The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-10-30
The Next Congress.

The Next Congress. y
The result of the Congressional elections
in the States which gave so glorious an ac-
count of themselves, and struck so noble n
blow for freedom on Tuesday, will 60 very
far to revolutionize the character of the
lower house of Congress, and to purge it
of the venal traitors who have sacrificed the
North for Office or money. of the men,
bers of the present House of Representa-
tives, l3l were elected as Locofocos, 90
Republicans and IA Americans. Six Demo-
Gratis, however, deserted the Administra-
ton on the Lecompton Bill, and the same
number of Americans voted with the Re-
publcans against the great swindle. TAX
Ing these six Democrats, all of whom will
probably be returned, but which will not
count as Republican gains, from the l3l
Locofoco members, and it will leave their
real strength in the present House l25. To
this, perhaps, we ought to add eight South
Americans, who usually voted with the Ad-
ministration. This would restore them to
their original strength, and give them two
besides, making 1873 as the actual Admins
tration vote in the present House.
Taking this data as a starting point, let
US see how we now stand. and what the
chances are for securing a Republican or
opposition majority. To begin with, we
have gained eleven members in Penusylva-
MIA, four in Ohio, four in Indiana, making
nineteen IN all. These added to the two
gained in Connecticut last April, gives US
twenty one gain, against Il loss of two in
Ohio and one in Missouri, leaving our abso-
Lutte gain, eighteen. Add these Is gain to
the present Republican vote of 90, and the
six Democrats who act with them, and II
will give total opposition vote OF lis. As
the whole number Of members of the House
since the addition of two members from
Minnesota, is $50, ll9 will be majority
We must therefore gam four members more
to give US the control of the House. and
this must be done in New Jersey, New York
and Illinois.
The important question now is, can this
be done? The present delegation from those
States is, New Jersey, two Republicans to
three Lecomptonites, New York twenty
one Republicans to twelve Lecomptonites,
and IN Illinois four Republicans to five
Doug las or ntiLecomptonites. We ought
to gam much more than this required num-
Der from those States. If We leave out of
view the SIX Democrats we have classed with
the Republicans as equally opposed to Le-
compton, we must gain eleven members to
secure an anti-Lecompton majority. If we
have made no error, it is quite possible we
may have done, this calculation will give a
pretty correct idea of the probability Of
rcvolutlonzing the next House of Repre-
sentativcs.
Thus far we have elected to the next Con-
gress from Maine g. New Hampshire 3;
Vermont ): Connecticut 1; Rhode Island >:
Pennsylvania 81: Ohio Is: Indiana s; Iowa
,: making total of 90, and gain of Is.
If we can elect in New York 81: New Jer-
sey 4; Illinois I; Michigan 4; Wisconsin 3;
Massachusetts H.; Minnesota |, it will give
Us TO votes, or majority of four in the
House. But if we fall short Of our calcula-
ton two votes, there will be tie. This is
pretty close shaving, and will show the Re
puhIicans of the States yet to elect just what
they have to do TO secure the control of the
next House of Representatives,. We leave
California and all Southern States entirely
out Of the question in this estimate.-De-
trOit ddrertiser.