Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-14
The FSrlieth Congress.

III tho tortleth congress, Shat met On
Monday, the Senate, as at present CON-
posed, contains AZ republicans and IN
democrats, giving the republicans more
than a three fourths majority. Elevox
new members now FIRST take their seats.
including the two from the new STATE OF
Nebraska. All are republicans, and their
names, with the States they represent, ara
as follows: james w. Patterson of New
Hampshire, in place of George G. Fogg:
Orris 5. Ferry Of Connecticut, in place OF
Lafayette s. Foster; Roscoe Coukling Of
New York, in place Of Ira Harris SIMON
Cameron of Penn ylvanis, the successor
of Edgar Cowan Oliver p. Morton of
Indiana, in place of Henry S. Lane;
Charles d. Drake Of Missouri, in place
of b. Crate Brown John M. 1hayer and
Thomas w. Upton Of Nebraska Corne-
hus Cole of California, who succeeds the
drunken McDougall and Henry w.
Corbett of Oregon, the successor of James
w. Nesmith. The republicans gain five
Senators in the new Congress, the Senate
in the last standing 81 republicans to Is
democrats. The rebelhous States remain
unrepresented, Of course, and there is
vacancy Of one member from Maryland,
caused by the determination of Governor
Swami, who was elected by the legisla-
ture, to give up the Senatorship and re-
main IN his present office.
In the House, besides the ten insurrec-
tionary States, seven other States are for
the present without representatives, hav-
ing as yet held no elections for this Con-
gress. These States, with the date of
their elections, are as follows: New Hamp-
shire, second Tuesday in March; Con-
necticut, first Monday in April; Rhode
Island, first Wednesday in April; Ken
lucky, special election May IA; Ten
nessee, first Thursday in September Cal
ifornia, first Tuesday in September, and
the new State of Nebraska. These States
elect in all 80 members, and at the most
liberal calculation the democrats cannot
elect more than II, leaving 10 for the
republicans. This will give the repubh-
cans in the House 147 members to As
democrats, or, as in the Senate, clear
three -fourths majority. AT present the
republicans have good two-thirds Ma-.
jority, or l28 members to IS democrats.
These figures are based on the supposition
that the twenty-frst New York district
will immediately elect republican to ELL
the vacancy caused by the promotion of
Roscoe Conklin to the Senate. In the
Congress just closed the House stood, re-
publicans l43, democrats 49, and there is
thus gain of several republicans in the
present Congress if all the spring elections
60 as anticipated. The new members in
the House from New England are, John
A. Peters of Maine, who takes 1.-THE place
of John r. Rice; and Ginery Twichell
and Benjamin +. Butler of Massachusetts,,
who take the places of Alexander II. Rice
and John b. Alley. Of her four members
Connecticut will return but one that was
member of the last Congress, Henry G.
Deming of Hartford, and in New Hamp-
shire the entire delegation of three will be
composed of new men. Both the repre-
sentatives from Rhode Island are renomi-
mated.
Other interesting facts about the new
Congress are, that the oldest member of
the Senate is Mr.. Guthrie of Kentucky,
who was born in 1895, and the youngest
Senator is Mr.. Sprague OF Rhode Island,
born i'll 1880. The Oldest member of the
House and of Congress is Mr.. Stevens of
Pennsylvania, born in 1898, and the
youngest representative is Mr.. Fox of
New York city, who was born in 1885.
If the members from the excluded rebel
States should all be admitted to this Con-
gress, and should all vote with; the demo-
Gratis, the republicans would still have
majority of at least 10 in the upper
branch, and so in the lower, majority
sufficiently large for all ordinary pur-
poses of Legislation, but so small SIS rather
to interfere with the custom the last Con-
gress had, of passing bills over the Pres
| ident's veto.