The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-05
The Complexion d lhe Q. 3. Sen.

make poast OF having The Senate
at the expiration Of the term Of the
twenty-five who 60 out on the 4th Of
March, 1881. The basis upon which
such a claim must rest viii be found
very shallow when the actual situa.
tion is presented,
AT present the Senate stands AZ
Democrats, SO Republicans and | In.
dependent, David Davis. Thus the
Democrats have nine majority over
the Republicans, or eight majority
over ali.
OF the 76 Senators there are 25
whose terms will expire on March
the 4th, 1881. The eleven States Of
California, Maine, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ne.
braska, Ohio (in place Of Thurman),
Rhode Island, Vermont and Wiscon.
sin will return Republican Senators,
although there is a doubt about Cal.
ifornia. The nine States Of. Della.
ware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi
Gin place Of Bruce), Missouri, Ten
nessee, Texas, Virginia and West
Virginia viii certainly return Dem
ocratic Senators.
Twenty or twenty-five new Sena.
tors are thus accounted for with a
gain of one on each side, leaving the
relative situation Of the two parties
unchanged. The remaining FIVE seats
are now filled by Messrs. Eaton Of
Connecticut, Mcdonald of Indiana,
Herman Of New York, Randolph Of
New jersey, and Wallace of Penn
sylvania, The Democrats have that
of Indiana. In the elections to be
held in these States, if each party
holds its own, the new Senate would
stand thirty.eight Democrats, thirty
seven Republicans, and one indie
pendent. Should the Republicans
carry Indiana, next year, which is
by no means likely, the two parties
would change places, and the Repub-
licans would have thirty eight votes,
and the Democrats thirty-seven votes,
with one Independent, who, by vot,
| ing with the Democrats would give
the Vice-P President the casting voice,
and transform his negative functions
into controlling power in the legis-
lation Of that body.
II is thus seen that conceeding ev
cry seat claimed by the Republicans,
even including that for Indiana,
they would still be without an actu.
al majority in the Senate in 1881. In
either of the contingencies present.
ed, Judge Davis could tie the Senate.
Then the result would depend entire
ly upon the political complexion Of
the next Vice-President. Register.
A young man dressed in the height
of fashion, and with a poetic turn of
mind, was driving along a country
road, and upon gazing at the pond
which skirted the highway, said,
"Oh, how would like to leave my
heated head in those cooling waters!n
An 1rishman, overhearing the excla-
nation, Immediately replied. "Be-
dad, you might lave it there and it
wouldn't sink" -
A good woman, after the death of
her husband, had married the broth.
er of the departed. She preserved,
nevertheless, in her dining-room, n
picture of her first spouse. One day
a guest at the table, noticing the
portrait, asked her if it was a men,
Der of her family. "Yes," replied
the lady, frankly, cit is the portrait
OF my poor brother-in-law." "a
"Walter, do you think the stars
are inhabited?" she said, glancing at
him with an expression that showed
what confidence she had in his su-
perior wisdom. "Clara," he replied,
your father allows ME $40 week,
and you can't expect any but a high
priced clerk to answer thatquestion. ;"
When young tobacco chewer, who
boosted that his father used the weed
up to the day of his death, was ask
ed if he didn't think it shortened his
days, replied: "Not at all. Each one
of his days was twcnty-four hours
long just the same as if he hadn't
used tobacco"
A bald-hcaded professor, reproving
a youth for the exercise of his fists,
said, ave fight with our heads at
this college," The young man re.
Elected moment, and then replied,
"Ah, | see, and you butted all your
hair off,"
The following advertisement ap-
peared in an Edinburg paper: "For