Daily national Democrat., 1861-01-09

senate Caucus.

| Senate Caucus.
| The Caucus of Democratic Senators, for the
nomination of Senate officers, met in the Sen
ate Chamber, at p NJ, on Monday, says the
Union. The following Senator's were pres
ent
Chase Clark, De la Guerra, De Long, Den
yer, Edgerton, Gallagher, Harvey, Haynes
Hill, Irwin, Logan, Ryan, Sharp, Thomas,
Watkins, Watson and Watt
Mr.. Sharp was called to the Chair, and
Messrs. Haynes and Gallagher appointed
Secretaries
On motion of Mr.. DeLong, the Reporter o.
the Union was allowed to remain in the eau
Gus
The roll of Senators was called.
Mr.. Clark moved that the Caucus do now
adjourn He should like to see all the Off
GERS elected as the chief officer has been, in
open Senate.
Mr. Watson seconded the motion. Lost.
Mr.. DoLoug moved that the Caucus now
proceed to the nomination of President pro
tenn.
r. Irwin, of Plumas, and j. Watson, of
Monterey, were nominated.
Mr. Watson (taking his hat and leayingl-
AS am out Of this Convention, decline the
nomination.
On motion, Mr.. Irwin was nominated Pres
ident pro tenn. by acclamation.
| Mr.. Watson (resuming his seat)-Now an
in the Convention. ! was out minute be-
| fore-Im in now.
| Mr.. Logan moved the Caucus proceed tC
nominations in the following order: lst, Ser
geant-at-Arms; I'd, Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms; Sd, Secretary; 4th, Assistant Secreta-
ry 5th, Engrossing Clerk; 9th, Enrolling
Clerk.
| sERGEANT-AT-ARMs.
Mr.. Chase nominated J. Ii. Mitchell, of Ne
vada.
Mr.. Edgerton nominated w. F. Williamson
of San Francisco.
NJ Chase withdrew the name of Mitchell
On motion of Edgerton, the nomination OF
Williamson was made unanimous.
The following persons were nominated fol
Assistant Sergent: c. d. Bonestel. - Lock
wood, W. Montgomery, d. c. Newman, L.
Ackley, G. A. Uhrig.
Roll called.
When Mr. Clarks name was called, that
gentleman declined to take any part in the
proceedings of the Caucus, but pledged him
self to support its nominees.
The first ballot stood Uhrig 5, Bonestel 4
Ackley ), and one to each of the Others. The
name of Lock wood was withdrawn.
After some l6 or II unsuccessful ballotings
in which the votes were nearly tied between
| Bonestel, Ackley and Uhrig, the names OF
those three were put in hat and Uhrig
name drawn as the successful candidate.
On motion the nomination was made unan
imous
Mr.. Logan moved that in the ballotings fo
the remaining officers, after the third ballot
the lowest candidate be withdrawn. Lost.
The Chair called for nominations for Sec
retary of the Senate and the folio wing names
were offered: Mr.. Gallagher nominated b
D. Bradley, of Calaveras; DeLoDg nomina-
ted W. I. Barbour, of Yuba; Haynes nomi.
mated G. w. Tozer, of Siskiyou.
The lst, ID, Sd, 4th, 9th and 9th ballots
stood-Bradley 6, Tozer G, Barbour 5. Or
the 7th ballot the vote was-Bradley Z, Tozei
5, Barbour 3.
After the tenth ballot the name of Barbour
was withdrawn. The vote then stood-Brad
ley 8, Tozer s, w Burnsides l. On the next
vote Senator Clark desired his name to be
called, making votes for Bradley.
On motion, the Caucus temporarily sus-
pended further ballotings for Secretary and
proceeded to the nomination of Assistant
secretary.
The following persons were nominated E
A. Riggs. W. Hayden, D. j. Williamson. The
first ballot stood: Williamson 10, Hayden 5
Riggs a 10 votes--a miseount The roll
was called again, and Williamson receiving !
votes, was declared the nominee of the eau,
Gus. Nomination made unanimous.
Nominations for Engrossing Clerk were
made as follows; G. Gillespie, of Solano; j
T. Knox, of Sacramento; b. Hell. -@ SIERRA
! H. B. Thompson. ef Nevada; Il. w. Willard
of San Dernsrdino; Ii, b. Congdon, of Sacra-
mento.
On the first ballot, Gillespie received 6
Knox 2, Hall 4. Willards name withdrawn.
On the next ballot, Gillespie 9, and on the
third, / votes which nominated him.
Nominations for Enrolling Clerk j. Wha-
len, Geo. G. Gorham. On the first ballot
Gorham received 10 votes Whalen =. Cor
ham was declared the unanimous choice oI
the Caucus.
The Caucus now returned to the nomina-
ton for Secretary, when G. W. Tozer, receiv.
ing 10 votes, and Bradley votes, the former
was declared the nominee of the Caucus for
Secretary
The Caucus then adjourned