Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-07

CONGRESSIONAL ASPECTS OF THE CASE.
Tomorrow four states of the union elect
members to the Forty-sixth Congress. Thtse
are Ohio, Indiana. Iowa and West Virginia
No gOyernorship is involved in any of them
numter OF minor state Offices and municipal
oincers, however, are to be chosen in the large
citles. In OHIO secretary and supreme court
Judge are ret to be chosen. The state has been
alternately republican and democratic, the
present governor being democrat, elected by
over Zoo majority. In Indiana a secrei ary,
auditor, treasurer, attorney general and 13
congressman are to be CHOSEN. Indiana gave
democratic majority of 5,5l5 in the election
OF 1876. In Iowa secretary aud minor state
officers will be chosen, and Congressman
At the last election Iowa gave republican
majority of AZ, 1873. There are, in all of the
elections OF tomorrow, As congressman to be
elected from an aggregate of districts now
represented by 80 republicans and Is demo
Gratis.
PRESENT REPRESENTATION.
To give the reader an idea of how those
states are now represented in the congress
slonal distflcts the following resume has been
In Indiana the present congressional dele
cation stands republicans and democrats.
7th, Sth, 9th, 10th, 1lth, and 18th. Tie demo
Gratis have the lst, I'd, 3D. and 18th. All mem
bers elected by the republicans to morrow
over nine will be gain, and all under that
number loss.
Ohio elects 20 members of Congress. In the
present Congress the delegation stands II
anu ftpuUiiCduS. Inc
legis stature last year geirymandered the state
to insure to the democracy Ii of the districts.
All over 6 elected by the republicans will
men the republicans will hold their own
IN Iowa members OF Congress are to be
elected, the delegation in the present Congress
is solid republican one.
West Virginia elects members OF Congress.
In the present Congress the delegation is
Solidly democratic.
THE VOTE FOR THE FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
In Indiana the districts now held py the
den rats gave the following majortieS to.
the 15th Congress: The lst 169; ID, {, 1853; Sd
6l5: 18th 1866. The districts held by the re.
publlcans save majoriteS as follows: Fhe 4th,
Is: 5th, l,S29 9th, 276; 7th 1,39S; Sth, !, loo
9th, ,4l4 lover three thousand votes, however,
were cast for An Independent named Temple.
toni: 10Th. 1,049: 1lth, AIS: 18th, 22lS.
In Ohio the districts now held by the demo
Gratis gave the following majorites: The ISt.
67G: %. rs: 4th, &c. 5th. 1888: Tth, 134l: I2tIi
$3.50; 18th, 1904; lith, 5,5i9 The republican,
maJOritIes in the present Congress are in the
Sd district. 45l 9Th, 1915; Sth, 1888; 9th 495
10th. 2Il; llth, 574; 18th, 5G; 10th, 2,252; 18th
1894 1.-THE greenback candidate received 2,44l
voteSJ; 18th, 4,l34; 18th, S613; Goth, 1870. Ii
should be borne in mind, however, that the
recent gerl ymander has diSarranged all the
old districts.
Iowa has in the present Congress republican
majorities in all the districts as follows: lSt,
2374; I'd, 1756: I'd. 1923 4th, H. 43l: 5ti, 600
9th, 1853; 7th $685. Sth, 4,122; 9Th, $3.50.
In West Virginia the democratic majoritieS
in the Congressional districts in the 45th Con
gress are as follows: The 1st, 1885: I'd. 1882
Sd. 7473.