Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

business interests of the country from
free silver is as great today as it was
four years ago. The senator then di-
rected his remarks to those who in
tend to support Bryan this year be-
cause they think the political complex
ion of the senate and the enactment OF
the currency bill removes any present
danger from free silver, saying:
"They now say that 1t is impossible
for anything to be done respecting sill
yer because the senate of the United
States has a safe majority against its
adoption; therefore, Mr.. Bryan's hands
are tied behind his back and free silver
is dead letter Do they expect to
elect Mr.. Bryan president and secure
the electoral vote of a sufficient num-
ber of states to elect him and yet make
no change in the controlling majority
Of the senate? Do they believe that ii
Mr.. Bryan is elected his election will
not carry with it new senators OF the
faith of Mr. Bryan and of the faith OF
the platform adopted at Kansas City?
Do they believe that Mr.. Bryan as
president will exert no influence upon
the votes of senators and in the SEN
ate? Mr.. Bryan is positive character
in some respects. With presidential
nomination far in the future he had
influence enough with his party in 1899
to force number of senators of that
party to vote for the ratification of the
treaty of peace with Spain, a number
sufficient to secure the ratification of
the treaty. He showed his power with
his party at Kansas City, when, against
the Judgment of 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 will when he has purpose to
achieve That he has a 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 to 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 p 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 18 majority. Sen
| 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
Kentucky, and Caffery, Of Louisiana,
| go out of the senate 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 18 'ould be reduced
on a similar vote to IA, and standing
off Utah against Pennsylvania (both
these states having seat vacanO, 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-
ton, 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.