Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-03-17
POLITICAL COMPLEXION O
THE NEW SE.NA TIE.

new Senate to meet on Friday, March
5, it may be profitable to consider its
political character, which, by the by,
will remain unchanged till the close OF
Grants administration.
The Senate consists of seventy -four
members, whereof tbirty-eight are a
majority, and barely a quorum to do
any business whatever There are
thirty-fvc members who may be called
Grant men, and who, ii is to be be pre-
sumcd, will stick at nothing to carry
his measures, not even excepting his
third-term conspiracy And yet TO
make up the thirty-tivc, we have TO
count such men as Oglesby of Illinois,
who is talked of for Vice President on
n ticket with Blaine and Wadlcigh
of New Hampshire, who has now and
then shown that he has u streak of in.
dependence and manliness in his com
position and old Hannibal Hamlin,
who, to avert defeat this winter,
pledged himself to Blaine for 1876
and Dawes the successor Of Sumner,
who is wont to protest vchemently
against absurd schemes, and then re.
cord his vote in their favor Howev-
er, Notwithstanding the slippery quail
ty of some of the materials, we will,
for arguments sake, allow Grant the
entire thirty-fvc, though we think
that in close fight three or four Of
them will show him their heels. But
even this will leave him three short Of
a majority. How stand the remaining
thirty-nine2 4e
The Democrats have twenty-cight
Senators; and these are pronounced
unqualified Democrats 1t is true,
soinc OF those who were chosen this
winter owe their election to the sup
port of Liberal Republicans, either d.
rectly in the Legislatures or indirect
ly at the polls when the Legislatures
were chosen. However, we set down
the twenty-cight as men who, under
all circumstances, will vote not only
against Grant, but against the distinc.
tive measures of the Grant party.
Putting down the ultra Republicans
at thirty-fivcand the pronounced Dem
ocrats at twcnty.eight, making u total
of sixty-three, it will be perceived that
there are eleven Senators whom we
have not classified. Now. it is upon
these eleven that the whole case turns
as TO the political character of the
new Senate.
Who and what are the elcycnY TO
answer this question is to solve n rath.
err difficult problem. We include
among them The Senator from I,ouisi.
ana for whose seat poor Pinchback is
MAKING what seems 10 ne n homeless
fgbt we think that chair win vet
be filed bv A Conservative but treat.
inc II as now vacant there are only
Ten Senators remainc TO he classified,
Booth of California and Uamlin of
Texas were elected as liberals or In.
dcnendents and will always go AGAINST
Grant and Mira measures In t6c re.
cent Senatorial contests Cbristiancv q,
N,cbigon who boot rbandlor and
McM;ilan of Minncso,a who hon,
Ramsey and Cameron Of Wisconsin
who beat Capentcr md Paddock a,
NehrosI,o Who boot Tbovor woro
elected over the regulor Grant Renub.
licon cond;da,os anJ ol,hough ihov
orc M, nemocro,s 4, 10 nn5ors,oo1
they will no, with ,he nomocracv in
onnosi,;on to all ox,rome moasurcs nd
csrncc;allv o,a;,., ,hc mia Of ,ho
S,iutbcrn staies hv Tho sword and
aga;nst a th;rd.tcr,n Far Grant
Now hv odJ;ng ,ho civ Indonen
dents aboyc named ,o the twcrtv
cicht nrononnced nemocra,s wc have
n fotoI or th;rv conr onlv ono loss
thon thirty fivc ont and ont Gran,i,es
Bnt ,bcrc arc s,;ll fonr Senators who
remain unclossiacd md hero arc ,he;r
names. Ferry Of Conncct;cut who
owed his election TO tho Democrats
and Burside of Rhode Island who was
chosen m opposition 10 thc regnlar
cro,,, nool,to,o a.l cLo.a.. - n.