The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMIT
TEES

The list of members Of the union iepub-
lican congressional committee, or, rather,
the vacancies in the list, disclose the curl
Gus features of the election OF 1874, as well
as the changes wrought in the political
complexion of congress from that and
other causes. Connecticut, Delaware,
Georgia, Maryland and West Virginia have
no representation on the committee, neither
of these states having a republican senator
or representative in congress while Ar
kansas and Texas have each representa-
tive solely from the fact that they have re-.
publican senators holding over from cl c.
tons of three or more years ago. Connec-
ticut, for the frs, time since the formation
of the party, is without republican repre-
sentative either in the senate or huuse-the
death of Senator Orris S. Ferry making
room for democrats senator and the
death of Henry II. Starkweather taking
the only remaining republican from the
delegation. 1t is probable, however, that
a special election will return a republican,
as Starkweather was elected, year ago.
by plurality of nine hundred and forty
six votes, and the republican candidate for
governor received, in The same district, n
plurality of one thousand and four votes.
West Virginia, for the first time in its his
tory, and Maryland and Georgia, for the
first time since the early days of the war,
aro olu,, xyithnnt u,f he a rennhIiaap az
tor or representative while Delaware, If
we remember correctly. never had repub-
ican representative or senator, except in
the Thriy-eight congress 1863 1865
when ii was so represented in the house.
Should the democrats appoint con-
gressional committee, as is proposed, they
will make a respectable showing for the
first time in recent years, although there
will be vacances-for want of democrat
in either house-in Maine, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada and
South Carolina-two more states than the
republicans have vacancies in. Since The
organization of the republican party, Yer
mont and Rhode Island have never had a
democrat in either branch of congress
present congress. For the first time since
reconstruction, Florida and Louisiana have
| democrats to furnish such committee.
| Since reconstruction, SOUTH Carolina has
had no democrat in congress neither has
| Nebraska since its admission into the
| Union, nor Kansas until the present SEES
sion of congress. Maine hiss been without
ademocrat since the Thirty eighth congress-
| 1868 -1S6j-and, save in that congress,
has had none since the organization Of the
party. Minnesota had democratic repre-
| first congress -1S71-but, with tia,
exception, would have been unable to fur
nish the democracy with committeeman
since March 4, 1868, when the term OF
Henry NJ. Rice, native of Vermont, as
senator expired. Michigan could have fur
nished member during the Thrty-eighth
| 1863 1S65-and the Forty -second-1S71-
1S73-having one democratic member each
OF those years, while at present she has
three-but, with those exceptions, her en-.
tire delegation, in both houses, has been
| republican since March 4, 1857. Iowa, too
furnishes the democracy with member OF
the committee for the first time since the
election of Lincoln in 1861 while New
Hampshire, since 1866, has had one to fur.
nish only four times, namely, during the
Thirty-eighth - when she had Daniel
Marcy, her present candidate for governor
-Forty-second, Forty-third and the presen,
congresses.