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Show tmi: tMTiiii status m:n vii:. Democratif newspapers seem jener-nliy jener-nliy to be at sea conecrnino; the republican repub-lican majority in tho 1,'nited Slates senate, so to set the mailer at rest Tin: TlMF.s will (rive litem this information conccrniuK the political romph.Viou of thai body. It is scarcely necessary to stale that each stale has two members in tlie tipper branch of e'.iiu;ees; all republican are aware of that iii 't, al-th'Uioli al-th'Uioli some democrats may be in'iiorant of it. Tim stales iiiat arc represented in I he senate wholly by republican:1 urn: California, Colorado. (lonnectieut, Idaho. Iowa. Maine, Ma-sachii-et (s, Michigan, Minnesota. Molilalia, Nc "aska, Xevada, New Ilampshire.Xorth Dakola, Orcojon, l't:i;iisyl ania, Khode Isbiii'l, Vermout, Wadi'iiton acd Wyomiiit:, niakini; a total of IU. 'Ihe slatt'slhat ate represented by democrats demo-crats alone at : Alahatiia, Arkansas, liorida. (ieois'i.r. Indiana, Kentucky, Loui.-iana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-souii. Mis-souii. New ,Ier-cy, North Carolina, Soulh Carolina, Tcun' ssee, Ti-as, Virginia Vir-ginia and West iroiuia. a tolal of til. I he states that are equally divided in representation between republicans ami democrats: are Ilelaware, Illinois, New Yolk, Ohio anil Wisconsin, show-ittU show-ittU a total of live l epublioans and live democrats. The stales that divide between be-tween republicans and farmers' alliance nre Kansas and St) ill It Dakota. .ei in:; those parlies t w o each. The seiiale is composed of eiehty-elehl members. It may be said that Tin: Timi.s should ha c classiilcd one of ihe .Soulh Carolina Caro-lina senator.-,, .Mr. Innv, as a fanners' alliance man, bin iudicalions all point to the conclusion that the successor of (ietietal Wauk 1IHI'Th will take democracy straight "in his'n". In fact, Po far as politics in Dixie is concerned, the democrats and the farmers' alliance parties are two links of the same sausage saus-age from the same dog. |