The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-01-12

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ttegis1 EtuTS convened at SacTaghto %
ion y ~ The POrticO, b.. STAT
emc COO nittee rooms, both. sAambers
pdes1 evelg available spot in be CaPitSl
sss Seeupisd by an eager md excite6
crowd Of ssPiraRts, spectators, politicians,
bummers and country editOrs-the latter
the least excited, most orderly and disni-
fed Of those present An exciting scene
was anticipated in both chambers, and
the reality &c naything exceeded the cx.
pCctatiOns Of the crowd. The dominant
Partyin the Senate, weakened by jealous
les and disaensiOns and bound together
by the Eeebleat tics, knew not whom to
trust, whom to fear; and when Mr.. Crit
tenden moved to proceed at once to the
election Of = President Of the Senate.
several prominent Douglas Senators man
Tested the greatest uneasiness and terror,
and urgently and vehementIy appealed to
their friends to oppose the motion and in
dignantly insinuated that some Of the
Douglas Senator's had slIamefnIly bar
gained with the Breckenridge Senator's to
defeat the Douglas candidate. Their ap.
peals were disregarded, their inSinuatiOns
not noticed. Every eR0rt to defeat the mo-
ton miserabIy failed and Don Pablo De
La Guerra, . Douglas man with intense
Breckinridc prOclivitics, was elected Pres
ident Of the Senate, over the Douglas
candidate. It was triumph Of principle
over faction, and as such the Democracy
Of the State will hail the election Of Don
Pablo with enthusiasm. Efforts we're
made to elect the other officers BY the
DOugIaEitcS but they failed, and the Sem
ate adjourned.
In the HOWAr the excitement was in
tense. As sOOn as the Clerk called the
House to order Mr.. O'Trian, (Douglas) to
gain temporary advantage, prematurely
and indiScreetly, moved to appoint DR..
Powell, Speaker pro TEN. Although the
motion was improper and clearly out Of
order, yet Il'e Deuglasites voted for it,
but it did not prevail. After the mcm.
bers had been sworn in, Mr.. Ross, (Brcck-
inridge). moved to proceed to the perma-
neat organization Of the Assembly by
eIccting Speaker. Mr.. CONFESS, doug.
Ias), moved to postpone the motion until
Tuesday at one O'Clock, and in support Of
his motion delivered q Characteristic
speech, fnll Of energy, passion, prejudice
and bitterness, calculated to arouse par.
ty feeling and prevent . compromise.
Mr.. Montgomery, (Breck. ) replied to him
with great force, calmness and Kindness,
considering the prOvocatiOn. Mr.. Foster,
(DCuglasl moved to adjourn until Tues
day IL o'clock. MF. Fosters motion was
voted down, as was Mr.. COnncss,. Every
Parliamentary means was reSOrtcd to to
defeat Mr.. Ross motion, but Intellectually.
Nominations for Speaker being in order,
Mr.. LiPpincOtt nominated Mr.. CONFESS
Mr. Sorrel, Mr. Montgomery; Mr.. Wood,
Mr. Curtis ; Mr.. Cherry, Mr.. Fargo. AZ.
ter four unsuccessful ballottings, the
House adjourned until Tuesday. On
Tuesday the same candidates were in the
field, and the House again failed to elect
A slight change occurred on Wednesday.
On the announcement Of the first ballot
on "Wednesday, Mr.. Montgomery, in
neat, forciblc and appropriate speech, in
which be manifested disposition to con-
ce'le much. withdrew hrs name, in the
hope that others would follow his exam.
pie, and thus facilitate an organization;
but as they refused, Mr.. Magruder
nominated Mr.. ShOwal:er. After the
thirty-filth ballot, without sclecting, the
IIOuSe adjourned until Thursday.
J.. Sat the time II going to preas, yestcr.
day, s O'Clock, r. H.. no Speaker had been
elected.