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Show F0BTY-S1XTH COHGRESS. The next four months will furnish plenty of work for the politicians and wire pullers. Members of the forty-sixth forty-sixth congress are to be elected in November, and the fight is going toj be a hard one. At this time it is an impossibility (o tell what the result will ba, though it looks promising to the democrat. Everything centres upon members of the lower houee. The elections last fall secured the control of the senate, after March 4th, 1879, to the democrats. The full house contains -03 members. In the congress iuat cloatd the dcru- o rata had twenty majoiity. The average American voter is so much .ike the Indian's white man "heap uncertain" that ordinarily there aie twice twenty political changes in the house at every election, elec-tion, hence it is by no means improbable improb-able that tho republicans will secure control of that branch of the next 1 congreei. Wo aay this, believing and 1 hoping the democrats will continue in the majority. But in order to do so they must make good nominations; that ia to say, they muHt select as candidates a better class of men than the average congressman of the last fifteen years, not excluding the two congresses that lha democrats have coutrolled. Tne people have become thoroughly tired of scrub statesmen, and plug politicians. So, also, are they locing their respect for party, unless it is reDreseuted bv men and Drin- ciplcs. Never has there been a time in the republio when party pressure waq less effective than now in the wiiy of holding ruuu in the ranks. We believe it is a good sign to see men voting according to their hontut conditions, without regard to the party ticket. It ia certaio that a UfULT CllltS Ol UtUpiO Will juiu office when more persona exercise the right and privilege of suffrage as the late William Cullen Bryant did, when, 1 at the last election, he voted for John Alorrijsey, the gambler mid reformed bruiser. It was Mr. Bryaut'r rule to cbooae tbe leaser of two evils. Tbe late bouse contained six New England democrats; but one of those was 6toleu in, like the Colorado member, a republican having been elected. Iu view of the sentiment throughout tho eastern states, it if more than probable the democraU will lose the entire representation from that quarter. Littlo change is probaole in New York, Pennsylvania, or any of the middle etates, where the independent, or self-asserting voters are chiefly to be found. Democracy ought to be; stronger in the western states than heretofore. directly favorable to tbe west, and besides, the bitter feeling regardless regard-less of party between the people o! the east, who are republicans and those of the west, has a tendency to turn the latter to the democratic party. It is certain the democrat will gain five members in Ohio, the legislator at its late Beaaion having redistricted the Btate with that objeci in view. The Missouri legislature also had an eye to future needs, ano so divided the state as to make it impossible im-possible for republicans to get any thing there. This will give the dem ocrats four moro representatives. They will doubtless lose the eeat the stole from Colorado. We question i there will be any more chances in tbe fir west, except perhaps in California where there may be a democratic gain. The republicans represent nine district in the south but it must be remembered that two yearB ago they controlled three states, with their corrupt returning board.--and villainous officials. These have since been wrested from them, leav ing the democrats in possession of the "eolid eouth." At least half oi the republican delegation from tht south will doubtless be revc-recd, and four or five democrats be returned to tbe seats jut vai:atf.d by their political opponents. It thus appears, looking at the situation" naturally, that the democrats dem-ocrats will not only control the house of representatives for the next two years, bn: will have an increased majority. The only serious dinger lies in New York, Peansylv-iuia and iJJcvv Jersey. If the democrats can hold their on in thoeo elites, they need have no fear for the results. Of course this id all dependent depend-ent upon the digs of men put up ae candidates. The democrats could easily bring about a crushing defeat, by nominating a let of scrubby politi cians, as the republicans could do the same by taking a like course, for it is certain tiie people are going to show in the cornice elections greater disgust for parly aud look more to men. |