The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-21

THE FORTY-rOURTH CONGRESS.

The extraordinary gains maze by Tue
democrats in Indiana and Ohio, demo-
cratic majority in the house OF representa-
tives of the forty-fonrth Congress is within
the range OF possibility. In the present
house parties are now divided substantially
as follows Republicans 1876, opposition
&c. gain of fifty one members must be
made by the democrats TO give them ma
jority in the next congress. They seem to
have gained nine members in Ohio and
seven in Indiana. Thirty-fve are necessa-
ry to give them majority of one. The
civil rights bill has paralyzed the republi-
can party of Tennessee, and they will do
well if they succeed in electing two repre-
sentatives to the next Congress. In the
foriy-hird Congress the republicans have
six representatives to three democrats, with
Horace Maynard as representative-at-large.
The democrats will probably gain four con-
gressmen in Tennessee, of whom one will
be ex-President Andrew johnson. To
these, two will undoubtedly, be gained in
Virginia, and two have already been eltc-
ted in North Carolina. This makes twenty
SIN of the required fifty-one to make ma
jority. There will probably be gain of
one in Alabama and two in Louisiana.
In Georgia the democrats will gain two
members in the only districts now repre-
scented by republicans. From recent per-
s"nal obse, vations IL that state weaie salts
fled that Georgia is wholly lost to the re-
publcans. AT the recent election for
members of the. legislature, which took
place during our soiourn there, not more
than one out Of twcnly returned is rcpub-
ican. Only three counties in the whole
state went republican. The ciiil rights
bill has driven all, or nearly ALL the white
republicans out Of the party We were
told that not a single white man of promi-
hence remains in the republican party in
Georgia. The legislature elect is demo-
cratic by majority of fifteen to one. Next
month the democrats will probably carry
every congressional district in the state
The civil rights bill seems to be the great
horror of the people Of Georgia. Ex-Gov.
Joseph L. Brown, heretofore considered
the ablest republican In Georgian an open
letter, advises every white man in the
south to get out of the republican party,
for he says the passage of the civil rights
bill means the absolute destruction and ruin
of both races. We have presented the
result of our personal observations to ex'
plain the reasons of the defeat of the re
publcans in the congressional Districts
through the south. Georgia, perhaps,
presents fair index of the feeling in al
the southern states
Georgia losing two members leaves
twenty to be obtained in the remaining
states. If Pennsylvania has anything like
the detection that has been witnessed in
Indiana and Ohio, the country must be
prepared to see the popular branch of the
next congress pass from under republican
control.
The senate now stands republicans 80
democrats 10 aud liberals 3. TENNESSEE
will send democrat in place of Parsol
Brownlow. Texas and West Virginia viii
elect democrats. One has already beef
elected in Virginia, alse one from Connec
ticut. Should there be no further change
the senate will stand, republicans AS, dem
ocrats "a, liberals 3. Therefore the repub
lcans can rest sure OF retaining control o
the most important branch of the nationa
government. There may be an entire re
1. al,
years, but there will remain large major
ity in the senate devoted TO tie principle
of the republican party.