Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-07-12

| snail do her share towards preventing
! the Democracy from gaining control
| Of this branch of congress.
One of the most serious difficulties
| of the impending campaign, so far as
| the Republicans are concerned. is the
| almost universal belief that the money
question cannot be reopened, except as
| subject of academic debate. for the
next four years at least Chairman
Pabcock, who is about to open his
fourth campaign in that capacity,
keenly realizes, as we'll as do all the
other more sagacious leaders, that a
Bryan victory this year would almost
inevitably give the silver men control
OF both branches of congress on March
4, 1908, at the latest and might possi-
bly, produce that result on March 4,
1901.
Those who know the details of the
congress campaign of 1898 remember
how difficult it was to arouse Republi-
can voters and sound money men gen.
orally to the Importance of that con-
test. Sound money had won victory
at the polls two years before, but the
fruits of that victory could not be gath
cred because Of an opposition majority
in the senate. 1t was known in 1898
that the sound money men would con-
troll that body in the Fifty-sixth con-
gress, but that would be of no avail un-
less they could also control the house
of representatives, and yet it was not
until late in the campaign that the
sound money men could be aroused-so
late in some states that seat after seat
in the house was turned over to the en-
emy, and the Republican majority in
that body was reduced to less than a
dozen. The losses were mainly in
states which gave heavy pluralities for
Mckinley in 1896 on the sound money
issue. No less than 25 districts were
thus turned over to the Democrats in
the six states of Maryland, Massachu
setts, New Jersey. New York, Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia. A Republi-
can victory was as vital to the estab-
lishment of the gold standard in 1S9Sas
it was in 1896. Such victory this year
is equally vital to the preservation of
that standard.
CHANGES IN THE SENATE.
IF Bryan is elected, the house of rep
resentatives in the Fifty-seventh con-
gress will be controlled by the oppo-
nents of that standard and the senate
will be uncomfortably close 1t may
be so close that the casting vote of
vice president elected on the Kansas
City platform will decide whether the
gold standard shall be maintained.
Among the states to elect United States
senators who will take their seats at
the beginning of the Fifty-seventh
congress are the following:
Colorado-To succeed Wolcott,
Republican.
Delaware-To succeed Kenney,
Democrat, and also to fill vacancy
ldaho-To succeed Shoup, Re-
publican.
Illinois-To succeed Cullom, Re-
publican.
Kansas-To succeed Baker, Re-
publican.
Minnesota-To succeed Nelson,
Republican.
Montana-To succeed Carter, Re-
publican, and Clark, Democrat.
Nebraska-To succeed Thurston,
Republican, and Allen, Democrat
Populist.
North Carolina-To succeed But
Ter, Populist.
Pennsylvania-To succeed Quay,
Republican.
South Dakote-To succeed Petit
grew, Silver Republican.
West Virginia-To succeed Ell
kin, Republican.
Wyoming-To succeed Warren,
Republican.
The representation of these states
at present consist of Is Republicans,
l Democrat and 6 Populists and Silver
Republicans-the Nebraska vacancy
caused by the death of Hayward, Re-
publican, having been temporarily
filled by the appointment of Allen,
Populist. OF the IL states mentioned
S-Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, North Carolina, South Da-
kota and Wyoming-were carried by
Bryan four years ago. If he is elected
president this year there is at least a
reasonable probability that he will car
ry two Of the others-Delaware and
West Virginia-and that the represen-
tation Of the IL states in the senate
will stand: Republicans, s; opposi-
tion, 16, as follows:
epublicans-Illinois, g Minnesota,
2; North Carolina, 1; South Dakota, /;
West Virginia, /; Wyoming, /.
Opposition-Colorado, 2; Delaware,
2; Idaho, 2; Kansas, 2; Montana. 2:
Nebraska. 2; North Carolina, 1; South
Dakota, l West Virginia /: Wyom-
ing, l.
The representation of the 33 other
states in the senate in the FHfty-sev-
enth congress will stand as follows:
Republicans, 49, opposition, 2S. The
senate would then stand: Republi
cans (for gold standard), 49, opposi-
ton, "A. The reelection of a Silver
Republican senator in New Hampshire
or the loss of Republican senator in
Illinois (Which state sent a Democrat
to the senate nine years ago, as the
result of fierce factional figh) would
divide the senate equally on the money
question. and the existing financial
policy and legislation might be over
turned and reversed next year by the
casting vote of a Democratic-Populis
vice president, as the protective tariff
was overturned in 1876 by a Demo-