Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-09
THE NEXT CONGRESS-.
Probabilities as to its COmnlex iOu

fIODdDIfltieS dS 10 COHnpleXlOns
Next March, the Senate Of the 47th Congress
will be convened in extra session, no matter
whether Garfield or Hancock be elected Presi-
dent. Twenty-Five newly elected Senators will
take their seats, OF whom ten, from the states
Of Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, MIS-.
sissippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
and West virginia will be democrats. General
Mehone OF Virginia, is included In this list, as
he Is now leading the democratic fight In tnat
state. There is no question but that the demo-
Gratis will carry the Indiana legislature, as the
state Is dstrlcted In their favor. OF the new
OF Maine. Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota,
Nebraska, New York, Ohio. Rhode Island,
Vermont and Wisconsin. This leaves the
states OF California, Connecticut, Nevada, New
jersey, and Pennsylvania as doubtful. With
the retirement Of 25 Senators 10 March it will
leave 29 democrats and % republicans. The ten
Incoming democrats and ten republicans will in
crease the parties to SO and 80 respectively.
Therefore, should the republicans carry all fiVe
OF the doubtful states 1t would be Impossible for
them to get control of the Senate The quad
ing the legislature of that state to the republl-
against such an outcome There are are
numerous % candidates for the legisla-
as most OF the independent candidates are of
that political party. 1t is possible, too. for the
democrats 10 get majority OF the New York
legislature. The senate. consisting OF 80 mem-
bers holds over. or these 25 are republicans
and are democrats. The lower house, to b,
elected this fall, consists Of 12S members To
get majority on joint ballot the democrats
must elect "a. which, together with the sena.
tors, would give them 81 on joint ballot. They
are working hard to get these "A members OF
the assembly, but the dtstrtctfng OF the state i5
altogether In favor Of the republicans.
Ia California the chances are consid-
cred favorable to the republicans. but
the democrats and wOrktngmen have made
combination with the view Of getting
the l. S. Senator, and they may succeed
In Nevada since the wealthy Mr. Fair has en-.
tered the senatorial race with his barrel the re
suit is admitted to be in doubt In New jersey
the two parties have pretty even race for the
legislature. while in Connecticut the outlook IL
decidedly favorable to the republicans. In Penn
sylvania Senator Wallace is making deter
mlnf d effort to hold his seat in the Senate, with
the pros poets somewhat against him However
1t is quite plain that the democrats will hold
the Senate.
In the House the representation from the south
Will remain about as in the present Congress.
Ine democrats will gain one district in Ala
bama, one In Texas two in North Carolina.
and they Will be likely to lose one In North
Carolina, two In Virginia and one In Tennessee.
two districts In New York, two In Pennsylva-
lila, one in Indiana and one in Minnesota but
they will probably lose one in Massachusetts
and five in Ohio. Upon the whole, IL the demo.
Gratis succeed in holding Indiana the chances
are in favor of their maintaining their present
majority In the House. There are so many close
districts, however, that the House majority will
depend upon the drift the presidential election
takes between now and November,