The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-06


y The democratic party having secured
Q the United States senate after the 4th ~
March next. the Struggle now roino
forward is for the control Of the house
sduring the Forty-sixth congress. The
subject brings into the boldcst possiblc
'Ipromlnence the gigantic strides the
lueHocratIc party has made in regainng
'IcohtroI OF congress during the past few
years. notwithstanding his steady adj
vance OF the democratic party in the
commence Of the people, we are con
ls'antly Informed by the organs of Tie
radical party that the majority III the
next mousse OF representatives will be
radical. The organs, however, fail 70
leii where their majority is 10 come
rom. They do not Ike 10 descend to
particulars, and they fail to state why
their party should have such majority.
The most blatant OF The radical sheets
VINO profess ability TO peer into the fu-
lure. 40 not hesitate 10 SAY that the
south VIII return a ''soIid democratic
deiegaiion.' In the present congress"
says the New York Express, there was,
on certificates OF election, a democratic
majority Of thirteen. The political di-
vision Of the southern delegation in
lcluIing Missouri aud West Virginia IL
divided INTO nnty-three democrats ana
thirfeen republicans. Lii this delegation
was solidly democratic. as IL IL admit
ted II will be in the mex. congress. the
MAJ oriiy IN The present house instead III
being thirteen would amount to thirty
nine. But II is possible that in Mis-
souri,. North and South Carolina the IT,
puDlicans will carry one district IN each
etate. Deducting this. there would still
DC lett democratic majority 10 over
come OF thirty-three. Where the re-
puuilcans hope 10 make sufficient changes
IN ihe north 10 overcome this adverse
majority IL is difficult to imagine. III thu
western states there Is no probability 81
their making any gains. On the con
trary, Ohio. which now returns DELE
CATION com posed of eight democrats 10
twelve republicans, is certain through
the redlstricting act Of last winter 10
send eleven democrats to the next mouse.
with even chances that that number will
be increased 10 thirteen. LII Indians
and Illinois, and even In Iowa. the vreon
hackers have joined with the democrats
on the congressional ticket to beat the
republicans. Ii these promises are true.
aud accounts from those states leave no
room 10 doabt their correctness. Il drivea
The republicans 10 look for their gains Ia
the eastern and middle states.
~ iar as the eastern states are con-
cerheu they could only make gain OF
Iour. as mat u the number Of democrats
from that section in the present house.
but TINS Is not enough. and as a last re-
sort they must fall back on the middle
states, composed of 80 democrats TO 81
epublicans. Such radical change AZ
would give the required gains In this
section Of the country Is beyond tho
'ange OF possibility. And il Is upon
ms condition Of things that the repub-
lean Journals are figuring out majority
or their party in the next house. Ii
nay be, however, that they base their
lguress upon big congressional cam
,aign fund. that factor which the ea,y
character Of Hayes allows to be made 4
part and parcel OF his civil service re.
orm. But without considering the
potency OF such factor. il seems that
he loyal organs are only whistling 70
ieep up their courage"
II viii be admitted by all who are
apablc Of grouping facts or Of compre-
ending the signs of the times. that thu
: - -"'se 4*eNt1to ttiot lHNG OtSU DOItn-
lal In icscuing the senate from radical
majority are equally powerful il their
influence upon the public mind TO main
an democratic majority in the house.
y The Forty-third congress the radical
arty had fifty members, counting one
Dr. Louisiana, and the democrats but
Wenty-three members, while in the
orty-sixth congress, concedinQ the
'rgest estimates made by their most IN
.lligent organs, the radical party can
ave but thirtv-iour members, while the
cmocrats will have forty-four. In the
orty-third congress the radical mem
ers were equal to twenty-five states.
nile the democratic vote represented
ut eleven. Ia The Forty-sixth congress
ie democratic vote will represent twen-
1.-Two states and the radical vote but
'ventccn states. These facts show the
.ift Of the great public mind they in
lcatc the pulse beats Of the great public
earl; they tell in notes that ring ont
ear as bugle blasts, that the people are
red Of radical misrule, and they point
nerringy TO the fact that the next
Duse Of representatives, like The pres
y, will be. democratic, and that the
and work of reform will 20 forward
achecked by radical senate. -lnui-
iapolis Sentinel.