The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-13
Thc Speakership Of the Next Legislature
and the Chief OF the Lobby.

| fecialatlOu5 on the subject.
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| Thc Speakership Of the Next Legislature
| and the Chief OF the Lobby.
| Strenuous efforts are being made by their
partisan friends to elect Raymond as Speaker of
| the next State Assembly, and inaugurate
Greeley chief of the lobby They are impor-
tuning all the shaky democrats that they can
! flnd and have even gone so far as to try and
get up ring among the New York city mem
bess for that purpose. We are under the i'm
preston that they have secured the support of
Royal Phelps, Mr.. Coddington and ether demo-
Gratis, and dare say that the friends OF Greeley
and Raymond will, in their combined and
united eiorts-in connection with their nume-
rous promises for positions on committees-suc-
ceed in electng Raymond Speaker on the first
ballot, when Greeley falls into the position of
chief Of the lobby as q matter of course. And
why shouldn't he?
The Speakership Of the Legislature is great
thing; but we apprehend thas, with the railroad
jobs, market jobs, selling Of lands belonging
to the city, emigrant head money, and other
jobs, amounting, all told, to over twenty mil
lions of dollars, the chief OF the lobby viii
be by far the most important of the two.
Even if Raymond has no talents for the Speaker
ship, certainly no one can say that Greeley has
none for the position of head and chief Of the
lobby, for he has had considerable experience
in that line having not only paid frequent visits
TO Albany wlcHever questions of interest to
him were up for consideration, as well as had
no small amount Of experience in free wool and
Improvement company's jobs at Washington,
in which thousand dollar draft on the
Desmoines Improvement Company got into his
pockets. Besides, the position of chief of the
lobby naturally belongs to Greeley; and now
that Weed has gone to Europe--he being the
only unemployed member Of the late firm of
Seward, Weed and Greeley-it is his business to
look after the lobby while Weed is attending to
more Important duties abroad.
Thus our readers will see that the election Of
Raymond as Speaker and browning Greeley
chief Of the lobby is rather feasible project after
all; and since these editors have failed to sue
cesstully conduct their newspapers, we think that
the public should give them chance to try
tNeir hands in the good things at Albany; and
out Of compassion to their misfortunes we are
inclined 10 help them in their combination all
that we can. We do 50 not only out Of desire
to see them for once successful but knowing
that they have peculiar qualifications for the
management Of the lobby business, which is
species of gambling They have been indulg-
ing in the gold pen lottery business Of late and
bantering us to enter into all sorts of gambling
bets with them. Both of these schemes having
failed, ani since they insist on gambling, why
not let them have full sway at Albany, where
they can indulge themselves just Us much as
they desire over the fat jobs and flesh pots Of
the lobby? They then can have an opportunity
to regain b. lobby gambling what they have
lost in their newspapers. We give them our
support, for we are really anxious that they
shoaid succeed il some business. We are tired
of their whining over their misfortunes. Be-
sides all this Greeley is anxious to step into the
shoes Of Preston King. whose term expires one
year from next March, and VIVA. better way is
there for him to accomplish that object than by
building up a combination in the lobby? We
can certainly see no better way OF helping
Messrs. Raymond and Greeley than by iavoring
1 their combination for the organization Of the
Legislature and lobby; and if Greeley will only
behave himself and not Brighten people away
by his bad language and Five Points epithets,
we viii make him United States Senator next
year.