Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-01
THIS STATE MAY
SAVE .TnB DAY.
Pennsylvania's Election Returns
May Decide the Control
Of Congress.
BOTH BRANCHES ARE INVOLVED.
BOTH BRANCHES ABE INVOLVED


Legislators VINO VIII nleUt ne.
publican United stntes Senator and
of Carrying Evesy Close Osngrss.
sional District. A.
While her electoral vote will, 4 Of
course, be cast for Mckinley for preei-
dent. Pennsylvania may play an import.
ant part in deciding the great contest
now under way for the control Of both
branches Of congress.
The recent poll by the New York
Herald correspondents gave the Re-
publicans but one majority In their
estimates of the probable outcome o1
the struggle for control Of the Aakt
United States senate. In tho contest
for the house OF representatives The
Herald gave the Republicans the lew-
er branch of congress BY . probable
majority Of six
On this subject Senator Psnrose has
made a very opportune declaration to
Republicans Of the Keystone stAta
PENNSYLVANIA POSITION.
Pennsylvania Is entitled, under The
federal constitution, to two votes in
the senate of the United States" san
Senator Penroea "fn other wordA u
a full representation. Many Of the
most important issues ever determined
in this country In the United States
senate have been lost BY . majority Of
only one vote. The Impeachment e
Andrew Johnson failed by ono vote
The tariff bill Of 1886 was defeated By
the casting vote Of George NJ Dallas.
then vice president The case Of 6ena-
tor Quay was determined n the senate
by the majority Of one vote: the case
of Senator Mantle, a similar instanee
of contested credentials In the United
States senate. and the last precedent to
Senator Quay. would have been decided
in favor of the contention that the gov
ernor has the right TO make these SEN
atorial appointments n IL HAD net bssa
for the misunderstanding regarding
two pairs.
The great industries e PennaylvA-
mis- nnd our other vast interests aPo
clearly entitled 70 two votes 10 sustaaa
the system of protection 20 Auerioaa
industries, and our sound financial ~
tenn and all the great issues now H.
pend upon Republican success.
eft does not do to say that tho scnato
Is safely Republican, and after aii that
It does not matter whether PennsyivaL-
MIA has Democratic senator or any
senator at all. Party success Is not
maintained By such relaxation a efeoqn
and vigilance: party success b only
retained by the exhibition Of nearly a.
much effort as was originally required
to obtain the victory. In fact, many
being iosl and have been lost after be-
IN Eyn In, hon IA
pie deliberately abandoned the Repub-
high tide Of prosperity to 60 after the
land and the Democracy.
The assurance Of party SUCCESS can
only be retained by supporting the Re-
nations. local. county. state and nation
al Many we'll meaning persons even
now say that u cafe 20 vote for Bryan,
because congress viii be safdly Re-
publican, and the monoe4y sygeem
cannot be intepfered With duslas hts
four years Of administrator. They
would crafty their local % fsoeionai
animosities or Yield TO their Disagree
questions of public policy and thereby
CONGRESS MUST b CARRIED.
They fail TO realize how pueSile
their assertion 10 that It 10 safe 20 trifie
either with the election Of the presi-
dent, senator or . congressman.
Their views would not seem TO require
any serious reply II they were not 80
seriously declared A similar perni-
ciOus belief nearly cost tho sound
money men the control Of the house
of representatives IN tho congressional
campaign Of 1898. Without such con-
troll we could not have enacted the ex-
listing financial law. but the apathy Of
the sound money Democrats and the
desert1on Of certain Republicans nearly
cost the Republican party the control
OF the house of representatives IN tho
congressional campaign Of 1898.
"fn the election Of that year the
Democrats captured Is congressional
districts In the states of New York.
New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Massachu-
seAts, Maryland and West Virginia. Il
was not In any way due to the consist
ent and organized and Intelligent ef-
fort OF the American people that we
still control tho house Of representa-
lives. We retained that control only
by gains unexpectedly made In Ransss
and other Western statea When We
stop to consider the dreadful calamities
that might have ensued with a Demo
cratic majority in the house Of repre-
sentatives In the middle Of Mr. McKin-
aey's term and Democratic speaker.
holding an Office second only In fts tn
duenco and importance to the preai-
dent ready TO ohstruet and defeat all
legislation proposed by Republican
administration. Wa may we'll pause be-
fore any Of us yields TO apathy or over
conddencs or prejudice or disagreement
upon any minor question. and thereby
perhaps. .axposo our country again to
sueh dl6>ruus possibilities We start
I'D In Tho present contest for tho house
OF Representatives with tho battle lost.
Ave have majority IN the present
house OF IS.
"The loss of seven Republican mem-
hers In Texas. North Carolina and
other statos was certain and admitted.
In fact, we entered tho contest with our