The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-10


Chairman Carter. Of the Republican NJ
sisaaI eoum5ttse. when he heard how
Ilnnsls Aad gone. sasd hs would not -
SURPRISED n NcKin3ey's name should b
the only ens prssentsd to The 81 Louis
convenusn- Since hat tiDs h has hoard
With ths rest a a. froa Indiana. Nichi-
gan and California The Mckinley men
are jusstasd In taxing . very rosy view
Of the situation. For . long dime II looked
a. II the conditions In Ohao we're such that
Major Mckinley could not depend upoa .
united delegation from that sta,e-shas 70.
not such . delegation -, going into con-
vention In July. could be depended upon to
stay Win him tn N the Nississippt frozs
ever.
Thea ether considerations began to aF1se
and other states Vut forward favor1fo
soma Ths Republicans Of New YORK. for
instance. argued that while Ohio vas
safely Republican. the Empire state vas
always . doubtful quantity. but that BY
having New Yorker IT the head Of the
ticket. thirty-six Volts 1t one swoop would
be gathered into the Republican party and
Offset possible objections Of half . dozen
elsswhers. This was good politics: 1t was
perhaps. not quite just to . reliably Repub-
,ican ststs like Ohio, but II has become
IN axiom that there u more rejoicing over
the one sinner that sepenteth than over
the ninety and nine who have never
Gons astray. Then again. Reeds excel
gon ~
that he would poll fully - large Repub-
licsn vote - Mr.. Mckinley. and would In
addition win over many Democrats who
would Be unwilling to surrender to the
extreme views exemplIfed By the NcKin-
ley bill. Some Of this reasoning was also
applied to Senator Allison. whose nomina-
ton was urged for the further reason
that ne was . Western man and BY his
senatorial course. even more than by his
geographical location. he stood half way
between the gold sentiment Of the East
and the silver sentiment Of the West.
question Of either one OF the principal
Candidates being entirely and heartily &C.
ceptabls to the Republican party. and
probably to far more than . majority Of
the American people.
The sentiment for Mckinley II very
much like that manifested for Cleveland
st his last election cisveland's first cleo
ton was NOT due 20 much to his personal
popularity. because he was . compare
lively unknown man. and 1t was due
fully "A much IA, disssnstop~ IN thA Rnp,.h-
lican party. but the second time he went
tn on an irresistible tide. Mckinley Is be-
ing carried to the White House upon the
bosom Of an impetuous stream. and the
forces OF all other candidates are being
drawn into the sweeping current. Senator
Cullom Of Illinois. saw that ~ against
Mckinley his efforts were futile. and he
wanted to withdraw some time ago. Sen
ator Chandler hoped that New Hampshire
would stand by Reed. and after the con-
vension 1t was seen that he had not been
treacherous. but had found the tide too
strong for him Pettigrew went to South
Dakota for Allison and silver. and came
away instructed to vote for Mckinley and
sound money. Senator Davis. the favorite
son Of Minnesota. withdrew his name the
day his convention met. Henderson. Of
Nebraska. who had announced himself q
candidate. saw his rival. Thurston. carry
the state for Mckinley. Congressman Pow
ers. of Vermont who was supporter Of
Reed. gracefully bent before the Mckinley
tornado. Senator Elkins was one Of those
who. after receiving the Endorsement Of
his own state. concluded that Ohio was
once more to carry or the prize.
Those who have been most reluctant to
yield to the Inevitable conclusion to be
drawn from the events Of the past few
weeks. have been the candidates them
selves. and they have appealed to their
friends not 20 abandon them while there
seemed to be a chance Of their success.
Fidelity to them does not imply luke
wsrmness In McKinley's interest. because.
20 equal are the men In ability and avaiIa-
eility. the only question to determine
was. which 10 the mos, popularf