Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-08
The California Congressional Elcc-
tiOn.

ITS RESULT ON THE CHOICE OF PRESIDENT IF THE
ELECTION GOES 10 THE HOUSE.
The latest dispatches received from Calif0r-
MIA leave but little room for doubt that all OF
the four republican congressman have been
elected. At all events, three have been, which
gives the republicans q majority OF the delega-
tion, and the vote OF the state In case the cleo
into the House OF Representatives. The Con-
stftution requires, when the House Of Repre-
sentatives is called upon to elect President,
taken from the three highest on the list, and that
It shall require majority OF all the votes cast
to elect, each state having one vote. There are
nov states IN the American unon
twenty votes to be elected.
ONE NAN POWER.
The present Congress-, the 10th, which would
De called upon to elect the next President in
politically divided. The republicans have q
majority OF members, and hence control the
vote OF the states in the following delegations:
Iowa, Kansas, Maine. Massachusetts Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
The democrats % control @ % the ieeations % IN n the he
states OF Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,
Mort North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina,
q total OF IS. The vote of the state OF Indiana
is evenly divided there being Six republicans
ana SIX democrats, and one greenbacker, the
upon to elect President, as it is now politically
divided, the selection of q candidate for that
high Office would be In hands OF the Indiana
clerical greenbacker: II he voted with the
for It would then have twenty votes the number
required by the constitution. but II he voted
With the democrats,
THERE WOULD BIZ TIE,
19 V0fpa for AQnh oon nAiHoto
anybody. 1t would then devolve upon the SEN
ae 70 xea eecs wo9 pro Of that
democratic President, as matter Of % course.
c1q 1t Is quite probable, though, that az sure as
Will proceed to take measures to relieve Mr. De
LaMatyr OF the excess OF power which now re-
poses In him. The seat OF Godlove s. Orth
lrep.), OF the 9th Indiana district, Is contested
by his competitor, McCabe: orth claimed to be
elected by SO majority: II the democrats GUST
Orth and seat McCabe it will give them In
bic for the House to choose q President, as both
parties would have but 10 votes each out of the
3S-a tie.
DECREASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN
THR HOUSE.
The result In California, assuming that four
republicans have been elected, also decreases
me democratic majority In the House. At the
represented) there was membership of 2S7, of
which 145 were claSsed as democrats, 1926 re-
publfcaDs and 16 as greenbackers. But Of the
greenbackers six always voted with the demo-
Gratis on strict party questions, six with the
republicans. while the other i've voted some
times one way and sometimes another but their
tendencies were toward the republicans. There
were, therefore, on all party questions 151 dem
ocrats. 131 republicans and greenbackers,
making democratic majority Of Is over all,
Add the four members reported to be elected in
California to the republican column and the
democrats still have majority Of eleven over
bers elections are yet to be held to fill vacancies
10 the 9th Iowa and 18th New York districts
u these districts should elect republicans as
majority of nine over all opposition.