The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-11
HE BO0MS ALLISON
GLARKSON IS ON WITH A STOCK
ARGUMENT FOR THE IOWA MAN.

the Man to Put In the "nlte HOUSE
Declares That There are Other Cues
lions Than the Tariff Which the Parties
Must solve-Tsriff Can Take Care oil
ItseIf-Concedes Ma jor McKinley's Pop
MARTY But Declares That the Fight is
Not Yet Over.
Chicago, March 10.-General James
<. Clarkson of Iowa is in the city on
his vav TO Des Moines to attend the
Iowa Republican state convention
"wednesday. He is stopping at the
Auditorium, where he was seen last
night by a reporter for the Inter DC
Fan. He says the convention will be
a Iove-feast, at which the Allison forces
will receive new strength, as Iowa Is
a unit in her support Of her favor1te
son. He is confident that Allison S
chances of sussess for the presiden-
tial nomination increases every day.
and he discounts the claims OF the
managers of rival ''booms."
mo one has won the fight yet, sald
General Clarkson, nor has any one
ever gained a leading plurality in the
1876 delegates so far elected out OF the
e1S who will be in the convention. The
Associated Press. which seems TO nave
zone unanimously for Mckinley, has
SoI,gbt TO make it appear that it is al
ready settled for the Ohio candidate,
and many newspapers enlisting under
the aggressive plumes of Major Nc
Kinley have moved to make 1t unan-
jmous: but IT is delegates, and not the
Associa ted Press, or a minority Of news
napers that will make the nomina ton.
a strong majority of the delegates so
far chosen are in the south. OF these
southern delegates Mckinley has not
so far received a majority of the dele
gates in any state except Arkansas, a
state which cannot possibly give the
Republican ticket a single electoral
vote. and which will probably not even
nominate an electoral ticket In Lou
isiana, where the Associated Press
gives Mckinley practically all of the
sixteen delegates so far elected, Nc
Kinley has actually fewer votes than
Reed or Allison. The same is true
in Georgia. In Mississippi he will not
have more than half the delegates in
the convention at St Louis. In Flori-
da two delegations have been elected,
one declaring to be for Mckinley, but
not instructed, anu the OlnSi 4uSbI OSl
ed for Governor Morton.
TEXAS IS DIVIDED.
'In Texas, of the eighteen delegates
so far elected, he has but six, Reed
and Allison having the rest in about
equal numbers. In the north, the Ohio
delegates are Of course for Mckinley,
in Pennsylvania for Quay, in New
York for Morton, and in Illinois ten
g. III H. NI-.a
Mckinley managers, who are wise men
as well as good fellows, Hanna and
Kohlsaat smartest of all, called con-
yentions on all their certain ground
frst-or what they thought was their
certain ground. They have been grei-
vously disappointed in Louisiana, Geor-
sia, and Texas, and are by no means
happy over the results in Illinois. One
good thing can be said, and that is
that the contest so far has been in
perfect good nature, and there is no
reason why it should not go on so to
the end. The zeal of the Mckinley
followers has induced them to go a lit
tie fast in some places, as in Iowa,
where they have been trying to get
county conventions to give second
choice for the Ohio man, without any
results.
The Allison people never thought of
Invading Ohio, although the indica-
lions in that state in the district con-
Vention elections in the past week have
shown that they would have been as
much justified in doing that as the
Ohio people were in invading Iowa.
1t is said that the Allison camp is
pretty modest and not aggressive
enough. This may be true, but we
are content with the share of delegates
so far elected for Allison outside of
iowa We have not had the vainglo>
rious disposition to say that any state
should not present a candidate of its
own. In Illinois, for instance, we
have recognized that Senator Cullom
IS worthy to be presented, and per-
fectly eligible for the presidency, and
If he should be chosen no good Repub-
Iican would ever have reason to be dis
appointed in the sort of president he
would make. SO far as we are con-
cerned, we have respected the comfy
Of neighborhood.
ALLISON IN NEW ENGLAND.
Allison has much strength in New
England, yet we have felt that New
England was right in supporting Mr..
Reed, whose ability and worthiness
no one questions. The same is true as
TO Minnesota and Davis. We have no
quarrel with the judgment of the great
and necessary state of New York, for
Governor Morton would make a good
president, and would be the most pop
ular candidate Of any in that state
We recognize in Pennsylvania s devo-
ton TO Quay A fidelity to leader who,
always faithful TO his people, demon
Strated marvellous and unique ability
In standing last year in the free-trade
senate, preserving protection TO his
state while the most of the other states
were left 10 free-trade. General Man
derson, in NebraS ka, is known TO the
Republicans of Iowa as being worthy
or the presidency. and having the ele-
ments of popular candidate. Nor can
wonder that Kentucky. after Governor
Bradley'S splendid fight and the dem
onStrauon of craftsmanship and cour-
age that he showed in redeeming his
state last year. should like TO send him
10 the White House. The ill-natured
comments on the ambitions of these
states in presenting capable men have
not come from the Allison camp. As
10 Cullom. Davis, and Henderson. all
candidate ties in the Mississinpi valley
Iowa Republicans. who believe that
this great valley should furnish the
president, have nothing but FRIENDSHIP
and good viii. If We cannot ser A1l.
son we should prefer that one of these
Mississippi valley men should be cbos.
en-. This may not be in line With The
declaration Of the Arkansas conven.
ton, that Mckinley is the only can5i.