The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-21
The Next House
o the Cincinnati Commercial.

The Next House
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial
| WASHINGTON, November 10.-The Dem
ocrats are greatly detected on account of the
losses sustained in the late election, and they
make no attempt to conceal the apprehen-
sions Of their inability to control the organi-
cation of the House in the Forty-sixth Con-
gress. Prior to the election;they had been
calculating upon clear majority of up
wards OF twenty, but they are not certain
now that they will have clear majority at
all. The loss of two members in North Car
DINA (Waddeli and Yates) and one in Mary
land (Peter), and the failure to defeat Jorg-
ensen in the Petersburg District in Virginia.
are especially dlsheartening to those who ex-
pected that the South would have solid
Democratic representation, The best they
can do In the way of a boast now is that,
allowing for all mishaps and losses. they
will have majority of three with which to
| effect the organization of the House. This,
they admit, is drawing it down to very
fine point, but their most liberal figuring
does not encourage them to hope for much
| more than this At all events, they foresee
trouble and rough road to travel. The
| conduct of few of their members during
the last session stands as warning that it is
difficult, with majority of even twenty, to
| carry through all of the pet schemes which
the leaders may foist upon the House.
| Last session committee after committee
got black eyes in their efforts to manage
party measures. The Committees on Ap-
preparations, on Banking and Currency, and
on Ways and Means, each experienced de-
| feats which taught the party leaders that
| there were few members who would not be
| whipped into line, and who dared to vote
with the opposition under some circum-
| stances. Some of the more sanguine Re-
| publicans express the belief that their party
will be able to control the organization of
the House. While no effort to capture the
House will be spared, the Republicans gen
orally have but little real expectation of sue
cess in that undertaking, They do expect,
and the demoralizati on andfear on the other
side, to run their opponents lively race.
The Dispatch assumes that the people of
Virginia are ready to range themselves ON
one or the other side of the tariff and cur
rency questions, and let such questions des-
ignate party lines, instead of the negro and
white issue, and the South against the
North. We think so too, and the sooner it
is consummated the better.
The Dispatch, referring to the possibility
of the election of the next President being
thrown into the House, and that in the unit
vote by States there would be a tie, has the
following paragraph: s'se
"But it is not yet certain that the two par
ties will divide the States equallyin the next
House. AT the present writing it looks as if
neither party would have majority OF the
delegations. If the Democrats have ma
iority in the House, however, they may cap
ture State as the Republicans did the pres
idency in 1876.
This means that bold attempt to capture
a State by fraud would be recognized as
right by our contemporary, for it must be re-
membered that the Democrats claim thatthe
Electoral Commission counted in President
Hayes by fraud. If, in the contingency al
luded to, the Democratic party should do as
| the Republicans did in the Electoral Com
| mission, no one would complain. That body
was created by resolution suggested, and
in the main framed by Democrats, All
Of its proceedings were in strict accor-
| dance with law, and it was only when it was
| found that the law would give Mr.. Hayes
| the Presidency that the Democrats objected
to 1t, when it was too late, however. The
! Democrats have cried fraud ever since, and
1t is by fraud, according to Democratic in
| depreciation, that che Dispatch would have
the next Presidency determined, should it be
possible to do SO. Well, this is frank con-
fession, and we hope our cotemporary feels
better.
SIN Massachusetts,, Butler received 10o,
321 votes, but was beaten by Talbot, Repub-
lican, for Governor, by 10000 majority
| The Democratic candidate for Governor,
Abbott, only got 9,S03 votes, the Democrats
| having voted, in a large measure, with the
Republicans to beat Butler. p indicator.
Thisis fine specimen of logic, when the
facts are explained Talbot was the Re-
publican candidate, regularly nominated by
harmonious and enthusiastic Convention
of his party. He received the full vote of
his party, which has a majority in Massachu-
sets, to almost any Number from 10000
to 10000, according to the interest taken in
the issues in controversy. Butler captuEed
the regular Democratic Convention which
met at Worcester, and which the chairman
of the State Committee, bolted, or seeded, land
the delegates elect proceeded to nominate
Butler. Subsequently another Democratic
Convention was held in Boston, and nomi-
mated Abbott, who received the vote above
indicated. Talbot received the Republican
vote, and as Butler carried with him los, 32l
votes, and the other Democratic nominee
only got 9,s03, it is very plain that Butler
captured the Democratic party of Massachu-
sets. Some Democrats did vote for Talbot,
!; no doubt, including Mr.. Abbott, but the
great mass Of the party supported Butler.
| The Disnntch presents Hon. A, G. Thur