Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-28

THE NEXT HOUSE.
As the smoke Of the late battle clears
away 1t becorses apparent that the political
parties in the new House are not to be SO
evenly balanced as has been supposed
According to the latest returns, the Demo-
Gratis will have Isl, the Republicans 127.
and the G~reenbackers 10. It is only fair
to assume that the vacancy in New York
will be filed by a Republican, as the dis
trict was carried by a Republican majority
at the late election. This would raise the
Republican column to 1873. 1t is useless
to speculate about California, because Of
the uncertain action Of the third party
there, which may capture two districts.
Dividing the delegation as at present,
the result would be Democrats, l53;
Republicans. 1870; and Nationals, 10. In
this estimate the Greenbacker from
Indiana and the two from Maine
are placed under that head, though
assigned to the Democratic column by
their partisan papers. On political ques-
tons separate from the currency, the
G~reenbackers may be expected to vote &C
cording to their past parsialities, and six
of the ten will doubtless side with the
Democrats. Leaving the Greenback factor
out Of view, the Democrats would have,
according to this estimate, a plurality OF %
over the Republicans, and a majority
of Is over the Republicans and the Green
hackers combined, or exactly the same
number they had at the opening Of the
present Congress, before the contested
seats were considered. There are W or
three districts yet hanging by the eyelids,
but of course the Democrats, after getting
possession of the House, will follow in the
footsteps Of Republican precedent, and
decide them in their own favor. Alto
gether, when things settle down. and the
lines are drawn tightly, the Democratic
majority in the House will probably fall
between fifteen and twenty.
the PLANT OF THE WORKER.
The story which the coal miners might
udtt tOiQ MI NoulHllttC0 NOQio
have been a very painful one. According
even to those who scout at their side OF the
labor troubles and who think, # they do
not say SO, that anything is good enough
for ~workingmen, the miners in the coal
regions of Pennsylvania are in deep dis
tress. They are suffering from insufficient
work. Mr.. Hewitt's Committee, appointed
more especially-if we recall the circum-
stances correctly, to investigate the rela-
tons of labor and capital-only listens to
the story OF one real w~orkingman while in
session in Scranton. Probably its MEN,
bers were too tcnder-hearted to hear more
of the sufferings Of these people. Be this
as it may, Mr.. Hewitt wasted time in list
ening to one Smith. who had u patent PAN
acea for all the ills Of society, and the
chairman wasted more precious time in
s.refuting'' his u%tterances. Mr.. Hewitt
ought to know by this time that no
good can come from such discussions.
They amuse him, but disgust the
country. There was no need Of going to
Scranton to find men with theories, which.
if they only could have been tried. would
give us a perfect world. He can find such
persons by the hundred anywhere. While
Mr.. Hewitt and his Committee are in the
coal regions they should. instead Of hear
ing "bores." however we'll intentioned,
summon the working miners before them
and permit them to tell their story in their
own way. This story would not be amus-
ing-far from it. But it would be in
structive. Congress and the country would
learn that all the fault has not been on the
side of the miner; but that some Of it--a
great deal Of it--has been due to the man
ayers OF the great coal-producing and coal
carrying companies. What the ''bores'
| say can never guide legislation; what the
w~orkingmen would say. resulting as it
would from their own experience. would
be the solid basis for remedial legislation
il any is decided upon.
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In the course OF q series of experiments.
by Prof. Apony. with a German electro
magnetic machine. the following interest
ing observations were noted: The electric
machine was driven by q five-horse petro-
leum oil engine. The engine consumed a
little over six and a half pounds Of crude
petroleum per hour. The lamp used in
the engine, by which the explosive mixture
is hred, had ! one-inch fiat wick, and con-
sumed 459 grains of oil per hour. The
power resulting from the motion Of the
engine, when applied to the electric ma
chine. produced q stream Of electricity or
electric light, having an Illuminating
power equal to that Of 234 of the lamps
mentioned, showing that as much as three
times more light may be produced from a