The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-03-04
Political CompI xion OF tae New
Senate.

The Senatorial contests are at on end;
and as Grant has summoned the new Senate
to meet on Friday, March 5, it may be prof
table to consider its political character,
which, by the by, wiilremain unchanged till
the close of Grants administration.
The senate consists of seventy four mem
bers, whereof thirty eight are majority and
barely quorum to do any business what
ever. There are thirty five members who
may be called Grant men, and who, it is to
be presumed, will stick ut nothing to Carry
his measures, not even excepting his third
term conspiracy. And vet, to make up the
thirty FIVE, we have to count such men as
Oslesby of Illinois, who is talked of FIR
Wadleigh of New Hampshire, , no has Tow
ard then shown that he has streak Of ill.,
dependence and manliness in his COMPOST
ton: and old Hannibal IIamlin, who, to
avert defeat this winter, pledged himself to
Blaiue Cor 1876; and Dawes, tie successor
OF Sumner, who is wont to protest vehement
ly against atsurd schem' S, aad then record
his vote in their favcr. However, notw it'll
standing the slippery quality of some of the
m terials, we Will, for the arguments sake,
allow Grant the entire Thirty Eve, though we
think that in a close fgh. three or four Of
them will show him their heels But even
this leaves him three short of majority.
How stand the remaining thirty-nine?"
The Democrats have twenty eight Sem
tors; ard these are pronounced, unqualified
Democrats. 1t is true, some of those who
were chosen this winter owe their election
to the support of Liberal Republicans, either
directly in the Legislatures, or indirectly n t
the poles when the legislatures were chosen
However, we set down the twenty eight as
men who, Under oil circumsraces, will vote
not only against Grant, but against the
distinctive mearure. Of the Grant
party.
Putting down the ultra Republican. at
shirty FIVE and the pronounced Democrats
at twenty sight, making a total of sixty
thrse, it wal be perceived that there are
eleven Senate whome we have not classi
fed. Now, it is upon these eleven that the
whole case turns as to she political charac
ter of the new Senate.
WI, an u bat are the clever? To answer
this question is to solve rather difficult
problem. We include among them the
Senator from Louisiana, for whose seat poor
Pinehback i. making hat seems to be a
hopeless 6sh.. We think that chair wilFyet
be filed by Conservative; but treating it
as now vacant, there are only zen Senators
remaining to be CLASSIFIED
Booth Of California and Hamilton of
Texas were elected as Liberal- or fndepen
deuts, and will always go against Grant and
ultra measures. In the recent Senatorial
contests, Christancv Of Michigan, who beat
Chandler, and Mcmillan Of Minnesots, who
bea. Ramsey, and Cameron of " Wisconsin,
whc bea,Carpenser,a and Paddock of Nebras
ka, WHO beat Thayer, were elected over ale
regular Grant Republican candidates; and
although they are not DeTocra il is IN
derstood they " i'll act with the Democracy
in opposition TO all extreme measures, and
especially against the rule Of the Southern
States by the sword and against third
t.rm for Grant