, 1876-08-05


LII the elections of 1876 it will not be suf-
ficicnt for Tho Republicans to eloot HAYES
md WHEELER: tho Republicans must SEQ to
it that they regain tho control OF the HOUSE
of Representatives, without which the eloc-
tioh Of President will DO barren victory.
1t the election in 1874 the Democrats gained
majority mainly by tho neglect md indif-
fcrence Of the Roruhlcans. Tho present |
Congress is the Forty.fourth, and the u,l-
merical strength of parties, ns compared with |
tho previous Congress, elected in 1872, is as
follows:
coqgrtss. Exp. Den; md
Eorsy thrd eiSe.sa a. 6, IN ias Ii
ria Iudoncnilcnta mnv bs counted as part
| of tho ncmoorotio notwithstanding that
Marty n raior;tv of 75 in q House where
tha Rennhlicana had nearly as great d majority
~. ,.oarhof,ro Aawa 1,ave snid. the Demo.
c1ots oot this minority through tho careless
noss of tho Republicans. In somoHascs there
,yorc Ind mc,, nominated BY tho Repab-
| 1;con cnncusoa. md the marty let them he
| 7ofeoted in order to get rid of them, and rs
,rho,a tho Democrats rot their majority by
,to norm;ssion of tho Republicans. It is
M necessary Tint tho Republican majority
IN ,,,c noxt Conarcss sl,nll To ns largo as TINT
~ four vears aoo. 4 firm, united majority of
o5 or AZ, will bo more elIcotive than larger
one.
To obtoin such minority tho next House
should stand Whole number, eo9; Repub.
,icans. 1G1; Democrats, 1871. Now, eau this
majority be recovered? In 1874 tho Rspub-
licans lost members of Congress- in districts
,rovionRlv 1,cnublican as follows Califor-
n;a .. Gonneoticut. /; Illinois, 7; Indiaua,
4: 1owo. i: Massachusetts,, 6; Michigan, . !;
Naw uampshire, 9; Now Jersey, 4; New
York. g. Ohio, G; Pennsylvania, 12 Wis
eonsin, /, Total In the Northern States, 80.
Lcoyino out OF yow the districts lost in Vir-
: o,n,n. North Carolina. Tennessee, Maryland,
, ! A,ohon,o ami other Southern 6tntes. thero
, orc RI Cono,essional districts in the
Norfhcrn Statas which aYo now repre-
sonted for tl,e first timo by Dou,o-
: orats Tho recovery Of these districts
, wonll clanro tho whole complexion Of tho
, 13o,,se Of Representatives, III tho selection OF
c,nf.;datea for Congress particular reference
ahon,d be had to tils urgency Of recovering
n these districts. uowis It in Illinois? The
a ant,rc combined majority claimed by the
a throo Democrass who REPRESENT tho CAicaRe
!. aistriots does not exceed 500 yotos, These
= ,hroo t1,stricta can readily DO recovered b,
a u,o;or;t;cs ranging from 1000 to 1000 It
- mi, a,a,riot rim soyantb and Tent, Dis
- tricts now .oprescntotl by socallcd 1udspend
,s en.x viii without doubt elect Republicans
ia In tho Th;rtccnth District. n nepublicon vii
ri disnlaeo NJ srrvrssos. who. elected as n,
y Indenopaont. has ayowcd himself Doino
% crat In I'm Seventeenth District. sIr, Mon
~ s,aox ,vir, hovo a co,nnot,tor vim nan 1ar,il,
n b. f1efoatod, nnd IN thc Eirhtoentl a,,,a Nine
:. tocntl, Dla.ricts, which two voary pco wer
- iost hv default, nepublicnns ought now t
n ho elncted. The nsxt aelecetion from, iii
~ nn,a should stnna fonrlcen ncnuhlicona I
- Nya nouocrots, All TIM Afausaobnsatts III.
~ .n;o,, ,,;1, In rocovarod m wo,l AZ thoso
= Now r1omns,,ro. In Ohio tboro aro tw