The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-05
THE PRESIDENTIAL. RACE.

The well-informed chief Washington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press. r..
j. Gibson, sends to his paper the follow
ing careful review of the Republican pres
idential canvass: No one of the presi-
Dental candidates. with the exception of
Mir. Mckinley, has anything like head
quarters in the capital. General Gros-
venor, of Ohio. has room at the Cocn-
ran hotel, which he calls Mckinley head
quarters. When Mr.. GroSvenOr Is aW ~
there does not appear to be anybody in
the room to receive callers, hence 1t l.
not much of "a headquarters. But all OF
the candidates have friends here looking
out for their interests. Mr.. Reed, Mr.. AL
lison. Mr.. Quay, Mr.. Cullom and Mr.. Da-
Wis are here to speak for themselves in
case information Is wanted. General
Grosvenor is looking after the Mckinley
interests, assisted by other members.
But there does not seem To be anybody
in particular taking care Of the interests
of Governor Morton.
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The strength of the candidates as far
as can be ascertained here. is in about
the following order: Mckinley, Reed Al
Iison, Morton. quay, cullom ana Davis.
II IL conceded by the friends Of AL the
candidates that Mr.. Mckinley will lead on
the first ballot. His supporters are the
only ones who are willing to furnish Il
table of his probable vote OH the first bal
lot. This Is given ont by General Gros-
venor. and makes out vote of l3j for
Mckinley on the first ballot or twenty
six less than enough TO nominate. Ancth-
er table made up by II supporter of an
other candidate gives Mr.. Mckinley 5sl un
the first ballot Sill anUther table. mad.
up by person favOra bic TO Mr.. Quay,
gives Mckinley i3j on the first ballot, and
Mr.. Quay has expressed the opinion that
that estimate the one of 3D. IL mot yer,
far astray as the situation IL at this
time From all sources therefore il is
conceded that Mr.. Mckinley will lead in
the first ballot. But the friends of other
candidates maintain that for Mr.. McKn-
ley to be successful he must be nominated
on the second ballot and this they claim
cannot be done. Mr.. McKinley's friends
are equally confident that it can be done.
AS only q very few delegates have yet
been elected estimates are not of much
value. One table made out by supporter
of Reed gives him 2S1 on the first ballot
Another table made up by interests friend
ly to Mr.. Reed. and after investigation in
all the states, gives the speaker 30 on the
first ballot. The best estimate for Mr..
Morton is lightweight. made Up of New
York's seventy-two and some scattering.
Mr.. Allson's friends claim that he will
have over 100 on the first ballot, made up
of Iowa's twenty-six and some from the
Dakotas, and a number from Texas and
scattering from other states. Senator
Quay Is given in nearly all these tables
the vote of Pennsylvania. sixty-four But
the MCKINNEY 1nen cldln part oil thiS vote,
and there seems to be some doubt as 10
whether the vote of the state will be solid
for Mr.. Quay. His friends claim that he
will get some scattering votes, but thoy
do not expect that he will get on the first
ballot more than about seventy-six Mr..
Davis is making no canvass for delegates.
but he will get those OF his own state and
probably some few outside, to start with.
His friends claim for him twenty-seyen.
Mr.. Cullom's friends are only claiming al
the start for him the vote of Illinois, forty
eight votes. But that Is again disputed.
as General Grosvenor assertr that Mr..
Mckinley will have twenty votes in Illi-
nois. There Is not much doubt that II Mr.
Cullom were out OF the way nearly the en-