The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-28
THE NEXT HOUSE OF REPREsEN
TATIVES.

The democratic party having secured the
United States senate after the 4th of March
next, the struggle now going forward is for
the control of the house during the Forty
sixth congress. The subject brings into the
boldest possible prominence the gigantic
strides the democratic party has made in re-
gaining control of congress during
the past few years. Notwithstand-
ing this steady advance of the demo
cratic party in the confidence of
the people, we are constantly informed
by the organs of the radical party that the
majority in the next house of representa-
tives will be radical. The organs, however
fail to tell where their majority is to come
from. They do not like to descend to par
t;culars, and they fail TO state why their
party should have such a majority. The
most blatant of the radical sheets who profess
ability to peer into the future do not hesitate
democratic delegation" SIN the present
congress-" says the New York Express,
there was, on certificates of election, dem
'ocratic majority of thirteen. The political
division of the southern delegation-in-
GLIDING Missouri and West Virginia-is
divided into ninety-three democrats and
thirteen republicans. If this delegation
was solidly democratic, as it is admitted it
will be in the next. congress, the majority
in the present house instead of being
thirteen would amount to thirty-nine. But
lit is possible that in Missouri, North and
South Carolina the republicans will carry
'one district in each state. Deducting this,
there would still be left democratic ma
'jority TO overcome of thirty-three. Where
the republicans hope to make Sufficient
changes in the north to overcome this adj
verse majority it is difficult to imagine In
the western states there is no probability of
their making any gains. On the contrary,
Ohio which now returns delegation COM
posed OF eight democrats to twelve repub-
'hcans, Is certain through the redistricting
act of last winter to send eleven democrats
to the next house, with even chances
that that number will be increased to
thirteen In Indiana and Illinois, and even
in Iowa, the green hackers have joined with
the democrats on the congressional ticket
to beat the republicans. If these promises
are true, and accounts from those states
leave no room to doubt their correctness, 1t
drives the republicans to look for their gains
in the eastern and middle states.
''As far as the eastern states are concerned
they could only make a gain of four, as that
is the number of democrats from that sec
'tion IN the present house. But this is not
enough, and as last resort they must fall
back on the middle states, composed of 80
democrats to 81 republicans. Such radical
change as would give the required gains in
this section of the country is beyond the
range of possibility. And il is upon this
condition ofthings that the republican jour
mails are figuring out a majority for their
party in the next house. 1t may be, how
ever, that they base their figures upon big
congressional campaign fund, that factor
which the easy character of Hayes allows to
be made part and parcel of his civil service
reform. But without considering the
spoteney of such factor, it seems that the
loyal organs are only whistling to keep up
their courage" - sree
1t will be admitted by all who are capable
of grouping facts or of comprellending the
signs of the times, that the forces and fac
tors that have been potential in rescuing
the senate from a radical majority are
equally powerful in their influence upon the ,