The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-12
TIE SENATE.

J. position of that body into importanc,
r in National politics. Butler, from
! South Carolina, Democrat, and Kel
!, logg, of Illinois, having been seated
! leave only one vacancy in the Senat,
t to fill. The Senate stands, therefore
: politically, Democrats, IS; Republi
cans. 80: Independents, l; with one
: vacant seat, and that from our State
The Independent Senator, Judge
: David Davis, of Illinois, usually
votes with the Democrats. On all
questions upon which the Democrat
lc party is right, and on which We
deserve an impartial and intelligent
vote, our party is likely to continue
to have that of Judge Davis. This
gives US SO Democratic votes in a
} Senate Of rs. The vacancy is likely,
though not certain, to be filled by a
: Democrat. This would leave the
Senate, till 1879, with a Republican
majority of 2 in full Senate-39
Republicans and 81 Democrats. In
this showing we do not count Como.
yer or Patterson as Democrats. but
place them with the Republicans.
This majority can hardly be
changed till 1879, save by death.
The terms of II Republican Senator's
expire on the Sd of March, 1879.
These Senator's are Spencer, of
Alabama; Dorsey, of Arkansas;
Sargent, of California; Chaffe, of
Colorado; Conover, of Florida;
oglesby, of Illinois; Allison, of
Iowa; Ingalls,, of Kansas; Jones, of
Nevada; Wadleigh, of New Hamp-
shire; Conkling, Of New York;
Matthews, of Ohio; Mitchell, of
Oregon; Don Cameron, of Penn
sylvania; Patterson, of South Caro-.
lima; Morrill,, Of Vermont, and Howe,
of Wisconsin. Five of these Repub-
licans certainl y will be exchanged
for Democrats on the 4th of March,
ls79-spencer, Dorsey, Conover,
Matthews and Patterson. Without
counting Davis or the Louisiana
vacancy, the Democrats will thus
have trustworthy majority of four.
In California, Illinois, New York,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Demo. |
cratic Senator'S may be elected. In
some of them Democrats will certain
ly be chosen. In none of the States
is there likelihood that the Demo-
Gratis will lose single Senatorial
vote. In fifteen months, therefore.
there will be Democratic majority
in the United States Senate, ranging
from four to twelve votes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The EXTRA SEss1oN.-The Extra
Session of Congress, which closed on
the Sd at IL o'clock, had more
calendar business mapped out than
will probably appear during the
entire regular session. During the +
extra session, 1,700 bills were intro
1uced into the House. OF these $50 :
asked for appropriations for various
purpose, making an aggregate of
about $79,o00,0oO. OF these appro- 6
'riation bills $50 were for the relief .
'r naturalization of private indi- c
RITUALS, corporations, or States, r
making an aggregate in round num- h
'ers, of $l1,500,O00. Nearly three l.
hundred bills were introduced, appro- b
'riating, in round numbers, in the .
ggregate $36,5oo,0oo, for such pur- i,
oses as improvements of rivers and r.
arbors, building of United States n
ouses, etc. The appropriations tt
sked for the improvement of the
Mississippi rive and its levees, alone c,
mount to over $l2,000,0O0. The l.
rmy appropriation bill, which was e.
assed, aggregates $26,000,0OO, in 81
'und numbers; sundry civil defci- Ia
ncy bills $2,6OO,000; and the navy Of
efficiency over 100000. Com ri
ared with these large figures, the
nall appropriation Of $4,000
assed by the House for the Paris h'
EXPOSITION sinks into significance. ID
f the private relief bills over half, ne
mounting to over 100000, were VI
r property destroyed by the Fede pr
i army during the civil war. Over OF
'ree hundred bills were introduced th
king for pensions for persons hay at
g been i'll the service of the United pc
;ates. ca
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"A MOST disastrous and damaging pc
e, on Wednesday, the 5th, occurred tn
Avoca Plantation, the home of
lptain James Jeffries. The large ec