Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-05-05
HARRISON SAFE.


found in the official tab which is kept
at administration headquarters here
on the result of the district and state
conventions which select delegates
to the Minneapolis convention. Upl
to date the states which have in
structed delegates as body to vote
for the denomination of President
Harrison will send to the Minneapo-
lis convention 1874 delegates, as fol-
lows: Florida 8, North Carolina %,
South Carolina Is, Georgia 20, Indi-
ana 80, Missouri "a, Nebraska 10. In
the states which have not instructed
the delegates at large to vote
for denomination are some dele
gates who have voluntarily indicated
their intention to vote for Harrison.
New York is relied upon to give the
president-even though there is moth
ing done TO wheel around the entire
70 delegatcs-at least 23 votes on the
first ballot. Out of Pennsylvania's
Ga delegates at least IS have already
indicated their intention to support
the president on the first ballot.
Although no effort was made to Sc
cure instructions in the Ohio conven-
ton last week, 90 of the 46 delegates
are expected to vote for renomina-
ton. Three or four of the Michigan
delegates have been instructed by
their districts to vote for a renomina-
ton.
1t will be seen by these figures
that there have already been 295 del
egates placed upon the Harrison ros-
ter, either by instructions from the
state or district conventions, or upon
the voluntary motion of the dele.
gates themselves. This is just one
over half of the number required to
nominate Harrison upon the first bal
lot. There will be in the conVen-
ton 500 delegates; necessary to a
choice, 449. Many of the Harrison
strongholds have yet to be heard
from.
During the current month Repub.
licans will hold state conventions in
California, Connecticut Delaware,
Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Mime
sofa, Montana, North Dakota, Ten
nessee, Virginia and West Virginia,
surely and probably in some other
states and territories in which the
dates of conventions have not yet
been fixed. The states named will
elect lO2 delegates, and it is esti-
mated that out of this number sixty
will be instructed in state conven-
tons to vote for the denomination of
President Harrison, and at least fif-
teen more will either receive in
structions through their districts, or
will, upon their own motion, an
nounce in favor of the denomination,
making in all seventy-five delegates
in sight. Added to the 225 already
mentioned the Harrison column
swells exactly up to 300 positive
figures. The possibilities beyond
these figures are very great. 1t is ex-
pected that the eight delegates from
the territories will all be for renom-
ination, and it is confidently believed
that New York and Ohio, as whole,
will ultimately determine to vote for
denomination upon the first ballot, in
surfing success by reclamation.
The opponents of denomination in
figuring that the states with unin-
structed delegations will solidly
oppose the president, have neglected
to take into consideration the fact
that the unit rule does not apply in
Republican conventions, and that it
is quite the custom for state delega-
tions to divide their honors in
national conventions. Thus, while
Mr.. Reed may have succeeded in de-
feating instructions to the Maine
delegation and has an ardent friend
or two upon it, there are those who
will be IN the convention from
Maine who will support the presi-
dent from the first ballot. 1t is said
in administration circles here that
had an effort been made to secure in
structions for denomination in the
New York convention it would have