Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-12-03

Rauizaiion Of the House becomes OF double con-
sequence The party having the advantage Of its
possession must inevitably WELD powerful in
huenee over not only the action Of that body, but
the administration itself The post of Speak
er is second only IN importance and influence in
the government to that OF the Presidency itself
Having the power Of the appointment Of the
committees, ii Is the custom of the presiding Of
feer Of the House to give ais party the absolute
control, by putting majority Of his political
friends on all of them. And on the most impor-
tant committees, such as those cn Ways and
Means, the Judiciary, the Territories District of
Columbia, Elections, Post Office, Roads and Ca
mails, and those on Military, Naval, and Foreign
Affairs, out of the channel Of which no subject Of
national Importance can regularly come before the
House, the Speaker usually puts six of his party
to three Of the opposition. And any matter other
wise introduced, unacceptable to the majority of
the body be effectually killed by referring it
70 one Of these committees
in apt illustration of the importance, in fact,
the imperative necessity which exists, of keeping
the Speakership, in crisis like the present, out
of the hands of the administration, and if posi-.
bic. of electing Of the true stamp to fill that
influential position, the Salem Gazette says that.
not only can no proposition be regularly enter
tanned in the House, except by authority of these
committees of the Speakers appointment, but,
should any proposition distasteful to him and the
party which supports him, find its way into the
House, the Speaker can suppress discussion upon
it, by refusing to recognize any member proposing
to speak IN its taror. The Washington cores
pendent of the n. Y Ccayier and Enquirer states
that he has seen debate suppressed in this way
hundred times and as often has he seen nearly
the whole House DISTINGUISHED BY the refusal of
the Speaker to recognize any member desiring to
submit motion. except one Of half dozen Sc
lected BY him to conduct the business Of the day.
Thus, practically, in effect, the legislation of
Congress is transacted by the Speaker and the
Chairman Of three or four principal committees.
The House, it is true, to itself the priyi-
iege OF rejecting any proposition which this cabal
may agree upon; but then, as no alternative can
be adopted, except such as they may choose to
submit there remains at last but the choice of
accepting what may be rendered, or refusing to
legislate at all upon the subject matter.
Thus we see immense advantage, which would
be possessed by the friends OF freedom, in the
coming struggle in the popular branch OF Con-
gress, by having the organization in their hands
More than half the victory of the whole session
will have been gained, should Speaker of the
right sample chosen. Every possible effort will
doubtless be made for this end, by the Repubi-
cans and others from the North, who we're elected
with direct reference to the great Issue, who con
stitute real majority Of the House, and who, we
trust, will not dare to violate the confidence re-
posed in them by their constituents We hope to
hear by to-morrow's dispatch from Washington,
OF the election of Banks, Campbell, or some 9TH
er reliable friend of ths-eal,sa to that a,.-
ton
The administration, it is obvious, will strain
every nerve, and use every possible exertion by
ski and maneuyIing, to secure the Spetkerslip.
If not able, by combination with the Southern
Know Eothings and the Northern Philadelphia
platform" Know Nothings, to elect presiding
officer in full communion with them, the admin
istration viii take up with such as they can get
from the other branch of the coalition, and accept
of The balance of The officers, the clerkship. pub
lie printer. &C., for their share. And why should
not the administration very naturally be expected
to resort to some such desperate expedient, to
extri ate themselves, if possible, from the diem
ma which the popular elections in the Free States
have placed them in.
OF the 234 Representatives, the administration
can muster but about IS. OF the 156 opposition
members, it is estimated that not over lis, or a
bare majority of the whole, are to be depended on
against all inducements, to act harmoniously to-
gether for all the measures of freedom. The bal
ance Of the opposition, consisting of IS Southern
- nd -,
more silver grey K. Ms. from New York, will be
the tools which the administration will lose no
opportunity to make use OF to subserve their
purposes. 1t viii thus be seen that the eventual
issue of things, depends very much upon the final
action Of few members elected as Know Moth
ings independent Of Republican votes.
The States which, since the organization of the
government, have had the honor of furnishing the
Speakership of the House, are as follows, with
the number Of years it has SO furnished them, an.
nexed Massachusetts, 81 Connecticut, q New
York, 4; New Jersey, 4 Virginia. IA North
Carolina, 6; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, .; Ten
nessee, 6; Kentucky, IS; Indiana, O. Behold
the vast preponderance which the Slave States
present in their monopoly of occupancy OF this
influential post. Kentucky, Virginia. and North
Carolina, leading off 1t would be but Just to add
another term for Massachusetts, which we hope
we shall be able to do a. another issue.
NRwsPAPER CHANGEs.-The Barre Patriot Of
last Friday announces its decease, and states that
it, subscription list is to be transfer red to the
Gazette, which latter paper is to be conducted
hereafter as a neutral sheet in politics. The pre-
sent proprietor Of the Gazette, N. F. Bryant, Esq
was the original proprietor Of the Patriot, when
It was started in 1874. The Patriot was subss.
quenty conducted by z. Emory Aldrich, ESQ,