The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
Political Compilation .. tke New
Bss.aIe.

From the AeE ok SUM-
The Senatorial c ntests are ut al
end and AS Grant hats summoned the
new senate to meet OH Friiay, aiarch
9TH, it may lie profitable To consider
It's political character, which, by the
", will remain unchanged Till the
close of Grants administration.
The Senate consist, Of seventy-four
members, whereof thirty-eiglit are
majority, and barrel Y quorum to do
any bu. mess what, yer. Thee are
tnirry-hve members who may be
called Grant men, and vino, IL Is 10 be
presumed, will stick at nothing 10
carry his measures, not excepting his
third term conspiracy. And yet, 10
make UP the thirty -tive, we have to
count such meh It's Oglcsby, OF ILL
nois, who is talked OF Tor ' Ice P.esl-
lent on IA ticket with Blaine and
WadleiEh, Of New hampshire, Who
has nov and then shown th.it ne hats
a .treak % independence and manll-
ness in his composition; and Old
Hannibal lamiiIi, who, to avert de-
te 1 his winter, pledged himself to
Blaine for 1876; and Dawes, the sue
cessor of Sumner, who Is wont To pro-
test vrhcnleAt!y against absurd
schemes, and inch rcculd his vote III
their favor. iiOwever, LotWithstdnd-
iug the slippery quality OF some Of
the mateii..is, We nll, for the argu-
mcnt's sake, :,lluw GIant the entire
5hiity-6ve, though We think that iii 4
close f-h. three or four Uf them will
show INN their heels. But even this
leaves him three short OF a mHi 0rity.
How stands the remaining thirty
nine
The Democrats ave ty enty-ei. ht
senators and these nIe 80 noun.>d,
unqualified Demo. ats. 1t is tue,
some OF those who were chosen ibis
winter owe their e.tction TO the ,dp-
port of Liberal l., pub.icIns, e.;ner
directly iii the l. isL,tures, or indl-
rtctly at the poll, when the Leg l.
lures were chosen. However, We set
down the twenty light as men vino.
under all circumstances, will >ote It
nIy Against Grant, but against the
distinctive measures Of the Grant
party.
Putting down the ultra Republicans
at thirty-five and the pronounced
Democrats at twenty-eight, making a
totsl of sixty-thlee, it will he per-
ceivcd that there are eleven Senator
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 eleven? To
answer isque,tion is to solve II rather
diff ult problem. We include amo g
them the Senator from L0ui la a, for
whose seat pc. r Pinchi.ack i, making
what seems to lie hopeless fight. We
think that chair will yet be filed by
Conserv alive; but treating it as nos
vacant, there are only ten Senators re-
manning to be classified.
Booth, of California, and Hamil
ton, of Texas, we're both elected a
Liberals or Independents, and will
always 20 against Grant ard ultra
measures. In the recent Senatorial
contests, Christ,ncy, of Michigan, who
beat Chandler, and Mcmillan, of
Minnesota, who beat Ramsey, and
Cameron, of Wisconsin, who beat
Carpenter, and Paddock, Of Nebraska.
who beat Thayer, were elected over
the regular Grant Republican csndi-
dates and although they are not
Democrats, it is understood they will
act with the Democracy in opposition
TO Ill extreme measures, and especially
against the rule If the Southern States
by the sword and againsta third term
for Grant.
Now, by adding the six Indepen-
dents above namsd TO the twenty
eight pronounced Democrats, we have
total Of thirty-four, only one less
than the thirty-fve out and out Grant
ite-. But there are still four Sena-
tors who remain unclassified, and here
are their names: Ferry, of Connect
cut, who owed his election to Demo
Gratis, and Burnside, Of Rhode
Island, vino was chosen in opposition
to the regular Grant candidate, and
Sharon, OF Nevada, who says he shail
follow the dictates of his Judgment,
and Al"orn, of Mississippi, who o.
OCCASIONALLY flares up and kicks out OF
The traces.
Regarding the Louisiana seat as
vacant, 1t vii he observed that 10
secure nare m..juiity in the Senate
Grant must II oily hold the thirty
FIVE extreme Republicans, but mist
win the support Of three of the tel
Senators Nh;se political positions ",
have aimed 10 define. Can he get
them? The course of events in tne
extra session niay fulbi.h the nns V ei
to this question, or We may have Ii
wait for il til next winter AT any
rate, Grant is in tight place in the
new Senate; and with a m4jority OF
more than seventy sgl.inst him III the
House, he will find himself On the
sharp and ragged edge of uncertainty
during the remainder of hs ter1n::' & J.