Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-03
The incoming senate.

All of the tables representing the
complexion of the incoming Senate of
the United States so far published diff
fer essentially, some placing the Demo-
cratic gain at seven, others at nine,
and others at ten. This is owing to
the counting in or out of the Demo-
cratic representation some of the indie
pendent Republicans or Democrats who
have been elected to seats now held 10y
straightout " Republicans. BY coun.
ing Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, a
straightout Democrat, though it is
claimed that he Is an independent"
the summary as given in yesterdays
Sun shows Democratic strength of
twenty-eight, a gain of nine Demo-
Gratis as compared with the present
| Senate.
Those Republicans who are consid-
cred independent are estimated all
the way from three up to nine, the
! lowest classification consisting Of the
names of Booth, of California ; Chris
tiancy, OF Michigan, aud Angus Cam
erOu, of Wisconsin. The highest class
| lfication of independent Republicans
Includes these three, with Ferry, OF
| Connecticut Robertson, Of south
| Carolina; Alcnru, of Mississippi ;
Hamilton, Of Texas; Mcmillan, of
! Minnesota, and Paddock, Of Nebraska.
The " straightout' Republicans are
figured out variou,ly from rhirty-siX
to forty-uue The following is sum
mary Of the respective party repr,seu-
tations.
Democrats-W w Eaton, Connect
cut Francis Herman, New York T
f Randolph, New Jersey; William a
Wallace, Pennsylvania Il + Bayard
and Eli salisbury, Delaware; G. II
Dennis aud w = Whyte, Maryland J
w Johnston and II + Withers, Nir.
ginia Nj w Ransom and A : Merri-
mon, North Carolina; L NJ Norwood
and J b Gordon, Georgia CIV Jones,
Florida George Goldthwaite, Ala.
S b MaXey, Texas; + NJ Cockerel
and i V Bogy, Missouri Andrew
johnson and Henry Cooper, Tennes.
see; j w Stevenson and + G McCree-
ry, Kentucky a II Caperton and II
G. Davis, West Virginia; A Melon.
aid, Indiana; a G. Thurman, Ohio
and James Kelley, of OregOn-2S.
Republicans-H Hamlin and J NJ
Morrill,, Maine A II Cragin and /
Wadleigh, New Hampshire; 5 Nor
rill aud & + Edmuuds, Vermont; {
> B0utwell ana ii l. Dawes, MasSh
chusetts; II b Anthony and a L
Burnside, Rhode Island II Conkling
New York: + Il Frelinghuysen, New
JERSEY Simon Cameron, Peunsylva
mia; J p Patterson, South Carolina; :
b Conover, Florida; G f. Spencer
, Alabama; II X Bruce. Mississippi; .
r. West, Louisiana; Powell Clayton
and 5 w Dorsey, Arkansas JOhI
! Sherman, Ohio; o p Morton, Indi
ana; j a Logan and II $ Ogleshy
! Illinois; II o Howe, Wisconsin; Fer
: ry, Michigan G. G. Wright and w I
Allison, Iowa; VIM. Window, Min
nesota; J NJ Harvey and ; ingalls,
, Kansas; A A Sargent, California;
: w Hitchcock, Nebraska; J. II. Mitch
ell, Oregon; p Jones and VIM. Sha
ron, Nevada-36.
The Republicans, Liberals and IN
dependents, including Senators re
: Gently elected by coalition Of partie'
. Senator'S known as Liberals, aud Ser
ators who have taken independent al
/, and anti-eXtremlst positions on seve
al party questions are included in til
= nine given above. Most of these wi
!, doubtless act generally with tt
- straight NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sul