The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.


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From now on the absorbing item of
interest before the American people,
until next summer. is the fight for the
Republican nomination for president.
After the success in all the northern
states. as well as victories in New Jer-
sey. Maryland and Kentucky, hith-
erto Democratic, the Republicans feel
assured of success in 1896 With this
assurance comes the conviction, OF
course. that no matter who receives
the nomination for president from the
hands of the Republicans, he will be
made president, the matter OF election
being merely necessary formallt!-
The men now in the field are Harrison,
Morton. Reed. Allison and Mckinley.
Harrison TO all appearances is out OF
the race. but he may not be. The De-
lief that he is out Of the race is founded
on an interview by Colonel New, who.
it is now said, spoke without author
ity when he declared that Mr.. Harrison
did not expect to be president again
Harrison has many admirers in the
country, among the the federal ONCE
holders under his administration, who
will work hard in his behalf for their
own profit as well as for the admira-
ton they hold for Mr.. Harrison as
public man. Morton is popular in
New York. but outside that state he
has little following. The feeling today
is that New York will not have to be
given the first place on the ticket TO
secure q Republican majority in that
state. Reed, Tom Reed Of Maine, will
be a tower Of strength to the Republi-
can party in the next six months. His
boom. already dormantly popular, is
bound to become aggressive and wide
spread. He will be speaker of the
house of representatives that meets
next month. The distribution of the
committees, the favors which as speak
er he will be able to confer, and the
business talent and executive dispatch
which he is sure to show in the chair
will make him prominent before the
whole people, and to Tom Reed promi-
nence means popularity. Next to Nc
Kinley he will probably be the great
figure in the next Rep 1blican national
convention.
Allison from Iowa has some strength
but it cannot be guaged. Most of the
Harrison supporters, if their champion
Il 10 A
lison. as Allison is Harrison's choice.
| But Allison so far has shown no strong
magnetic qualities, and in the absence
of any crisis or deadlock his chances
for securing the nomination are poor.
| Mckinley will certainly be the
strongest candidate for the nomina-
ton when the convention meets. He
has his own state in excellent shape.
| There has been a factional difference
between him and Foraker. Foraker
has been given full share Of the
spells and the glory and any fractional
difficulty In Ohio 10 for the time wiped
| out
Protection, and Mckinley is its
champion, Is on the eve of tremen-
/ dous boom Today free trade is vir-
tually without champion. McKin-
| ley has, outside Of this, strength that
is hard to measure. The people of
many states have deep affection for
his personality and are inclined 10
| trust him with the management of the
national government although they do
not agree with him in all his tenets and
| beliefs.
So the great, great fight In the ma
tional Republican convention viii, In
all likelihood, be between Reed and
Mckinley, and If the contest is close
between them, Harrison and Morton
and Alison will have a chance.