Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-11-27
Correspondence OF the N. Y. Daily Times.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tho spsaksrship. Comparative i
Strength Of Parties in tho House,
WAsnlSoroN. Nov. IA. 1855.

WASHINGTON, Nov. IA, 1900.
TnE failure 10 elect the FIVE defeated
Democratic candidates for Congress in
Maryland is equal TO loss Of ten TO
that Party in the organization Of the
House, for they were reck oned upon with
confidence bordering upon certainly.
The Administration and the Democracy
will be able to muster eiehty.(o four mem.
bers, ind il is announced by the Union,
amidst q flourish Of noble sentiments
which would put Joseph Surface 10 the
blush, that this Spartan band will defy
the enmiiy and scorn the assistance Of
oil opposing parties. This number is
perhaps plurality over any other dis.
iinct organization in The House. We
shall have Republicans, Old Wings,
and Know.Nolhings, who will divide
among them the other $50 members. ]
have no doubt ,ha, the plurality rule
will be resorled to, and thus it is obvi.
Gus that no one faction goes into the
House with the power to give law to the
others, either in the mode of carrying out
its own purposes with the strong arm, or
by compelling the divided majority to
sacrifice their principles for the votes OF
the minority. In tho contest for the
speakership, the Republicans will start
with the advantage Of deep conviction
and perfect disinteres,edness. A very
large majority Of the Northern Know.
Nothings are enthusiastic Free. Soilers.
They must come TO the republicans ralh.
er than permit the Democrats Of the
Philadelphia Platformists-lhe section.
al Plo.SIavcry faction-,o prevail
But the chance is equal that the South.
crn Know -Nolhings and some o the old.
line Wings, OF whom there are eight OF
ten frasmentary individualities in the
House, will unite with the Admins
,ra,ion Democra,s. This latter comb
nation would command from 112 to lis
members, and has therefore, one chance
out Of two hundred and lhir,y.four o
success. The candidate Of the Know
Nolhings proper will probably be Mr.
Haven, Of Buffalo. Hon. l.. y. Camp
bell, Of Ohio, has great influence amonl
the Wings, Republicans, and Know. No
things with Free.Soil tendencies. Hi
would not, under any circumstances, &C
one vote from the South. Mr.. Richard
son, Of Illinois, Ex.Speaker Cobb, o
Georgia, and Col. Orb, Of South Caro-
lima, continue the most promising can
diIales on the Administration side. Ii
no event can a compromise or arrange
ment be made which will give the Demo
Gratis a complete victory. The Speaker
shi? is all they want, and they will bar
ter OF anything and everything to keel
the Republicans from any share Of tn
Offices and honors of the House. Th
Clerkship and the public printing vii
be the lulcrum on which they will res
theil levers, and, as things at present ap
pear, the Know. Nothinss and the oil
Wings are the parties whom they vii
most seek TO oblise in the distribution
they may be compelled to make. Ger
Cullom' Of Tennessee, is now spoken {
for the printing or the Clerkship; it be
ing understood that il the designs Of II.
Democrats on the Speakership shall /,
successful, they will submit TO Mr.. CuI
lom's choice Of either OF these next mo.
coveted positions. Mr.. Wilson, LAT
Commissioner Of the Land Office, wi
be supported for Clerk by the more Do
mocratically inclined Know. Nothing.
and by the Hard. Shell Democrats
Gen. Cass is his patron and friend, an
had the influence to keep him two yea
and half at the head Of the most in
portant bureau in the Administration
though we'll known as q Wing an
Know.Nothing.