, On
the same day the Governor informed the
Senate, by messenger, that he had pot issued
U. S. Senator credentials, that by mistake
the certificate of officers of Convention had
been given to McDougall that he would take
no action while Investigation was going on,
and suggested that resolutions be passed
instructing officers to revoke said certificate,
upon which he would otherwi,e be obliged to
issue credentials.