Show FIFTY CONGRESS the election last week is still a puzzle to the politicians of the nation they cant account for the phenomenal defeat it has been termed a land slide and it certainly came as unexpectedly as such a freak of nature it is true to some extent as laicans maintain maint Bin that off year elections ibave resulted in favor of the democrats since the war ibis has been the case in almost every adminis tra tion though not to such an alarming extent as at present president HAYES was confronted with democrats to republicans in the lower house in the off year 1882 daring the administration of CHESTER ARTHUR acting president the had members in the lower house kepul laicans ahn congles meets in march 1891 the lower louse will stand democrats against re publicans public ans tho largest democratic majority in the history of congress according to the denver neils the senate will quite likely result ina in a tie by the next term A the senate u now composed the republicans start out with ten ahead there being four gamed from idaho and wyoming of republican senators whose terms expire in march 1891 of icca and of ver leont have been elected reelected re and of senators BLACK abw ot kasoy 0 maryland have been ro elected CAL vix S democrat has beon elected by the ohio legislature to succeed B democrat mr louisiana has a democratic successor elections have been hold in alabama Arkansas Georgia and frecon for legislatures that have united states senators to elect for the new term but the political status is not changed by them this leaves the following states which elected legislatures on tuesday last to name united states senators aena tors florida indiana california missouri north carolina south caralina colorado connecticut illinois kansas nevada new hampshire new york dakota pennsylvania south dakota washington and wisconsin hero are eighteen states which have to chioso united states senators this winter florida indiana missouri north and south carolina new hampshire new york south dakota and wisconsin are claimed by the democrats and farmers alliance if this proves to bo correct of the eighteen states yet to name senators the democrats and alliance people will elect 22 leaving the republican 14 which they will obtain in the states of california colorado nevada north dakota pennsylvania and washington this will mako tho next senate stand republicans 44 democrats 44 if there is no mistake in the returns reported from illinois new hampshire wisconsin south dakota kansas and new york the nest senate of the united states will bs a tie while the lower house of congress will contain a democratic majority of over |