Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-11-06
4 REprRLIcAN coNGRESS


The control of the house Of representa-
tivcs of the Fifty-tfth congress by the
republicans being assured, the probable
political complexion of the senate in
that congress is a matter of much in
tcreSt.
The senate consists of ninety mem
bcrS, though the present membership
is cighty-nine, owing to n vacancy in
the representation of Delaware. These
are distributed politically as follows:
Republicans, forty; democrats, thirty
nine; populists and Silvertcs. ten. The
terms of twenty of the eighty-nine
expire on the I'd of March, 1897. OF
those whose successors will begin their
service with the new administration
fourteen are democrats, eight are re-
publicans, two are populists and five
are designated as silver mcn-four of
these being the boilers at St Louis
The senators holding over when Major
Mckinley becomes president will be
Republicans, thirty; democrats, twenty
five; populiStS, two; Silverites, three.
the republicans must get sixteen of the
twenty-nine members to be chosen
Two to succeed democrats have been
chosen-lFOraker in Ohio ana yelling
ton in Maryland. Senator Morrill, of Yer
mont has been elected to succeed him
self. Republican senators will be cleo
ted in California, Connecticut, Iowa
New Hampshire, North Dakota, Penn
sylvana, to succeed republicans from
those states. This gives nine of the re
quircd sixteen. Five democrats whose
terms expire will be succeeded by re-
publicans, viz: Blackburn of Ken
lucky, Palmer of Illinois, Voorhees, of
Indiana, Hill Of New York and Villas of
Wisconsin. A republican will be cleo
ted in South Dakota to succeed Kyle
Either Dupont will he seated from Della
ware or II republican elected in his
place. Thus the required sixteen to
enable the republicans to control the
senate in the I'ifty-iifth congress is as
sured, while there is II possibility of get
ting one more in the reelection of Scna-
tor Pritchard of North Carolina.
1t is perfectly safe to say, therefore,
that the republicans will control both
branches of The Fifty-tifth congress,
which gives assurance of legislation for
increasing the revenue of the govern
mcnt For this purpose the new admin
istration will also undoubtedly have
the support of several of the silver state
senators who joined the democrats to
defeat such legislation in the present
congress. Ii is not at all probable
now that the cause of free silver has
been dcciSiycly beaten, that all of these
senators will repeat their mistake of
frustrating legislation necessary to the
national treasury ana important To the
Interests of their own people. The
states of Idaho, Montana, Washington
and Utah, while largely Interested in
silver, have other interests of greater
value which the people will insist
snail be looked after by their repre-
sehlaliVeS in congress. knowing that
there Is no hope of doing anything more
for silver, at least for the next four
years the representatives of the silver
states could commit no greater folly
than to stand in the way of legislation
that would improve the condition of
industries upon which the prosperity Of
their people largely depend. The silver
Interest must take care of itself and
1t should not be allowed to longer inter
iere with other interests, not only
whore 1t exists, but throughout the
country as we'll as with the welfare oi
the government The arrogant course
winch that interest has pursued for