The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-18
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Possibilities of a. Division In the senate.
silver Men Lead.

Possibilities Of - Division In The senate.
silver Men Lead.
NEW YORK, November Sth.-The
Suns Washington special says: Hav-
ing failed to convince the country that
William Jennings Bryan and not VIII
liam Mckinley was elected President
on Tuesday, the Democratic campaign
managers and politicians generally are
now endeavoring to demonstrate that
the sound-money men will not be able
TO control legislation in the Fifty
fifth Congress. Owing TO the loss of
Republican Senator in Delaware and
the failure of the Republicans to carry
the Legislature in Missouri, Kansas,
North Carolina and South Dakota, as
was claimed by the election returns, 1t
is now apparent that the sound-mOney
and silver forces in the new State will
be almost if not quite equally divided.
The announcement of Senator Mitch
ell of Wisconsin, however, that he viii
support sOund-money legislation in the
Senate deducts one from the list of
free-silver Senators, so called, and.
what is more important, it indicates
that several of his Democratic col
! leagues, who, like him. were sound
money men until compelled by the ext
gencies of the recent political cam
paign to join forces with the Demo
Gratis will follow his example and re-
turn to their original faith, now the
campaign is over. This contingent of
Senators includes German of Mary
land, Faulkner of West Virginia and
Mills and Chiffon of Texas.
The sound-money Senators, more
over. may receive an addition to their
ranks from the State of Oregon. One
of the Senators from that State, Mr..
Mcbride, voted with the sound-money
men during the last Congress, and his
colleague, Mr. Mitchell, voted with the
! free-coinage Senators. Senator Mitch
! ell was an original Mckinley man,
however, and as a candidate for re-
election was led to ally himself with
the victorious sound-money forces in
Oregon. so that it is but reasonable
to suspect that if reelected he will be
a sound-money Senator. The Senators
from Wyoming, Messrs. Warren and
Clark, may also feel it incumbent up
on them to join the sound-money
forces.
A strictly political table gives the
soundmoney forces apparently a to-
tai of 43 votes, leaving them in a mi
nority of 3-the full membership of
the Senate being 90-or 2 less than
enough to enable them to tie the Sen
ate and give Vice President Hobart an
opportunity to cast the deciding vote.
1t is only fair to assume, however, that
from among the votes of Messrs. Mills
and Chiffon of Texas, German of
Maryland and Faulkner of West Vir-
ginia, who have, previous to the re-
cent political campaign, allied them
selves with sound money in the Sen
ate, sufficient number will be secured
to change the apparent minority of
sound-money men into good working
majority.
1t is more than likely, moreover,
that the Senator to be elected in Cali
fornia (and Mr.. Perkins will probably
succeed HIMSELF, will act with the
sound-money men in view of the fact
that California was won by the Re-
publicans on the financial issue, and
that Senators Warren and Clark of
Wyoming may, for the same reason,
be led to act with their sound-money
colleagues. With this qualification,
the Senate, after March 4, 1895, will
stand divided politically as follows
Republicans, 80; Democrats, "a; Popu-
| lists, 6.
| As to the House of Representatives
| there is no question. The House will
stand as follows: Republicans, 211;
Democrats, 127; Populists, 49,