Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — A Harmless Bolt. [ARTICLE]

A Harmless Bolt.

The silver senators who walked out of the Republican convention were Teller of Colorado, Dubois of Idaho, Cannon of Utah and Pettigrew of South Dakota. It is understood that the Senators from Montana and Nevada will join the movement. At first glance this looks like a formidable defection from the Republican strength in £he senate, but it is not. For some time past, and especially during the last session, these senators were Republican only in name, and scarcely that. While calling themselves Republicans, they wore voting against Republican principles. They attended Republican caucuses and conferences only to

get possession .of Republican plans and be better equipped to oppose Republican measures. They are responsible for the defeat of important tariff legislation in the last session and for blocking the against other useful legislation with a free-silver bill which they knew could not possibly pass. For some time past they have acted the part of impracticables and obstructionist and have operated the more effectively because they were masquerading as Republicans. Now, having thrown off the mask and come nut as free-silver guerrillas, everybody will know where to place them. Assuming that all the states represented by the bolting Senators will join the silver party, what will it signify in a presidential election? Colorado has four electoral votes, Idaho three, Utah two, Montana two, Nevada two, South Dakota four. The six states have a total of seventeen electoral votes. Colorado, Idaho and Nevada all voted populist in 1892 so their defection will be no loss. South Dakota voted Republican in 1892, and probably will this year. Against the seventeen votes of these six states, three of which voted populist in 1892, there are four eastern states which’ went Democratic four years ago ant which will certainly go Republican this year on a sound money platform, viz., New York thirtysix electoral votes, New Jersey ten, Connecticut six, Marylanc eight. Here is a certain gain of sjxty electoral votes against a possible net loss of eight. It would be pretty safe to count Delaware with her three electoral votes, for sound money. Indiana is certain to go Republican this year, f'ive out of Michigan’s fourteen electoral votes which were cast for Cleveland four years ago, will be cast for McKinley this year. Illinois which went Democratic four years ago, is reasonably certain to go Republican this year, and the Republicans have a fighting chance in Kentucky,-West Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. —Indianapolis Journal.

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