The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-15

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The contest for the Speakership of the House
OF Representatives at Washington is reduced
at last to simple question of endurance be-
tween the parties respectively, of Banks, Rich
ardson and Fuller The Banks men say they
will stick, because il is none Of their business
to give way to few factious Fdlier men,
elected as anti Nebraska men, but who are no
such thing; the Richardson men will stick,
because their candidate, more pointedly than
any other man in the House. represents their
platform for the Presidency; aud the Fuller
men say they will continue indexible, because
they can't consent to play second fiddle to
Thurlow Weed or Horace Greeley. The farce
may last for some days yet--perhaps for q
week or two longer.
The tenacity with which the free sellers
cling to Mr., Banks is probably due to the al
legged fact that he has received at various
times the support of different members of the
House, who, if all were brought together in
the same vote, would elect him. But the fact
that after several days Of useless efforts to pick
up the half dozen votes required to put him
through, he has not gained single recruit,
makes his case look rather cloudy. Meantime,
the scattering anti-democratic votes have raj
lied upon Fuller, and have run him up from
twenty eight to forty; but as the Seward Or
gans inform us that their partizans will in NO
event support Fuller, his friends must be re-
duced at length, if this game goes ON, to a
choice between Richardson and Banks And
Ia Erh
themselves.
We are bound to have Speaker before New
Years day, because insiders and outsiders,
members, officeholders of all sorts, lobby
men, and the citizens generally, of Washing
ton, are waiting for an appropriation bill ;
that is to say, the Deficiency BILL" which
has become of late years a very prominent
feature of the government. On all sides--in
Congress, in the departments, and among the
government jobbers, &c.-through all their
notifications, "bills made months since,
amounting to many thousands Of dollars, to
be paid on the assembling Of Congress, yet
remain unsettled, and must SO continue until
the House is organized and members of Con-
gress, at least, receive their mileage. Not
only this, but there is no spare cash for any
purpose"
Money makes the mare co." and this press
ing and general necessity for money in Wash
ington, which cannot be had without an ap-
preparation bill, which cannot be had without
the action Of the House, which cannot be had
until Speaker, at least, is elected, will be apt
to bring such an outside pressure upon the
members, if necessary, after this week, as to
force settlement of the question by bargain,
by plurality or a compromise of some sort,
so that the House may be organized, and that
deficiencies may be provided for, and that the
members may get their mileage and pay their
debts.
We have no objection to see the Seward
game of coercion carried out, only we are
afraid that il the Presidents Message is shut
off for week or two logger it will become
stale and utterly worthless for Buncombe
Failing on the anti-Nebraska dodge, the fl-
sionists had caucus last night on the more
feasible basis Of an INSTRUMENTATION move
ment. Perhaps they may make something out
OF it; perhaps not 1t is significant and sug-
gestiye feature in the plot, and may result in
some curious, important and revolutionary
Developments among the existing parties of
the House.
GEN. CAss DESIRES TO BE "CoUNTED OUT."--
The Detroit Free Press publishes the following
important little note from Gen. Cass:-
DETROIT, Nov. %, 1855.
GrSrEsrN--I have received yoar letter asking ue if
am cardidste for the Office of President of the United
States, and expressing the qualification it would give you
TO support me for that high station.
While thanking you for this mapifest Of your kind
ness and confidence, Of which shall always preserve
grateful recolection reply that | no, a candidate
be presented in connection with It of
the democratic party Of the Union.
am, gentlemen with great regard, truly yours,
LEWIS CAsS.
ANDREW J. wEmTFm, Esq, and Others, Phiadelphia.
This "Mr. Webster and others" are anti-Bu-
chanan democrats; and this reply Of General
Cass may therefore be considered by some as
Pickwickian declination, written merely to
avoid giving offence to Mr.. Buchanan. Had
Mr.. Webster's inquiry, however, come from
Vermont where there is no democratic asp-
rant for the succession, or from Michigan, of
which State Gen. Cass possesses the democra.
tic monopoly, we are assured that his answer
nVuso bdNC pteA tHt sdut Inc SDIlI Oh the
New York democracy upon the nomination of
Gen. Cas- in 1S4S and the absolute irnpossi-
bility Of a reconciliation upon him, should he
even be nominated again, are facts which have
doubtless at1ength July convinced him that he
must be content with the trial which he has
had, especially when there are so many Others.
FOLLOWERS and newcomers, waiting for
chance. We believe, then, that Gen. Cass is
in earnest this time, and does not intend TO
permit his name to be used to distract the Gin
cinnati Democratic Convention. 10 his own
behalf we cheerfully second the motion.
a FisHY SusPIcIoN-Our black republican
neighbors OF the Erning Post, in discussing the
proiracted farce in Congress upon the Speak
ership, throws out the following suspicion con-
corning the " weak sisters" of the anti-slavery
coalition Of the House -