Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08
THE POLITICAL PROSPECT.
VIEWS OF A CITY JOURNAL, ON THE STATE
 OF AFFAIRs-THE NEXT CONGRESS.

VIEWS OF A CITY JOURNAL ON THE STAT
 OF AFFAIRs-THE NEXT CONGRESS,
 The New York Herold, in a length,
 article on the political prospect says =
 In one respect the elections this fall ma,
 naYe' m the end, uncommon importance
 The House of Representatives to b,
 chosen next November may have to cleo
 Ffesldent Tn 1880. If there should bt
 three or more Presidential candidates
 and If neither of them should receive
 majority of all the votes cast, the House
 voting by States, would have to se,ao1
 from the three highest the person to be-
 come President of the United States
 It will be observed that the candidate
 who should have in that case the major
 lty of members in the majority of State,
 would be chosen.
 In the present House eighteen states
 have majority of Republican Repre.
 sentatlves; iA eighteen others the ma.
 1or1ty of the delegation is democratic
 and ln two-California and Florida-the delegations are equally balanced. The numerical majority of the Democrats
 VIII probably be increased, for while they may lose member in New Eng land, two in New York, one perhaps in
 New Jersey and one in Pennsylvania nVe In an-they are pretty certain to gam three in Ohio, one in Indiana. one ln Missouri, one or two in Illinois. one In Oregon, one in California, and seven in the South, making fifteen or sixtaan In all, and increasing their present ma- 1or1ty by ten or eleven. We are leaving out of view in th1s estimate the green, pack accesslons from both sides and if must be remembered that aside from the Greenbackers elected as such there will pc large number of members, Reoub- lcans as we'll as Democrats in name who will be, as in the present Congress in sympathy with the .Greenback move ment. But the above enumeration ro. lates only to the numerical majority.
 Of the States whose delegations now nave Democratic majority Colorado, Connecticut and New Jersey are ,,lose and uncertain. Of the States whose delegations have Republican majority New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Ore gon are close in the same sense. and even Wisconsin must be reckoned a donbtfnl State, because the loss of one district bv the Republicans would tie the delega- tlon. Granting the Democrats all the States in which they hold a majority of the delegations, they need one more to give them majority of States in the House electing a President, each State castng one vote. They may lose Colo rado, Connecticut and New Jersey tbev may gain Nevada, Oregon, New Hamn- shire and Ohio, and perhaps New York Tn all the present delegation is pretty closely balanced they are pretty cer- tam to gain Florida and. to tie Califor- nla. In fact, if it were not for the green back movement the Democrats would he reasonably certain of small but suffici- ent majority of State delegations in the next Congress. But the greenback peo- pie, who have the advantage over both He publlcans and Democrats at this time that they have distinct policy and be- lleve in it, disturb the problem.
 Suppose. for instance, that the Re- publlcans should nominate General Grant. which is by no means impossible md place him on hard money plat .orm, which they would probably do. The Western and part of the Soutbern Democrats would probably nominate Thurman or Mir. Hendricks on greenback and imitation platform but ihe Eastern and part of the Southern Democrats could not agree to this. Neither could they support General drant and they would probably nomi- l nate hard money candidate ot their 'Wn, hoping, with reason, that if their 'andldate was statesman held in oen- 'ral esteem, he would draw off from tbe Sepunlacans all that large part of that ,arty which would not support General 3rant, and which yet would not vote for greenback Democrat. Is it too mucb say that with three such candidates in ne held the election might easily go to ne House? And coming there with uch men as candidates and with parties lsorganized with Republican green 'ackers lukewarm toward Grant and 'emocratic hard money men opposed o Thurman or Hendricks and eouallv opposed to Grant, who can foreteli what would be the result of the vote !?