The New York herald., 1845-10-12
LATEST INTELLIGENCE,
sx LAST MvENlNG's nan.
Warrington.

The Next Congrsa-The Speakership Of the House
The Conflicting Interests, Clique, Di6scultiss, and
Candidates in the ,cay Of each other, briefly review
cd, and incidentally the subject Of Father Richie
and the Printing, &C.
The administration is yet in its chrysalis state.
Its policy, Its measures its general course Of princi
pies, as well as Its designs regarding the important
question of the succession yet to be determined.
AZ evidences cleary indicative of definition Of the
administration the party elec,ing it, the selections
of officers of the next Congress, particularly of the
House of Representative, very generally and In
our estimation, very properly considered.
The first and most important of these selections,
is the Speaker OF the House. Upon ihis ofhosr the
compexion of the committees and the relative
strength of the ciiqes upon the committees depend
The Organization of the Majority IN short, upon all
the great measures of the day, will be decided upon
in the election OF the Speaker II rests with nm
whether the Committee of Ways and Means shall
be high tariff, incidentally protective, or Tor hon-
rental ad palorem revenue system; wheIner the
Committee on Foreign Relations, ano tne Commn
the whole OF Oregon and It's immediate occuPation,
or for compromise, and the continuance Of tnese
everlasting "pending negotiations whether tns
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads shall re-
port tor repeal OF the cheap postage law, or tor only
such notifications may be essential to- fair ex-
pertinent of the system. And so OF all the other
great measures OF the day. and OF the party In
power
How stands the party upon this question OF the
Speakershipl How is it divided? Let US briefly
ssanf xd The ns,G Vsa Buen M r Wright men Of the NORTH
the Western men, and the lnfiexble Southern wing
of the democracy, or the State Rights men OF the
South. The western division OF the family Will be
sub-dyided upon the question OF the Speakershlp-
one faction upon an Administration candidate, ano-
ther upon an Independent one. Ihe Northern wing
will be divided also, upon two candidates, q IarlH
man, and revenue incidental protectlon man. Inc
halo tho latIfude Of virginia. Will COnCen-
trate upon one man most probably, though at frst
there may be several of the same cast In the held
There will be- In addition to these divisions ana SUB
divisions, an intermediate halfway house candi-
date from Virginia. sort of Benton cDowell as
pirant; while there may also be several independent
candidates. from various sections, running, IN tno
cant expression of the day, upon their own hooks,
in expectation OF the chances OF success amid the
confusion Of the names and the variety OF the stock
entered tor race
the Precipitation OF the Great West, as the nucleus
around which the various elements OF the party are
In anticipation be harmoniously compacted IN the
support OF the Executive and his policy, wiz
present the Hon. John w. Davis, OF Indiana,
as its candidate for Speaker. Mr. DAVIS
is an advocate of Revenue Tariff upon
the principle Of incidental protection; an advocate
all Of Oregon an o aoS, mo
the prices of the public lands; but more than all, OF
the election of Ritchle 81 Heiss as printers to the
House. As far, therefore, as the West may De con-
other members from all parts OF the ca.an may ne
controlled by the past, present. or prospective distr-
button of government patronage, MI. DAVIS Will be
| formidable man. From The same section, however,
we expect an independently candidate, in no
less a parsonage than the Hon. John w. Ilbbatts, OF
| Kentucky. His efforts and his conspicous devo-
ton, during the last Congress- IN support OF the most
liberal appropriations to the Western waters extend
ing through the whole scope OF Mississippi valley,
from the Lakes to the Cult, with conclllatory ration.
! al appropriations to Eastern improvements, Will
ytxrrfh rho
mitted to Davis If we consider, too, the evident
decline OF Mr.. Clays influence In kentucky, and
the corresponding gain OF the Democrats the policy
| of choosing Democratic Speaker from nentucky,
thus giving encouragement 10 the efforts OF the party
| there 10 the revoutlonlzng OF the State, we snail
| have another strong incentive In favor OF Mr. lib
| bats The northern Revenue Iariff men VIII most
| likely fall upon MIGRATE Of Maine: The Old Hun
| kers of Pennsylvania and New York will concen-
trate in the outset upon Charles Jared lngersol, the
| protective candidate OF Pennsylvania. The Bento-
| nlan-M'Dowell clique will have, as they should
have. competitor OF their own Tor the Chair Of
| Moderator and Geo. G. DromgoOle, or Geo. w.
| HOPKINS, (the latter rather uniavorable to cheap
posages, and therefore rather favorable 10 the SCUM
and west) perhaps both Will De submitted 70 ue
AS the candidate Of the South, par excellence, Mr.
Holmes, of South Carolina, may be introduced into
the ring This gentleman, IT Will be recollected, In
| several able speeches upon the General Inter al
| Improvement bills introduced into the House last
session, decisively concurred In liberal appropra.
i
grounds upon the authority of the ordinance OF l76
| and upon national considerations. He may, there
fore reasonably calculate, that In the event OF close
quarters. upon the SHADOW OF propaolIy OF a
| his support On the other hand the State OF Maine
considers that she has title to the Speakcrship,
while every other section s jealous OF the repeat
| ed favornsm to old virginia, In the aPportlonng
| TO her the best OF the Executive and Legislative
| Offices of the Government from year to year.
| Throw all these conflicting elements into a can
NesDoo and Hopu
| cence must be excited, unequaled save by the
! seething materials OF the cauldron OF the three
witches oil Macbeth. 1t would scarcely seem possi-
Bile that two-tnlrds vote 6 could S De had upon any
| from his Conservative standing between the demo-
Gratis Of the North and the State Rights men Of the
South from his being positively attached to no par
ticuar Clique, might unite all the factions IN hs
favor were il not for the drawbacks, that he Is un-
| certain upon the Sub-Treasury, not exactly under
/ stood upon the Oregon question, opposed to heavy
appropriations to the western waIers, IN lavoI Oh
free trade, and opponent OF cheap Postsges as q
Collateral consequence Besides, If the Speaker is
| elected from Virginia. it will 60 hard with Father
| Richie, coming from the same State. IN the can
| Of itself would defeat him. But this difficulty could
| be obviated by Hess running tor the founer, In
| such an emergency ,r !,
premises. that there will be nomination In caucus
for Speaker uhe two-third rule now being inexora-
bly esablished what 10 the prospect IN tne casting
this confused tumble OF sectional or iacHonai re-
presentations before the House for It's sunfages =
On the second ballotng, i Ingersoll should e.
cure so.e Nth the assistance Of the wings, they will
concenira,e aoac upon him to and elect him. We
snail then have the harmonious spectacle presented
US Of President recommending equal protection to
f.ctnres. commerce, &c. An" Organ" clamorous
for ,he revenue standard, regardless Of all protec-
ton, no and Speaker Of the House-an officer having
~ =, renort anon the subject-the unqualified adhe-
rent Of Mr. buchanan and Daniel Webster In sup
port of the Tariff Of ~.
The State OF Ohio, which controlled the election,
of officers for the House for the last Congress, will
not he an Indifferent spectator in the election tor the
next. II she presents Mr. Weller for clerk, or any
orher suitable person, in order to secure his cleo