Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1878 — The Next Congress. [ARTICLE]

The Next Congress.

The following is a comparatix’e statement of the probable strength of the Republican and Democratic parties in the next House of Representatives: ~sg XI.V. XLVI. s•' CONGRESS. CONGRESS. STATES. S J S Si sg3 1 3 ?:: : ' n • Maine 5 5 2 3 New Hampshire 8 1 2 3 Vermont. 3 3 ..... 3 Massa»liu®tts 11 2 9 1 10 Rhode Island 2 2 2 Connecticut 4 3 1 1 3 New York 33 16 17 8 25 New Jersey 7 4] 3 2 5 Pennsylvania 2? 10 17| 11) 17 Delaware 1 1: j 1 Maryland 6 6 5 1 Virginia 9 8; 1! 8 1 XVest Virginia 3 3; | 3 North Carolina 8 7i lj 6 2 South Carolina 5 2j 3 5 Georgia 9 9! 9 Florida 3 1111 Alabama 8 8 8 Mississippi 6 6 6 Louisiana 6 4 2 6 Texas 6 6 6 Arkansas 4 4 4 Tennessee 10 8 2 9 1 Kentucky 10 10 10 Ohio 20 8 12 11 0 Indiana 13 4 9 7 6 Illinois 19 8 111 «. 13 Missouri 13 9 4 12 1 Kansaß 3 3 3 lowa D 9 2 7 XVisconsin 8 3 5 8 5 Michigan 9 1 8 9 Minnesota 3 8 1 2 Nebraska 1,.... 1 1 Colorado 1 1 1 Nevada 1 1 .... 1 California 4 2 2 ... Oregon 1 1 1 Total 293 156 137 154 135 Four members to be elected in California. There will be eight Greenbackers in the next House. Six of these—namely, txvo from Maine, one from Pennsylx’ania, one from Indiana and txvo from loxva — are classed in the abox r e table as Democrats, having been elected by a coalition of Democrats and Greenbackers. The other txvo—one from Illinois and one from Missouri—were elected by a coalition betxveen the Republicans and the Greenbackers, and are therefore classed as Republicans. The present Senate stands: Republicans, 39; Democrats, 36; Independent,!. Total, 76. Counting the changes already made and those indicated by the late elections, the Democrats xvill gain for the nexv Senate one in each of the States of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Ohio, Oregon and South Carolina ; total, 7; and the Republicans will gain one in Connecticut. This will leave the new Senate: Republicans, 33; Democrats, 42; Independent, 1. Total, 76.