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The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
us last night. The Hon. Justin P. Morrill presided, and Messrs. Rollins, of New Hampshire, and Soyd, of Missouri, acted as Secretaries. The Hon. G. S. Orth, of Indiana, nominated the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of the State, for Speaker. The Hon. H M. Dawes, of Mass., nominated the Hon. Elihu. B. Washburne, of Illinois. Mr. Washburne declined the nomination, saying that the present situation of the country, when the Government was engaged in a gigantic struggle to crush out the red-handed and cruelwhen he meets the house face to face; others that he is determined at all hazards to defeat the Union nominees if he can. The friends of Mr. Etheridge, on the other hand, say that he only means to carry our the law of Congress. This evening, Messrs. Dawes and Pike, a sub-committee of the caucus committee, had a protracted interview with Mr. Etheridge, if he pursues the course which he pledged himself to pursue in case certain contingencies should arise, the House will be organized without trou