Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-01-03

THE LEcIsLKTuRM-Thes g Great and Gener-
al Court" Of the Commonwealth will conveEe AT
RotipntOmorrow, and the Wings, asou readers all
knpw, viii have their own wayia everything, having
amajoriy Of some ninety or soin the House and
in tho Senate, which will be Increased to twen-
ty when all the vacancies are filed. These vacancies
viii. Of course, be filled with Wings, as has been
the Wbg practice heretofore, without any reference
to the wishes Of the majority in the seyerad,sricts
where the vacancies exist.
Il is understood that Charles E. Cook Of Boston
is 10 be made President of the Senate. MI Cook
has served three or four years the House and one
year in the Senate. He is quiet, unoblrusve man,
OF respectable though rather moderate talent, com
petent enough to preside over such body, as that
Senate wTb though very inferior in ability TO
those who have usually presided in the Senate In
his private character, he s amable, and correct in
his moral department. His personal hold on the
good will Of the members will do much toward max
ing his position in The Chair an easy one.
In the House of Representatives, it is also equal
" well understood that Otis P. Lord is be Speak
er. Otis is case, as all our readers know. He
is not deficient in abiiiyand might il he was so de-
termined, and would exercise an absolute control
er his feelings, nassans, AMI prejudces, make an
excellent presiding officer But who will stand spon-
tor him2 "Can the leopard change his spots?'
We shall see. For ourselves, we expect neither
liberay nor fairness at his hands II we find It,
il will be just SO much more than we look for.
There win, probably, be more of in the
wing caucus ior-clerks Of the Houses, as those
Offices pay well, aud there several candidates for
them. For the Senate, Charles Calhoun, the Clerk
Of the last year viii be presented. He is thorough
ly acquainted with The duties Of the office, and has
had more experience than any other man in the
State. Still, his chance is not vely good, for he
has competitor in the field, who in the present
position Of The wing party, can hardly fail to win
the prize. This is no other than Pper,-fhe VERT.
able Jonathan Jenkins, of Cape Ann notoriety, but
now resident Of that "extensive outport,' Fitch.
burg. A Senate made up as that Senate will be,
cannot be expected 10 choose genllemanly men for
both President and Clerk and, as the President
will represent the conservatism and as,stocracy of
the party, il is but fair that its fowdyism should
have an exponent in the Clerk. Indeed, there can
hardly be any question in the case, for Piper has the
endorsement OF the Transcript, and If Silas Dins.
more aad Sammy V. cannot decide the question,
we might well have no Transcript. The only
thing that we conceive Of, that should endanger
Pipers election, is, that the gallant Colonel Of The
Egis has, also, come out in his favor Some think
that the Cot did it maiciousy. but those that know
him, know very vel that this Is caumny.
For the House Cle1kship there are several aspir.
ants, but of their relative claims and prospects, we
are not now prepared to speak with confidence