New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
SIL YER SENATE A DANGER.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
CALLS ATTENTION TO THE PERIL.

The Republican National Committee yester-
day made public the proof sheets of chapter in
the campaign book which will deal with the
possibility Of a silver Senate in the four years
following March 4. 1901.
1t is the belief Of Senator Hanna and the other
members of the Republican National Commit
tee that the public has been misinformed as to
the real conditions in the United States Senate
to-day, and that many persons generally accept
the idea that the silver advocates cannot posi-
bly, gain majority in the upper House Of Con-
gress during the next Administration. The pres
ent Senate is strongly for gold. The majority in
that body for the gold standard has been so
large that many persons have supposed that
there can be more danger of the passage of a
free and unlimited silver coinage act.
Chairman Hanna and his associates say that
the Democrats are making use Of this an ar
gument with the Gold Democrats assuring them
that there can be danger, that the country
will be saved from silver law because of the
conservative majority in the Senate They argue
Chairman Hanna asserts that any man can
safely cast his ballot for Mr. Bryan as an anti
imperialist because the gold Legislation OF the
last Congress will be safely unassaiIable because
of the gold majority in the Senate during the
four years Of Mr.. Bryan's administration in
case he is elected.
The object of the chapter of the campaign
textbook mentioned is to answer and refutC
these arguments unsound and specious 1t re-
fcrs to past events and forecasts POSSIBLE future
happenings. Reference is made to 1895. In that
year there seemed 10 be a generally widespread
opinion that the political complexion Of the Sen
ate could not be changed before the beginning
of the new Congress. 1t is said that this belief
almost cost the sound money men the control
Of the House of Representatives. In the election
following the silver champions made a gain OF
more than twenty-four seats in Pennsylvania
New-Jersey, New York, West Virginia Massa-
chusetts and Maryland. and had not gold made
gains in Kansas and other Western States the
cost them the lower house
This approach to the danger line gave the Re
publicans a warning, IL is asserted and they
don't propose to allow IL to happen again by al
lowing the rank and file to sink into an
apathetc lethargy.
Among the States which are 10 elect United
States Senator'S" says the textbook, who will
take their seats at the beginning of the LVIIth
Congress on March /. 1901. the following:
Coorado-To succeed wolcott utepubllcauy.
a. De.aware-ro succeed Kenney Democrat and also TO
Iiaho-To succeed shoup ,Re2ubllcany.
Iliuols-To succeed Cullom ,i!erutlican).
M'nn%so,a1Tc sue, eed Nelson ,tepubIican)
Montana-To succeed Garter Republican and clark
Nebraska To succeed Tnnrs,on Republican, and Allen
Ssss Nog'e Js5snao succeed succeed nP.sT opp . .
lcan an Populiyt.
Vest Virslra-r, succeed FIxlns ,Repuh!..aal
Wyoming To succeed Warren RepuhlcnnJ.
The states given are now represented by hf
teen Republicans, one Democrat and six Popu-
lists and silver Republicans. OF these twelve
States eight-Colorado Idaho, Kansas Montana,
Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota and
Wyoming gave their electoral votes Bryan
in 1896 II he is to he elected this year there is a
reasonable probability that he may carry two
additional States say. Delaware and West Nir-
ginia, ana that the represr ltatioE of the twelve
states in the UPPER house at the beginning Of
the LNIIth Congress will stand eight Repunli-
cans and an opposition OF sixteen. The follow
Ing table more clearly indicates the possibility:
REPt-Rl.ICANS