The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-10
SOME FAVORITE SONS.
Speaker Reeds Friends Salts
fed With the Outlook.
AND so ARE MAJOR M'KINLEY'S.

Yet Many States Will Bring Out other
Candidates-Curious Phases of Modern
Politics. oseph Medil's story-A News
paper Correspondents Enterprise.
WASHINGTON, March 10 Special. -
Speaker Reeds friends say they are very
well satisfied with the outlook for their
candidate. The speaker was today shown
kilograms from Chicago In which the state
ment was positively made that Sam Ray
mond and Graeme Stewart, the first de's.
gates elected In Illinois, are both for Reed
The speakers friends claim this Is sam
pie OF the way things are going all over
the country. While there may be more
talk about Mckinley and more popular
feeling In his behalf. when tho delegates
are elected 1t will be found that q surpris.
ingly large part OF them are for Reed
An Interesting Situation.
On the other hand. the friends OF Mo
kinley are more confident than ever be-
fore. They say the scheme of the political
bosses to bring out q large number OF
fhvorite sons In the states which are
friendly to Mckinley Is q confession OF
weakness. AS soon as these favorite sons
are out OF the way they declare the ex'
governor Of Ohio will have more than a
majority Of the entire convention. and
That 1t will not take moro than one or two
ballots to convince the supporters OF the
favorite sons that they need not waste any
more time. The situation Is becoming
very interesting. The Mckinley men are
50 confident Of their strength that they arc
invading the states of other candidates
far dol W
experienced politicians say Is always more
harmful than beneficial The Mckinley
managers admit that, under some circum-
stances, this might be bad politics. but
ciaiin they are not going into the states oil
othcr candidates, and that II the people oil
those states who are friendly to the Ohio
candidate choose to mako expression for
Mohinlcy there is no way of stopping
them.
curious phase Of modern politics Is
contained In the suggestion Of promi
nent Marylander that tho election Of Mr.
wellington as Republican senator from
mat state may turn out a good thing fol
ar. Gorman. The general supposition u
mat the triumph Of Wellington means thu
uowniall OF German. but this gentleman
s' akes quite another view OF the matter
IN M opinion" said he today, ''Gormar
snd wellington will secretly form an ALI
ance They will plan to continue them
seNes In Office indefinitely. one as Re
publican and the other as Democrat Ii
mat case both would be much stronge
.nan In the event Of either having a soma
sorlai colleague OF his own political faith
zach would be the unrivalcd leader of hi
purity and would have clear swing In tn
Ohio sena ore.
ontil recently there vas theory tha
great statesman ant Republican lead
" as SENATOR sherman clntrived TO keep
so'hocrat In the senate as his colleagu
rom Ohio. While there Is no evidenc
,,na'eVer OF any collision to this end ol
,no part OF Mr.. Sherman. IL has impresse
,ay ,a.any people as remarkable coincidenc
,na' nos once since the war have ther
en Two Republican senator's from Ohio
a. sherman has been In the senate sine