Polities In The Legislatures

Boston Journal: The relat.ivestrength }f the political parties is shown more in letail, and, in a seuse, more accurately, in the composition of state legislatures than in the niake-up of congress ; ■ cause the smaller legislative districts ' afford inore chance for the representation of minorities. It is not at all an unusual thing that a state sends a solid delegation to congress ; but a legislature absolutely solid for one .party in both branches is a rare phenonienon., Nearly all studies of political results at the election of last November have had to do with the heads of the state tickets, or with the congressmen, or witli the legislatures only with reference to their action in the election of United States senators. No attempt, we believe, has been made to exhibit, in a compact tabular form, the political complexion of the several legislatures. For this reason we offer the following statement of the strength of the parties on joint ballot in the legislatures of the different states, so far as ascertained, which affords interesting material for study : Pop., Peo. KepubDemo- and licaus. crats. ottiers. Arkansas 4 119 9 California 87 30 :S Colorado 51 31 ConnecUcut 229 47 Delaware 19 11 Georgia 4 166 49 Idalio 37 3 14 Illinois 125 79 Indiana 111 89 lowa 112 38 Kansas lt)6 3 56 LouiMuria 2 133 1 Malne 177 5 Maryland so 87 Uassacbosetta 231 48 Michigan 181 1 Minnesota 1 ;'.i 13 16 Missouri !)") 76 :j Montana 57 7 18 Nebraska !)7 8 2S NewHampshire -si 104 New Jersey 7U 11 New York 124 86 North. Carolina (4 56 110 Norlh Dakota.. 74 7 12 Ohlo 111 27 Oregon. 71 1) 10 Pennsylvania 20 31 Khode Island lol 5 South Carolina 3 157 South Dakota 1C1 25 Vermont 258 11 2 Virginia 11!) 11 Washington 80 9 23 West Virginia __ 62 34 1 Wyoming 48 7 Totals 3514 15U3 387 The wido'W and cMldren of the latO Rob't. M. Sayder, desire to extend siaicerO tkanks to thosO friends who so kindly remembered them in time of their affliction.