The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-18
THE NEXT SENATE.


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chose outgoing senators nineteen are free
silver men and eleven are single standard
L. tree coinage Against free coinage.
p,rh Alabama Plat, Connecticut.
80 Arkansas Palmer Illinois.
TaIior colorado. Gallinger. n. IIamp.
rsi Florida. Hill, New York
cordon Georgia. Brcc. Ohio
nuhois. Idaho. Morrill,. Vermont.
Blanchard, La nus w istohsi''
Iones Nevada Allison Iowa.
pritchard, ~ {. Gibson Maryland.
irbv 6 c. Perkins, California.
brown. Utah Mitchell. oregon.
potter Kansas. Total-1l.
blackburn Kentucky
Vest, Missouri.
Hanshrough \. OAK.
voorhees, Indiana.
Cameron. Pennsylvania.
KYLE South Dakota.
Squire Washington.
Totall9.
out of this situation the New York
World undertook in Its issue OF Saturday
morning. to show that in the next senate
the free silver majority will be destroyed
and that the figures will stand thus;
Hard-and fast free silver ..........,...37
Absolutely opposed to free coinage. .i5
Leaning toward free coinage ..........
Doubtful ........... .........,-.........
The argument by which the World
reaches this conclusion is interesting, if
peculiar, not to say eccentric:
Eat the outset we see that sound money
has the advantage because it risks eight
less seats than free coinage in the uncer-
tanties OF an election. Next we see that
prartignlly risks all Sonpt
money successors to Brice and Gibson are
already elected. Plat, Gallinger am 'Dr
rill will succeed themselves. The ms
between democrats and populists in va,
California aud oregon do not affect the
State offices. and therefore Allison, Per-
kins and Mitchell are certain to be re-
turned. Palmer, Hill and Villas Will be
succeeded by sound money republicans
Every one of the eleven seats is safe.
with the free coinage seats 1t is not
so. Cameron as a free silver senator from
Pennsylvania, is impossible. and will not
be returned. Indiana will replace Noor-
hees with republican. a legislature with
sound money majority is electing Black
burns successor. These three seats are
hoIclessly lost TO free silver. AS the fu.
SION in Missouri covers only the National
ticket, Bryan will carry the state and Vest
may be replaced by republican. Even
In the improbable event of North Dakota
gong lOr bryan, fiuHsDrOuBn mas nut a
bare chance of reelection Kyle Of South
Dakota is in the same or even worse
plight. PETER of Kansas and Squire OF
Washington Will probably give way to
two republicans. who will be party men
rather-then siverites. Even II Prtchard
OF North Carolina succeeds himself he will
be a republican partisan. The remaining
ten FREQ coinage seats will not change.
Whatever the result OF the election
sound money can lose no seats and will
gain at least three; free silver can gain
no seats and Will lose at least three. 1t
will probably lose four or five. But on
this perfectly certain basis the thirty new
and reelected senators will stand. For
free coinage, 16; against free coinage,
H."
Thus. on what the World calls an abso-
lutte certainty. the new senators to come
In on March 4 next will be:
uo'u men '.......,... .................1i
Free coinage men ...............,., .l6
Which would make the new senate
stand:
God men .,... AZ
A'eu eo'uaBe men ........ ............. 43
This does not agree with the World q
hgures given in another part OF the same
article and quoted above. but that of course
makes no difference. We do not expect the
world to be consistent
Lei us examine the matter for q mo-
"ent. however. The World asserts that
Tue goid standard strength Of the senate
can not possibly be reduced by the cleo
t,ohs which are to make successors Tor
.ne eleven outgoing members. These cleo :
,,ohs VIII take place. or have taken place,
connecticut. Illinois. New Hampshire,
f iork. Ohio. Vermont, Wisconsin.
IVA MARYLAND. California and Oregon
~ majority OF cases the Worlds hy-
roncsis may be accepted, but we think Il
Mn pe well to await the result on Noveln-
~ ~ . pelore speaking OF Illinois. California
u oregon as absolute ccrtainties There
notning at present to justify more than
s' nieTest speculation as to these States.
tao'' IL seems TO be conceded on ell
uaIds-eyen by the most enthusiastic re-
rNu''cahs VINO happen to be intelligent and
oS'-selNatlVe-that fusion in California and
s,esu" Is more than likely to give the
s'a'es TO free silver this year Nor can we
wh.. an9 great reason for assuming that
S.ua'eVer may happen to BRYAN In that
WIZ iillnois will not ro-elect Altgeld, and
mos, ",,h democratic legislature. At the
As' the issue is extremely doubtful
to-, Mo huoh for the Worlds positive asser-
w mat sound money can lose no seats "
no,I., le' us consider the assertion equally
49, mat silver will lose at least
cr,i lhese three arc the seats now &C.
hrss ~, Nv cameron. Blackburn and Voor-
,hos he World is absolutely sure that
, ,n,ssc three seats will be lost to the silver
Ce hut WHY? or course We conced,
l%.rtFoh' lie is not candidate for re.
wiz ', ' end the PENNSYLVANIA legislature
yoo. unuouhtedlv be republican. Cameron
R,,. ana gold man will succeed him
uckr NOW goes the World know that Knn-
,ho anu indiana will send gold men tt
,ne senate In place Of blackburn and Voo,,.
yCt I'll Iho Kentucky legislature has rot
Ind, "eeh able TO defeat Blackburn. aud thu
Ia legislature is s,ill to be elected
hs Nhat grounds does the World bast
have .erlalntv'' that the next senate viii
ovcr s Eold standard majority? The hold.
e""'ors stand as follows:
Allen Nohan; German M,~vlord
aka Aldrich, Rhode Island