Mr. CLARK. I move now to take up for consideration the bill (S.No.414) to regulate the times and manner of holding elections for Senators in Congress. The motion was agreed to; and the bill was read the 2nd time and considered ‘as in ComWhole. It provides that the Legislature of each State which shall be chosen next preceding the expiratiHi of the time for which any Senator was elected to represent the State in Congress, shall, on the 2nd Tuesday after the meeting thereof, proceed to elect a Scooter in Congress, in the room of such senator so going out of office, in the following manner: each House shall openly, by a viva voce vote of each member present, name one person for Senator in Congress, and the name of the person so voted for, who shall have a majority of the whole number of votes cast in each House shall be entered on the Journal of each House by the clerk or secretary thereof; but if either House shalffail to give such may ‘ority to any person on that day, that fact shall e entered on the Journal. At. 12 o’clock meridian, of the day following, the members of the 2 Houses shall convene in joint assembly and the Journal of each House shall then be read and if the same person shall have received a majority of all the votes in each House, such person shall be declared duly elected Senator to represent the State in the Congress of the U.S.; but if the same person shall not have received a majority of the votes in each House, or if either House shall have failed to take proceedings as required by the act, the joint assembly shall then proceed to choose, by a viva coee vote of each member present, a Senator, and the person having a majority of all the votes of the joint assembly, a majority of all the members elected to both Houses being present and voting, shall be declared duly elected; and in case no person shall receive such majority on the 1st vote, the joint assembly shall continue to vote for Senator, without interruption by other business, until a Senator shall be elected. Whenever, on the meeting of the Legislature of any State, a vacancy shall exist in the representation of the State in the Senate of the U.S., the Legislature shall proceed, on the 2nd Tuesday after the commencement of its session, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner provided for the election of a Senator for a full term; and if a vacancy shall happen during the session of the Legislature, then on the 2nd Tuesday after the Legislature shall have notice thereof. It is also provided that it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State from which any Senator shall have been chosen to certify his election, under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the U.S., which certificate shall be eountersigued by the SecyState of the State.