The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-19
THE LANDSLIDE" CONGRESS

The Fifty fourth Congress, is a
Landslide" Congress elected In theIeoG
cans, 10i Democrats and
Populsts, one silver and one
vacant. The Republicans will con-
stitute more than two-thirds of
the House membership. Sectionally
the Republican majority will be di-
vlded as follows: New England States,
26; Old Middle States. 2S; Middle West
ern States, 92; far Western States, 2S;
Southern States, 49, The Democrats
secure only thirteen members in the
Northern States California and Massa-
chusetts contribute one each, Illinois,
Ohio and Pennsylvania two each, and
New York five. The Democrats secure
six solid State delegations, those of
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi and South Carolina. The
Republicans secure nineteen solid dele
cations, those Of Connecticut, Della
ware, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maine.
Michigan Minnesota, Montana, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota,
oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota
Vermont Washington, West Virginia
and Wisconsin. rwenty-eight contests
may be made from Southern States,
and a majority of them are to be in
stituted by Republican candidates
against Democrats.
The appointment of committees by
the Speaker will probably be earlier
this year than usual, as Mr.. Reed, GER
tain of his election, Is said already to
have made up the lists. This may en-
able Congress to beat the records of
years past, and do some business be-
fore the Christmas holidays. Owing
to 1896 being Presidential election year,
It Is generally believed the session of
this Congress will be a short one.
Among the questions 10 be discussed
as party policy, will be free silver, the
tariff Hawaii, Venezuela, Cuba, bond
issues and the perennial pension laws
An authorization Of low-interest bonds
to meet the treasury deficiency is pre-
dicted as the only financial legislation
the majority will tackle, as that sort
OF legislation Is too ticklish for an
ante-campaign session. The most in
teresting personality in the House will
be Reed. He is a candidate for Presi-
dent, and as such his enemies in his
own party, the hackers of Harrison,
Mckinley ct al. are expected to lay
all manner of pitfalls and traps for him.
The session may make or break" him.
Senator Cullom of Illinois does not
believe the coming session will bring
forth any party issues, as the coun-
try's business is too unsettled to make
tinkering with the tariff or finances
safe. Congress will not be in session
two days before the silver question will
be under discussion" says the Senator
and that subject will teeter up and
down like two boys on plank all dur
ing the session." Very little real work
and lots of buncombe speeches for cam
palgn purposes Is the Senator's fore
cast of the session.
THE SENATE.
The Senate will stand: Republicans
AZ; Democrats, 80; Populists, 6. Wheth-
er the Republicans will try to reorgan-
ize the Senates little official world Is
question. To do SC they would have
10 make deals with the Populists and
free silver Senators, which might act
as poomerangs in the campaign of SO
BESIDES the Vice-President will pre-
SIDE any way, and the reorganization
would affect the subordinate officers
only Many Senators think the game
not worth the candle. The most pic
turesque figure in the new Senate will
be the fiery Senator Tillman of Norti
carolina, and lovers of the drama arr
predicting great things when he falls
aIoul OF the sharp-tongued Chandle
OF New Hampshire.
Much interest will attach to the fou
kids,' as the House has come to cal
lts youngest members. These ar
George b. McClellan and William Sui
ger OF New York City and M. w. How
ara or Fort Payne, Ala, and Charle
a. n; iowne of Duluth, MINI. Mr.. Nc
Sle,ian was born on November %, 1865
anu IS the son of Gen. George B. Nc
.cieiIan OF Antietam fame. He has beef
reporter. treasurer of the Brooklyn
nriage and president of the Board o
,,as Of New York. He is law
yer ana Is Tammany Democrat.
William Sulzer is another Tammany
ite' He is 81 years old. He studied Law
~ New York City, and has been ii
ppohtics for the past six years A
npeaker of the Assembly at Albany h
.aue sort Of Gar record, and late
s ieauer Of the Democratic minorit
~ the Assembly established q repu Ia
.on as an orator. Tammany Is sal
10 be nursing him in hopes of maxim,
another orator like Bourke Cochran ou
OF him.
Mr.. Howard Is 80 years old. and
fopulist or, as he is called, sometime
IN mis- own State, renegade Demo
crat He Is lawyer enjoying a goo
practice at Fort Payne. Howard Ief
the Democratic party year and hal
ago on the silver question. A Populist
Republican fusion elected him by 400
majority. He Is the author of tn
scorching book, "If Christ Came t
Congress" He proposes to make tn
rur fly In Congress, and has alread
announced that he will introduce
resolution calling for an investigator
INTO the means by which Presiden
Cleveland has amassed the $4,000, 0O
fortune Mr.. Howard says he now en-
joys Like Sulzer of New York, How
ard is tall and well proportioned. II
Is swarthy aud smooth shaven.
Representative Towne graduates
som Ann Arbor in 1881, practiced lay
gY Chicago and moved to Duluth 1
$50. For ten years he has been
hustling Republican. His friends ex
pect much Of him.
Whether the personnel OF the Cap
yol has been improved or not, the built
ng itself has. The committee-roon
md the barber-shop attachment Of tn
senate have been rearranged, and
beautiful and very expensive electr
Unit plant has replaced the air-vitie
Ing old gas chandeliers, and the EMIL
validating apparatus has been rem