Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-04
THE SITUATION
As Outlined by the Friends Of
Mckinley and Reed.
Mr.. ManIey Says: Mckinley, 275
Reed 1862; All Others, 800.
Gen. Grosvener Claims That Mckinley No.
4s6 With More Coming.

washington, May o.-Mr. Manley of
Maine, tonight, gave out the following
statement: Since my statement of
week ago there have been elected 4G
delegates. Elections have occurred in
Michigan. Illinois. Missouri, Arizona
Indian Territory. Vermont. Alabama
and Georgia. They can be assigned as
follows: Alabama and Arizona, two
sets of delegates elected. and they are
placed as they ought to be. in the con-
tested column. Indian Territory. Mich
igan. Missouri and Illinois are placed
in the column for Gov. Mckinley.
The convention in Vermont was a
surprise to the friends of Mr. Reed.
They had u right to expect that Yer
mont would join with the rest Of New
England and send a delegation pledged
to the support of the New England
candidate. The delegates selected un-
questionably prefer the nomination of
Mr.. Reed. How far they will feel
bound by the declaration of preference
for Gov. Mckinley by the convention.
time alone will determine. 1t must be
remembered that the convention did
not instruct the delegates. but left
them free to exercise their own judg
ment Preferences and even instruc
| tons. in the past. have not uniformly
governed the delegates. because the
conditions under which they were
passed did not exist at the time the
delegates were called upon to discharge
| the duties entrusted to them.
The situation, today, Is as follows:
| For Mr.. Reed. 1872; Gov. Mckinley. 275:
all other candidates. 2lI: contested and
doubtful %: Vermont. 3. This makes
7J7 delegates elected. and leaves l6l to
| be chosen. The contest is not yet set
| tied and can alone be determined by
| the delegates when they meet in con-
vention at St. Louis.
| Gen Grosvenor gave out the usual
| weekly statement of the Mckinley
delegates. He claims the election of
| 1876 instructed or pledged to the Ohio
candidate. He points out that there
are lis votes unsolicited. and claims
that Mckinley will have more than 100
of that number. He further states that
there are of unnamed and unclaimed
delegates east of the Allegheny noun
tains, among the delegates counted for
other candidates. 20 who will support
Mckinley.
| General Grosvener says: 1t will be
!
| sion | stated that the first Of May
would show Mckinley with majority
| of the delegates elected. The first of
May has come. and my prediction has
been verified. In the last week. while
| the conventions did not produce a
| startling number of delegates for any
one. there came into the campaign
some very remarkable. and to my
mind. unexpected results. The endorse
ment of Mckinley by Vermont marked
| the location of an active Mckinley
sentiment which had for long time
| been manifest to intelligent observers
! in all the states of New England. The
| outbreak of popular sentiment in Ill
| inois. which overwhelmed the party or
ganization of that wonderfully organ
| lied state, swept away the plans of the
bosses and overturned the calculations
| of everybody. indicated that the tide.
which it was fondly hoped by many
would be arrested and possibly turned
back. is rising higher and higher, and
sweeps across the continent with ire
sistble force. The echo of Vermont
was responded to by the triumphant
shout Of McKinley's friends in Ari-
IONA and the reflex wave carried his
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