The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-02
The Next Presideucy-The New Congress and
the speals OF tho public rrsnsass.

The Next Presideucy-The New Congress and
the speals OF tho Public Pransass.
As the time approaches for active operations
for the Presidential campaign, the managing poll.
ticians and fnanciers on all sides are beginning
to cast about for the sinews of war. No party
can rave the country without money; and all
parties, more or less, expect to draw their sup
plies from the public treasury. In this view one
Of the most important prizes for Presidential pur.
poses will b. the printing q the new Congress,
VIII c is to meet In December next, and the game
for these magnificent spotis will involve all the
complications Of the Pres Dental issue.
Under the last Congress, from Me pressure OF
the late 6naDcis revulsion and other causes, the
printing Of the two houses was ehort crop.
That great lobby engineer, Cornelius Wendell,
bought out the parties elected to do the work,
and others parties interested in 1t, at liberal
figure to the sellers, in expectation of heavy pro
fits But what with the regular purchase money.
ard the extra bonuses, shares, perq sites and
contributions, drawn from ,he ckets Of Wendell!
to satisfy his lobby associates, is believed that
they heeced him and disguised him, not less than
be was disguised and disappointed with the print
ing retrencbmeDts of both houses. The job was
a bad investment to Wendell in every way; and
If We may believe one half that we hear about 1t
there will yet be precious row in the final set
Element of this business
But the revulsion OF 1857 has been overcome;
we are in the midst of flush times again, and as
"a new broom sweeps clean" we may expect a
clean sweep OF all the available spoils Of the
public printing by this new Congress. Each
branch of Congress elects Its own PRIMER. The
House will be opposition, the Senate democratic;
and as campaign funds on all sides will be
wanted, SO all sides will be disposed to the
largest liberality. Thus, the printing Of the ap.
preaching Congress will be glorious harvest
We dare say that, including both Houses, and
the long and the short session, the gross amount
of the costs to the treasury viii be two millions
OF dollars-and it may be two millions and .
half OF this sum, all told, the net profits will
probably exceed half million of hard cash.
Dividing this sum at the rate OF s35O,OOO for the
House, aud $4,000 for the Senate, the reader
will perceive that the printer elected by the
House will have a splendid margin for lobby
fees, ehares and party contributions, while the
Senate printer can afford to spare from fifty to
seventy-fve thousand dollars in similar disourse-
ments, and still make good thing of it.
We are not, therefore, surprised to learn that
The game for these printing spoils, on all sides,
has actively opened and that the venerable John
G. Rives, OF the Washington Globe, the Chevalier
Forney, Of the Phladelphia Press, the Chevalier
Heies, of the Washington States, the indefasiga-
bic Wendell, and the modest and unsophisticated
General George Washington Bowman, Of the
Constitution are already in the ring. Forney,
from bis hot rebellion against the admins
ration, and with bis little Pennsylvania
squad of democratic boilers at bis back,
doubtless. counts upon the House printing from
fusion in his behalf between the repub
licans Of that body and the anti-Lecomptoa
democrats. And, in truth, as matters now stand,
be has no formidable competitor, unless that
knowing old fox of the Globe may be counted one.
1t is whispered about, however, that Wendell
has certain document in his pocket, signed by
the President, in reference to the printing Of the
ate Congress, which is considered by its holder
as first rate capital for future operations and
that he intends to put this document in the
market to the highest bidder in reference to the
printing of the Senate and the House. For the
House printing he will probably reveal the
my steries of this wonderful document, and blow
up to the moon the administration and the de-
mocracy; and for the Senate printing he may
consent to keep his secret, and bleed freely for
the democratic cause. When great prize is at
stake your old lobby caEnpsigner is not the man
10 stick at trifes
The Chevaher Heiss is in a very bad way.
For a long time be has had his heart fixed alter
nately upon the printing Of the Senate and the
House. First, as rampant fre-eater and fill
buster, his game was the Southern majority Of
the Senate; next, as Douglas organ, under the
editorial charge of Pryor, the Chevalier Heiss
turned his attention to the democratic popular
sovereignty balance Of power in the House; but
now, Pryor having retired, and Douglas having
issued bic ultimatum for the Charleston Conyen-
ton, Heiss is all adIift again. Between the two
cNSSA1 ~ VIZ OpHAI0t " olC ut I'LL 10
the ground, after having exhausted all his pro-
fits from the public printing of some years ago as
joint proprietor with Father Richie of the old
Washington Union.
All the newspapers at Washington, In one way
Or another, depend upon the public treasury,
and cannot live without it's support. The M
tioaal Era (republican) may be an exception; but
even that paper, we suspect, lives largely upoa
its expectations Of the spols at some future day.
1t may be involved, too, IN this general scramble
for the House printing Of the new Congress, and
thus Forney's calculations may perhaps fall
short But, from the proceedings of the last
Congress upon this subject, there is great danger
that henceforth all these spoiis and plumber
organs at Washington will be swamped by the
equally hungry and more numerous sharks and