Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-10
POLITICAL POINTERS.


Reed and Allison control the District o
Columbia delegation to st. Louis.
II is expected the Morrison boom will /,
/ formally launched by the Waublnsee club
OF Chicago on the 22d.
What is called "snap convention" oil
Cook county republicans to select delegates
to the state convention, will meet in Chicago
next Saturday.
The democratic national convention Will be
held In the Coliseum building, now under
way. on SiXty-thrd street facing jackson
! park Chicago. IL is expected distance will
lend some enchantnent to the proceedings
Mckinley supporters In Illinois are or
! ganizing to contest every inch OF ground
| with Senator Culom, whose boom was
| launched at Springfield a few days ago.
/ Seven Mckinley clubs have been organ
lied in Chicago within two weeks.
! Friends of Senator Cushman II. Davis OF
Minnesota insist that he is the legitimate
heir to Harrison's political estate. and ex.
! pect to gather in the Indiana delegation
to st. Louis. Similar expectations are en-
tertaned by the supporters Of Allison, Nc
Kinley Reed and Morton.
Editor Medill of the Chicago Tribune, re-
ferrng to the Culom boom, said 81 have
been trying to figure It out, and after much
calculation l have fetched up at the con-
clusion that the republicans of Illinois prefer
a candidate who looks like Abe Lincoln to
one who looks like Napoleon Bonaparte."
II ~ Tue OplHlvH OF pOlitlCldnS, aCCOIulnG
to the New York Sun, that Speaker Reed
is certain to have a much more solid and
substantial support than any previous east
ern candidate was able to take from his
own section to republican national conven-
tion. In 1884 there were two New England
candidates for the presidency at the Chi
cago republican convention, Mr.. Blaine. sup
ported by the stalwarts, and Senate, Ed
munds of Vermont, supported by the mug
wumps. They divided, to some extent, the
Npw ENGLAND batwan.. fbpYD wi In
previous conventions had been scattered
among candidates from other parts of the
country. In 1883 the New England dele
gates had no favorite cand date. and In 1892
Mr.. Blaine was the only New England man
in the field for presidential honors at Min
neapolis He received. of course. the whole
twelve votes of Maine and in addition two
from New Hampshire, one from Massachu-
setts, one from Rhode Islanl--siXteen in
all. From Vermont and Connecticut he re-
coved nc votes. Mr.. Harrison got esh-
teen from Massachusetts,, four from Connec-
ticut, five from Rhode Island, eight from
Vermont fur from New Hampshire-
thriy-nine. This year It is tie eieved Mr..
Reed will get practically unanimous sup
port from the eastern states
1t Is an old saying in American politics.
says the New York Sun, that the road to the
white house does not lead through the United
States senate, and that a certain fatality ,
attends senator's who aspire to presidential
nomination. Mr.. Garfield and Mr.. Harrison
were two recent exceptions, some say, |
both taken from the senate and nominated |
and elected to the presidency. The fact is |
that neither Mr. Garfield nor Mr.. Harrison |
was taken from the senate" No president |
of the United States has been taken from
the senate except through the constitutional
method of promoting vice president over
the senate to the presidency when vacancy
occurred in the latter office. In January,
1880, the Ohio legislature, which had re-
mn el Mr. Earnnld tn |
ceed Senator Thurman when the term of
the latter should expire on March 4, 1881.
Mr.. Garfield received the unanimous vote
of the republicans and Mr. Thurman the
unanimous vote of the democrats in the
Ohio legislature. Subsequently, on June s,
$780, Mr.. Garfield was nominated for the
presidency, and on November 4, was elected.
He was never actually United States senator.
Mr.. Harrison was not taken from the senate
either. His term as senator expired on
March g. 1887, and he had retired to private
life when in June, 1888, he was nominated
at the Chicago convention.