Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-27
sz1&a'a'E AND ROUSE.

& significant evidence Of discourage
ment in the Presidential race on the
part of the Republicans, says the Bos-
tor Post, IS the desperate earnestness
with which they have taken to cipher
ing upon the Congressional probabili-
ties since the October elections. Their
journals act as CONSIDERS IN a mild
way by constantly reiterating that If
the Democrats succeed in electing
their Executive, the Republ cans are
sure TO have working majority in the
Senate, with fair prospect of also
capturing the House. It may be cruel
to carry the attack upon the retreating
Radicals into what they vainly i'm
agine is their Gibralter, but there is
no rashness in it and they have III
vited the assault. The people are
marching irresistibly onward, deter
mined to carry every salient point and
remove from power those who have SO
grossly abused their advantages OF
position. 1t is almost as certain that
the Senate Of the United States will
become. Democratic during the next
Administration as 1t is that the Re
public viii continue, and this the fig
uEes plainly prove, The present Sen
ate shows the following distributions:
Republicans AZ, Democrats 90, and
one vacancy. There are 81 Republi
cans and 10 Democrats to hold over
, March 4, 1877, while the following
Republican States either have chosen
or are to choose SUCCESSORS to the out
going Senators: Maine, New Hamp
shire, Massachusetts, Iowa, Kansas.
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Rhode Island, South Carolina,
| (doubtfuD, Wisconsin, Illinois and
Colorado (2). The Democratic States
are Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, New
Jersey, Alabama. Delaware, Georgia,
Kentucky, North Carolina. Oregon,
! Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.
| ca and Louisiana (2). This gives in
the Forty Fifth Congress Al Republic
1
will be another distribution. In the
| place of outg DING Republicans the
following States, in all human proba-
| bility, viii return Democrats: Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia,
| Indiana, (Morton). New York (Conk
ling South Carolina Patterson, and
Oregon. Kentucky, Maryland, Mis-
souri, and North Carolina will fill
Democratic vacancies with Democrats.
The Republican Senators from Cali
fornia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New
Hampshire, Ohio SHERMAN, Pennsyl-
vania (Cameron), Vermont, Wisconsin
and Nevada, whose terms expire then,
will probably be for the most part
succeeded by men of their own politi-
Cal complexion. But at the lowest
calculation there will be Democratic
majority in the Senate twice as large
as the Republicans have there now.
The calculations Of the Republicans
have gone even more widely astray on
the prospective composition of the
House for the next two years. Our
Sunday contemporary, the, Gazette,
looks forword to victory in the lower
branch OF the National Legislature, Oh
the strength of the Congressional! gains
made by the party in Ohio and the
| gerry wandered districts i'll Indiana.
| But the c.icu latiou is based on all es
innate IF only sixty democratic ma
jointly in the present House, while the
| official figures, counting the hide
| pendeGts as Democrats or RepubIi
cans, according to the party with
which they usually vote, is 18l of the
former and Ill of the latter, leaving q
round Democratic majority OF 70 to
reduce below a minimum. All the
| Republican estimates assume their
gains il ratio proportionate to Irdi-
ana in other States, and notably Ill
Massachusetts, where the Democracy
stand as good chance to gain & Con-
gresham rs to lose one. PeEnsyl-
yanis and Illinois are also set down for
similar wonderful gains, but the atti>
tude of the Germans In the latter State
will protect the Democrats from the
inroads. which the Republicans hope
to make in their delegation. The New
York Evening Post gives very elabo-
rate table of estimates and compari-
sons, allowing the Democrats their IN
disputed own grudgingly, and claim
| ing for the other side gains which the
results will not confirm, and the best
it can show, even on paper basis, is
AS Republicans to LAS Democrats.
This has to include an estimate of gain
in Wisconsin, where the returns will
show Republican loss, if there is any
change. The Democrats, however,