New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-30
READY FOR THE CAUCUS
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGA-
TIONS HOLDING FINAL MEETINGS.
THE TIDE STRONGLY IN MR. REEDS FAVOR FOR
THE sPEAKERSHIP-HIs STRENGTH IN
THE WEST - THE OTHER CANDI.
DATES STILL HoPEFUL-How
THE BALLOT WILL BE
rBY TELEGRAPH 10 TIE TkInENE.l

VI MI heol nat his friends confidently assert MS eec
non to be simply matter Of whether he shall be
nominated In the caucus tomorrow afternoon the
first ballot or not. This is in all probability rather
sangune view to take OF the situation presents
itself to an outsider tonight Nevertheless, II cannot
be denied that the confidence displayed by the Reed
men In the success OF their candidate inspires Others
with similar feeling, and has 10 some extent de-
moralized the following of other champions. The
supporters of Major Mckinley, for instance, who as
recently as yesterday could not be made to believe
that their candidate stood In any danger Of being
defeated to-day silently admit that such thing is
possible They seem to derive some comfort however.
from promptly adding that Reed cannot be elected,
elther This, Of course, remains 10 be seem and to-
morrow will probably decide the question
In the meantime, the defeat Of Mr.. Reed is to be
thought of only in the event Of concentration Of the
forces OF all the other candidates uTon man. The
chances OF such move succeeding are exceedingly
remote for stated repeatedly IN these dis
patches There is such thing moreover, as natural
Savation toward a candidate in the position of Mr.
Reed, where he lacks only few votes to secure
majority. conservative estimate places the strength
OF the Reed men at seventy two; in that case only
thirteen votes would be needed To pull him through
The other candidates say that these just the hir
teen votes he cannot GET but they unable to
say why, and they ignore altogether the fact that
Mr.. Reed is the second choice OF many OF the older
men in the delegations with the members Of which
they may now be voting for favOute SON" under
the supposton that they paying friendly COM
pliment 10 the candidate.
The law Of natural gravitation already alluded TO-
was strikingly exemplihed in the increased number
o. visits paid to Nr. Reeds rooms in the course Of
the day. In the afternoon quite crowd collected
there. and the umor quickly gained currency in the
street that number of new arrivals had been stam
peded' into the Reed camp and that the election OF
the Maine man on the first ballot tomorrow was a
foregone conclusion. OF course it proved gross
eXaggeraon of facts the truth being that Nr Reed did
se'Ie In the OF the afternoon few scattering
votes In the West To whom they belonged 1t was
impossible TO ascertain, but the statement gen
orally accepted being correct.
IN the Mckinley camp great activity reigned oil
day, the supporters of the Ohio relaxing their
energy and vigilance for a single moment Every.
thing that promised to honorably a vote for
their candidate done il. Every trail
carefully explored and every suggestion followed
But the end OF the day it is doubtful whether the
situation had improved, in their eyes. No gains
Of any importance were recorded, though the sup
porters presented a solid front yet, and could
say that MAJOR Mckinley had lost single vote pre-
vously claimed by him. The action of the Pennsvl-
lvanla delegation. however, was something of sur
'pr q and even disappointment to the Mckinley men,
Nyef' os rs members whose promise OF support
Major Mckinley thought he had declared their nten-
ton 10 vote for Mr.. Reed. How far their sudden
change Of front was due 10 the influence OF Senator
Quay Il IS difficult 10 say. Certain Il IS that that
influence exerted in at least If not all Of the
milor Offices to be voted for tomorrow Representa-
tvs who had voluntarily offered their support TO
certain candidate weeks ago. and in fact hal induced
hin to enter the race, forgot, within wentyfour hours
after Senator Ouay's arrival in Washington, all about
thdr premises, and blndly followed the senator's
wishes in the matter.
The quarters Of the remaining candidates presented
Ike those Of Reed and Mckinley. an animated ap-
pearance during the greater part Of the day senator
Allison a conspicuous visitor at the rooms o.
. General Henderson In the parlors OF Mr. Cannon
could have been found at almost any time majority
Of the Illinois delegation. Mr. Burrows and his
friends had their hands full In receiving the many
! callers who wished TO express their goodwill and
offer their services to the Michigan statesman Not
| single candidate felt the least apprehensve as 70
! results and all were IN the best OF humor Inc
absence in fact Of anything llhe feeling OF bitter
ness the last day, as It has been since the
beginning OF the contest conspicuous feature ana a
most gratifying testimony the good sense OF every
body that has taken part in this friendly struggle
The meeting Of the Pennsylv anians was one OF the
most important incidents Of the day. Nineteen meih'
bers Of the delegation present in the rooms oi
the House Committee Rivers and HarporS d
/ O'Clock, when the venerable William D. heIley' OF
Philadelphia took the chair and called the conference
reached the city but they sent dispatches indicating
their preferences for speaker and Clerk. II was
arranged 10 take a ballot first on the choNe lop
| Speaker but the agreement made that majority
vote should in no way bind the minority Every
member was TO vote in to-morrow's caucus acco'uhs
to his judgment. After some speechmaNhs, u'e
roll called and the vote for speaker was ueciae'
follows:
For Reed-Blngham. O'Nen. Darlington id'loy' S,
Brosus. scranton. Rife. Atkinson, Craig, Dazen'
Bayne, Ray Townsend, Watson. Total Ia
For McKinley-Kelley. Osborne, scuii "Hsh'
Culberson Total, 3.
Mr Mccormick. who was absent viii vote for Mr'
Reed. Mr.. Harmer will support Mr.. MchhieS' me
delegation thus stands - TO In the spcakeTship
contest The vote for Clerk showed the same 'e'ui'
that for Speaker though there were several cnase
on the part Of individual members. PehhsyIVanli
"a, had two candidates for Clerk. Edward McPher9ol
and Major John NJ Carson. The delegation dlF"'o
as follows:
For McPherSon-Bingham, Darlington iaruoy'
BrOsius, Scranton, Rife, Wright A'hnson, Sun"
Craig, Bayne, Ray, Townsend. watson lo'al, H.
For Carson-Kecy o'NeII, Osborne CuiDeF'oh'
Dakell. Total, 3.
Mr. Mccormick Is for Mr.. Mcpherson and MI
Ha-mer for Mr. Carson. After the ballot MesSfs.
Osborne and Culberson announced thA' tneS "oupl
90 with the majority. and the vote 10 horro" VIII
probably stand l. TO 4 IS favor OF Alr McfhetSoh'
still important meouhs' Ho"pNoi' u"oh
placo late tonight az the shoreham Its result showed
conclusiyelv tho claim Of Mr. Reeds rivals, that he
4 not In any sense a candidate OF the West 70 be un-
founded The meeting entirely Informal, and
had been called together by Representative Perkins
ot Kansas for IN purpose Of mastering the strength Of
Mr. Reeds Western supporters II was found that
Mr. Reed courss among HE followers men from almost
every state west Of the Aheghanie' which has NOT
candidate Of its own They include Representatives
-, Eansas wisconsin Minnesota, Indiana, Wash
,r0tou California, the two Dakotas Montana Ne
braska Oregon and Missouri. CONSERVATIVE esu
mate puts the number az nineteen. Thus the ngures
offered by the Reed tO-nighi-and they aie ule
onlv figures obtainable al any o the beadquartes-
give Mr. Reed the following votes From New Eng
land 20 from New-York. 10; from PehnsyNaha 70
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