The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-06
TUENEw STATES AND THE NEW CONGRESS.

Now that we have virtually forty-two
states in the union, it becomes necessary
to make a recast of the footings of the
political parties, particularly in Congress.
That number of states means of course
eight more Senators, or eighty four alto
gether, while five more in the House of
Representatives brings the total member
ship in that body up to $50. In the present
Senate the Republicans have majority of
two, or thirty nine members; IN the com
ing one they will have forty five, and the
Democrats thirty-nine. This majority of
six, if maintained, will be the largest the
former party has had since the war issues
began to dwindle, and is doubtless the
largest, perhaps the only one they ever
will have again. 1t cannot, except in the
event of several deaths, designations or ex-
pulsions, be overcome before 1891. when a
large number of Senators will be chosen for
will be two years later, in 1893. In
this computation, however, it is only fair to
state that Ohio, which is now represented
in the Senate by one Democrat and one Re
publican, may go for the latter next month,
and if she should do so it would make
their vote two stronger and that of the
other side correspondingly less, unless of
course New York should go Democratic, in
which event things senatorial would re-
main as above set out; it must be remem-
bered that the Empire state is represented
by two Republicans, one of whom, EvARTs,
goes out as result of the coming election,
no matter which party wins. If the Dem
ocrats should gain the day there and hold
their own in Ohio, it would necessitate a
change in the foregoing calculation of two
in their favor and leave the Republican
majority at four. We will further
state that our figures are based
upon the propositions that Montana has
gone Democratic, a circumstance which is
still at the present writing undetermined,
with the char ces seemingly in our favor.
In the House Of Representatives, the
Republican majority is swollen by the ad
mission of and elections in the new states
from three to eight, there seeming now no
doubt of the election of CARTER in Mon
tana. the only case where there was any
degree of uncertainty. They thus make
will doubtless be able to hold them with the
probable exception Of the one last named.
The ratio of apportionment for Repre-
sentatives is now 49, 12. If the number
of members shall not be increased, each one
will represent on an average well nigh
200, 900 people. This is a matter of no great
concern to the new states, as they have all
they are entitled to in any event,
unless the ratio should be greatly
decreased below the present standard,
which is not at all likely, INSCRIPTIONS as
the Republican party is and has ever been
in its methods looking to continuance of
power Nor is it likely that this number
will be greatly if at all increased over what
it now is, for the sufficient reason that it is
large enough for purposes of correct and
expeditions legislation, and a decided in
crease would be looked upon by the people
as means to an end in which they were
not consulted; and even Republican Con-
gressmen have not forgotten what the peo-
pie do with them when such measures are
carried too far.
The Pacific coast is now a potent factor
in all the departments of the government.
1t will have ten votes in the Senate, nine in
the House of Representatives and nineteen
in the Electoral college THE HERALD
wishes its political predictions were
otherwise than what they are,