Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-30

Beloen dinner, Wnlcn olQ not emo I'LL mlu-
night, and the action of the Pennsylvania
delegation to-day, were the only develop
ments of public and definite character, but
quiet and intense work was done through
out the night and all the day in behalf Of
both Reed and Mckinley, and the day closes
with the Mckinley men still in the ring and
protesting to be full of hope, while the Reed
men declare positive conviction that their
man will be nominated on the first ballot,
and are willing to back up their convictions
with money, giving large odds.
NOT SOLID FOR REED.
The Mckinley men extract some comfort
from the vote of the Pennsylvania delega-
tion of fourteen for Reed and five for Nc
Kinley, on total vote of nineteen, Nc
Cormick and Harmer being absent. The
vote was a surprise to both the Reed and Nc
Kinley leaders, in that Wright, of the
Fifteenth or Susquehanna district, voted
for Mckinley, when every one had counted
him tor Reed. 1t turned out that the Reed
men had not approached him at all to find
out his views, but took it for granted that
as he could have no sectional preference for
Mckinley he would be content to 20 with
the majority of the delegation. By this in
attention Reed lost one vote in Pennsyl-
vania, as a word at any time informing Mr..
Wright, who is a new member, of the atti-
tude OF the delegation, would have pre-
vented him from voting for Mckinley.
OF the two absentees, Harmer is for Nc
Kinlev and Mccormick for Reed, and if
there are no changes the caucus vote to-
morrow will stand 10 for Reed and for
Mckinley. The fact that Harmer is in
town but failed to attend the caucus leads
some to think that he is waiting for to-mor-
rows Developments, with the intention of
going to the winning man.
THE POINT GF INTEREST.
The delegation met at o'clock this after
noon, at the room of the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors. A large crowd of the
friends of all of the candidates hung about
the corridors to learn officially, at the
earliest possible moment, the attitude of the
delegation. Numerous friends also of
were there to learn the result in the clerk
ship of the House.
On motion of Colonel Bayne the commit
tee elected Hon. William D. Kelley, the
''dean" of the delegation, to the chair. Mr..
Kelley asked Colonel Bsyne, who had issued |
the notices for a caucus, to state the object |
of the call. Colonel Bayne made little |
speech, in which he said that it was proper |
and desirable that, as there were two candi- |
dates for Clerk from Pennsylvania, the dele |
cation should take some action looking to |
the presentation of but one name.
DIVISION MEANS DEFEAT.
It was generally conceded, Colonel Bayne
said, that if Pennsylvania named a candi-
date he would be nominated by the caucus.
He thought that in this instance the express
sion from majority ought to prevail, as to
go into the caucus with a divided delega-
fiov, % he dafa - hoA
dates.
Mr.. Kelley objected to the unit rule, but
Colonel Bayne assured him that there was
no desire for the enforcement of the unit
rule; he was as much opposed to that as
anyone but it was certainly wise to take
such action as would result in the presenta-
tion Of only one name to the caucus as the
candidate of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Dalzell partly agreed with Mr.. Kel-
ley that the minority should not be bound
by the wishes of the majority, and after
taken, which resulted in IA for Mcpherson
and for Carson-Kelley, 0'Neill, Osborne,
Dalzell and Culbertson, supporting Carson.
Culbertson and Osborne signifed their ac-
ceptance of the verdict, and that they would
support Mcpherson in the caucus to-mor-
row, and Dalzell intimated that he would
take similar course.
NO UNIT RULE IN IT.
The Speakership question was then called
up, and the proposition to take vote was
supported by the friends of Reed and OBJ
jected to by the supporters OF Mckinley.
Mr.. Kelley again objected to any attempt to
enforce the unit rule, and Bingham and
Bayne both reassured him that there was no
such thought in the minds of the supporters
Of Reed. The latter were determined the
men should show their hands,
however, and a motion to take the express
ion of the delegates prevailed.
On the vote Kelley, Osborne. Wright,
Scull and Culbertson supported Mckinley,
and Bingham, O'Nelll, Darlington, Yard
ley, Brosius, Scranton, Rife, Atkinson, Craig,
Dalzell, Bayne, Ray, Townsend and Watson
voted for Reed. It is just possible that one
,r two of the Mckinley votes may change to
Reed before tomorrow, as there are indica-
ions of that kind.
M'KINLEY'S CHIEF HOPE,
While the Mckinley men are still hope
'ul that Reed cannot be nominated-that
MS full strength will be given on the first
ballot and fall short of enough, and that he
will then grow weaker-they are not so |
willing to give figures as on former days.
rhe Reed men are also careful about their
igures, but THE DISPATCH correspondent
laS secured the llSJ OF Lnelr claims and III II .
De anything near correct, the conviction ex-
pressed that Reed will be nominated on the
irst ballothas good foundation. Follow
ng are the Reed claims:
California, 8; Connecticut, 8; Indiana, 1;
Kansas, 4; Massachusetts,, 10; Minnesota. 2;
Montana, 1; Nebraska, 3; New Hampshire.
J; New York, 10; North Carolina, 2; New
Jersey, Q; North Dakota, 1; Oregon, 1;
15; Rhode Island, Q; South
Dakota, 2; Tennessee, 2; Vermont, 3; Yir-
,inla, 2; Wisconsin, q; Maine, 4
ENOUGH AND TO SPARE.
This foots up 80 votes, or five more than !
he number necessary for a nomination. If
motion prevail in the caucus for viva
'oce vote, it is claimed this number will be {
increased, as many members with other per
onal preferences would hesitate to cast a
'ote against sure winner.
It is probable that Hon. Benjamin But-
erworth, of Ohio, will be chosen Chairman '
+ the caucus. he is eminently fair, and {
he Reed men appear to be anxious to con-
EIDE to the Mckinley men the Chairman of
be caucus.
The Democratic caucus which was set for
his evening had no quorum and an adj
was had until 10 o'clock Monday /
corning, though another hour may be g
hosen. LIGHTNER q
A PREFERENCE FUR SPEAKER.
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