The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-28
THE OUTLOOK IL THE SENATE
The Situation In All Possible
Contingencies.

AHe nltuuttOn In AL Possible
Contingencies.
Washington D'Spateh in Saturdays N. Y. Times.
The contest Of to-day shows precisely
how the majority Of the Senate will stand
under any possible circumstances, and
how, II at all, the Democratic will aecu re
and retain control. There are now IL
members Of the Senate. Counting Judge
Davis with the Democracy, they have IS
Senators, and the Republicans, counting
with them ConoTer and Patterson, have
80. There are three vacancies. The
general expectation has been that Kellogg
would be admitted 10 one Of the seals,
that Eustis would be admitted, and that
probably Butler would be admitted.
Supposing that this should happen, the
Senate would then stand 80 Republicans
to 81 Democrats. This will be the siIna.
ton If the assurances Of Patterson And
Conoyer are redeemed that they intend 10
vote for Butler and for Kellogg. Both
are understood 10 have stated in the
strongest terms that they would vote for
the admission Of Kellogg whenever bis
case should be brought up. The only
point now with the Democrats is to hold
them to vote for Butler before the case Of
kellogg can be considered. II Butler
should be admitted by the votes OF Con-
over and Patterson, the Democrats would
then have SO votes and the Republicans
IS. being majority Of two, which is sui.
fcin to seat Kellogg, even after Buffers
admission. The case OF Kellogg will Ger.
tainly have parliamentary precedence
over that Of Eustis, 20 that the next qaes.
ton after disposing of Buffers case
would arise on Kellogg's admission, and
the Republicans would still have votes
enough to give him his scat, provided
Conover and Patterson, or either one Of
them, should vote for his admission. The
admission Of Kellogg, after the admis.
sion OF Butler, would make the Senate
stand 80 Republicans to SO Democrats,
and the latter number would be swelled
only to 81 by the admission OF Eustis;;
There has been no expectation that Eustis
would be refused seat when the time
came to vote on his Gaze, SO that the Sen
ate would, in any event. stand 30 to 81.
Even il Eustis and Butler wonld both be
admitted before Kellogg, there is one Re.
publican majority left to give the latter
his seat, which would again bring about
the same relative strength OF the parties.
Taking the extreme supposition that
Eustis, Spofford and Butler would all be
admitted, the Senate would then stand 80
to 50, the Vice President having the cast.
ing vote. 1t thus appears impossible for
the Democrats to secure control Of the
Senate unless they absorb permanently
into their ranks one or Two Republican
Senators. The probability Of their being
able 10 do this 10 rather q remote topic
Of discussion at the present, and still il is
necessary 10 consider 1t as possible.
II the present course Of Patterson and
Conover is pursued because the Demo.
Gratis have the power 10 put them in the
Penitentiary, "a they claim, it would
seem TO be equally practicable TO control
the same two Senators hereafter on other
partisan measures whenever the Demo
cratic leaders might deem II necessary to
their party success. 1t is a humiIiating
posltion for the Republicans to find them.
selves in, with their majority made up Of
two men who are thus under Democratic
control, and who cannot be relied upon
in any party emergency. As stated Last
night, the contest will be long and bitter,
particularly on the case OF Butler, II the
resolution to discharge the committee is
carried, so that the merits Of his case
will be under discussion. His record
and career, as we'll as the legal PROPOSE.
tions involved, will enter into the debate,
and he will find himself put on record be.
lore the country, which knows little
about him, except his connection with the
Hamburg massacre.