, 1863-12-08

the President Of the United States, and in
| form him Of the readiness Of Congress to re-
ceive his annual message Messrs. Foote,
Trumbun and Nesmith were appointed.
/ Mr.. FOOT offered resolution for the
by the usual means, drawing by lot, which
was adopted. Mr.. Van Winkle to fill the
long term, expiring in 1861 md hfr. Wiley
the short term, expiring in 1865.
Mr.. LANE Of Indiana gnye notice Of the
introduction Of bills to repeal the $500 COM
mutation feature Of the Enrollne mt Act,and to
increase the pay Of fnon-commissioned officers
and priyates in the army fifty per cent
The daily hour Of meeting Is fixed at 2
o'clock.
HOUSE.
WARRINGTON, Dec. I, 1856.
In the House, at noon, Mr. Etheridse, Clerk,
called the House to order and said be would
proceed to call the roll Of members, and of
such members only whose credentials show
that they we're regularly, elected, in accord
United Stntes.
The Clerk then read the roll Of members
from all the States, excepting Maryland, West
Virginia, Oregon, Missouri and Kansas.
hfr. STEVENS of Pa., desired TINT the
credentials Of those whose names were not on
the roll be read.
Tho Clerk said he had placed On the roll tho
names of all those whose credentials boro
evidence In accordance with the law passed
by this House IN March last.
Mr.. WASHBURNE Of ILL.,, asked whether
there were any contestants of Seats
The Clerk replied there were three or four
from Mo-, one from Va, one from Ky, as he
rccollcctcd.
Mr.. STEVENS repeated his request,
MI. STILES of Penn, asked for the read-
ing Of the act Of Ma1ch 2oth. Tho act w.s
read rs follows:
HOUSE Of II q prepalns s ss1 ior
tho organization Of the Honse.
Be- Il enacted, sEc., That before the first meeting
aee e. sr fna q q tbe eys
House Of Representatives shall make roll Of the
Representatives elect, and place thereon the
or 81 and ct sne 9n
respectively, or the laws or the United States
At tho request Of Mr.. STEVENS, the Clerk
read the form Of the credentials Of tho Ma.
ryland members which ho had ruled out fer
infornality.
Mr. DAWES of Mass., offered resolution
that the names Of the Maryland delegation be
placed on tic roll of the House, and moved
the previous question, which was seconded.
Nj. ]. G. ALLEN Of III, moved to lay the
resolution on the table.
The question taken on Mr.. Aliens motion
decided in the negative. Yeas u Naycs o..
Which caused applause from the galleries
and on tho floor Of the House.
Mr. DAWES demanded q vote on his reso-
luton, which was adopted, followed by ap-
p]ausc.
So the names of the Maryland delegation
we're placed on the rolls.
Mr.: DAVIS Of Maryland offered q resolu-
@hn directing the names of the Missouri
members to be placed On the rolls.
On motion Of Mr: GARFIELD Of Ohio the
credentials Of tho Representative from Or
was entered on the rolls.
On motion Of Mr. PIKE Of Maine similar
course was adopted in regard to the member
from Kansas.
On motion Of Mr.. STEVENS the same
course vas adopted with regard to the names
Of members from West Virginia.
Mr. STEVENS then asked that tho cr2den-
tials of the Louisiana members, Mcssrs. Bea1,
Caltman and Baker, be read.
The credentials state TINT the election was
in accordance with the constitution and laws
Of Louisiana, and that said election was held
on the Cd day Of November last
The credentials Of the Louisiana members
are signed BY ]. L. Riddle, Goveanor Of
NJ: STEVENS Of Penn, moved the mines
Of the Louisiana members be stricken: from
Mr. BROOKS of N. T., sold the House could
elect q Speaker without tho names Of these
gents from Louisiana being stricken off the
rolls.
Mr. STEVENS protested against their i'd
mission, but in order to facilitate the organi-
zatiOn Of tho House, he would withdraw his
motion for tho present, and again offer 1t
when the Louisiana members were sworn in.
The credentials of members from Virginia,
were read ut the instance Of Mr.. Loveioy,
and resolution was offered that their names
be entered On the rolls.
BIZ. J. G.: ALIEN, Of Illinois, raised the
point that the credentials were certified to
merely by the County Clerks. He moved to
lay th1 resolution on the table. Tho Clerk
said the credentials, Us he understood them,
were In accordance with the laws Of Virginia.
brief cony nyersation eusued as to the legality
Of the credentials, when the question was
taken and the resolution agreed to, so that
the names Of the members from Virginia
we're placed on the roll
Mr.. WASHBURNE, Of Illinois, moved the
House proceed to the election Of Speaker,
viva vccc, which was agreed to.
Afr. WASHBURNE nominated 1lr. Co}fax.
Mr. PEEDLETON, of Ohio, nominated Mr..
Cox.
lii. ANCoNA, of Penn, nominated a1r:
III: order, Of Kentucky, nominated Mr.
II; STEELE, of New York, nominated
.Messrs King and Blair, Of Missouri, wcrc
also placed in nomination.
Messre. Pendlcton, Dawes, Wadsworth and
Pomcroy were appointed tcllers to conduct
the election. The House then proceeded to
vote, with the following result:
Whole number Of votes. 1et
necessary 10 cnolce.. u