Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-12-10

OA1ACcHs Va sne House - KAD40l.
Ths telegraph yesterday afternoon and
last evening omitted the Organization of
the House farther than the election Of
Speaker. No doubt the Democratic can.
Gus nominees were chosen. Thew we're
chosen. They were, Mr.. Allen, Of illinois.
for Clerk; Mr.. Glossbrenner, of the District
of Columbia, for Sergeantat Arms; Mr..
Hackney, of Virginnia, for Doorkeeper; and
Mr.. Cluskey, of Georgia, for Postmaster.
The nomination of Printer was postponed
until Monday.
Coi. UT was unanimously nominated
for Speaker, Mr. Phelps, of Missouri, hay-
ing previously withdrawn. The nomina-
ton for Sergeant-at-Arms was almost
unanimous. Mr.. Robinson, of Indiana,
was Mr.. Aliens competitor for Clerk. The
vote in caucus was, Allen IS, Robinson
20. Robinson was defeated on account of
his vote in Congress against the Fugitive
Slave act. At one time Aliens chances
were injured by the use his competitor
made of the attitude Of Douglas towards
the Administration on the Lecompton con-
stitution. Allen was obliged to exert him
self to make known that he is with the
Administration on the Kansas question:
This saved him.
The candidates for Doorkeeper were R.
B. Hackney, of Va; George Woolridge,
of New York; Peter Gordon, of Maryland;
and NJ. McKDew, of of the District Of Co
lumbia. On the second trial, Mr.. Hack
ney was nominated, receiving so votes.
For Postmaster, McCluskey, of Georgia,
w. A. johnson, of New Jersey, and John
NJ. johnson, of Virginia, were principal
candidates. McCluskey received majority
on the first ballot. 1t will be seen that
the South took every office for which there
were Southern aspirants. The Democrats
of the North have the Clerkship and moth
ing else.
The question of Printer caused con-
siderable debate and feeling in the caucus
Smith, of Va, proposed delay for investi.
CATION. Jones, of Penn, enforced the
claims of Wendell. Clemens, of Va, sug-
gested that improper advances had been
made by Wendelfs friends. Jones, of
Tenn, declared he would not vote for Wen
dell if nominated. Stephens, of Geo.,
would not restain Wendell unless the i'm
putations were refuted. Clemens promis-
ed to develope facts at the next caucus.
These straws show which way the wind
blows touching the Calhoun Constitution.
The indications are that the Administra-
ton will be able to carry the constitution
against the opposition of Douglas. The
whole influence of the government, direct
and indirect, has been used to bring the
party to its support, and the Washington
correspondent of the New York Post
writes with such success that its position in
Congress is much less critical than it was
week ago.
Col. Forney is in Washington, and the
Tribune correspondent says be is very de-
cided in his condemnation of the Lecomp-
ton Constitution. Senator Douglas also
expresses himself freely to the same pur-
port. Southern men who have conferred
with Senator Douglas consider his position
rather as injudicious than one of determ-
ined hostility to the policy of Mr.. Buchan-
an. He has been strongly urged not to
forfeit bis Southern affiliations, but 10 for
tify himself by taking the lead as the Ad-
minisiration champion.
The Republican caucus nominated the
Hon. G. A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, for
Speaker, and reaffirmed the Philadelphia
Platform of 1856 substantially.-Clere-
land Herald