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WARRINGTON, Saturday night Dec. 8 1885.
spoke in my last of the election Of , 4. g. SEN
asor by the Maryland legislature early IN January,
remembering that there would be adecsded Amer.
lean majority on joint ballot but forgetting that
the preponderance would be wholly In the HOUSE,
and that the State Senate world contain out eignt
Americans to fourteen against that pary-scn
wings think, and four Democrats. IL Is tnougnl
that a has occurred heretofore the Senate may re-
fuse to elect. merely submit the thing as posi-.
bic; but shall not regard II az probable, y sucn
. man rs John r Kennedy or W iniam nchley snan
he tho nominee Of the majority in the House. MIR.
Pratt heweyer, who h vehementy opposed to the
American party. Wing as he Is, does not despair,
and is thought to be struggling hard to forfy his
positions and from incident that occurred to-day
infer that the $. Senate Is disposed to keep him.
Mr.. Adams ofMssissippi had proposed resolu
tion which lies over until Monday, that the Senate
should that day go into an election of officers.
After its presentation, caucus was held by those
who wished 10 retain the present incumbents. In
this caucus IL was suggested that all the present
officers might be retained il an official reading
clerk were provided. One Of the best men in the
Union for this station it was admitted, was Mr..
Nicholson, of Annapolis Nd, an ardent friend of
Senator Pratt The result appears in today's pro-
ceedings. Mr. Pratt arises with resolution rela-
ting to the organization of the Senate. Nobody
objects, and it is straghtway read and adopted
Then comesthe enquiry, What is it 1t proves to
be an election of Mr. Nicholson, reading clerk at
$21oO per year Mr.. Dickens, the Secretary, con.
tinues to receive his $1,000, but is relieved from
reading in legislative session. which he has done
very badly of late Mr.. Hickey, who has hereto
fore received 81 100 ia to receive 5O0 and to be
| relieved from reading in executive session. Mr..
Machem, the chief clerk, remains in stata quo at
s2 100. The three old officers are men of about
| three score years, and the clerk now added is a
youth of about fifty.
However contrary to the precepts of any party,
it is certainly well to continue faithful officers in
service. The public interests require it, and the
welfare of the occupant OF every Office OF merely
lutxy dams uls has
TEN of change prevails. the temptation to extrava
gance for the sake of effect is irresistible and thou
sands yield to it but to realize after the vanity
| and folly of such attempted means of advance
| ment 1t is understand that Mr.. Nicholson, who
| has just been elected, and who is or was a Wing,
| has reHdered very efficient service to the oppo-
nents OF the American party both as speaker and
writer, in the late canvass in Maryland, co-opera-
ting most heartily with Senator Pratt in his pur-
poses. A part OF his duty with this respect it is
understood, has been the whiting of editorials for
the antAmerican paper at Annapolis in the prose.
cntion OF which, since as well as before the cleo
TONS he IS said to have written series Of very
we're assaults upon the National Intelligencer, the
precise motive for which do not profess to under
stand.
Mir. CsmpbelTs withdrawal from the position of
candidate for Speaker, very handsomely an
nounced by himself His record is fair and honor
able and he retires with the respect and good will
Of his many friends. MIR. Banks is now the promi-
nent candidate and there is reason to believe this
evening that he will be elected on Monday.
! have several times expressed the conviction
that a middle statesman of moderate views would
receive the support Of both the Campbell and
Banks parties. My alusion to Mr. Grow,
Pennsylvania Democrat who voted against the
Nebraska bill 1t was the intention to run him,
and Mr.. Seward in favor of it, But it was
found that Mr. Grows free trade notions would not
suit, especially they would forfeit for him great
portion of the vote OF Pennsylvania. He is now
out of the question.
Between Campbell and Banks the trouble has
been that the old leaven of Whiggery and Demo
crazy still fingers in the bosoms of these Republi
cans. Culiom it has been generally supposed, is
| be the Clerk, and it would not do for Free-Soil
Democrats to go home to their constituents and
acknowledge having made Wing Speaker in view
of this fact. Mr.. Banks got up to hundred to-day
He will gain few votes on Monday, and there will
| be quite number of absentees ARC