The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-15
VIEW AT WASHINGTON.

known a. tho BOSSES ccnieinc IN this city
| IL The republican cloak room 81 the sen.
sge there Was Il great deal OF gossip THIS
Afternoon 10 tho effect that Major McKin-
| KY has pfaeiicalN won the presidential
| rurpiuN;iOp. The action OF the ohio con-
rer;sag cast a gloom over :he faces of
those senators WIN are against the Buck.
/ eye candidate. For some reason or other, or
4 sov ne reason at ali except THAI nope which
| slTsrRs e,eraal, the aati-Aicllnley man
Seers had expected TIE ohio convention
woaid rcsul; ~ disappointment to the
/ irsessds Of the protection leaders. Thay did
not know iusi how, hut in some manner
they were quite sure the Mckinley boom.
which has beer assuming such alarming
| proportions IN oh parts Of the country.
I would dwindie away
/ soaator-elect Foiakcrs speech VI sterday
Ms tAe u. 81 disappointment. The friends
I 81 me fsvorite sons read that speech ia the
.iut NluS papers atiG thcN did no, like IT.
~ ss9a as they reached n rap'iol they
I etS2n 'aikins about u Every one was
/ lcokins 10 every one csc tor comfort, but
! rot one had any % dispense.
fh4. settles Ohio said me senator.
Mi NckiNiey's state a. fer hiu. anA Mn
I Foraker Is for him s,s,lho. uil everv%toy
seems 70 te Tor MIN. rAla news was
| bounced solid McKiaiey da.cgAtion from
Kansas. and hy scattering rfturns from
qller states of the same nature. Today
- oal news continued. The ONO conN~n-
I Ton instructed Tor Major Mckinley with
sFcat enthusiasm, and senator C.tiluru re-
SStSvl some prlNate dispatches srum l,l-
nous which Enlightened his face percoptlbly.
| senator Cullem sull Insists that be is In
me race but no one else agrees qitl him.
-
Senator Gear Of Iowa had a consultation
with Mir Cullom today ara Of course al.
NiscG the Illinois candidate to stick. Other
senator's Interested Ia one or another of
IAe held candidates echoed his advice. ana
NF'NpiioIn mas bean paited on tho back ana
'plA mat no may be the Moses Of the stu.
tti'n after all. Some OF the senator's pri.
Va'e friends tell him however, that the
I llS IS up and that he VIII gave himself a
'ot OF humiliation IL he withdruws now.
o., S'ut l"r Nuiloin ever had any Glance
H. ,1,,,I ne "a, ddrk horse he has ruined it py
~ P,.hii!shtd attacks on other candidatps
- "ss,"lii ~ on record saving that
9-a5oF Mckinley is not compet5nt 10 lie
t.e77lu'lt. mat senator Allison ms 10
I backbone. thnt Governor Norm ''' ne ~, ~
! s,ufrt ne van NOT make a two mtnute
60 II Mllnout Reading IL, and that GEN
pauicsns. The men who are advising Sen
SIuf tuiiom TO stay tn the race know b,
rrcsiSsr NJ, cnInce FOR the nomination for
i"1'4ShI tnau ne mas 20 be king n Eng
,Hhl. oCt they hepe he may tick lon,-
ompuEA - Keen f-w dclera IS from pSins1
over 70 Major Mckinley. - aus
IL IS privately admitted by the friends Of
Speaker Eeed. Governor Morton. and other
V"''D'"Aies' that the Mckinley movement
''"S attained such an impetus there is no
way OF stopping IL. senator Alllson's sun.
POI 'eFS are a. httIe mere cheerful. Some of
iheih predict that before the convention
meets III" heii Will mako an effort to
| unite on the Iowa candidate. and that
| some OF The so-chllc1 favorite sons viii be
dropped on, without run for their
money The feeling in the senate chamber
Is aecldealy friendly to Senator Allison.
more so than to any other candidate, ANA
ti's ta1i heipS To keep up tho courage OF
10" mon VINO are supporting the
cause or their senior senator
speaker Reeds friends are In a gloomy
Ihuop ihcy now realize that the favorite
lon ih9iyement WHICH was expected to
break down Major Mckinley In the West
| ,'s's only succeeded in dividing IN M
keeds Eastern strength in such way as
10 ,eaVt MN Tar IN the rear They would
icei much better about It II Pennsylvania
anu New York wore IN the Reed column,
| instead pt running OF after favorite sons
Who can not he nominated
II is Wen known that the pan of the
managers - 10 have their strength well In
hand, SO they can al the opportune mo-
meni plumb it for Senator Allison or
In this way they hope TO carry the CON
ven'iouN with them. but now they are
hitHlu Major Mcklrdey will be nomiua ted
hetore they can turn around.
II has leaked ont here that the Eastern
! leaders have received some very discour-
aging adyices during the last twenty-four
hours. MIR. Plat Is In trouble In New
York. He finds great difficulty in holding
some OF the western districts Of the state.
and IN brooklyn he has a rebellion on his
hands, Pennsylvania, too, Is threatening
to get away from Senator Quay to the
extent OF twenty-five votes out OF sixty
four loss almost serious enough to take
| Mr. luay ont of the lists Of candidates,
| u, indeed, he has over seriously regarded
himself in that category. piscouraging
advices are received from other parts OF
the country, notably from the south.
The practical politicians opposed to
! Major Mckinley are IN the dumps. They
! fear the remarkable strength which the
| Ohio man 10 developing In all parts of the
country Will cause him to be looked upon
az sure winner and that as soon as this
idea becomes spread around it VIII be all
over hut the shouting.
The steady march OF the Mckinley col
| umIi ana the desperation at his opponents
| have produced no little bitterness of feel
| ing. Senators and representatives opposed
| to Major Mckinley are saying things
about the Ohio candidate which they VIII
| be sorry for after the first pangs of disap-
| poutmcut have worn away. concerted
| effort H. being made to spread the theory
| that for those VINO are not TOR MchhllcN
| there viii DO no decent treatment after
Inauguration This idea IL being cult
waited with a purpose, of course, and lead
ers Of the opposition nope TO be able %
| work up a bitterness which Will cause the
Ohio candidate to be made the object OF
assault ali along the line,
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| There arc signs here that an effort VIII
be made TO split the party into two fac
| tons, Mckinley and anti-McKinley and
to produce hatred and suspicion which
viii lead TO the downfall of the leader in
order to secure pcacc aud success, Thls
seems to be the latest programme of the
manpulators who have sworn TO defeat
| Major Mckinley at any cost. In pulsu-
nnce of this plan all manner Of Accpsa-
| tons are being made against the ohlohh
| personally and against his chlel support-
| crs. Today. for Instance, an iowa tncW-
| her OF congress charged that the MckinlvN
| agents had invaded Senator Allison state
| and sought to break the llawkeye delegn-
| lion. When reminded that what ne thpusnI
~. s.a,fl Ia Inc