The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-18

The Legislature of Virginia will to-mor-
row 20 into the election Of United States
senator's. according to the provisions Of the
act Of Congress approved July o. 1866,
which we here tranScrihe {:
".tm act to rsgulate The times and manner orhoLd-
ing ezectionS for senator's la Congress-.
"Be IL cnuctcd In he Senate ugld JEyyse Of Re-
D eseu'dtires of The United States Of inlericn in
Congress nS&cpabied That the Lcgi,lnt re Of ach
state. which Shrll lie chosen next preceding !hc
expiration of the time for which any senator was
elected to represent said St'ic In Congress shall.
on the second Tuesday after the meeting and orca-
nzati"n thereof. proceed to eecta senator In Con
rcss In tie place Of such senator So going out oi
Office IN the follow ing manner Each House shall
openly. by rica rOce vote Of each member pre-
sent. n"me one person for senator In Congress
from said state, and the uame Of the person so
voted for " ho shall have majority OF the whole
number Of votes cast In each House shrll Re en-
tered IN the J"urnal Of each House hy the clerk
secretary thereof; but If either House shall fall
to give such Innjority 10 any person on said day.
that frct Shrll be- entered on the Journal. At l.
O'Clock meridian rf the day following That on
which proceedings are required tn take place rs
aforesaid, the members Of the two Houses shall
convene in Joint assembly and the Journal Of each
House shall ihrn he read. and If the sane person
shall have received majority of all the votes in
each House. snch person shall be declared duly
gress of the United States but If the same person
shall not have received II majority of The votes OF
take proceedings as required by this act, the joint
assembly shall then proceed to choose, by riru
roce vote OF each member present, Il person fOl
the purpose aforesaid, and the person having .
na"ry "t m ~, III th Ie n"cS t s1 r I'M S
being present and voting. shall he dcclared duly
elected and In case no person shall receive such
majority on the frs day, the joint assembly HAL
nett ~ - viTch 'Tr tha II oa eem va
least one vote until n senator shrll be cIertcG.
"SECTIoS .. ind be it FURTHER enacted That
when"ycr on the mrrtine OF thc L"gisl ture 81 any
Of eEch St.tn IN th senate 'ftha t,,ited & .trs
said legislature shlIl proceed, on the sccHni
TUESDAY after the commencement and organize,
linn Of ~ session TO elect erSnn 10 M Sncn va Va
the election oc senator for a fuli tenn and II !:
vacancy shtl! happen during The scss ion OF The Lee
l,,iInr@ thci, i, mh @ ic Se & o ;,tr @ IN,
have nc tire nf<uch vacancI.
">ECrIoE5 8. ind BE- Ifu,iher enacted, That il
rI e me d,tE 81 :, I,",err {" ,c tue r. II
sid IT, ccrtiiy his 'Irrtinm un,le,. the sea,ffh
Statc TO the President "f ,hc Senate o tmc Cnil,o
|talcs, W lich certificate shill he cruntcrsgnch b,
''e >vc'e'aI u INC >'''e'
who viii be the senators: i question III.
volHcd Ill rs much uncertainty now iS il
wa month ago, although during that tim,
the Held has been %.'eatiy narrowed by th'
spread OF the opinion, now generally accept
ed, that The gentlemen chosen must not
only be men Of recognized ability, and tiu'
to irSln!" and the party successful on III,
9TH OF July, hut must have the addltlon.l
qualification OF being ready, uDchaliengcd
to take their seats in the senate chambc.
the very moment the constitution of recon
structcd Virginia is approved by Conmess
This being the case, all hopes OF scudia-
thc men whoscnameSiu former times woul,
litst come into our minds at the mention o
the senate arc at an end. Stualt, Daniel
barbour, baio"in, flourhoy, Suthcillh
Others of that iIk whose renutarion i.
national, and whose occupancy OF the hi.l
station would remind us Of Nirginia'S great
ness and gloiy-theSo are all out OF the QucS
ton. still, our jot is not so hard rs has Dccl
III gCd. The emergency has called forth the
uaIncs Of Il score Of good men anu true
who, while they have not svmputhiZcd Wit
US always in the past, are now enlisted
hcaIt and soul in the work OF recon#truc
unCe with the policy OF the Walker party.
The work nt laying before our readers
sketches Of these cstinable gentlcmen-th,
leading candidates-ls not so light as migh
be supposed. Few OF them nave hitherto
been prominent i'll the councils Of the State
or OF the nation. Not one OF them has, Il
our knowledge. been honorcd by an inter
view with q New GOlk reporter, and W.
have searched biographical dictionaries ant
encyclopedias i'll vain to lind either OF tht
names upon our memoranda. This not
withstandlng the fact that We have amons
thcln i coupe OF Senerals Oh llle army,
parry orSaniLel' Itliloau pieslutht,
JudSe, I'LL euitoI ol wv, d netiteIalt-aot
eln0r, ana nieilloel vi oousiess ~ eiee.' -.
We P4oPoSe, nonefni; W iL': 1u'Ioo Iii'
most pioiilii!eht caii,lluales Will Dfie
ske1ch Oh tneir ahteceoeil's'
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