The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-03-26
NJ MKINLEYITES BARRED.
NO TICKETS FOR THEM AT NEW
YORK CONVENTION.
Demon stration Feared when the
Time Comes for Endorsing Morton
for the Presidency-A Big Nc
KinIey Mass Meeting in ". Y.
NEw YORK. Mnrch 24.-The Mortol

New York, March 24.-The Morton
men are doing all in their power to pre-
vent u demonstration in favor of Nc.
Kinley at the state convention today.
Great circumspection has been exer
cised in giving out the tickets Of adj.
mission to the hall. The committee is
desirous that no Mckinley men shall be
admitted TO disturb the harmony of the
meeting or interrupt when the resolu
tions endorsing Morton for the presi.
dency are put in the convention.
Adherents of the Mckinley boom cir
culated among the delegates last night
and induced many of them TO attend the
massmecting held in the Ohio ex.gov.
ernor's honor. The fact that Governor
Morton had not only signed the Raincs
liquor tax bill, but had also endorsed it
made some of the city members rather
willing to be approached by the agents
of the Ohio candidate, and many expires.
sions of disgruntlement were heard.
1t was finally decided that Comp
troller Roberts could not go as an alter
nate, because of the Erie delegations $
attitude. Ex-senator Daniel Mcmillan
was slated to go in his place and th,i
did not seem to stop the trouble, for it
was announced just after the above
fact was made public, that Erie county
delegates would renounce Mr. Morton
and would not even promise him sup.
port at the first ballot.
The presidential boom in New York
city Of Mckinley was launched at Coop.
er Union last night The hall was well
filed, notwithstanding the snowstorm
which had been in progress all after
l,1 af n eta
a hfesizc picture of Ex-Governor Nc.
Kinley framed with tin plates. Under.
meath the picture was silk banner with
the following in gold letters: "The
anti. machine Republican organization
of the city and county of New York"
On the right Of the platform was an
other banner, THE Republican party
stands for an honest dollar and the way
to earn it, and on the left was ban
ner with the inscription William Nc
Kinley, prosperity advance agent"
Major Lowell II. Jerome called the
meeting TO order. He said it was use.
less for the machine politicians TO dis.
regard the returns that We're coming in
from all parts of the country favOTing
the nomination of William Mckinley
The latter was the enemy of the bosses
and not their tool. Major Jerome in.
troduced as the chairman of the meet.
ing General Wager Swayne. The
meeting, he said had been called to
make plain to the people of this state
and throughout the country and to the
delegates 10 the convention TO be held.
that the second choice for president of
the United States was William McKln-
ley. ICheers
Governor Morton, he said, had rem
dered valuable service to the state
Some of the audience Kissed at the
mention of Governor MortOns name,
but General Swayne stopped this in u
hurry, He said that the governor de-
served to be cheered and that the
machine in the Republican party was
none of his making, 1t had been hoped
that the name of Governor Morton
would 90 before the convention without
opposition, hut it appeared that the SEN
timent Of the county was for Mckinley.
A number Of speakers spoke III the
same strain. among them George f.
Matthews. editor of the Buffalo En-
press, who declared that 80 per cent of
the Republicans in Erie county favored
Mckinley.
A Mckinley league was organized and
committee of 10 appointed to act as
an executive committee Resolutions,
pledging support 10 Mckinley were
adopted.