The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-15

S"lloiiS lIOiT INC states llllncQ, nOl
/ including the Vermont district, show
i'll the present Congress, Republicans,
3S, Democrats lG, u Republican ma
Jority of -. In the new Congress
there will be, omitling the Vermont
district, Republicans, 2S; Democrats,
%; Grccnback Democrats, 3; Re
! publican plurality Of ), and majority
! over all OFF,, Il loss for the Republic
cans of twenty votes.
The present Congress, we believe
stands, Democrats, 1876; Republicans,
137; Democratic majority, 10. If the
gains and losses in the other States
balance each other, the new Congress
will have Democratic majority vary
| ing from 3;' TO 30, depending on the
votes of the Grccnback Democrats.
The Democrats will certainly make
gains in the South, and it is not proba-
bic from the uniform gains thus far,
| that they will lose to any considerable
extent in the North. The philadcl-
phia IimcS, an Independent paper,
and one of the best political prophets
in the Union, says that the last chance
for the Republicans TO gain control of
the next House is now irrctrirvablv
gone. But nothing is sure in politics
until the majority is recorded. and it
| is the duty Of the South TO send
enough Democratic congressman to
ovrrbalancc amy poSSibl" Republican
gains in the North. There must be Il
| Democratic Congress in 1850 to count
the electoral vote property, and the
House must also be Democratic bv
States in order TO elect Il Democrat in
case the choice ucvolvcS upon that
body. Where no candidate receives Il
majority in the electoral college, the
! three highest candidates arc sent to
! the House. Each State has one vote.
east by Il majority of the delegation.
Where the parties in the delegation
majority Of the States is necessary TO
| elect.
The States which will have Drn:o-
cratic ma iority in their delegations
! beyond doubt, arc Delaware. Mary
! lanu. Virginia. West Virginia. North
! Carolina. Georgia, Alabama. Mi&SiS-
| >ippi, Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas,
| Missouri, Kentucky. Tennessee. Ohio.
I Oregon. -Four more are required to
make the required ma aioritv of twenty.
OF these. three are Indiana. South
Carolina and Florida. Dclamatcr.
the Grrcnhack Democratic Congress-
man in Indiana. holds the balance of
power in that State. and will doubt
less prefer Democrat to Il Republic
can. South Carolina has to elect at
least three Democratic Congress men
or disgrace herself. and Florida must
eject TWO Democrats. This she can
easily do, as the Returning Board
counted in the Republican Congress-
man from that State by thirty-two
majority. New Jersey. California and
Connecticut have Democratic dclc@a-
tion> in the present House, ard New
York only lacks one. ANY one of
these four will answer The purpose.
On lhr whole. there is no cause for
disappointment a> some papecs hold.
The Democrats did NOT sliikc the tiLal
wave they c&prcicd. it is true: but
they made substantial gains in Con-
@rc~S. while The Sta,cS stand precisely
rs they did in 1886 when Tildcn had
l?2 and Hayes Ia votes. counting
South Carolina in the Republican
column. or Il clear majority Of % in
lhc electoral college. with the Palmetto
State on the right side, as she will be
in 1880. Besides this we will have a
Democratic in2icad of Radical
Senate. We have The best encourage
mcn' for hard work we have had since
the election of 1860.
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