The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-15

AWoDS NC fHNfe5-n ny pOus'ca lnIOrmatlOu
which we publish to-dly y, we are quite sure that
nothing win be founi m re valuable 70 polti-
clans Of all parties and Washington spoilsmen
OF all descriptions, than our statistics Of the
elections to the Thi ty fourth Congress- as com
pared with the Thirty-third.
According to these figures, there have been
elected for the next Congress one hundred and
fifty-one member, Q which the opposition have
secured one hundred and twen'y-six, and the
administration twenty-five. In the present Cou-
gress the return from the same States show a
total Of ninety-six members elected upon the
prospects Of the administration, to ffty.fve op-
position members, being clear loss of seventy
one men, or nearly thrae-fourths, to the ad-
ministra,ion in the popular branch OF Con-
gress, in the short space Of two years.
The opposition majority, thus far, for the
next House, is one hundred and one, with
eighty three members yet to be returned, in
GLIDING the States Of Alabama, Connecticut
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ma
rylaDd, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ten
nessee aid Virgioia, in some Of which the cleo
tons will not take place till next summer We
should not be surprised, however, when all the
returns shall have teen rendered in, If the
antisdministration majority in the next Con-
gress were increased to one hundred and fifty
or sixty ont Of The two hundred and thirty -four
members OF the House.
Enough has been done to admonish the ad-
miDistraiion spoIsmen OF all classes Of their
true policy. The next Congress will be over
~belming against them. Their only chance ia
with the approaching and closing session of the
present Congress. 1t Is short commencing
with the first Monday in December, and closing,
under the limitations Of the constitution, on
the fourth Of March: December, January and
Febrnary-three Notwithstanding the Christ
mas holidays. 1t is a short tenure; but from
what has been done. over and over again, within
tbe last three day 8 of the session, rely upon it
three months, if wisely appropriated, will an
swer the purposes Of the spolsmen, aud enable
them to accomplish all that was letS unfinished
at the last session, and a great deal more.
The first thing required will be combina-
tion of the various classes of the spolsmen in
the House, the Senate, the Ri chen Cabinet and
the lobby. To effect this juncture there will
probably be general caucus convened in
Washington, a few days before or after the
meeting of the two houses, of the railroad
plank road, aud canal land jobbels; the patent
extension men-Samuel Colt in the chair-the
various schools of contractors for the army, the
navy, the two houses, the executive depart
ments, the pension agents, Indian agents. pri-
Of la nm, re al in
men, Gadsden treaty SPECTATORS, Pacific
railroad and telegraph jobbers, and en-
ira compensation and Indemnity agents of
all kinds, to devise systematic plan
OF operations. This plan will necessarily
embrace the contingent expenses of the
lobby, such as balls, oyster suppers, cham
paigne and segars, ca1vass-ba dinners to Pill
able members kid gloves, laces, &C., for tue
influence Of Influential ladies, and presents Of
various kinds, inclucfng some fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars for the correspondents Of the
press, as indicated in the plan of Horace y.
Day, according to his testimony in the Colt in-
vestigation.
A joint stock plan of operations being thas
agreed upon among Congressman, Kitchen Ca.
hinet men. and lobby men. in general caucus,
they may open the session with confidence,
ard close 1t with the most complete success.
They may secure millions upon millions in
lands for railroads. plank roads, canals, and
other projects, cores Of millions in great pa
tent monopoly extensions, millions in contracts
Of all kinds, Gardner claims, Galpin claims,
pensions, ind, mnities, and experimental pro-
jects in steam, firearms, artillery, &c, for the
benefit of the army add navy. In fact by
united system Corporations among thispowerful
they may, in the short space of three
months realize a total amount Of plumber
dollars.
The condition of things in the Cabinet, the
Kitchen CABINET, and the House, is emineniiy
in favor of this joint stock projft. The az 4
ministl alton and all concerned have but
limited term before them; three.fourths of the
men OF the House have only
margin Of three IN nnths to work upon. At the
end of that time they will retire, more or less,
into perpetual obacurity. They will be in the
humor, therefore, for +" making hay while the
'un Shines The Cabinet and the Kitchen
Cabinet may also be relied upon; SO tina. In all
human probability, the coming session Of Con-
srese will result in the richest harvest that has
ever been gathered in by the spoilsmen at
Washington.
In this view, II would be well for all railroad
land sobbers, contract jobbcrs, pension, private
claim and Indian agents, patent monopoly
agents, members Of Congress or Otherwise, to
be on hand early. And as all sorts of influences
ale useful among the members. where their own
SHANGHAI interests are concerned, it might be
men to join in this grand game for the spoAs.
Let all keen business men, therefore, who have
served out term or two in the State prison,
al who have escaped through the meshes of
the law. all Who are candidates for The