Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-07
The Next Congress.

The New York Tribune has beer
looking over the political field for the
year 1882, to see how the result will
stand for the next Congress. The Re.
publicans hold the present house by a
very slim majority indeed. Out OF 293
members 147, a bare majority of one,
are Republicans. The Republican
strength is increased by number Of
Greenbackers who vote with it on po-
itical questions. The new apportion-
ment adds thirty-two members to the
whole number of Representatives. In
the present House New England has
twenty eight mem bers, two of them
being Fusionists and two Democrats,
leaving twenty -four to the Republicans.
The new apportionment gives that sec
ton twenty.six members, of whom the
Republicans expect to elect twenty-six
as usual so there will be no loss, but
rather gain of two members in New
England.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin together gain seven
members by the new apportionment,
all but one Of whom the Republicans
will elect. In Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
and Minnesota there is a gain of ten
representatives by the new apportion-
ment, all of whom may be safely
counted for the Republicans. Califor-
MIA also gains two members, one of
which is claimed for the Republicans,
and the Tribune also thinks the mem.
Der from Nevada, now Democrat,
may be succeeded by Republican,
which would give the Republicans six
teen new Congressman. There are 1877
Republican members from the North
in the present Congress. If the party
holds the same number of districts and
elects the eighteen additional members
mentioned, it will have 155 Represen.
tatives from the North in the next
House.
A majority will be 1853; and for the
eight members wanted the Republicans
would have to look to the South, and
when that section is touched we begin
to stand on very uncertain ground. IT.
is as yet too early to calculate what the
result of the Independent movement in
that section will be. Upon these will
depend, in great measure, the pros
poets of the Republicans. N OF that the
Independents will aid directly in elect.
ing Republican congressman, but that
the break in the ranks of the Democra-
cy must surely result in fuller vote
and fairer count. The Republicans
have ten members from the States
known as the South, whose seats are
undisputed. The choice, of an equal
number, added to the 155 Republicans,
whose election it seems reasonable to
expect in the North, would givs that
party the control by five majority. 1t
is reasonable to expect, however, that
the number of Republican members
from tie South will be doubled by this
years elections. Gains may be ex-
pected in Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi and Texas.
These calculations are based ubon the
united action of the Republican party.
With harmony, organization and work,
175 Republican memb ers of the next
Huuse of Representatives can be elected. |
This would give the party majority
OF twenty"hve-a majority none too
large to carry through the reforms and
measures that the country demands. |
But the Republicans must understand |
that lethargy will not bring the desired !
result. They must not look to Offsetting
losses in the North by gains in the
South. They have no Con gresslonal
Districts to spare in either section.
Nothing but thorough organization
and vigorous, united action will give
them majority in the next House of
Representatives and place the party
upon high vantage-ground from which
to contest the Presidential election of
1884