Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
SILVER IN THE N A
Not Set Back for Any Length Of Time
by Recent Changes In
That Body.

States senate gained by the republicans
in the late election, no legislation favor
able to silver can be enacted during the
next ten years; asserting that a gold
standard majority in the senate is as
sured for that period. Such stuff and
nonsense may be taken up and repeated
by the small pore politicians and weak
minded partisans, but all self-respect-
ing men of average intelligence will
hesitate before exposing themselves to
the contempt that such utterances
would merit.
The composition Of the senate at pres
emit and until March 4 next stands as
follows: Straight republicans, 49,;
straight democrats, SO; populists, g.;
silver republicans, 4; silver party, 2;
independent, / (Kyle of South Dakota).
OF the changes that were made by the
elections of this year, six Of the demo-
Gratis who are displaced by the repub-
Leans have always voted with the re-
publicans on the silver question, name
ly: German, of Maryland; Faulkner,
of West Virginia; Gray, of Delaware;
Mitchell, of Wisconsin,; Murphy, Of
New York, and Smith, of New Jersey.
The only seats in the senate that have
been lost that could be depended upon
to vote for a silver bill are three, name
ly: Allen, of Nebraska; Turpie, of
Indiana, and White, Of California. Thus
it will be seen that the silver losses have
been greatly exaggerated.
The terms of 80 senators will expire
lfo-aL 0 1An1 o-J %La ~po ~ an ~
will expire March 3, 1908. Thus it will
be seen that two-thirds of those who
will constitute the membership Of the
senate on and after March 4, 1903, must
be chosen in the elections Of 1900 and
1909 This fact. of course, hiram DO b
claims of the republican press as silly
twaddle intended 10 deceive the IL
thinking.
Among the states that elect United
States senator's in 1900, in which the
silver forces are sure to gain seats from
the opposition, are Kansas, Louisiana,
West Virginia. Kentucky, Oregon, Ne
braska and Wyoming. 1t must further
more be borne in mind that there are
several republican senators from the
west that will respect the sentiments
of the states they represent, and in the
event of a silver president in 1900, will
not cast their votes to defeat silver leg
islation. A number of other senator's
are known to possess strong convic-
tons on the side of silver whose oppo-
sition is not to be feared after the pop
ular verdict of the people has been reg
istered in favor of the reopening of the
minis. Again, our friends must not for
get that the average politician is very
much of a weather-cock, and can change
his views with the utmost facility when
he thinks the occasion requires it. So
no friend of bimetallism need be dis
turbed in the least by the senseless
warblings of goldbug p%oppinjays. All
of them that have any brains are doing
their shouting under orders, and gem
orally under pay, and those who merely
echo their dTivel are only echoes at
best.-Silver Knight-Watchman.
Decided for silver.
That celebrated Michigan silver case
has at last been decided in favor of sill
yer. 1t arose about a year ago from
o difference of opinion between a gold
nan and a silver man, Baldwin and
Baker. Baldwin rendered Baker in pay
ment 364 silver dollars to discharge a
mortgage for that amount on his farm,
which Baker refused to accept. Baker
took stepsat once to foreclose the mort
gage and Baldwin filed a bill in chan
Gerry asking that the mortgage be dis
charged, since he had rendered the pay
ment to Baker. The defense was that
the tender was not good, because our
standard of value is gold, and a silver
dollar was worth only so cents. The
court held the tender good, in accord
ance with the law.-Indianapolis Sen
tinel.