| Show THE FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS THE mail and express of new york says that the fifty second congress will contain a larger number of new men in the house than any other congress for years past A clear majority of the coming representatives have never been in washington be fore in any official capacity of the members there are only who were in the last house however of the BOW members nineteen haver have seen previous service in congress the next house then will be composed of absolutely new members and members who have had con gressional gress lonal experience the fifty first congress at the opening of the session was composed of republicans and democrats in the house but at t its close the figures were republicans and democrats during the session eight democrats were unseated and their places filled by republicans the fifty second congress accord ing to the new york world alm almanac a nac will have in the house democrats 87 republicans and 8 farmers alliance men of the latter kansas sends five minnesota one nebraska one and georgia one these are distinctively alliance men but there are about about twenty two other members who though democrats owe their seats to the alliance this will leave straight democrats in the next house of representatives some time ago the mcw mail and express addressed a circular to each mem ber of the incoming congress containing a series of questions which requested immediate reply the questions had reference to a choice of speaker 3 and for views on the sub treasury bill free coinage of silver stanford 2 per cent government loan bill government control of telegraphs reciprocity with canada and south america pension laws and tariff bills forty three replies are already published represent ing twenty six states but very few have answered the whole series in full on the question of free coinage thir ty eight replies are published seventeen republicans and slie six democrats are opposed to it while twelve demo crate and three alliance men favor it for the sub treasury plan there are five affirmatives namely one reau republican one democrat and three alliance men while there are thirty four opposed to it seventeen democrats and seventeen republicans for the stanford bill there are three yeas and thirty six nays for government control of the tele graph lines eighteen yeas and sixteen nays for reciprocity with canada twenty four yeas and seven nays PA the present tariff nineteen n jeaa al republicans and twenty two nays nay democrats and alliance men among the replies that from au M kew kern alliance member from the district of nebraska to is perhaps th most striking he favors governa govern meD tl telegraphs commercial union wl wi canada and all the world service pe and tariff reform but before i his bis projects auld be accomplished aei thinks that government should bakel possession of all gold and silver aroh mines and lauds lands in the uni states and that all rights and titles es such lands shall revert to the gohei goven ment by right of eminent domain government to pay for them a 9 re rea able price V r clover of the third district of ka K sao to an ardent sub treasury advocat advona he is vice president of the nation natio farmers alliance he favors fre 06 coinage the stanford bill he as far as goes but wants it stronger aad government telegraph in his u aument for a sub treasury ry he aanas that everything whether gold SU silver or paper pa per on which the 9 government 0 v e r um 1 2 has stamped a certain value should S legal tender for such value and any ani citizen refusing to to treat it as but abchi should be adjudged guilty of crime chimed and treated as a counterfeiter jl on the whole it looks as if the boht J ical issues of the next congress woj watt 3 be fought out on the old party lines there may be some complications ott the question of free silver but the prot pro ability Is that it will not be touched at all in the house at the next session sessio As to the alliance schemes they to be vanishing into thin air evett evea the democrats democh ats who f favored A v 0 r ed m many a IV os them last year are now emp hati cio WWI appo opposed sed to them |
