The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
WHITNEY WOULD BE A WINNER
MECINLEY's NOMINATION COLBY
RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON.

No Crowds Around the Bulletin
Boards Waiting 10 Learn the Out
come at 81. Louis and no Cheering
When the News Came-President
Cleveland and the Members of the
Cabinet Decline 40 Express an
Opinion on the Republican
Ticket.
Washington. June 1S-The nomination
of Mckinley and Hobart was received
here without the slightest enthusiasm.
There was a noticeable absence of repub-
hcan shOuters around the bulletin boards.
and the general verdict is that the ticket
is weaker than the platform. 1t is usual
for Westinghouse to turn out in force
and watch the bulletin boards while a
national convention is in progress, but in
this instance, no one here appeared to
take any interest in the deliberations of
the st. Louis gathering, unless it was
Speaker Reed He raised some curiosity
on the subject, although he realized af-
ter the test vote of yesterday that the
Mckinley people were in, command and
that they intended to drive their pro-
gramme through by force if necessary.
Four years ago the returns from the
Minneapolis convention were watched by
thousands of people, who clustered around
the bulletin boards, and gave vent to their
enthusiasm either for Blaine or Harrison,
in accordance with their political prefer
ance. To-day there was not at any time
a corporars guard in front of the bulletin
boards displayed by the local newspapers.
The nomination of Mckinley fell like a wet
blanket upon Local republicans, while
the democrats declare that he is the cas-
lest man to beat that could have been
named at St. Louis.
The President and the members of his
cabinet were kept informed of the pro-
ceedings of the convention by the depart
mental telegraph operator, but they show
ed but little interest in the result. The
President declined to make any comment
upon the ticket or the platform, and the
members of the cabinet took the cue from
their chief and remained silent.
Speaker Reed practically gave up the
fight last night, for he came down town
early this morning and secured his rail-
road tickets for his family to leave the
city for New York tomorrow. He re-
NAMED in his Office al the Hotel Shore
ham the greater part of the day and was
in telegraphic Communication with his
friends in St. Louis. This evening, after
the ticket had been completed, he went up
to the residence of his friend Representa-
tive Hit, on K street. and talked over the
situation. Aside from predicting that the
cause of sound money and protection will
comment upon the result of the conven-
ton.
The question now turns upon the Chica-
go convention. There is a strong i'm
preston here that William G. Whitney
will be the choice of the sound money
democrats at Chicago. The free silver
men are unwilling to admit that there Is
a chance for defeating either Bland or
Boies, and they insist that either of the
free silverites named can overthrow Nc
Kinley by at least 100000 votes.
The action of Senator Teller does not
appeal to the free silver democrats here.
They will be willing to accept his good
viii and assistance, but they contend that
they have men in their own ranks who
are just as true to the cause of silver as
he has been or can ever be.
Among the conservative republicans and
sound money democrats there is a gem
eral belief that William G. Whitney will
be the man to run against Mckinley. A
well known republican who has opposed
the nomination of Mckinley, remarked
tonight in the presence of a number of
fellow republicans, that Mckinley was so
weak his supporters had to brace him up
with a strong platform, and on the other
hand he declared that Mr.. Whitney is so
strong and so popular with the masses
that he can run on any platform that he
may select, be it on ratio of to or
16 to l.