The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-24
REPUBLICAN SCARE AS TO THE
L.. :. SENATE.


And now the republicans are essay
ing TO get up a scare in the north over
silver again. Bryan avoided it in his
very mastery and unanSwerable
speech of acceptance, and he has been
cursed put by the rabid republican
press for his failing TO discuss 10 to /
Now such demagogues as Senate
. McComas and Representative Grosve-
nor have discovered a political mares
nest in the probability that if Bryan
should be elected that there would be
a democratic senate for silver. 1t is
not an impossible vent" according to
the Washington Post. If there could
be a genuine democratic government
all through it would be beyond doubt
the greatest blessing that could befall
this country and would save free in
situations and a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
government regulated and limited by
law. The constitution would not be a
dead letter. But is there really n
prospect whatever of such a uelightful
contamination as a democratic senate
within the next four years? Up to now
all the republican newspapers and pol
iticians and goldites have freely spo-
ken N the concurrence of opinion
was that all was safe and the senate
would be republican all the way as
now.
The Post says that McC)maS and
Grosvenor will set forth their reasons
for giving a silver senate in case
Bryan beats little Mckinley. God
grant to a distressed country that he
may defeat the trickster and traitor.
The Post says of their promised state
ment: 1T will show that if Bryan is
elected he will carry a large number of
states whose legislatures elect senators
next January. Many senators whose
terms expire voted for the gold stand
ard law, while their successors would
vote for it's repeal"
1t gives the list of states in which
senatorial terms will soon expire. II
says
"Of these thirty states a number can
be already eliminated from the doubt
full column. Alabama. Arkansas, GeOr-
oAo
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas ani Virginia-eleven in
-all-either have already elected SEN
satorS favorable to silver or will do so.
low Massachusetts,. Maine.
"a, New Jersey, Oregon, anu Rhode
Island-a total Of se7en-will return
senators who voted for the gold stand
ard. Here, then, are eighteen states
which can be discounted now, leaving
twelve other states in which leSisla-
tive elections with doubtful results
are about to occur. These states are
as follows:
Colorado, Delaware. Idaho, Illinois,
kansas Michigan, Montana, Nebras-
ka- New Hampshire. South Dakota
West Virginia, Wyoming"
In case Bryan is elected the Post
says he will not carry all the states
named but would probably carry
with him the legislatures of Colorado.
Delaware, Idaho. Kansas. Montana,
Nebraska, South Dakota, West Vir-
ginia, n Wyoming. With h exec
ton Of Delaware, where a vacancy ex-
listed, and South Dakota, represented
by Mr.. Pettigrtw. the outgoing sen
ators from every one of these states
voted for the gold standard law. They
were Wolcott, of Colorado; Shoup, Of
Idaho; Baker, of KanSaS: Carter, Of
Montana; Thurston. of Nebraska; Ell
kns, of West Virginia, and Warren,
of Wyoming. To replace these seven
gold standard senators by seven adTo-
Gates of silver would make a change
of fourteen votes. a serious inroad into
the majority of twenty by which the
gold standard law was passed in the
senate"
This may scare up Hanna and the
multi-milionaires and the "spondu-
lies will be shelled out. The Post pub
fishes a table In full giving the proba-
BILE result and showing how the senate
after the 4th of March. 1901, will stand
46 for gold and A for silver. 1t a
some speculations relative to Illinois
Chandler is reelected in New Hamp-
shire it will increase the silver vote
on as in. the table that state Is credit
ed with two republicans. Its conclu-
sion is comforting to democrats while
it will scare many republicans into &C
tivity and giving. 1t says:
I'm 1903, in the middle of h next
presidential term, Deboe. of Kentucky,
and Pritchard, of North Carolina, gold
republicans, will undoubtedly be sue
ceeded by silver democrats. In fact,
from every point of view, the election
of Bryan would carry with it a SEN
ate in which the majority by whicH
the gold standard law was passed Will
be seriously reduced and it would not
be impossible to secure the repeal Of
teh law during his administration"