The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-12-07
HisreAa,,r.
Thc.Nevv Senate.
2 From tic New York Sun.)

,f (From tic New ork sum-
{ The new Senate has some peculiar
features. Including the four Senators
who were reelected, it,contains twenty
Ave new members The four who were
re elected are Thurman and Bayard,
Democrats, and Hamlin and Edmunds,
Republicans. The other twenty one are
new men-an unusual number. Among
the most conspicuous of those who dis
appear are Snmner--if it be proper to-
include him in the list-Schurz, Carpen-
ter, FentoD, Scott, Pratt, Stewart, Buck
inyham and Chandler, Republicans, With
Stockton and Hamilton, Democrats.
ISumner b aaal, aftsr having been tempo-
rarily occupied by Wasnljufn, jperiia.l
nently falls to Dawes Scaurz is sue
lceetled by Cockrell, who was General
in the Confederate Army. : He is an i'm
Iaginative orator, and in depth and bril-
liancy will not compare with his prede-
cessor. Cameron, Of Wisconsin, who
takes the place OF Carpenter, is under
stood to be man of some mark, but as
Ia lawyer and adebater he will not take
frank with the man whom he badly beat
in the Legislature. ~ Herman, the success
4 1sor of Fenton, is among the foremost
members Of the bar in the interior OF
this State. Wallacs, who fills Scott's
chair, is an acute politician of the Penn
fsylyania type , Med Donald, who dis
fplaces Pratt, Is one of the ablest Demo
Gratis in Indiana Stewart makes way
for Sharon, the rich miner, who lives in
San Francisco, but represents Nevada
as rotten borough Eaton, who takes
the vacant Is seat of Buckingham, has
q long stood 1.-THE head Of the Connect.
cut Democracy Christiancy, who drove
out Zack Chandler, was Cbief Justice OF
Michigan when elected, and is learned
lawyer. Randolph, ,1who follows Stock
lton;is aftnan of about the same caliber
while the successor of Hamilton is
IWhyte, who has been Governor of Ma
ryland, and is the grandson of the fs
nous William Pinckney, one of the
great men of the Last generation. ei s'E
7 Upon the whole, perhaps the eleven
new Senators make good the places oi
their predecessors The only other new
4 Senator's of much mark are Mcmillan
lof Minnesota, who'll been Chief Jus
'ttice of that State; Withers, OF Virginia
Fwho was a General in the Confederate
Army, and since that time Lieutenant.
EGovernor s Burnside, Major, General
of Volunteers, and for two or three
\ fterms G Governor OF Rhode Island; and
Booth, recently Governor of California.
largely engaged in commercial pursuits
ION the Pacific Coast, and holding an in
'fdependent position in politics.
z In the last Senate the Republicans had
Fifty three members, including Schurz
4 Fentoh and Hamilton Of Texas, who, Al
one time, couiited as Liberals. The
Democrats had twenty members, inclu-
ding Upton, of Nebraska, who was for
merly Liberal This gave the Repub-
licans thirty-taree majority, with one
vacancy in Louisiana.
| In the present Senate the Republicans
have fortv-three members, and the Dem.
ocrats will have twenty nine as soon as
the seat of Ferry, of Connecticut, JUS
deceased, is filled, giving the Republi
cans majority of fourteen, Governor
1 Booth standing as'an Independent ant
the vacancy in Louisiana still continuing
! interesting question arises in re-
gard to the future At the close o.
1 Grants Administration on the 4th o.
4 March, 1877. the terms of twenty'si1
members of the present Senate will ex
lpire Now, Judging from the elections
1 of last year and this year, the Demo.
Gratis will gain Ave Of the seats now held
by the Republicans, which will be equa
to d Demoerstic met gain often. Il
the Democrats can in the mean time FL
the Louisiana vacancy, this will give
them d gain Of eleven. and thus reduce
? the Republican, majority of fourteen ir
the present Senate down to a majorit,
of three in the next But the results O
the Presidential election may materially
change these calculations concerning tn,
Senate which will come in with the new
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