, 1877-04-14
The Next Congress.

W hen IOugICSs aSttInu uIto ih NNS-
session on the 4,h Of next June both
houses will be more nearly matched
political!v than they have been Tor
many wears. In the Senate the re>
pub.icans will have a majority Of only
three or iour. Ia the House the dem-
ccra;s will nave, on the organization,
a majority OF at least nine, and per-
hays fifteen. This c!o>enes7 of party
strength is 10 Itself a a-secuTiiy for ~Ise'
and against haS;y legislation. " here
parties are so nea-iy evenly balanced
the abler members of q legislative
body can and DO exe:ci:e a wholesome
control over measure, they hold the
balance Of power, and the party eau
Gus and the previous questions lose
their demoralizing force. There Is
reason. therefore, for belieYing mat
the next Congress viii be more strict
Iy under the control Of lis brains ANA
lr., affected hy tie ignorant and The
designing among lis members than
any Congress which has set since the
beguning of The war. Needed re-
forms will have an unusual opPorlum
" 10 get a hearing, and a vote, too;
and as the everlasting Southern qnesN
ton will be out oi The way there l.
solid ground Of hope that the country
vii! be benefited by the EeXi Cons
gress.
This Lope is strengthened by a
glance at the list Of rev Senators.
Garland, Of Arkansas lIoar, Of Mass
achusetts: : Morgan, OF Ala 1ama; hirk
wood, Of Iowa; Lamar, of Mio~l>sippii
Davis, Of Illinois, and Hill, OF Georgia,
all men OF real ability and sJaie,man-
,hip, take the places # Clayton, Bout
well, Goldrhwaire, Wright. Acorn,
Logan, and Norwood. No one can
fab 10 zee in these changes q great
Improvement. Stanley Matthews, who
takes Secretary oherman's seat, and
Mr.. Beck. who succeeds Mr. Sleven~
son, are both positive characters, and
as able men a. their predecessors.
There has. indeed, been a sensible aud
continual Improvement IN the char
actcr Of the Senate since 1872. In
that period have disappeared, besides
those We have named above, Ames, ot
Mississippi; Chandler, COOPER, o! Zen
nessee: Flanagan. Of Texas; Gll>
bert, Of Florida Ramsey, Scott, Of
Pennsylvania; Srrague, S'ewarl, OF
Nevada: Stockton, and West ot Louis
lana. all men who could easily be
spared from tie Senate, aud they have
been rep aced, in many eases, by bet
ter men, Tor IN the same period the
Senate has received Herman, Ran
dolph. Booth, ChrisJiancy, Mcmillan,
Jones, OF Florida Cooke, Of Texas
Mir. Blaine, who succeeded Mr.. Nor
nlj. though not an abler, /. a more
brilliant man Mr.. Grover, who takes
the place of Mr.. Kelly, from Oregon,
Is sound lawyer and an Intelligent
man. The number Of Senators who
atr ef,I,~---a.,-.--.-,- .,..-''aa..s l--s--
sens OF little or no ability has been
handsomely decreased in the last FIVE
or six years.
The new House Of Representatives
suffers by the loss of sonle Of the
able-t Of the old mimhors. Mr.. ke:r
is dead; Blaine, Hill, Ioar aud
Lunar have gone to the Senate;
Pierce. Of Massachusetts,; Klsson, %
Iowa Ejah Ward, c. J Faulkner,
Abbott, Sc lie and Thompson, OF
Massachusetts,; Willard, Of Michig4n;
jerks, Of Pennsylvania =; Scojl Lo;d,
Hancock, of Texas, and Holman, OF
Indiana, do not relppear. All these
will be missed. We trust among The
new members there will be some
chronic and stiff backed oLjeclor TO
take the place Of Holman, whose " |
object" was terror TO ipbbers III
The last House. OF men Of nofe and
power in Congress before the last the
new House regains only CIarkson Pot
ter and General Butler. OF the new
members General Ewing, of Ohio, is
the only one We Dow remember who
Is pretty sure to make hi5 mark. Bat
IF the men who served with more or
less distinction in the last House. and