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the judgmen, VI majority Of Its dele
gates from the great producing states
Of the country, he forced upon them
this silver plank as condition Of his
nomination. Such man is not with
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 dele
gates to the convention.
EASY TO CHANGE THE SENATE.
"His friends claim that he will not
carry many states. but IN order - be
elected there are certain states that he
must carry. and in some Of these Uni
ted States senators are to be elected.
There Is one senator to be elected this
winter in each of the states Of Kan
sas. Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado,
Montana, Utah and Idaho, and l be-
Bryan carried them all in 1896, and
lieve we will carry most of them, but he
must carry them this year to give him
even a chance of success, and the same
votes that will give him these cleo
toral votes will also elect legislatures
Democratic.
"The currency law OF the last ses-
sion was passed by IS majority. Sem
ator Kyle, Of South Dakota, being alb
sent and impaired, did not vote, though
having a consistent free silver record
in the senate. Senators Lindsay, OF
Enptnply,, nd nf Louisiana
go out OF the snnate on the 4th OF
March, and both their places have al
ready been filled by senators who favor
free silver. So that by that process
the majority of Is would be reduced
on a similar vote to Il, and standing
off Utah against Pennsylvania (both
these states having a seat vacant, II
the six senators from the states ! have
named, except Utah, shall be Demo-
cratic, the Republican majority In the
senate will be reduced to two, and II
Senator Kyle should vote for free sill
yer, as he has always done heretofore,
the senate would be tie on that queS-
tion, 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.
The Democratic senator from Della
ware voted for free silver, and If the
Democrats shall carry that state, where
there is now one vacancy, 1t Is fair to
suppose that the senator elected would
be for free silver also.
THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES.
Thus It Is that on the doctrine OF
chances, leaving out Of consideration
all me 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 major
ity, including the vote OF the vice pres
ident, for the repeal Of this law without
any changes other than | have men
toned.
Thus. without discussing the ques-
tlon whether Mr. Bryan could or could
not, through his secretary of the treas
ury, force upon the country the silver
standard, it is plain to me that II he Is
elected, with the power he Will WELD
in his party as president, there will be
a majority in the house Of representa-
tives, and large majority, for free
silver, and with the force and power
that lies behind free silver, a majority
in the senate will be secured for the
repeal Of the law passed at the last ses-
sion, and that law repealed, without af-
firmative legislation for free silver, It
Is possible, In my belief, for a presi-
dent hostile to our present standard OF
money to force the silver standard
upon the people"
Senator Allson's speech should ap-
peal to Republicans to support the reg
ular candidates of their party for tho
assembly. so that the next legislature
will be absolutely controlled by tho
stalwart Republicans to ensure the
election of stalwart Republican to
the United States senate from Pennsyl-
vania.
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