Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-11-21
The Next Congress.

The Next Congress.
/ Although thereturns of the late elections
foot up slowly, the political complexion of
the next Congress can be ascertained almost
with certainty. The popular interest having
centered in the choice of Representatives
we refer first to the House, the political
status of which is given in the following ta-
BILE: .fewt4fffs :.
Delaware d R: Missouri p 5 r :
illinois 8 II New Jersey 2 8
Tasjsna Toss "a 81 0sIo 0sE York 1s z 5s 5s.
Kansas ! Oregon /
Maryland A i Vermont o = 8
Massachusetts 10 West Virginia 3
MichsgsaG. MMiichigan 3 Wisconsin l 5
REHABILITATION
Democrats
Republicans.
The States yet to elect Representatives in
the Fortieth Congress, and the number of
membeis to which they are entitled, are as
follows:
California 8 Rhode Island .
NsW'ffan New Hampshire i0'Ai ''''''.'''','''''7i
Estimating the result of the elections in
these States as that of the last Congression-
al election, excepting that in Kentucky,
which recently chose Democrat to fill the
vacancy in the Sixth District occasioned by
the resignation of Hon. Green Clay Smith
Republican the grand resultwill be as fol-
lows
Democrats -. AS
Republicans
This, of course, will give the Republicans
a majority in the House and plenty to spare,
so they will have everything their own way
in the Fortieth, as they now have, in the
Thirty-ninth Congress.
In the United States Senate there are
eleven Senators to be chosen this winter by
the Legislatures of the following States, to
wit
Illinois, vice Lyman Trumbull R.
Indiana, vice Henry Lane, II.
Konsa. -, Samuel c. Pomeroy, R.
AailsaS' VICE *James H. Lane, r.
Maryland, vice John A. j. Creswell, r.
Missouri, vice b. Gratz Brown, r.
New Jersey, vice William Wright, ID.
| New Y York, vice Ira Harris, r.
Ohio, vice John Sherman r.
Pennsylvania, vice Edgar Cowan, r.
| Wisconsin, vice Timothy O. Howe, II.
Deceased.
| 1t is probable that, except in the case of
Senator CresweH of Maryland every Re
/ IL,
be reelected or replaced by Radical and,
on the other side, the seats Of Edgar Cowan,
of Pennsylvania, and the late VIM. Wright,
of New Jersey, viii be filled by Radicals
Maryland of course, will elect a Conserva-
tive in place of John A j. Creswell, pro-
viding that the Radicals in that State do not
succeed by some hocus poeus arrangement
in ousting the Conservative members of the
| Legislature who were chosen on Tuesday
| Should this forecast prove correct the pohti-
cal complexion OF the Senate viii be as fol
lows:
Democrats............9 Republieans.........4l
| The gist, then, Of the whole story is that
for the next three years the Radicals viii
have complete control of the legislation in
the House of Representatives, and Of that
in the Senate for longer period. With
them, therefore, the responsibility of the
acts of Congress must rest, and the country
viii hold them accountable both for the
wrong that they may do and the right that
they may leave undone. We can only hope
that, impressed with the grave responsibility
now deYolved upon them, they will manifest
more regard for the real interests of the
country, irrespective of their party, than
they have done in the past But we fear that
this hope will prove vain.
EJ The Copperheads did work hard and
faithful to carry the elections this Fall, but
as to " the Administration, or which is bet
ter known by our Radical friends as the
Government, we are not prepared to ad-
NIT thatit performed very much service that
was beneficial to the Democracy in this cam
paign. What did the Office holders most
important branch of ''the Administration in
an election-do this Fall towards securing a
victory for the q Copperheads," of the true
stripe, to warrant the Republican in saying
that the Executive used his whole power
against the Radicals in the most unscrupu-
lous manner?" This was not the case. How
many of the Executives ofice-holders in
this State voted for HIEsTER CLYMER for
Governor? Echo answers, not one tits