Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
JUST ONE MAJORITY.
The Republicans Have Got the
Fifty-frst Congress.
A CLOSE SHAVE, GENTLEMEN
VERY CLOSE.

An Extra Session may be Called Next May
So That the Republicans may Per.
feet Their Organization-Perhaps Har-
rison may Pre- ent it in Order to Take q
Needed Rest.
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 13.-There
seems TO be no lon yer any doubt that the
republicans have elected majority Of
the next house The democrats, who
have been claiming that their party
would organize that body, have all given
up, as the fifteenth New York district
has elected publican member, and
there is not anuu4tr district in the land
the demo rat :cay hope to pick up
through irregularities to give them a
ma ,ority of even Cne. A careful inspec-
ton of the returns of two or three dis
tricts in the northC rn districts has been
going on, but the republicans are I'M
doubtedlg elected in all of them and the
democrats are forced to ad ait that their
Cnl, hoSe of organizing the next house
is n the event of the death OF republl-
can and the election of a democrat to
take lis place. OF course no one hopes
that any Slch misfortune NAV come
u on a republican. as bad as the demo
Gratis want the house. AMI when it comes
to diving a democrat is as likely to die
a. any one else.
The republicans are claiming ma jor-
| ity of five in the next house. They can
not substantiate it on the returns that
! have been received here. To do it they
put down on their side of the division
two members from West Virginia. They
NAV secure one member from West Vir-
| ginia. but even that is doubtful. The
| contest in two of the Virginia districts
! has vet TO be settled in the courts. and
! the indications are that the democrats
will get b. h and thus have solid dele
cation from the tate. They also claim
/ the Chattanooga district Of Tennessee
| The certificate has all eadv been given tC
Bates IN that district and he VIII lake
his seat in the house when the next con
gress meets. The republicans will prob
ably only have one ma ority when they
organize Ii they get one district in
West Virginia they will have three ma
i, ritv. 1t cam ii be an, lar, Ell, and the
margin will not he large enough to dc
them much good if the democrats
stand together and re olive not t.
let any ru,es be adopted that will enable
the republicans to unseat enough mem
bers TO create a good working ma jority
The talk among the democrats now il
that they will not allow the republicans
to revolutioni-e matters merely to secure
majority.
The slender majority has created
stronger feeling among the republican
in fay or of an extra session of congress
They don't want to take any chances
f91 Be rom hit to bear upon Gen. HarrisoI RI
to have him call an extra session in tn
} spring not la:er than May. The repub
licans desire to perfect their organi a
ton even if nothing m ich else is don,
until the reg lar meeting time next De
ce nber
No one here has thoritv to speak TO
Gen. Halrso in this matter. but SOM
of his friends think he will be averse t,
having cong ess in Il II blast st at tn
ii l.e w len his life will be nearly worried
OFT OF him BY persistent ice seekers
The tlook for the next re ident i
anything but blissful