Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

out a will when he has purpose to
achieve. That he has purpose re-
specting the free coinage of silver no
one doubts. 1t was the shibboleth OF
his campaign four years ago, and he
made it the shibboleth this year in
fact by forcing it into the platform
against the judgment of majority of
the delegates to the convention.
Why Silver is Paramount.
His friends claim that he will car
ry many states that he will not carry,
but in order to be elected there are
certain states that he must carry
and in some of these United States
senators are to be elected. There
is one senator to be elected this win
tor in each of the states of Kansas,
Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Mon
tana, Utah and Idaho Republicans
hope to carry all these states, and 1
believe will carry most of them, but
Mr.. Bryan carried them all in 1896,
anG must carry them this year to give
him even chance of success, and the
same votes that will give him these
electoral votes will also elect legis-
latures democratic.
Silver Strength in Senate.
The currency law of the last session
Senator Kyle of South Dakota being
absent and impaired did not vote,
though having a consistent free sill
Lindsay, of Kentucky, and Caffery, of
4th of March, and both their places
n 81 fS11a5
who favor free silver. So that by
would be reduced on a similar vote
against Pennsylvania Cloth these sta
tes having seat vacant,) if the six
senators from the states have named
except Utah shall be democratic, the
republican majority in the senate
will be reduced to two, and if SEN
ator Kyle should vote for free silver
as he has always done heretofore the
senate would be tie on that ques-
ton leaving the vice-president to cast
the deciding vote which he is pledged
by his record, by the platform and by
speech to cast in favor of free silver.
Tho democratic senator from Della.
ware voted for free silver, and il the
democrats shall carry that state,
where there is now one vacancy, it is
fair to suppose that the senator elect
ed would be for free silver also.
Thus it is that on the doctrine of
chances, leaving out of consideration
all the other states claimed by Mr..
Bryan in which senators are TO be
elected, and assuming that taking all
these together there may be one or
more changes, there would be a maj.
GRITTY, including the vote Of the vice
/ president, for the repeal of this law
without any changes other than
have mentioned.
Bryan Would Mean Silver.
| Thus, without discussing the cues
ton whether Mr.. Bryan could or could
not. through his secretary of the trea
sury, force upon the country the sill
yer standard, it is plain to me that il
he is elected with the power he will
WELD in his party as president, there
wills be majority in the house of rep
resentatives, and large majority
for free silver, and with the force ant
power that lies behind free silver /;
: majority in the senate will be secured
for the repeal of the law passed a
the last session, and that law repeal
ed without affirmative legislation fol
free silver, it is possible, in my belief
for president hostile to our presen
, standard of money, to force the silvel
standard upon the people, and if i
. should turn out that here and there
there may be, democrat, like Mr.
Vollmer, in the Second district in GU,
state, who pledges himself to vot,
! against free silver, and because o
: such pledge and similar pledges tn,
free silver law cannot be affimativel,
passed, the executive will then hav,
the power, as l have stated, to fore
!, , free silver upon the country.
But it may be predicted that tn
same forces that would repeal tn
law of last session would be brough
to the point of passing free silve
law. All the machinery of the tw
2 houses would be in the hands of FIRE
!, silver men.
! Now if it be true, as we all believe
that our present standard of none
: is a significant element in our pros
I ress, and in our prosperity, and tina
Z free silver as proposed in the demo
u cratic platform viii bring disaste
y and distress to our people, and to a
: of them, there is such a menace t
k the country in the election of M
Bryan that it becomes every vote
who believes in sound and stable MOI
s ey and its necessity to our continue
v prosperity to cast his vote for william
n Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt {
: this election, and to vote for member
;. of congress who will uphold withol
!. reservation the laws protecting an
l. defending that standard passed b
a congress at it's last session.
', Must Have Congress With Him.
l. But these votes for free silver in I'll
l. senate are also essential to Mr.. Brya
h if he is to carry out what he calls h
o Philippine policy. He must ha,
t these same votes in the senate or tn;
g policy will fail, as he must have
e. least change of the number of vote
IS have described in order that his pc
Y icy as respects the Philippines sha
r have the slightest chance Of succe
T. in the senate during his administr
IS ton, and | assert it as my belief TIL
1T the chances are much better for hi
r. to secure with his election MAORI
in the senate for free silver than