New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-03
TIRE R1I4NCE or POTTER.


The control of the next Congress is assured.
The Republicans will have in Northern States
east of the Mississippi 116 members against
SO Democrats-and at least of the latter are
stolen by an apportionment in Indiana which
enables a minority of the voters to elect III
out of representatives. In all the Southern
States, including Missouri, Arkansas and Tex
as, the Republicans will have at the outset Is
or representatives, according to the latest
dispatches having actually elected many moro
against / OF or 03 Democrats. The remain
ing States west of the Mississippi have sent 30
Republicans and 8 Democrats, and if Dakota
had not been robbed of representation the
number of Republicans would be larger But
with either or majority in the House at the
start, necessary legislation can be accomplished.
The Democrats now talk Of admitting Da-
kota, New Mexico, Washington and Utah at
the coming session. They would gain more in
the end if they should decently decline to admit
the Mormons of Utah and the half-breedS Of
New Mexico to a share in the Government
at present Whether they have sense enough
to avoid further affronting of public opinion
or not, the Senate is not likely to consent to
an extension of the suffrage in that direction,
but can hardly fail to pass acts for the adj
mission of North and South Dakota, Washing
ton and Montana, adding at least Repre-
sentatives and 8 Senator'S
Before another Presidential election new
apportionment will be made, the result Of
which can be approximately estimated from
the number of votes recently cast in most OF
the States. The voting, as well as state
cnumerations and other information, shows
that there will probably be considerable tTans-
fer Of power. Without change in the whole
number Of representatives the Southern States
will probably lose 6, retaining II 5 instead OF
i21 under the present apportiOnment: The
Northern States east of Ohio appear from the
voting to be safe to retain 81 members against
80, their present number. The Western and
new States will gain about Z members-and
il is worth while to notice that Indiana does
not appear to be likely from the recent voting
10 return more than II representatives., so that
The entire gain in the West will 60 to States
safely Republican.
With this new apportionment, the present
number of representatives being retained
and four new States admitted, the whole
number of electors would be 400 and 205
would be required to elect. The Southern
States upon the above estimate would have
only l47 electors, or So less than the number
required Newly orll, New-Jersey and Con-
necticut would no longer have enough to elect
with all Southern States, nor would New-I ork.
Connecticut and Indiana. Relatively. the
power of the substantial Republican States of
the Northwest will be much increased, what
ever the basis adopted.
1t is in portions of the South where popula-
ton increases least that Democracy is solid
From the States which are growing come great
gains in Republican votes and from all of them
except Texas some Republican representatives
The Southern States which now have Is or
g Republican representatives. returned, and
at least dozen more actually elected, Will not
be likely to return more than SO Democrats
if as many, after new apportionment has been
made. OF the Eastern States Maine is likely
to lose one member, but apparently no other
State east Of Ohio and the number there lost
with all the Northern gain will apparently be
added to the representation from States now
safely Republican.
| The voting shows that the growth in popula-
ton has been remarkably large in the Pacific
States, So per cent since 1880 in California,
and 81 per cent in Oregon. 1t shows, also,
that there would have been no room for doubt
| about the next House, and not much about the
Presidency, if the Democrats had not virtually
stolen power from the people by excluding
fully million of citizens in Dakota, Wash
ington and Montana