Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1883 — THE NEXT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

THE NEXT HOUSE.

The Influence of the Weit and Sooth. [Washington Oor. Detroit Free Press.] The influence of the West and the South in the next House of Representatives will undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention.and excite very general comment. The following table shows the effects of the last apportionment of Representatives by giving the number of Congressmen from the various sections in the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses: Forty- Fortyseventh. eighth. Eastern States 95 95 Western States 92 109 Southern States 106 121 Totals . 293 325 So far as the sectional divisions are concerned, the thirty-two additional Representatives created by the new apportionment are divided between the West and the South, the former receiving seventeen and the latter fifteen. The political divisions of the Representatives of the three sections in the Forty-fpventh Congress were as follows: Demo- Repubcrata. licans. Eastern States 28 67 Western States 19 73 Southern States 83 23 Totals 130 163 This analysis gives the Democrats the 1;wo Greenbackers from Maine and the Republicans all the other Greenbackers and tlie Readjusters, and makes account of the Republicans seated in place of Democrats unseated during the Fortyseventh Congress. The political divisions of the Representatives in the Forty-eighth Congress are as following: Demo- Repubcrats. licans. Eastern States 42 53 “Western States.. 51 68 States 101 20 Totals 194 131 This table gives to the Republicans .all the Readjusters, Independents and Greenbackers. By comparing the two tables it appears that the Democrats gain fourteen Representatives in the Eastern States, thirty-two in the Western States, and eighteen in the Southern States —a total of sixty-four. The Republicans lose fourteen in the Eastern States, filteen in the Western States and three in the Southern States—a total of thirty-two. The Republican loss represents just • one-half of the Democratic gain, thus .showing that practically the Democrats in the Forty-eighth Congress have the benefit of the entire increase in the representation resulting from the new apportionment. The number, thirtytwo, is the increase of Representatives in the Forty-eighth Congress; it represents the Republican loss at the Congressional election, and it represents .the Democratic gain by the apportionment. With a full Democratic caucus, nine-ty-eight votes will be necessary to nominate a candidate for Speaker. The majority of these ninety-eight votes must come from the West and South, inasmuch as the total of the Democratic votes from the Eastern States is only forty-two. From what is known regarding the Eastern vote, it is safe to pay that in order to obtain the nomination for Speaker Mr. Randall must receive between sixty and seventy votes from the West and South. That he .cannot muster so many is the confident belief of his opponents.