The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-18

Assuming the house TO 0e Iull AZ noon OF the
first Monday Of December there will be 237
votes cast for Speaker, and the successful candi
date must receive ll9. The republicans, having
at the highest estimate Of their strength but
lib votes, will fall short by half dozen This
deficiency they expected, as we have said to
make up out Of the ranks of the Southern oppo-
sitionists and the anti Lecomptonites. That
they will get single vote from the former
faction is now altogether out of the question;
that they will get more than two from the latter
is quite problematicaL The nine anti-Lecomp
tonites are:-Davis, Of Indiana; Clark, Haskin
and Rey nolds, of New York; Hickman, Schwartz
and Montgomery, Of Pennsylvania; Norris Of
Illinois, and Adrain, of New Jersey. Of these
all but two Hickman aud Haskin-will 60 into
the democratic caucus, and will, in all proba-
Lility, support tho democratic nominee. Kick
man and Haskin may take the came course, but
it ia not SO certain that they will. Assuming
that they do not, and that they will on the con
trary support the republican nominee, that will
leave him strength of 115 votes-still four
short of a majority. But then Mr.. Joy Morris,
of Pennsylvania who is classed among the re-
publcans, has published card in the Phila-
delphia papers declaring that he was elected
not as republican but as peoples candidate,
and that be will not 60 into distinctive repub-
lican caucus. This would lop off one Of their
number, and keep them down to the maximum
point Of ia votcs-fve less than a majority.
We are also informed that Messrs. Millward
verree and Wood of the same State-all Know
Notbiugs of former days, and now classed as
republicans-ar quite likely to take the same
course as Mr.. Morris, and that the Pennsylvania
delegation are to hold a caucus in Philadelphia
on the oath to agree upon some common plan
Of action. SO it is with Messrs. Briggs and
former as American and the latter as republican,
stand ready, as we are told, to vote with the
democracy for Southern opposition Speaker.
This looks rather unfavorable to the repub-
licans.
II these premises are correct-ard we believe
they are-the republicans have no chance Of
winning the game of the Speakership. 1t is all
up with them. The question then remains, will
the democrats so play their cards as to get the
Southern oppositionists and the anti-Lecomp-
tonites to go shares with them and win the
games We are led to believe, from recent
movements in that direction, that they will.
The project now suggested is that the demo-
Gratis shall nominate In caucus Southern OPP
position member for the Speakership
whose ultraism will not be offensive to North
ern democrats and thus gain over the full
Southern opposition vote, This nomination Of
man outside of the oaucns and outside of the
party, would be somewhat novel, to be sure,
and perhaps without precedent; but still in
this desperate political strait the plan might
be resorted to- If the seven anti-Lecom ptonites
whom we have specified should go into the
democratic caucus they would, Of course, abide
by its decision, and the vote on that nomina-
ton would then stand thus
southern oppos.honsts .,............. u
Anti Icc0Dptolites. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TOTAL l22 votes
Or three more than is necessary to make
majority.
1t is thus plain that the success Of the demo-
cratic party in the game Of organization is not
only possible, but probable. 1t is impossible
however, to speculate with any degree Of GER
tainty until the cards are shufded in the party
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