Arizona republican., 1900-08-13
THE PERIL OF SILVER
II Impends fl Bryan Is Elected
 President
In That Case the House Would Very Likely Be Silver, Too -P Points From the Republican Campaign Book.

national committee made public yester- day the proof sheets of the chapter of the campaign text book which deals with the possibility of the election of a silver senate in the four years follow ing March 1, 1901. Chairman Hanna and the other members of the repuDli- can national committee believe that the public has been misinformed as to the real conditions existing in the senate today, and may generally accept the ldea that it will not be possible for the silver forces to obtain majority there during the next administration. The present senate is a gold body. and the majority for sound money has been So large that great many persons have supposed the silver danger to be far removed. The Bryan campaigners have made use of this as an argument with sound money democrats, telling them that the country would be safe anyhow even if Bryan were elected be- cause of the conservatism of the senate and that any man opposed to free sii- Yer might safely vote for Bryan as an "anti-imperialist' because the money legislation enacted at the last session of congress by the republicans would ba protected by the United States senate during the four years of Colonel Bryan's presidency.
 The campaign text book shows the fallacy of this argument. Speaking of the danger of a silver senate it points out that in 1898 a general belief that the political complexion of the senate could not be changed before the beginning of the tftty-ninth congress nearly lost the sound money men control of the house of representatives. the free silver advO- cates being able to capture nearly twenty-five seats in New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. Maryland and West Virginia: and tha but for gains maGe in Kansas and other western states the clam-shell money men would have been in control of the house of representative. Apathy and overconfidence brought this result about two years ago, and the republi- can managers intend to prevent a repe- titiOn of such conditions. Then the text book says:
 Among the states which are to elect United States senators who will take seats at the beginning of the Ffty-sev- enth congress on March 4, 1901, are the following:
 Colorado-To succeed Wolcott, repub- lican.
 Delaware-To succeed Kenney, demo- i crat, and also to fill a vacancy.
 Idaho-To succeed Shoup, republican !
 Illinois-To succeed Cullom, republi- i can.
 Kansas-To succeed Baker, repubIi- can.
 Minnesota-To succeed Nelson, re- publican.
 Montana-To succeed Carter, republi- l can, and Clark, democrat.
 Nebraska-To succeed Thurston. re- publican. and Allen. demo-populist
 North Carolina-To succeed Butler. | pOpulist.
 South Dakota-To succeed PettigreW. silver republican and populist.
 West Nirginia-To succeed Elkins, re- publican.
 Wyoming-To succeed Warren, re- publican.
 The present representation of these states in the United States senate con- sists of fifteen republicans, one demo- crat and six populists and silver repub- licans. Of these twelve states, eight. Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana Ne braska, North Carolina, South Dakota 7 four years ago. If he is to be elected president this year there is at least a reasonable probability that he will carry two of the others-Delaware and West Virginia-and that the represen- tation of the twelve states in the Unit ed States senate at the beginning of the Fifty-seventh congress will stand: Re publicans, eight; opposition, sixteen, as follows:
 Republicans-Illinois. ?; Minnesota. ?; North Carolina. 1; South Dakota, 1; West Virginia, l; Wyoming l.
 OppositiOn-COlOrado ?; Delaware. 2: Idaho, ?; Kansas, 2; Montana, ?; Ne braska, ?; North Carolina, l; South Da- kota, 1; West Virginia, l; Wyoming, l.
 The representation of the other thirty-fOur states in the senate will probably be the same in the next con- gress as in the present one-repub!i- cans, SS; opposition, 2S-and the senate would then stand: Republicans Cfor gold standard), 46; opposition (for sii- yer standarD, A. The loss of a repub- lican senator in a single one of the other states would divide the senate equally on March 1, 1901, and the vote of a democratic vice-president would give the silver element control of that body and power to repeal the gold standard act at once.
 It is reasonably certain that the cleo , ton of Bryan as president this year would be followed by a silver majority in the senate in the F'ifty.ffth con- gress. which will begin March 1, 19O3 l Among the republican senators whose l terms will expire on March of that year are the following: Perkins. of California;; Mason of Illinois; Fair I banks, of Indiana; DebOe. of Kentucky: ! Wellington, of Maryland; PIatt of New York; Hansbrough, of North Dakota; Pritchard, of North Carolina; Foraker. of Ohio, and Kyle. of South Dakota. If Bryan shall win this year, at least three of these-Deboe, Wellington and Pritchard-will probably be seconded . by silver senators, and the seats of sev-