The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

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aaen are leaving him to nlai'Ghl under the
| Reed banner were numerous, and the air
| WAS full OF Reed BOOM
+ S9ne Of the Mckinley men looked upon
/ this activity as grand ,'bluiri but
others confessed 10 a slight fear that
there was something tangible under IT
/ all. The Reed men declared that they
were in dead earnest and that the last
twenty-four hours had brought about a
| change in sentiment which was helping
the Maine man and injurng Mckinley
monopoly They sad that mysterious
| committee, known as the Reed Commits
tee on Ways and Means and whose
makeup was q secret to all but the
leaders of the Reed campaign, was look
ing after things. This committee, it was
said was composed of delegates from
every anti-McKinley State and also from
some States regarded as solid for Nc
Kinley, but in which there Is strong
Reed sentiment. One of the members of
this committee, Massachusetts man,
who refused to have his sfname used,
said late last night
i believe that Reed has good fighting
chance. He has majority cf the can
venticn on any preliminary questions
which may come up before the Convention.
II is foregone conclusion that the Com
mittee on Credentials will accepr the re-
port Of the National Committee on the
contests and hand III that report as the
report OF the Committee ON Credentials.
This viii bring the matter of contests
csiore tne convention and the kReec men
VIII take up the fight then AMI there Ave
nave MADE carerul canvass OF the State
| aelegatlons and know to.A certainty that
We. We have majority Of the. convention
With US. There are many delegates who
are Instructed to vote for Mckinley and
VINO VIII carry out their instructions, but
Of the COMMITTEES on IN GssdsntiaIs. s ais fepSEs w
may not win ont-it hardly seems possible
hat we caI-nut we will halse it mighty
lew minutesn
Mark Hanna said he saw no reason why
MCKINLEY should not be nominated for
men said that there would not be another
adjournment OF the convention before the
nomination no. "a had been made: recess
may De taken, but the Mckinley men are
anxious that the hon1ination be made as
soon as possible after the adoption of the
f,eport 1,1 Of Of the COMMITTEES on Resolutlons
with chances slightly IN favor Of the Ten.
governor Brown, Of Rhode fslaIld, HGani said nN
' he nomnaon n a ar ss as9sas 4r Ing
Eroved. He added that he felt rather du-
to have everything, but that later devel-
epnents showed that Mr.. Hobart is not
SO strong as he seemed to be- The Rhode
Island candidate regards Henry Clay
Evans as his strongest competitor Mr.
Evans is. making an active canvass, and
his friends are legion.
Al midnight Chauncey M Depew re-
ceiyed a telegram from Levi r Morton
that he held to his refusal to accept the
Vice-Presidential nomination under any
circum stances.
Mr.. Depew was asked If ne would sup
port Morton If the latrer's tarne Should
be placed before the convention for the
second place on THE ticket. He replied
that that he could not insult Mr.. Morton BY
voting against him, bLt he added :-"The
man who presents his name as cardi-
date for second place ds seoundrel.''
and Mr.. DepeW mentioned specific kind
of scoundrel. IFA5 y
Mr.; Depew showed his Morton message
to Mr.. Lanterbach of the New York dele
gaa.tian e. and sscined to think that settled
claim there VIII be. flo opposition 10 Mr.
Morton except in his own State.
They still refer in mysterious manner
to a certain telegram from Mr.. Morton. :