The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-28
THE NEXTCONGKESS.

The forty ninth Congress will assem-
BILE one week from Monday next. The
relative strength of the two parties will
remain as it was in the last Congress,
the Republicans being in majority of
eight in the Senate, and the Democrats
controlling the lower House by a ma
jority Of forty-one.
The Democrats have nineteen, or
exactly one half the rumber of states,
in the House of Representatives by de-
cided majorities Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mich
igan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Car
olina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.
The Republicans have sixteen states :
California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts,, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Wisconsin.
Three states are equally divided in
representation, as follows: Connect
cut, Illinois, New York.
In the Senate the situation is almost
reversed. The Republicans have nine
teen states, if we include the new Sen
ator from Oregon: California, Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kan.
sas, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wis
consin.
The Democrats have fifteen States
Alabama, Arkansas. Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Mississippi, Missouri, North Car
olina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
West Virginia.
Four States are divided: Indiana,
Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio.
AS the time approaches for the Pres
ident to make his message to Congress,
in view of the difference of opinion
between him and so many prominent
men of his party on those two lmpor-
tant topics tariff and the silver
coinage-speculation is very general
as what recommendations the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of the Treasury
will make on those questions. 1t is
reported at Washington as being well
understood in administration circles that
both the President and Secretary Man
ming will recommend the suspension of
the coinage of "buzzard" dollars, and
it is generally believed that an over
whelming majority of the Democrats
in Congress will refuse to agree to it.
There are few Democratic represen-
tatives, of whom Mr.. Randall perhaps
may be taken as type, who are for
the outright repeal Of the Bland law ;
first, as the necessary first step toward
the securing of an international ratio
between gold and silver, and second,
because they are opposed to clothing
the Secretary of the Treasury with the
power to coin money in the exercise of
his own discretion.
There are few other Democrats who
desire to see the coinage go on but
who have begun to cry for an "honest"
silver dollar. But large majority of
the Democratic representatives is op-
posed to any change whatever. With
a few exceptions nearly all of them
favor a revision to the tariff in the in
terest of free trade. A large majority
of them approves the heresolution adopted
by the recent "free-trade conference"
at Chicago in favor of placing "crude"
and partially manufactured" materials
on the free list and of substituting ad-
valorem for specific rates of duty.
Democrats who profess to be in the
confidence of Secretary Manning and