Show THE HOUSE MAJORITY Clerk McPherson has kept track of the voting as usual and announces that the next House of Representatives will stand as follows politically Democrats 184 Republicans 141 Greenbacker i Democratic majority over all 41 This is about as it should be In the present House the Democrats have too large a majority There are not enough of the opposition to make them duly cautious and careful They can do as they plpase and when a legislative body gets in that position it is more apt to go wrong than when it is watched and held down to correct wgrk by a formidable opposition Much of the corrupt legislation by the Republican party is due to the overwhelming majority that the party had in Congress They were so numerous numer-ous that they became reckless and defiant defi-ant caring nothing for the protests of the handful of Democrats present The nearer equal the political parties are the better will bethe laws enacted the closer will the treasury be guarded and the more faithfully will be the interests of all watched and protected The Democrats have chosen enough Representatives Repre-sentatives to give them a fair working majority in the lower branch of Congress Con-gress but not so many that they can aflor to be saucy and reckless |