Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24
TIE NEXT CONGRESS.


Ohio and Indiana, a Democratic
majority in the next House OF
Representatives is within the
range of possibility. The politi-
cal complexion OF the Senate il
fixed for the next four years, but
the Democratic minority will be
very largely reinforced by acces-
sions from the South. The Senate
now stands Republicans, so;
Democrats 10, and Liberals, a.
Tennessee will send Democrat to
take the place of Senator Brown
low. Mr.. Flanagan, ofTexas, will
have a Democratic successor, as
will also Mr.. Foreman, of West
Virginia. Colonel Withers has
already been elected to the sea;
now occupied by Mr.. Lewis. OF
Virginia, and the CONNECTICUT
Legislature has designated Mr..
Eaton as the successor of Mr.. Buck
ingham, The term of Mr. Robert
son, of South Carolina, expires in
1875, but he will undoubtedly be
succeeded by Republican. Should
there be no further changes the
Senate will neutrality-suspicious., 45;
Democrats, "a, and Liberals, 3.
If the r, publicans do MOI carry
New York al the ensuing FL elton
TIE Liberals will lose Mr.. Fenton,
and his seat will be filed with an
orthodox Democrat. Senator
Scott's term expires on the third
of March, 1876. but we do not
think it probable that he will be
succeeded by a Democrat Con
ceding, however, tina. both New
York and Pennsylvania should
elect Il majority Of Democrats 10
their respective Legislatures, and
that Indiana has done the same.
the Republican repr, sentation in
the Senate will be reduced O ~.
and the Democratic representation
increased to y. Missouri will
send Democrat to relieve Mr..
Schurz from farther responsibility
as a Liberal Senator, and Nebras-
ka will elect straight out Repub.
licBn to the place now filled by
Mr.. Upton, This will give the
Republicans 43 Senator's and the
Democrats q. From This beief ex-
hibit ii viii be seen that under no
circumstances can the Democrats
have more than % Senators until
after 1877. Should the Democrats
carry Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
bra ka, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
New, hampshire. New .ferse Y and
Rhode Island IN 1876, and retain
all the States which they now c0n-
troll, after tie third of March 1877,
The Senate will stand 33 Republic
cans 10 II Democrats. Should Ley
carry any nine ofthese States they
will have majority IN the Senate.
1t will be seen that t!iis Is "A CON
urgency not likely IL happen ,anA
that the Republicans are sn~r ~
retaining control Of ore most i'm
pOrtant branch Of TIE National
Governments for many Yeas TO
come. There may be- an entire r.
organization of political parties
within the next two years, but
there remain a barge majority
In the Senate devoted 10 the pri
c;ples Of the Republican, parry.
IN tn: House OF Reprtsentativ )
parties are now divided substan~
TALLY as follows: Republicans,
1876, Opposition, g. The Demo
Gratis must gain 81 members to give
them majority in the next Con-
gress According to present adj
vices. they seem to have gained
nine members in Ohio ana seven
ia indiana. They still need thirty
lhiUy-tiVe give them IA ma Jrity
of one. let Us see where they can
get them. Fhe Civil Rights Bill
has paNlyzei the Republican
party in Tonne see, and the Re
pubiicans will do well if they send
two Re uhiicans TO the next Con-
gre,~ In the Forty Third Con-
grtss che Republicans have SIX
representatives to three Democrats,
with Horace Maynard as Repre-
sentative at large. The Democrats
will certainly gain four Congress
men at the next election in Ten
nessee. 20 these add two which
they will probably gain in Vir-
ginia,and the two which they have
already gained in North Carolina,
and we baVe tWenty-siX of the re-
quired fifty one There will be a
gain of one in Alabama, two in
Louisiana aad one in Georgia.
This will leave twenty-one to be
obtained in the remaining States.
Should there be anything like the
defectiOA from the Republican
ranks in Pennsylvania that has
been witnessed in Ohio and Indi-
ana, the country must be prepared
to see popular branch OF Congress
pass from under Rep .blican con-