Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
GARNETT, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1900.
CRY FROM GROSVENOR.
WARNS GOLD STANDARD FORCES.
Gloomy Outlook for the Republican Party.

reporter for the Chicago Record, to whom he
gave the following interview:
"rhus far we have had campaign of STRAIT
egy, and the leading development has been
masked batteries, ambuscades and retreats.
"Mr, Bryan, at Kansas City, held up con-
vention which had assembled to indoIse the
nomination of himself by the Populist conven-
ton at Sioux Falls, and by threat to abandon
the field and assure the defeat of the Democrtic
party forced an un>quivocal Endorsement of the
illfated Chicago platform, and, lest it might not
be quite understood how completely he had
dominated the convention, he demanded and
secured re-statement of the most unqualified
demand for the free coinage of silver at 70 to I.
| This he did, too, over the contrary opinion of
two thirds of the convention and the added
emphasis growing out of many days of hot dis.
cussion, and after all, the world knew what
was going on. Then he, having thus stned
the common sense of his party, demanded the
nomination of Mr.. Stevenson, thus throwing
Mr.. Towne overheard.
"He appeared at Indianapolis and mode
speech about imperialism, and ignored the por-
ton of he platform which he demanded as
condition of his running at all.
"But the sharpest piece of strategy thus far
is The statement published in great mugwump
ana semi Democratic papers that the f-ee-slver
issue is dead and buried and that the senate is
so constituted that even if Bryan is elected, it
will not be possible for him to carry into effect
the scheme he demanded to have placed in the
Kansas City platform.
"This scheme of deception is shrewd one.
1t appears to have been organized early, and as
a very important column of reserve and sup
port to the Demo-Populst campaign.
"The theory cannot be supported by the
facts. The election of Bryan will insure the
repeal of the present fsca, legislation and the
substitution of free silver as the policy of the
United States in the place of existing conditions
"The senate is theoretically composed Of
ninety senators divided into three classes The
terms of one-third expire March 3, 1901; one
third March 3, 1903, and one-third March 3,
1905 In fact, there vacancies, each
in Utah, Montana, Delaware and Pennsylvania
leaving eighty-six senators.
would vote against free coinage and the repeal
of the financial act of 1900, at least if McKin
ley is elected: Baker, Cafrey, Carter Culom,
Elkins, Frye, Gears SUCCESSOR Hoar, Lindsey
Mcbride, Mcmillan, Nelson Sewell, Shoup
Thurston, Warren, Wet,nore Wocott, Allison,
Deboe, Fairbanks, Foraker, Galinger, Hans
brough, Kyle, Mason, Penrose, Perkins, Platt
of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Pritchard,
Ross, Simon, Spooner, Wellington { p, Aldrich,
Bard, Beverdge, Burrows, Clark, Davis, De-
pew, Foster, Hale, Hanna Hawley, Kean,
Lodge, McComas, McCumber, Proctor, Ouares,
Scott-in all, So votes.
''The following will vote for free silver and
repeal Bacon, Berry, Butler, Chandler, Chill
ton, Kenny, Martin, Morgan, Pettgrew, Sulli-
van, Tillman, Clay, Turley, Harris Heitfeldt,
Jones of Nevada, Jones of Arkansas, McEnery,
McLaurin, Mallory, Pettus, Rawlins, Teller,
Turner, Vest Alien, Bate, Cockrell, Culberson,
Daniel, Money, Stewart, Tallaferro-33.
"To this add the senators who will come to
| fill the vacancies as above-three free-silver
men from Delaware, Utah and Montana, making
36.
"Add to the gold-standard men one from
Pennsylvania, making 54.
eff Bryan is elected no one will claim that of
the class of treesilver men whose terms expire
March g. 1901, any gold-standard man will
coma. So we have, the roll now stands, for
the gold standard, 81; against, SO.
/ r"Of the class falling out March 1, 1901, in
t.5r r4 .