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Sen. 8t H.of R.] Election of President.—Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. [Teb. 8, 1825.
This motion was negatived by a large majority.
Mr. STE'WART then demanded, that, when the ques-
tion was taken on the amendment, it should be taken
by yeas and nays. The House refused to order them.
The question was then put on Mr. HAMILTON'S
amendment, and decided in the negative. Ayes 52—
Noes 115.
And the rule, as above stated, was agreed to.
The remaining rules were then successively read, and
adopted, as follows:
" 6th, All questions arising after the balloting com-
mences, requiring the decision of the House, which
shall be decided by the House voting per capita, to be
incidental to the power of choosing a President, shall
be decided by states, without debate ; and, in case of an
equal division of the votes of states, the question shall
be lost.
7th, When either of the persons from whom the choice
is to be made, shall have received a majority of all the
states, the Speaker shall declare the same, and that that
person is elected President of the United States.
8Ui, The result shall be immediately communicated
to the Senate by Message; and a committee of three
persons shall be appointed to inform the President of
the United States, and the President elect, of said elec-
tion."
And then the House adjourned.
IN SENATE—'Tuesday, Fkbrcahr 8, 1825.
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT, &c.
The committee on the part of the Senate, appointed
tp join such committee as might be appointed on the
part of the House of Representatives, to ascertain and
report a mode of examining the votes for President and
Vice President of the United States, and of notifying
the persons elected of their election, report, in part, the
agreement of the Joint Committee to the following re-
solution :
" Resolved, That the two Houses shall assemble in the
Chamber of the House of Representatives on Wednes-
day. the 9th day of February, 1825, at 12 o'clock; that
one person he appointed teller on the part of the Senate,
and two persons be appointed tellers on the part of the
House, to make a list of the votes as they shall be.de-
clared j that the result shall be delivered to the Presi-
dent of the Senate, who shall announce to the two
Houses, assembled as aforesaid, the state of the vote,
and the person or persons elected, if it shall appear that
a choice hath been made agreeably to the Constitution
of the United States, which annunciation shall be deem-
ed a sufficient declaration of the person or persons
elected, and, together with a list of the votes, shall be
entered on the Journals of the two Ileuses.
[The committee which made this report consisted, on
the part of the Senate, of Mr. Tazewell, Mr. Van
Dyki, Mr. Ivino, of Alab.
On the part of the House of Representatives, Mr.
Tatloii, Mr. Aticiieu, Mr. Thompson, of Pa.]
Mr. TALBOT suggested some difficulty in the order
of proceeding recommended by the committee, and Mr.
HOLMES, of' Maine, proposed some amendment, but
which he subsequently withdrew. These suggestions
gave rise to some discussion of the subject, in which
Messrs. HOLMES, of Maine, TALBOT, TAZEWELL,
I.OWRIE, BARBOUR, JOHNSON, of Ky. KING, of
Alsib. and VAN DYKE, participated.
Mr. TAZEWELL went, at some length, into an ex-
planation and justification of the course adopted by the
committee. In some points, in which the committee on
the part of the Senate would have preferred a different
arrangement, they were overruled by the committee on
the part of the other House, which had its rights as well
as the Serrate, The mode reported by the committee
was precisely, however, the same as that adopted by
the Senate, and agreed on by the two Houses, on simi-
lar occasions, from the year 1805 to 1817, inclusive.
Mr. EATON then moved to add the following as an
amendment:
" If any objection shall arise to the vote or votes of
any state, it shall be filed in writing and entered on the
Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives;
but the two Houses shall not separate until the entire
votes are counted and reported, which report shall be
liable to be controlled and altered by the decision to
be made by the two Houses, after their separation,
relative to any objections that may be made, and en-
tered on the journals, provided no objection taken
shall be considered valid unless concurred in by the
two Houes."
This amendment was opposed by Mr. HAYNE and Mr.
VAN BUREN, on the ground that it was now too late
to attempt to provide in anticipation for such an occur-
rence ; that the Senate had, at the last session, passed a
bill providing for every possible contingency for which
the Constitution prescribed no rule, which bill the
House of Representatives had not acted on; that, there-
fore, if any difficulty should arise on the present occa-
sion, the Senate could not be reproached for it; that as
it was now too late to expect the two Houses to concur
in any regulations of the kind, in time for the govern-
ment of the proceedings to take place to-morrow, it was
better to leave the remedy to be provided for in any
case of difficulty that might unexpectedly arise, &c. fcn.
Mr. EATON replied, and urged the necessity of mak-
ing an effort to provide for possible difficulty before
hand, &c.
The question was then taken on his amendment, and
negatived without a division ; and
The report of the committee was concurred in.
Mr. TAZEWELL was appointed teller on the part of
the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—same dat.
Mr. TAYLOR, from the Joint Committee, appointed
to consider the mode of counting the votes for President
and Vice President of the United States, made a report,
in part; which was read.
[ The report is the same as that stated above in the
Senate proceedings.]
The House agreed to the resolutions reported, and>
Mr. P. P. BARBOUR and Mr. TAYLOR were appoint-
ed tellers according thereto.
CME-APEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
Mr. MERCER moved that the bill to confirm an act
of the General Assembly of Maryland, confirming an act
of the General Assembly of Virginia to incorporate the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, be taken up.
The motion prevailed—and the bill was taken up.
Mr. COCKE observed, that he considered it dangerous
to take up a bill of such importance, and pass it at once
to a third reading, without due consideration, and inti-
mated his belief that the passage of the bill would, with-
out doubt, be the precursor of a demand for a large ap-
propriation of money for the object embraced by it. Mr.
C. concluded, by moving to referthe bill to a committee
of the whole for further consideration.
After a few observations from Mr. MERCER, denying
that this bill was of any more importance in principle
than other acts which had been passed as matter of
course, such as those authorizing Turnpikes to be con-
tinued within the District, after passing the line from
Maryland and Virginia, &c.
The question was taken on committing the bill to a
committee of the whole, and decided in the negative.
After a few words between Mr. MERCER, Mr. I.A-
THROP, and Mr. McKIM, a:s to the phraseology of the
section—
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