Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-26
THE FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS-.

THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-.
THE Fifty-first Congress Of Ii
:, United States will meet in reguls
- session one week from today, an
= already the clans are beginning {
= congregate and speculate upon wha
n. viii be done first. The Senate 4
=. presumably always in a state Of or
=. ganization, being continuous body
~ but theHouse Of Representatives be-
:, comes completely non eS on the ith
- Of March Of each odd numbered
~ year, so that most Of the planning,
, contriving and guessing are directed
=, toward it.
!, The last House contained 325
8 members, the Democrats having an
r average majority Of about fifteen.
The present body contains $50, the
recent admissions Of States in the
Northwest having added five 10 the
LIST, all Of these being Republicans
and giving that body a majority Of
eight-enOugh 10 work on and elect
officers with, but not enough to rely
upon throughout the term, or even |
the present session as a thing fixed
and determined. There have al
ready been three deaths among the
members elect, and the reaper never
forgets to thrust in his sickle one or
more times during n Congress;
besides, one member stands a
fair chance Of being chosen
senator g n Iowa, vice Allison,
but this, u.Iless the latter should
from some cause step aside in the ,
meantime, would not make a differ ,
ence in the House as the member
would simply proceed from the :
lower branch to the upper when the :
present term expires.
Besides all the conjectures, the a
Republican preponderance is too
small TO be relied upon for extreme
partisan measures or very obnoxious
proceedings even If they should all
hold cut in the flesh 10 the last. for Z
two reasons-there are several Of
their number who are known 10 be
and independent, and
who would hardly follow the [C
1arty leaders in the roll call on such y
measures, for example, as the en- III
and Ku KIux bills for the pl
'Outh; and there are still more OF tn
hem who are already Chased rs tn
gainst the Senate tariff bill, the en-
Institute adopted by that body al
Or the Mills bin Of the last Congress. M
hitch caused the longest debate and wi
INCEST session Of any measure ever PEI
As the Democrats will In
D against it almost II not quite me
unanimously, the Republican ma Pr
rity will be unable to pass it or the
~ similar measure, and this being sen
e great issue now between the in
rites, the question Of Republican +
premacy for any other purpose sPe'
an organization and technical eng
rty points may be considered os er q
lcdcally negation. the
Then, besides, It should be con- Lal
cred that the minority always l m
advantages which the majority his
not, the former being always on lecti
offensive while the latter Of MOI
cessity is on the defensive. The Nor
time the Republicans had con- wou
ofthe House-from 1851 to Issa- thel
y had larger majority than they anu
re now and party lines were svaI
re distinctly and closely drawn; by @
yet they We're cited up, for l &C
Is at time on obnoxious IegisIa- SUPP
through the strategy and skill A.
leadership Of the minority. II AIr.
aid seem, therefore, considered get s
n all points Of view, as If the siiu
nocrats occupied 4 moderately seSsi
ambiguous position-being pos IHE,
Y able to defeat Objectionable ly-i
station while the responsibility ana
everything naturally rests with NOR,
other party. Besides, they can foun
uietly accommodating the mate had
with which to go before the lsind
ltry next fall, when the Fifty. 10, ~
nd Congress will be chosen. and So
ing themselves in trim for the walk
ldential race. They will have l l
lie time and opportunities for any
as the drudgery of the term, so FRI
d VIII have to be performed by lectul
D who are responsible for It. tne
Ie political status of the Senate 60
ot yet be determined, on &C. accon
Of the squabble in Montana in Ii
new state is reveling in the alone
~ Of two legislatures. one 10Th,
imously Democratic. the Fro
totally Republican. the Pleas,
er claiming recognition by viz ID. IN
certificates Of election from 5 TrnI
county clerks under the terri meetil
law, the latter because Of car Pleas
ties from thereturning board I'm. over a
he new State law. It is quite nnS,s,
bic that each of the bodies ceived
elect the two Senators to which Dur
ate is entitled, but Il is aIso we To-
ly certain that Governor IN Una saH
VIII commission those elected ney on
E Democrats. II these sbouIi took al
nitted, the Republican MAORI. Seapo
ne senate would be four. Int taIcs y
Republicans should be seated ears Q
nid be eight; otherwise, six. them t
contest for the speakership Of va ~
ouse seems to have narrowsd myexI
10 three contestants-Thomas young
ed, Of Maine; William Nc. terlan
y OF Ohio, and Joseph G. very n :
d oil Illinois. The complI- talk il
" nomination on the Demo- was on
side will be likely ~ fan - the pur
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