The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-28
REED TO THE FRONT.
THE WESTERN MEN FIGHTING HIM
TOOTH AND NAIL.

a Charge That His Canvass is Back ed
nv the Bosses Being Worked For
All it is Worth-How the Western
Men Figure Out Reeds Vote From
the West.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Ex-senator Quay,
for a man who announces that he will not
interfere, is taking remarkable interest in
the contest for the cIerkship of the House.
His sympathy" with Mr.. Mcpherson has
proved so beneficial to the latter that he
Announced to-day that he had secured
eighteen of the twenty Pennsylvania votes
and that at the conference of the Pennsyl-
yania delegation on Friday he would be
chosen as the Pennsylvania candidate for
clerk. 1t is by no means certain that MIR.
Mcpherson will have all the votes that he
claims on that occasion, but the fact that
he can speak so confidently shows how
strong Senator Quay's influence in the
Pennsylvania delegation IS Reed and Nc
Pherson is Quay's ticket, and he has not
been slow either to praise 1t or TO predict
its success. 1t remains to be seen how much
Of Quay's purposes the western man Will
carry out.
REEDS WESTERN VOTE.
A careful canvass was made tonight of
the republicans in the delegations from the
northwestern states with view to ascer-
tanning just how many votes Mr.. Reed will
get from them. Being made by impartial
newspaper men it can be depended upon.
1t shows that Mr.. Reed will get one vote
from the new states, one from Oregon, two
from Minnesota, and four from Wisconsin,
eight in all. In addition to these be has
west Of the Mississippi, two in California,
two in Kansas and one in Missouri.
REIGN or ROSSES
"Boss" Quay and ''Boss' Platt, "Boss"
Reed, and Boss Belden, and even in one
case BOSS" Lodge, were terms heard at the
headquarters of the four western candi-
dates tonight They are making the most
of the palpable interference of, Senators
Quay and Platt with the free choice Of the
Pennsylvania and the New York 6elega-
tions. The announcement that "Jimn Bel
den would gather his colleagues together
again tomorrow, as he did at the dinner
last March, when he induced Mr.. McKin-
leys friend, Flood of Elmira, to propose the
two-thirds rule, served as a cause to bring
out all the western wit. The New Workers
were told, as they went around the opposi-
tion rooms, that Mr.. Belden was going to
corral the herd and round them up, brand
them "Reedn and turn them into the caucus.
CHAFFING THE PENNsYLvANIANs.
Similarly the Reed Pennsylvanians were
chaffed with jokes which had a tinge of
bitterness about the way in which they re-
sponded to Senator Quay's commands, and
Mr. Harmer was praised for still standing
out, in spite of the fact that Senator Quay
had already notified Mr.. Reed that they
would all vote for him. Then there was a
great deal of small talk about the
bad results of the unit rule
as applied in national and state conven-
lions, and New Workers and Pennsylvanians
were exhorted to show their manliness and
Independence by voting their real prefer
enceS.
BURROWS AND BAKER.
Mr.. Burrows got hold of Mr.. Baker of
New York Just as Mr.. Mckinley got hold
of Mr.. Harmer of Pennsylvania, and is
still holding him. At the same time the
western men are striving to keep their own
lines steady. They have no more hold on
their followers than Mr.. Reed has on his,
apd they are anxiousiy guarding the men
who have MIR. Reed for second choice, just
as Mr.. Reed is guarding his followers who
Fl have second choice among the western
candidates.
COUNTING ON A BREAK.
n They count in all their predictions upon
h break in their ranks after the second
h ballot. "If Mr. Reed is not nominated on
the second ballot he will not be nominated
q at all, they say 1t should not be forgot
n ten in calculating the chances of the candi-
dates that 1t may not take eighty-f1ve votes
4 to nominate. 1t only requires majority
OF the caucus, and there may be not more
than 100 members present. If Reed has
from 90 to 65 votes. as his opponents con-
cede OF from 70 to rs, as his friends claim,
he is still good deal nearer the speakership
than any of his competitors.