Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1860 — THE SPEAKERSEHIP. [ARTICLE]

THE SPEAKERSEHIP.

There has been no ballot for Speaker within the last few days. The latest absurdify talked of the Democrats and South Americans should unite and elect Eduard Everett Speaker of the House. It is said that the Constitution does not prohibit the election of an outsider as Speaker.