The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-22

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fed With the Fact That Mark Hanna
Wants the Hoosier Delegates Instructed
for Mckinley FIRST, Last and All the
Time-This is Thought to be Poor Poll
tics-At ANY Rate the Harrison Men are
Kicking About It-Chsnces of Senator
Voorhees,.
indianapolis, Ind, April 21.-The de-
velopments in Indiana during the past
week have brought about a dangerous
situation for the Mckinley cause in
this state. The delegation TO St Louis
elected on March 10, contained several
men who do not hesitate 10 declare that
their first allegiance is 70 General Har-
r:son in case there should be a general
movement toward him in the st. Louis
convention.
The fight that is waged so agrees
sively for Mckinley instructions in the
state convention has had the effect al
ready of arousing resentment on the
part Of these men, as well as IN Inc
breasts of a great many Harrison men
throughout Indiana. They are nearly
all for Mckinley, but do not like the
methods Of his managers in this state.
Chairman Gowdy is the recognized
leader of the Mckinley forces here,
and these men claim that he has been
conducting the matter in high-handed
fashion, and promised Mark A. Hanna
of Cleveland that the Indiana delega-
ton shall go 10 st. Louis even II 1t
takes a bitter fight to accomplish it.
ma
shown in last Tuesdays meeting Of the
state committee, when the committee
adopted bylaws stripping the chair.
man of all discretionary powers, and
was dissuaded from holding up the con-
firmation of his executive committee
only by the argument that these ap-
pointments have been already publish
ed to the world, and the members would
be Inundated by the failure Of the COM
mittee TO confirm them.
The feeling in the committee Is not
so dangerous to McKinley's cause as
is the spirit of rebellion that has grown
up among the delegates already elect
ed to st. Louis. The chief cause of this
is the appearance of sundry paragraph
in the country newspapers to the ef-
feet that the people of Indiana are Cor
Mckinley first, last, and all the time,
and would have been for him even had
General Harrison not taken himself out
of the race by his letter of Feb. 8. There
are fourteen or fifteen warm admirers
OF General Harrison on the delegation,
and this sort Of campaign is extremely
distasteful to them. Two or three OF
these men have gone so far as to say
that If this sort of campaign is kept
up, and If the question of instruction
- l. l.
vention, they will take 1t upon them
selves to demonstrate in the st. Louis
convention that Harrison is still the
first love Of Indiana, and that a cam
paign made upon the line Of belittle-
ment of him cannot succeed in this
state. The delegates already elected
and the candidates for delegates-at-
large are opposed to instructions, and
they find with them many Of Governor
McKinley'S oSt sincere and influential
supporters in this state
1t is no secret to the public at large
that the Democrats of Indiana will con-
centrate all their energies this year
upon the effort TO carry the legislature
and re-elect voorhees, to the senate,
but the manner in which they hope to
do it is being kept a secret. OF couse
they hope to expend a great deal OF
money and energy in the effort TO car
ry the close counties of Marion, Vigo,
Vanderburgh and St. Joseph, and they
expect valuable aid from the Nicholson
law in making their attack upon these
counties. But ii will require more
than the thirteen votes that these coun-
ties control to overbalance the strong
lead the Republicans have in their hold
over senator's. Therefore they have
nI1f
hope to carry such counties as Daviess,
Warkick, Spencer, Perry, Harrison.
Ripley, and, in fact, all of the com
paratively close counties in the south
ern part of the state
The plan is nothing more nor less
than scheme of fusion with the Popu-
lists on the legislative question alone.
Thls Is not such very difficult matter,
for the cardinal principle in the Popu-
list doctrine this year is free silver and
the radical position taken by VOORHEES,
on the silver question makes him a
good enough Populist for them to sup
port The idea is not to work the pIan
uniformly, but upon a give and take
basis. Where the Populist leaders will
consent to endorse the Democratic nom
iDee, this will be done; but where thew
VIII not the Democrats intend to hold
their county conventions after the Pom
uiists on the understanding that IL the
Pops VIII nominate man for the
legislature Of somewhat Democratic
anteceedents and tendencies or onA
who will pledge himself to vote 10,
voorhees,. they will endorse him ana
put his name on their ticket. The attor-
neys for the Democratic state commI,-
tee have made a careful study Of the
election law and find nothing ir the
way of placing the same name unon
two tickets and declare that whenever
the election commissioners decline 10
do this they will compel them by manda