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course aware of the stress we have
laid upon the importance of the
approaching Congressional cleo
tlons. They are really the keynote
to the political situation. New and
oAllow political organizations may
"bloviate," and make demonstra-
tions OF the "fuss and feathers" Or
der; but, unless the National-La-
bor- Greenback party can succeed In
getting itselr formidably repre-
sented In the next House of Rep
resentatives it is simply moribund,
no matter how much bad rhetoric
may be expended by ora tors Of the
Denis Kearney stamp. The
United States Senate being, by the
confession Of every one, largely
Democratic from and after the 4th
Of next March, the only uncertain
quantity IL the Lower House.
The complexion of this body is,
~ we have heretofore said, impor-
tant on several grounds. In the
nrst place, II the Democratic party
turns up in possession Of both
Houses Of Congress it really con-
trolls the government Of the United
states, bag and baggage, scrip and
scrIppage. It is master from the
center all round to the sea. Its
sseecs, In It's swesp. will take in
the whole range of the govern
mental edifice, from turret to foun.
dstion stone.
Not only will the Democratic
party, by success in the approach
ing elections, control all execu-
tive appointments, reducing the
President to q mere cypher, as the
Republican Senate and House of
representatives reduced Andy
Johnson "a man with fifty times
the nerve and personal respectable
ity Of Hayes-but 1t will have the
power Of declaring who has been
elected Hayes's successor. In the
event of no election by the people,
the House Of Representatives, vot.
ing by States, will elect the Presi :
dent. Thus, as we have said, it's
complexion becomes matter OF
absorbing interest, aud the New
York Sun, of August 18th. which
arrived here after our article of day
before yesterday was printed, con-
tains r6sume Of the political sit
uation which we deem Of interest
TO our readers. The Sun says:
In regard to the next House oi
Representatives there Is a great
deal Of wild speculation which re.
jects certain we'll. established facts
aud admits others that are more
than doubtful For example, the
redistricting Of the States Of Ohio
and Missouri will together give the
Democrats at least eight and prob.
ably ten additional votes, not
likely To be affected, except in a
single district, from any new or
outside element. An increase oil
two may be fairly expected in
South Carolina, in the districts OF
Rainey and Smalls. That now rep.
resented by Cain Is also aimed
but the colored voters on the sea.
coast and islands are in greal
majority over the whites, and un,
less they split q negro will contin.
ne to cit 10 the House.
The Second District in Florida
for which Bisbee is the present
member, would certainly send a
Democrat in his place, but for the
Ill feeling caused by the alleged
neglect OF the Committee on EIec.
tions in the House to seat the con.
testant, Finley, who suffered from
some OF the frauds by which the
vote of that State was stolen.
Finley has declined to be a cand:.
date again, and his refusal makes
confusion, by which the distiic. is
rendered doubtful.
On the other side Of the account
the Democrats are likely to lose
the Ninth District of Kentucky,
Turner, the Representative, hav.
Ing failed to gain ground in the
House or TO acquire the good will
of his colleagues. Casey Young, OF
the Tenth Tennessee District, will
be beaten by an Independent, un.
less v sudden and unexpected re.
action should occur in his favor,
The retirement of Frank Jones from
the First New Hampshire District
is favorable to the election OF
= Republican as his successor, be.
cause no other Democrat will be
willing or Is able to expend what
Jones did, in the interest OF his
party, to make success certain.
Present indications point to q
loss Of one Democrat in Massachu
sette, one in Connecticut, and one
in Colorado, and perhaps one ol
two others scattering. These
changes are confined to States in
which the National or Greenback k
movement will not be seriously
felt. When Pennsylvania, New
York, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, and that
category of States are considered,
In which the new element has u
very large following, more reserve
10 needed In estimating results.
They all have Republican majori-
ties In the present delegations, and
therefore the chance for the Demo.
Gratis ought to be better than for
their opponents.
Both sides are demoralized in
Pennsylvania In several districts,
and 1t IL difficult ut this time to
form any sound opinion as to
which OF the two will suffer most
from the threatened disIntegration.
The same criticism will apply to
New York on reduced scale. The
current runs with the Democrats
In Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and
other Western States, because the