Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
ingly sweeping at that-can save the
country from its peril.
A Bright Roy of Hope.

1t is declared by Mr.. Bryan that the
Senate of the United States is not def
initely lost to the people, and that If
he should be elected in November with
the almost certain Democratic gains,
the free silver force in the Senate
would certainly be considerable and in
the end decisive. The st. Louis Globe
Democrat, a rabld gold standard organ,
comedies this much, and that Mr..
Bryan's election will be II serious
breach in the gold standard intrench-
ments and would give prestige to
further efforts to break them down
completely. The majority against sill
yer in the existing Senate is not over
seven. OF the thirty Senators whose
terms expire March next, seventeen
are Republicans, including one each
from Kansas, Montana, West Virginia,
Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming
and Colorado. Two gold Democrats go
out at the same time. The Demo-
Gratis are likely to fill two of the three
vacancies, those in Delaware and Utah,
and Bryan's election will bring In a
Democratic Vice President, who would
vote in case Of tie. Thus far the ST.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Still further extending the idea, the
people of the Western States have
reached the conclusion. that they are
misrepresented in the Senate. Colorado,
Wyoming, Kansas. Montana. Idaho
and Nebraska are represented by six
Senators, who were elected on the pre-
tense of being bime;allists, and who
voted for the single gold standard, the
placing of paper money in the hands of
the banks and the creation Of bank
trust controlling all the business of the
country. There is no question that the
people of each and every one of these
six States are absolutely opposed to the
things for which their six Senators
voted, and the evidence is accumulat-
ing that they are taking exceedingly
great care not to permit any Of the six
to further misrepresent them after next
March. The change of these six States
alone will cut the gold majority in the
Senate in two, without taking into ac-
count gains that may be made in other
parts of the country. Kentucky has al
ready elected silver man to succeed
Lindsay. In Louisiana Caffrey has been
defeated overwhelmingly in the prim-
aries by silver man. The review of
the whole situation will therefore ap-
pear to be one of great hope to the
Democracy and to the cause of the peo-
pie. and that the election of Mr.. Bryan
will not be, as has been so often al
legged, useless expenditure of votes
and the placing Of helpless incumbent
in the Presidential chair. Success,
however, can only be attained by con-
slant efforts to abide by unity of pur-
pose. There never has been time in
the history of the country when the
lines have been so clearly defined be-
tween the cause of the people and that
of a special class.
General Otis on the Filipiuos.
An interview given out by Gen. Otis
just before his departure from Manila
contains some passages of special in
terest.
1T is astonishing" says the General,
"how eager these people are for schools
They are clamoring for them every
where. We bought $4,000 worth of
books and have exhausted the supply
Of Spanish-Englisb primers. told