The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-25

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| A great deal has recently been said in
the press about the power of combi-
nation between Senator Quay and ex-
Senator Platt uniting the delegations
| from Pennsylvania and New York in
the interest of Hon. Thomas b. Reed.
As will be seen by the above figures u
complete union between the New Eng
lard and the Middle states would be
productive of 23i votes. only n little
| mere than one-fourth of the conven-
tion. But New York will have to make
at least a pretense of supporting Gov
| ernor Morton, consequently Mr.. Reed
will not, under any circumstances, be
| able to count upon the delegation from
the Empire state until Morton has been
disposed of. The 3lS delegates from the
sixteen southern states will be an un-
known quantity in the convention until
the balloting begins. They will, as
usual, go where their leaders can effect
the most advantageous terms The
average southern Republican has no
choice until after he reaches the scene
of a national convention. They will
constitute little more than one-third
of the convention, and can be with the
winning side by making combination
either with the western. or with the
New England and Middle states. But
there q seldom any unity of action by
the delega tiOns from the south, and
they will be likely TO scatter between
the several candidates. If Quay and
Platt should be able to control the en-
tire delegations of Pennsylvania and
New York and combine them with the
united delegations from the New Eng
land states in the interests of ex-
Speaker Reed, they would require n
contingent of not less than 2l7 votes
from the south and west to win.
The list of names from which in all
human probability the Republican
candidate will be taken is composed of
Reed. Mckinley, Harrison. Allison and
Morton. 1t is always possible, of
course, for new men to be sprung upon
a. convention. and next year this may
occur. Robert Lincoln may possibly
be brought forward by Illinois, great
state. which now seemingly has no as
pirant. The south will have no cam
didate for president, but may present
strong man for second place ON the
ticket. The western and southern
states combined will have 6ji delegates,
CT considerably more than two
thirds of the convention. The
south i8 uncertain, and the
west will at first inevitably be di-
vided among number of candidates.
If the leaders from Pennsylvania and
New York should be unable to force
the nomination Of Reed they may, with
their powerful delegations. hold the
fate of other candidates in their hands.
1t is said that Senator Allison is the
favorite not only in his own state of
Iowa, but also In q number of other
western states where the Republicans
hold more conservative views on the
silver question than are held in the
eastern and middle states. Upon ma
tional questions generally Senator ALI
son Is more conservative than either
Mckinley, Reed, Harrison or Morton.
This may give him strength far
greater not only in the west, but in
the south than has been conceded to
him. If Mckinley should be unable to
make the nomination himself, his sup
port would more naturally go to Allison
than to either of the Others named
The entire west might be expected In a
contingency to unite on a western man
for president, and In that event only 115
additional votes would be required to
than 500 to draw upon for them. II
there should occur sharp contest be-
tween Reed, Mckinley, ALLISON and
Harrison, the Southern delegations,
without a single electoral vote behind
them, might determine the choice Of the
convention, which could not be regard
ed otherwise than unfortunate, unless
they manifested q higher measure Of
good political sense than they usually |
do.
Popular as Governor Mckinley is, It is |
apparent that he will not be nominated
for president unless he receives sup
port from the middle and eastern state |
II the great manufacture
ing states do not stand by him he can
not be nominated. His hold on the
west, outside Of Ohio, Is not as strong
as Alllson's. The great western agri-
cultural states are not as radical on the