The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-14
THE FORTY-SIXTM CONGRESS.

THE FOETf-SIXTH CONGRESS-.
Enough has been asccrtained from the
returns of the late election for members
of Congress in the States to insure the
Democrats a small majority in the next
Congress. The parties, according to
States, will stand as follows: Alabama,
Dem. Rep; Arkansas, Dem. Col
orado, Rep; Connecticut, l Dem, 3
Rep; Delaware, l Dem; Florida,
DEM, l Rep; Georgia, 0 Dem Hi
nois, 7 Dem, - Rep. Indiana, 6 Dem,
6 Rep, l G. H.; Iowa, Rep, G. b. +;
Kansas, 3 Rep; Kentucky, 10 Dem. /;
Louisiana, 6 Dem; Maine, Rep, G..
b.; Maryland, 5 Dem, Rep; Massa-
chusetts, Dem, 10 Rep. Michigan, 0
Rep; Minnesota, l Dem, . Rep; Mis-
sissippi, 6 Dem; Missouri, ~ Dem,
G. B.; Nebraska, ! Rap; Nevada,
Rep; New Hampshire, 8 Rep; New
Jersey, Dem, 4 Rep, G. b.; New
York, Dem. % Rep; North Carolina,
Dem, Rep, G. g.; Ohio, ii DEM,
Rep; Oregon. Dem. Pennsylvania,
Dem, Is Rep, c. b.; Rhode Island,
2 Rep; South Carolina, Dem; Ten
nessec, 0 Dem, Rep; Texas, 5 Dem,
G. b.; Vermont, Rep, G. b.; Vir-
ginia, Dem, l Rep. West Virginia, 8
Dem; Wisconsin, 3 Dem, 5 Rep.
These figures are not based upon the
| official returns, but these will not mate
rally vary them. The House of Repre-
scntatives is at present composed of 293
members, Of these, excluding California,
which does not elect until next Septcm-
ber, the Democrats have l45, the Repub-
licans 1873, and the Grecnbackers II.
The Democrats have q plurality of -
over the Republicans and majority of
one over both Republicans aud Green
hackers. Several of those numbered IA
Grecnbackers are Democrats, and will
cooperate with the party in its caucuscs
and vote with it. The Democratic ma
jorty will be sufficiently large for all
practicable purposes of legislation, and at
the same time so small rs to impress
upon the leaders the Importance of eau.
tious statcsmenship in the measures to
which the party will be committed. The
Greenback movement has proved n sig
nai failure, only eleven out of 2S9 mem
bers elected being of that party. and al-
though the movement was not confined
to either of the great parties, yet the in.
PRODUCTION Of the question into the can
vass was much more injurious to the
Democrats than the Republicans This
vote evidently shows that the people de-
sire good, uniform currency, the pur-
chasing value of which shall be about
par with gold
In the event that the people should
fail to elect the next President, that duty
will dcvolve upon the House of Repre-
sentatives just elected. The election
would then be by States each State cast
ing one vote, and the majority of the
delegation of each State determining the
vote of the State, and as there are at
present thirty-eight States, and it re-
4uires majority of all the States to elect
the President, it will require twenty
States or votes to elect. The present no.
iitical complexion of the Fou Sc gives to
the Democrats seventeen States and the
Republicans eighteen, leaving out of the
count Florida, California and Indiana.
Florida will be represented by one Dem
octat and one Republican, and hence tho
State would fail to cast its vote, il both
! of the Representatives remain t-nn - ~.
party which elected them. California
has in the present Congress four Repre-
sentatives, two Democrats and two Re-
publicans, and if at the next election
there should bo the same representation,
its vote would also be lost in tho count.
Indiana having returned six Democrats,
six Radicals and one Greenbacker. the
balance of power in that State is with a
single man, Mr.. De La Matyr. who NAV
elect the President in 1880.
Should tho election 90 into the Huuse.
the Democrats cannot elect, and the
Radicals to do so must secure the States
of California and Indiana, which at
present it is not probable they can do.
II the House should fail to elect before
the 4th day of March, then according to
the provisions of the 18th article of the
Constitution, the Senate on that day
would virtually elect the President.