The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-26
REED RUNNING IN THE REAR.
NAMES DARK HORSE GETS A BAD
START IN THE RACE.

Mckinley and Morton the Henry of
Navarro and clifford in the Great
Political Handicap-The Ohio Cam
stnrt-IIe is Also Second Choice in
Many states.
Washington. March 25.-Speaker Reeds
friends in congress to-day made an in
formal canvass of the situation for the
purpose OF testing the sincerity and the
stability of the Reed boom. Joseph Man
ley, as the representative OF Speaker
Reed. with Senator Aldrich. and
several other trusted friends OF
the big man from Maine" establish
ed themselves in one Of the Senate COM
mittee rooms and there they met such
senators and representatives as are sup
posed to be favorable to the candidacy
of Speaker Reed. In this way the friends
Of the speaker obtained much valuable in
formation, concerning the strength OF
their man in various states. Those who
participated in the canvass state that the
showing was very encouraging TO Mr..
Reed, and it was discovered that many
of the states now claimed by Mckinley
have not yet elected delegates to the ma
tional convention, and when they do they
will not be in McKinley's column.
The canvass was conducted in a quiet
and supposed to be secret manner. Mr..
Manley and one or two of his friends
would see to one or two congressman at
a time. The situation I'm their respective
states was gone into frankly without re-
serve.
In some of the eastern states It was
said that there is u desire to stand by
Speaker Reed as long as he has chance
to win, but down under the surface there
is a feeling upon at least one New Eng
land state that McKineyism stands for
better times and greater prosperity. IN
another IL was reported thal tne req
men are having great dlihculty IN pre-
venting the Mckinley men from stumplhB
the state for the Ohio man.
Gen. Grosvenor is so well satished with
the Mckinley organization that ne - al
most prepared to claim Mckinley hoh-
ination on the first ballot He says II
Senator Cullom follows Senator DaVls
example and pulls out Of the race the
state Of Illinois win flock to the Nc
Kinley standard at once.
AS to Iowa, the general says Senator
Allison can hold that state delegation 50
long as he himself remains In the hght,
but as soon as he drops out he cannot
throw that delegation to any other can
didate. The majority Of the Iowa dele
cation are for Mckinley as soon as II be-
comes apparent that Allison cannot win.
Ihe same conultlol OF ditdlIe tAlsts ~
| Pennsylvania, says Gen. GrosVenor, Tor
| although Senator Quay has that delega-
| ton at his back so long as he remains
| a candidate they win so to Mckinley
as soon as Senator Quay ceases TO be a
| probability.
| In other words, Gen. Grosvenor says
| the opposition to Mckinley have no one
upon whom they can concentrate their
forces, and they could not concentrate
| even II they had man. The existing con-
| dtions are such that as soon as these
! fgWOrit9 have received their COmDli-
| mentary vote, Mckinley looms up as the
| second choice in almost every state. Gen.
| Grosvenor Is even bold to assert thar
| Tom Platt can throw the solid New York
| delegation for Mckinley after Gov. Nor
| ton fails to develop sufficient strength
| to justify the hope of his nomination. In
| other words, Gen. GrOsvernor says 1t Is
| a repetition of the fight that was waged
| against Harrison's nomination in 1892. The
opposition is too scattering to be effec-
| tive.