St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-14
DO NoTu WANT M'kiNLEY.
Western People Are Not In Favor of High
Protection,

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t DO NOTu WANT M'klNLEY.
!, Western People Are Not In Favor of Hir
Protection.
From several sources comes inteIl
!. gence of combinations among reput
lican leaders to prevent the nomina
tion Of Mckinley. Quay, of Pennsyl
: vania, is in this deal, and presumabI
5 the head of it. He is apt to assum
the leadership in matters of this sort
: or, indeed, In any case where it is pos
sible. Platt is the s.me too In the com
bine. Now it is affirmed that Johi
R. Tanner, who aspires to be boss Of Hi
nois. is not only in the ombination
but that he went into it with the assen
of the republican managers of th,
state.
New York, Pennsylvania and IlIinoi.
will have 72, 81 and Is delegates respect.
lively in the next republican nationa
convention, In all 184. OF course they
cannot do anything by themselves
but they would form a fine nucleus
for others to gather around. They
might hold the balance of power in ali
important discussions. The transfer
OF their votes on ballot might easily
compass the nomination of one Of the
1 contestants. 8 &
/ Mr.. Quay, for reasons of his own,
Is hostile to Mckinley. Why he is SO Is
not well understood. .Platt declares
himself for Morton, but the general
Eopinion in republican circles is that Mr..
Morton's age will take him out OF the
list of real contestants. 1t lis believed
that Quay and Platt are both looking
to Reed, though this is guesswork,
As to Tanner, it is questionable wheti1-
er he would undertake to turn the state
of Illinois over to Reed, but this does
not prevent him from working against
Mckinley. The reason for his opposi-
tion to the Ohio man may be inferred
from what he said in an interview
nearly year ago:
The republican party has won great VIC
tory because the people are again willing to
trnstit with leadership The party was dc
feated in 1892 because Ii had committed itself
TO the folly OF McKinleyism. The people OF
illinois and OF the western states generally do
not believe in the high protection advocated
by republicans of the Mckinley school Ii
the party leaders take a conservative position
on the tariff question In 1896 the republican
ticket will be elected IL, on the other hand
the party should make the mistake OF pledging
itself to revival Of McKtnleyism its candf-
dates will be defeated
Mr.. Tanner not only takes ground
against Mckinley, but he is disposed to
ignore the pretensions of Shelby M.
Cullom. He does not like the idea of
throwing away the influence of his |
state in advocating the cause Of a mere
u nominal candidate who is certain to |
drop out before the decisive ballot. In |
doing this, however, h antagonizes all |
of Cullom's friends, and exposes him
self to the danger of being beaten by a
combination of the supporters of Gull
lom and Mckinley. So for the present
the position of Illinois in the anti-Mc-
knley combination may be treated as
doubtful.
1t is well to bear In mind that good i
many things are certain to happen be-
tween this date and the meeting of the
republican national convention, SO that i
combinations made now are likely to be
confronted with very unexpected condi-
ions. In little more than month a /
'epublican house lis to meet, and-it will,
doubtless, undertake to formulate some
egislation to supply the deficit in the
'evenue that was caused by the judicial
lefeat OF the income tax. There are
inown to be many republicans who are
nxious TO use this pretext to reopen
he whole tariff question and to for1nu-
ate bill on Mckinley lines for the !
PRESIDENT to veto. Should the party
onmit itself through its representa-
ives in congress to apolicy of this sort,
would render 1t somewhat awkward
0 reject Mckinley on the grounds men /
loned by Tanner. Indeed, If new I
arif fight should be inaugurated dur &
lg the coming winter, it is difficult to j
&c how it could fail to give Mckinley j
considerable prestige in his own party. t
[r. Reed, however, who will be espeaker. +
i'll have q direct personal interest in [
reyenting this, and it may be in has L
over by the makeup of committees o
i'd the exercise OF his authority TO i
cad it off, i II
The democrats have no reason to OBJ G
ct to the nomination of Mel Kinley, for I
will be impossible in the campaign to
parate his candidate from Mckinley
N. They have especially to congratu-
te themselves that the time is near at | u
e.
, develop the rivalries and antagon- n
ms among themselves, and manufac- 81
re good deal of campaign material o
r their opponents. Louisville Cour- b
journal q