The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-13


Congress-Ssil without a spe aixsr-.Mr.
hanks Hangs FIrc-Waat NexIf
The labors of Congress yesterday bring MS
up to the tiftieth trial for Speaker, with the
vote of Banks-which was 107 on Tuesday
reduced to lo5, lacking eight of an election.
Gaining at this rate, Que would conclude that
the efforts of Thurlow Weed and his lobby
guard to push Mr.. Banks through might as
well be abandoned. Richardson's pnalanx
remains solid and strong, standing, at yester-
days adjournment, at seventy-five. Fuller
went up to thirty three on the forty-seventh
vote, but there he remained at the ffteth.
What next? 1t was on Mr.. Sage's motion
The House adjourned, and Mr.. Sage is one of
the supporters of Mr.. Banks. This motion,
therefore, may be regarded as another appeal
from the discordant materials of the majority,
for the privilege of another afternoon and
another night at electioneering, thimble-rig-
ging and special pleading for the eight votes
necessary to elect Banks. Yet, if with an
aggregate of forty-four scattering members
to work upon, including the Fuller men, the
drnmmers for Banks have not been able to
drum up these desirable eight recruits in three
days, we must say that his case looks rather
fat. The democrats are fighting rigidly upon
the defensive, or certainly they would attempt
some diversion, with the view of ending this
miserable farce. The responsibility is, how
ever, with the majority and we see from this
purely defensive attitude assumed by the demo-
cIacy that they intend the country shall SO
understand it, which is perfectly fair.
The opposition elements have majority of
sixty four now in the House, and with margin
as broad as this it is no part Of the policy oc
duty Of the democrats to help them to a bsc
majority for the Speaker. The democratic /
Tentative is simple and just-if you can't slect
candidate among yourselves, gentlem n of
the fusion stripe, we have no objection your
coming over to Richardson. He is UT man.
and You have perhaps discovered by this time
that we are disposed to stand by MIN, Banks
or no Banks, fusion or no fusion, Speaker or no
Speaker. We are the minority, and are not
responsible for damages. You are the mao-
rity--this is your Congress; we turn it over to
you. If you can do nothing with it, turn il
over to us. This is the position Of the demo-
cratic minority, and their adhesion to Richard
son is equivalent to the consolidation of the
democratic party throughout the country upon
the exact merits Of the Nebraska bill, with or
without the Van Burens.
On the other side, Thurlow Weed before
going to Washington cyphered up an anti
Nabv DO a. in 4ho cc hath
become of it? Where is it gone to? Have the
more moderate men Of this substantial anti
Nebraska majority been frightened away by
such seditious and intermeddling outsiders as
Weed and Greeley, or what is the matter? We
have expressed our misgivings already con-
corning such thermometers as Weed, Greeley
and General Webb. The presence in advance
Of Speaker, of the first two antislavery'
ultras in the Capitol was bad move for
the fusionists; and as for General Webb
we do not remember that he ever
made political pGty business visit to
Washington without getting into hot water
and mahogany stocked pistols, or something
Of the kind. Is it, then, to be wondered at
that the opposition elements of Congress, with
majority OF upwards OF sixty In the House,
should be tied up hand and foot, when their
management is undertaken by such disorgani-
GERS as Weed and Greeley, in conjunction with
such terrible fighting man as Gen. Webb?
This exquisite trio have certainly got it
through their hair by this time that they have
been employed upon FOOLS errand in their
patriotic mission to Washington in behalf of
an early organization of the House. Should
Mr.. Banks fail Of an election, he may charge
the result to the active solicitude in his behalf
of these volunteer outsiders. In any event,
when this stupid farce of the election of
Speaker is played out our readers shall be
duly informed of the result and the happy
man. In beating about the bush they may
possibly stumble upon him to-day.
TIE AMERICAN INSTITUTE AND THE CRYSTAL