The record-union., 1894-11-15
Republicans Not Anxious to Re-
organize the Upper House.
AVERSE TO ASSUMING THE RE-
SPONSIBILITY AT PRESENT.
President Cleveland Considering the
idea of Submitting to the Country
in His Next Message to Congress
Remedy Calculated to Reform the
Present Currency system.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oS.

Special to the RECoRD-UEIoN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-The declara-
lions OF Senators Stewart and PETER rem
der it somewhat uncertain whether the
Populist Senators or any of their num-
Der will unite with the Republican SEN
ators for the purpose of securing control
of the Senate after the 4th of March.
Without this assistance it will, according
to present appearances, be impossible for
the Republicans to regain control before
1897, or after the next election.
Giving them one of the Senators to be
elected in place of Senators Ransom and
Jarvis of North Carolina and not count
ing Jones of Nevada as Republican,
they cannot hope for more than forty
three Republicans in the Senate, and that
is two less than will be required for either
organization or the transaction OF bust
ness.
The question has also been raised as TO
whether the Republican Senators will
really desire to organize, and some OF the
older and more experienced politicians
about Washington contend that they Will
not so desire when they come TO look the
ground over and weigh the various con-
slderatlons involved.
The principal reason for this view is
the belief that the older and more expert
enced Republican members will be averse
TO assuming responsibility i'll the alb
sence Of the real power to transact bust
ness, which they would, of course, not
have unless there were majority OF Sem
ators paired to act with them on ques-
tons OF party policy as well as upon or
ganiZation.
They cali attention to the fact that the
House was composed in large measure
OF untried members, and it is possible
that many OF these new men may be dis
posed to commit the party TO a legislative
policy which might prove to be unwIse,
or at least unavalling in the face OF the fact
that the Presidential chair will still be in
the hands of the Democrats.
What, then" they ask, sis the sense
OF the republicans assuming the respon-
Slblllty OF power without being able to
exercise it?''
To do this they contend they must
necessarily make some concessions to the
Populists, who are liable to prove en-
barrassing. Continuing the argument in
this line they say that the fact that the
Republicans have not the Senate will
prove check upon the House, in case
one is needed and enable the cooler
members OF that body to hold the more
radical i'll by simply holding up the i'm
possibility of accomplishing anything in
that body and pointing out the unwiSdom
On the other hand the organization of
the Senate would give the Republicans
no advantage, except that to be derived
from the acquisition of the offices and the
control of committee action. Ii Utah
elects Republican Senators and the Sena-
torlal elections III other States now go as
the returns from the late election indi-
cate they will, this will give the Repu Bill
cans an absolute majority, and thus def
lnitely settle the question. Or if either
New Mexico or Arizona should elect Re-
publican Senators, assuming that there
would be no change OF programme on the
part of the Democrats at the short session,
the effect would be the same. The two
Senators from either of these proposed
States would be sufficient to give the Sem
ate to the Republicans, whereas ii the
Democrats should secure Senators from
all of them they would still be short one
of majority.
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE NEXT
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Repub-
1ican National Congressional Committee
gives out a revised list of the members of
the House of Representatives OF the
Fifty-fourth Congress. The total credits
the Repu with 246 members, the
democrats l04 and the Populists q.