Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-13
suNpRf DARK HORSES.
Congressman Mckinley of Ohio a
EX soy, Porter of Indiana.

Congressman Mckinley of Ohio and
EX soy, Porter OF Indiana.
Washington, June 10--The action of
the st. Louis convention does not
appear to have any very marked effect
upon the situation as regards the presi-
DENTAL candidates before the Chicago
convention. After an absence OF ten
days at st. Louis, If there is any change
at ell here, l should soy that it was In
this direction: That the republicans
are more convinced than ever of the
necessity OF making it certain that they
shall carry Indiana, not lose Ohio and
make the best fight they can in New
York. Some of the friends of Mr.. Sher-
man are very confident that the nomin-
stions OF Mr.. Thurman will be certain
to increase his strength and TO make the
argument very strong that 1t is necessary
to nominate an Ohio man in order to in
sure that state TO the republican column.
This argument does not have the ef-
fect upon the friends OF the other cam
didates which some of the Sherman
men have thought it would, On the
contrary, the supporters of the other
leading candidates say that the demo-
Gratis seem TO be very anxious that MIR.
Sherman should be nominated
and that undoubtedly one of
the reasons why they selected
Thurman was that they hoped
Sherman would be chosen ss his antago.
mist, There were some talk of this sort
at st. Louis. In the talk among the re-
publicaDs of dark horses two names are
mentioned here with greater frequency
and more earnestness than they were ten
days ago. Those are the names OF Mo
Kinley OF Ohio and Coy. Porter OF Indi.
ana, Mckinley is not mentioned by the
Ohio men, fer there is no indication OF
any disloyalty on the part OF any OF the
Ohio men to Sherman, and the talk that
Mr.. Sherman and his immediate managers
have any apprehensions Of treachery on
the part OF either Foraker or Mckinley
is unfonnded. But MIR. Mckinley is
spoken OF with enthusiasm by good
many republicans from other states than
Ohio who think that he may be eligible
as dark horse. They point to his clean
personal record, TO the qualities which
he possesses, which may almost be de.
scribed as magnetic. aud to the fact that
he is the most conspicuous exponent in
debate OF the protection issue, and is the
man whose arguments the free trade
leaders have found IL most difficult
60 combat. Gov. Porter is spoken
of as man with clean record, of
great personal popularity in his own
state and out of II, acceptable to bosh
republican factions in Indiana and cer-
tain to enter upon the campaign in that
state with an enthusiasm which from the
outset would paralyze disappointed dem.
ocrats there and chill their already
waning enthusiasm. Attention is being
concentrated here upon the New York
delegation. The opinion Is expressed
that the delegation. with its seventy
votes can determine the nomination,
and those who have been watching
events very closely IN that state predict
that when the time fer action arrives il
will be found that the New York delega
| tion will be unit in taver of some ac-
| ceptsble candidate. Great preparations
! are making for attending the convention
and the number OF those who will leave
Washington for Chicago will probably
| be ten times greater than the number
| which visited st. Louis. Some OF the
| congressman who are she immediate
friends OF some OF the leading candidates
have already left, among them Congress-
man Henderson, who wishes to contrib
| ute his great influence to the support o!
Mr.. Allison.