Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-12
MANLY MADE TO EXPLAIN.
lie Il as strongly for Reed as Ever
His Plans.


ST. LOUIS MO, June n.-Mr. J. II.
Manley. OF Maine. was deuged to-day
with kilograms. requesting him to explain
or qualify his statement OF yesterday in
which he conceded that Major Mckinley
would be nominated on the first ballot.
but declared that Speaker Reed would
remain in the field TO the finish. Late
this afternoon the National Committee
man from Maine furnished this signed
statement:
st. LOUIS. MO. June l1.-fhe action
OF the National Committee. at their
meeting Of yesterday. showing clearly
their intention Of placing on the tempo
rary roll delegates favorable TO Governor
Mckinley, which. i'm the end. would mean
100 additional votes. caused me TO make
the statement am as earnestly tor
Mr.. Reed as ever, ana am. with his
friends. doing everything possible TO.
bring about his nomination, and 1 urge
upon his supporters throughout the coun-
try TO make stll greater efforts In his
behalf !. n. MANLEY."
Reed buttons and badges are making
their appearance. and there is every in
dication that his boom is being given re-
newod impetus.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE WORK.
Up to o'clock this evening. when
short recess for dinner was taken. the
National Committee had. in the space OF
eight hours to-day heard the evidence
I'm and adjudicated upon ten contests. in
volving the placing upon the temporary
roll Of twenty-four delegates. Among the
contests were scattering supporters OF
Reed. Morton. and Allison, but the sum
total Of the days work was the seating
OF twenty-five pronounced adherents OF
Major Mckinley. and two delegates ia
vorable 10 the nomination Of Governor
Morton. In this latter cOntest-that OF
the First Florida Distrct-some of the
Mckinley members OF the committee
made bitter fight; but the evidence adj
duced for the friends Of the New Yorker
White and McCombs was so regular
and overwhelming that preference traces
were kicked over. and some of the Ohio
mans warmest friends voted for the first
time against his spokesman, with the re-
suit that Morton men were seated by the
close vote of % TO %.
Perhaps 20 was merely = coincidence
but it, was at least significant. that after
the vote had been announced, MIR. Man
ley LETT the room. and prepared the state
ment quoted above.
REEDITES READY FOR BREAKS.
Pressed this evening to make clear the
apparent discrepance between his last
bulletin and that Of last evening the po-
Htical manager OF the lamented Blaine.
and chief Of the supporters OF the pres
ent candidate from Maine. would only
reply that the statement was sufficiently
self-explanatory for the present, and need
cd no elaboration. Read between the
lines. howeVer-and those in a position
to know say that this is the reading+it
is an intimatiOn Of Manlcy's belief that
inst such a break as occurred I'm the com
mittee to-day may happen at some criti-
cal moment. and upon some unexpected
issue in the national convention, and that
he proposes that the friends Of his
candidate shall grid on their armor and
be alert for an opening, and prepared Tor
any eventuality.
SILVERITE PROGRAMME.
Colonel Isaac Trumbo. national commit
teeman and delegate-at-large from Utan'
is authority for the statement that the
silver men so far on the ground have
mapped out a programme II they are
defeated in the convention they Will not
walk out. but. after the close OF the con-
vention they will bolt the nomination.
"Our plan" said Colonel TrumbO, us
slmple. We will remain In the cOnvcn-
ton and take part in the proceedings 10
that end. Then, II we are beaten. we
will join with the silver men OF the west
and nominate Henry VI. Teller. OF Colo
RADIO. for President
HOBART FOR V1CE-PRESIDENT.
H. Clay Evans. OF Tennessee. who
was prominent yesterday as the Mckin-
ley boomers choice for Nice-President,
seems 10 have lost ground to-day. Hon.
Barrett a. Hobart. on New Jersey is
tonight on every tongue. The latest
evidence OF this preference Is large
button bearing the picture and the name
Of this gentleman.
Senator Thurston who is to second the
nomination Of Mckinley. was this morn
ing the first to spring this badge on his
coat-lapel. BY noon the display OF the
hutton on prominent delegates. an Nc
I<inlcvitcs. was sufficiently general TO
excite wide comment. and it was adj
mitted that the buttons were procuraoie
in any quantity