Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-01

their efforts in a single district in the
United States where It is possible to
elect a Republican to the next house
of representatives, so that there may
be assured to us a working majority
In that branch of our national legiSla-
ture.
AS TO THE SENATE.
"While the house Of representatives
Is admittedly close in its political COM
plexion, 1t is supposed that the senate
has a more assured majority. Such,
however, is not the fact. 1t Is impossi-
BILE in the limited time allowed me to
go fully into the facts and figures, but
will call your attention to few sa-
lient instances. Colorado, Idaho, Kan
sas, Wyoming, Montana and Nebraska,
now represented by Republican sena-
tors, will elect senator's to take the
seats Of those In the Fifty-seventh con-
gress on March 4, 1901. North Caro-
lima is represented by Populist and
South Dakota by silver Republican
and Populist, and in both of these
states the election of Republican sena-
tors ought to be possible.
"All Of these states. however, were
carried for Bryan four years ago, and
II he is elected president this gear
there is at least a reasonable probable
ity that he will carry two others, Della
ware and West Virginia, and in carry
ing them for the electoral ticket would,
of course, carry the legislature with
him.
"Presuming that the representation
of the remaining states in the senate
will probably be the same in the next
congress as in the present one, the sem
ate would then stand: Republicans for
gold standard, 46; opposition for silver
standard, "A. The loss of Republican
senator in single one of the other
states would divide the senate equally
on March 4, 1901.
WHAT is INVOLVED.
"The election of Democrat to the
senate for Pennsylvania, or even the
failure of the legislature to elect,
might throw the senate into control
of the Democratic party within two
years. The whole history of the con-
troll of the senate has indicated that
that body has invariably been most
closely divided upon all issues. Again,
1t may be recalled that in Indiana only
one Republican was elected to the Uni
ted States senate. and he only for sin
gle term between 1875 and 1895, like
wise in Ohio from 1869 to 1897, period
of % years, one of the Ohio senatorial
seats was filled by Democrat, and
from 1879 to 1881 both of them were
80 filed. California and New York
also has only been recently represent
ed by two Republican senator's each.
Pennsylvania has also had her Demo-
cratic senators, notwithstanding our
enormous Republican majority, and
with these instances of the uncertainty
of the senate in mind it is also we'll to
recall that in the last 13 congressional
elections the Democrats have won
eight times. When we consider that,
while an effort is being made to cover
up the issue of free silver under the
trumped-up issue of imperialism, that
this free silver issue Is still the
vital and dominant issue in the Dem
ocratic party and is as import
ant as 1t ever was to the integri-
ty of our financial system, the consci-
entious and patriotic and thoughtful
voter may we'll hesitate to trifle with
the demagogy of Organism or be led
by the allurements Of those who would
weaken or destroy their support and
allegiance to any part of the Republi-
can party by appealing to local or fac
tional discomfort or differences.