Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-27
WEST AGAINST EAST.
The Speakership Fight Developing a
Rather Sectional Feeling.
MORE CONFUSION COMES TO LIGHT.
A Hard Matter to Guess Who Will Gain BY
About Score Of Members
MORE CONFUSION COMES TO LIGHT.
FAILING TO ATTEND TIE CAUCUS
TFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

fFRoN STAFF CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, November 26. - The
friends OF Mckinley admit to-day that Reed
will have about 65 votes on the first ballot;
but they say they are still more certain that
he cannot get the other 20 necessary for a
nomination; that is, provided every Repub-
lican member is in attendance at
the caucus. The prospects are
now that the caucus will not
have anything like the full vote of 1869, and
this tends to confuse the already much con-
fused situation. At least dozen members
have been heard from who say they do not
think they can get here in season for the
caucus, and it is probable there are others
sufficient to make Is OF 20 absentees.
Just whom this will help, and whom it
will hurt, cannot yet be figured out. The
Reed men think they will have their full
force, no matter how many may be absent.
But if only $50 members are present, it will
require but 76 votes to nominate, and thus
the question Of absenteeism is a very serious
one.
DEVELOPMENTS OF A DAY.
Itappeared more to-day than at any pre-
vious time that Reed will have virtually
the solid delegation OF New York and Penn
sylvania. Eighteen of the 10 New York
Republicans, and 16 of the q Pennsylva-
mans is the minimum admitted by the ad-
herents OF Reed, and more than one of MeI
kinley's friends confessed that it looked
very much that way. Others Of them, how.
ever, would not allow Reed more than 16
from New York and IL from Pennsylvania.
The i information is. however, that Reed
will We Is from New York and IL, with
strong probability OF IS, from Pennsylvania.
Osborne and Scull are the only two mem
bers who are believed to be entirely beyond
the pale of conversion to the Reed side of
the dispute. Kelly, Harmer and Yardley
are the three others counted as possibly for
Mckinley, though General Bingham as
serts that Harmer and Kelly will certainly
be for Reed. 1t was asserted by high au-
thority to-day that Reed had received let
ter from Kelly pledging his support.
THE OPPOSING SECTIONS.
Far from being dismayed at the large vote
from New England, New York and Penn
sylvanis (New England giving 23), Mr..
Mckinley and his friends gather hope from
the fact that the contest is made more sec
tional thereby, and tremendous efforts are
now being made by them to draw the line
against the rule of this compact and domi-
mating East, and elect man whose charac-
ter will be the highest expression of the
boundless and unhaltered West.
Mr.. McKinley's friends assert that only
Western votes are pledged for Reed, and
that they will yet take these away from him
before the noon of Saturday. Representa-
tive Perkins, OF Kansas, is one of those
Western voters, and he was reported to-day
to have topped to either Henderson or Can
non. When The DISPATCH correspondent
questioned him in regard to the report, he
declared that he was for Reed first, last and
ali the time, and that be would get 8, and
possibly 4, Of the votes from Kansas, Un-
Gle Joe Cannon scooping in the rest.
THE LESSER LIGHTS.
Henderson will have Iowa and few scat
tering votes, in all probably 10 or 16. Bur-
rows viii have Michigan and few outside,
probably u ali told. Cannon, BY sheer
force of hard work, has drummed up prob
ably % or 30. This, allowing Reed
65, will leave Mckinley from 80 to |
55, and that is about the strength |
loud talking, give him. They firmly |
believe a withdrawal of any one of the |
Western candidates will nominate McKin- |
ley on the first succeeding ballot, as they
say they have good reason to-day to think
they can hold the West solid against Reed,
with the exception of the probably 10 or y
now pledged to Reed.
All sorts OF silly rumots are ahoat in re.
gard to combinations, one being that Reed
and Mckinley have thorough understand |
ing that as they each have a much larger |
following than any other candidate, one of !
them must be nominated, and that one the |
one who still holds the larger number of |
votes when there is a break in the line of |
candidates.
HOW A CLAIM is SMASHED.
There is no truth in the story, though un-
doubtdlv great number of Reeds adhe- /
rents are fo Mckinley for second choice,
and prefer r / solely because they think |
he is more experienced and would be more
successful party Speaker at critical mo-
ments.
"Jim" Belden, the New York CONGRESSMAN
from the Syracuse district, arrived late last
night, and added his valiant efforts to those
of Bayne, Dalzell, Lodge and Farquar in
behalf of Reed. 1t is strong team. Nc
Kinley's chief hustlers are that brilliant
Ohio trio, Butterworth, Grosvenor and
Thompson, and they are as good as the most
exacting candidate could ask. The cause
Of Mckinley will not suffer under their
management. LIGHTNER.