The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-25
FREE SILVER CERTAIN.
Senator Allison shows How Bryan's
Election Would Make Sure
Free silver Congress-.

Clinton. Sept, Ex-senator Allison
made his first speech in the cam
paign in Iowa here tonight. He. took
some pains to show beyond all further
dispute that the country is in Just as
much danger from the threat of Bry-
an and his followers to inaugurate a
free silver policy in this country as it
was in 1896 He demonstrated by q
careful examination of the situation
in the states which Bryan must carry
to win the presidency that if he
should be elected president both
houses of congress would at the same
time be given working majorities in
sympathy with his policy. On that
point Senator Allison said:
Bryan's friends claim that he will carry
many states that he will not carry, but in
order to be elected there are certain states
mat ne must carry, and in some of these
United States senators are to be elected.
Ihere Is one senator to be elected this vim
ter in each of the states of Kansas. Ne
praska, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana.
Utah and Idaho. Republicans hope to carry
all these states. and / believe will carry
most OF them. but Mr.. Bryan carried them
an IN 1885, and must carry them this year
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the same votes that will give him these
electoral votes will also elect legislatures
democratic %
The currency law of the last session
was passed by IS majority. Senator KYLE.
OF South Dakota, being absent and I'm.
paired, did not vote, though having a con-
sistent free silver record in the senate.
senators Lindsay, of Kentucky, and CAT
1ery, or Louisiana, go out of the senate on
the 4th of March, and both their places have
already been filled by senators who favor
Tree silver. So that by that process the
majority OF IL would be reduced on similar
vote to Ia, and, standing off Utah against
pennsylvania Cloth these states having
seat VacanD, If the six senators from the
states have named except Utah shall he
democratic. the republican majority in the
senate will be reduced to two and If SEN
ator Kyle should vote for free silver. as hs
has always done heretofore, the senate
would be tie on that question, leaving the
wee 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 fro,,
Delaware voted for free silver and n the
democrats shall carry that state. where
there Is now one vacancy, it is fair to sum-
pose that the senator elected would be for
free silver also.
Ihus It is that on the doctrine OF
chances, leaving out of consideration all
the other states claimed by Mr. Rrvan
IN which senators are to be elected. and
assuming that taking all these together
there may be one or more changes, there
would be majority. including the vote
OF the vice president, for the repeal of this
law without any changes other than have
mentioned. '>''s
Thus, without discussing the question
whether Mr.. Bryan could or could not.
.hrough his secretary OF the treasury
force upon the country the silver standard
~ is plain to me that If he is elected with
the power he will WELD in his party as pres
loent, there will be majority in the house
~ tse lp ., and a large majority,
LOT free silver, and with the force and now,
er that lies behind free silver majority In
the senate VIII be secured for the repeal IF
tne law passed at the last session, and
that Jaw repealed. without affirmative leg
isiatlon for free silver, 1t is possible In NV
seief. for q president hostile to our pres.
ent standard of money, to force the silver
standard upon the people,