On motion of Mr. Edward Joy Morris, at 4 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock m THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1860. The Clerk having announced as the business first in order the question of the admissibility of the resolution proposed to be submitted on the 22d ultimo by Mr. Winslow Mr. Winslow withdrew his proposition to submit the said resolu tion. The question then recurred on the proposition heretofore submitted by Mr. Hickman to correct the journal of the 9th ultimo. Pending which, Mr. Montgomery proposed to submit the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the Hon. Thomas Corwin be elected Speaker of this House for and during the period of twenty-four hours; after the expiration of which time his power shall absolutely cease as Speaker, and the House shall then proceed to vote for Speaker as if no such election had taken place; and for and during the said period of twenty-four hours the rules of the late House of Representatives shall be adopted for our government, except that no member shall be permitted to speak for more than five minutes on any question which may come before the House; and except, further, that the said Thomas Corwin shall not have power to appoint the regular business committees of this House. The same having been read, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens made the point of order that it was inadmissible, on the ground that, by the act of June 1, 1789, it is not competent for the House to enter upon any other business before the oath to support the Constitution of the United States is administered to the Speaker, and by him to the other members present and to the Clerk. Pending the question of the admissibility of the said resolution, On motion of Mr. Keitt, Ordered, That there be a call of the House. The roll having been called, the following named members failed to answer to their names, viz: Mr. James M. Ashley, Mr. John D. Ashmore, Mr. Thomas J. Barr, Mr. John Y. Brown, Mr. Sherrard Clemens, Mr. Clark B. Cochrane, Mr. Jabez L. M. Curry, Mr. William H. Dimmick, Mr. John B. Haskin, Mr. William Irvine, Mr. Albert G. Jenkins, Mr. John J. Jones, Mr. Jacob M. Kunkel, Mr. James B. McKean, Mr. James K. Moorhead, Mr. Emory B. Pottle, Mr. John H. Reynolds, Mr. James A. Stallworth, Mr. John W. Stevenson, Mr. Charles H. Van Wyck, Mr. Samuel H. Woodson, and Mr. John V. Wright. Mr. Conkling moved that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with. And the question being put, Yeas... It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays 124 90 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams John B. Alley William C. Anderson Mr. John F. Farnsworth J Morrison Harris Mr. John T. Nixon Thomas C Theaker Cadwalader C. Washburn Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Thomas L. Anderson William T. Avery William Barksdale J. R. Barrett Thomas S. Bocock Milledge L. Bonham Alexander R. Boteler John E Bouligny William W. Boyce Reese B. Brabson Lawrence O'B. Branch John C. Burch Henry C. Burnett John B. Clark David Clopton Williamson R. W. Cobb John Cochrane Daniel C. De Jarnette Muscoe R. H. Garnett Lucius J. Gartrell So it was Mr. John A. Gilmer Andrew J. Hamilton Mr. Thomas A. R. Nelson James H. Thomas William G. Whiteley Warren Winslow. Ordered, That all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with. Mr. John Cochrane moved, at 2 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, (Yeas It was decided in the negative, {Nays 76 135 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams John F. Farnsworth Mr. Reuben E. Fenton So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. Edwin H. Webster William G. Whiteley Warren Winslow. Mr. William Pennington John L. N. Stratton Thomas C. Theaker Cydnor B. Tompkins Clement L. Vallandigham William Vandever John P. Verree Edward Wade Cadwalader C. Washburn James Wilson William Windom John Wood Mr. Barksdale and Mr. Riggs having been appointed tellers, the former in the place of Mr. Houston, and the latter in the place of Mr. Adrain, the said members having declined acting further as tellers, And Mr. Barksdale having nominated CLEMENT L. VALLANDIGHAM, of Ohio, as a candidate for the Speakership, On motion of Mr. Winslow, the House proceeded to vote viva voce the twenty-sixth time for Speaker. When The following named members voted for JOHN SHERMAN, of Ohio, viz: Charles F. Adams, Cyrus Aldrich, John B. Alley, Elijah Babbitt, Charles L. Beale, John A. Bingham, Samuel S. Blair, Harrison G. Blake, William D. Brayton, James Buffinton, Anson Burlingame, Alfred A. Burnham, Silas M. Burroughs, Martin Butterfield, James H. Campbell, John Carey, Luther C. Carter, Charles Case, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Thomas Corwin, John Covode, Henry L. Dawes, Charles Delano, R. Holland Duell, W. McKee Dunn, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas D. Eliot, Alfred Ely, John F. Farnsworth, Reuben E. Fenton, Orris S. Ferry, Stephen C. Foster, Augustus Frank, Ezra B. French, Daniel W. Gooch, Galusha A. Grow, John A. Gurley, James T. Hale, Chapin Hall, William Helmick, John Hickman, Charles B. Hoard, James Humphrey, John Hutchins, Benjamin F. Junkin, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, William S. Kenyon, David Kilgore, John W. Killinger, DeWitt C. Leach, M. Lindley Lee, Henry C. Longnecker, Dwight Loomis, Owen Lovejoy, Gilman Marston, James B. McKean, Robert McKnight, Edward McPherson, William Millward, Justin S. Morrill, Edward Joy Morris, Freeman H. Morse, John T. Nixon, Abraham B. Olin, George W. Palmer, William Pennington, Jolin J. Perry, John U. Pettit, Albert G. Porter, John F. Potter, Alexander H. Rice, Christopher Robinson, Homer E. Royce, John Schwartz, George W. Scranton, Charles B. Sedgwick, Daniel E. Somes, Elbridge G. Spaulding, Francis E. Spinner, Benjamin Stanton, Thaddeus Stevens, William Stewart, John L. N. Stratton, Mason W. Tappan, Eli Thayer, Thomas C. Theaker, Cydnor B. Tompkins, Charles R. Train, William Vandever, John P. Verree, Edward Wade, Henry Waldron, E. P. Walton, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, jr., Alfred Wells, James Wilson, William Windom, John Wood, John Woodruff. The following named members voted for CLEMENT L. VALLANDIGHAM, of Ohio, viz: William Allen, Thomas L. Anderson, William T. Avery, William Barksdale, J. R. Barrett, Thomas S. Bocock, Milledge L. Bonham, William W. Boyce, Lawrence O'B. Branch, John C. Burch, Henry C. Burnett, John B. Clark, David Clopton, Williamson R. W. Cobb, John Cochrane, George B. Cooper, Samuel S. Cox, James Craig, Burton Craige, Thomas G. Davidson, Daniel C. De Jarnette, William H. Dimmick, Henry A. Edmundson, William H. English, Thomas B. Florence, Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Lucius J. Gartrell, Andrew J. Hamilton, John T. Harris, George S. Hawkins, Thomas C. Hindman, George S. Houston, William Howard, George W. Hughes, James Jackson, Lawrence M. Keitt, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, John M. Landrum, Charles H. Larrabee, Shelton F. Leake, John A. Logan, Peter E. Love, William B. Maclay, Charles D. Martin, John A. McClernand, John McQueen, John J. McRae, W. Porcher Miles, John S. Millson, Sydenham Moore, William E. Niblack, John W. Noell, George H. Pendleton, Samuel O. Peyton, Roger A. Pryor, John H. Reagan, Albert Rust, Charles L. Scott, Daniel E. Sickles, William E. Simms, Otho R. Singleton, William Smith, James A. Stewart, Lansing Stout, Miles Taylor, James H. Thomas, John W. H. Underwood, William G. Whiteley, Warren Winslow. |