The National tribune., 1896-04-16

Gen. Grosvenor says that Mckinley's strength
will develop rapidly this week. on account oil
| the Conventions to be held in Kentucky, Ne
! braska and New Jersey. Representative Al.
drich, of Illinois, disputes all the estimates OF
| Mckinley's strength. and says that so far he
has less than 200 delegates.
The Free Silver men already claim majority
in the Chicago Convention. There will be S94
delegates and il is claimed that 45i Of these
will be for Free Silver, 81 doubtful, and 300
against. Illinois, Indiana and Iowa are put
down for Free Silver. and Kentucky, Georgia,
Virginia. and Washington rs doubtful. The
Sound Money States are Connecticut. Delaware,
Maryland, Massachusetts,, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Gen. A. II. McAIrn, of New York, Adjutant-
General of the National Guard under Gov.
Morton, is the latest mention for the Vice-Presi-
dency.
The Free Silver men have carried Alabama
for Capt. Joseph f. Johnston, candidate for
Governor, but it is probable that the Sound
Money Democrats will carry the Legislature
and elect Gov. Oates to succeed Senator Pugh
The A. T. A. is said to have begun war OH Mai
Mckinley, and will oppose both his nomination
aud election. The trouble seems to be that he
did not pay court to the managers.
c. w. Hackett, manager of Gov. Morton's
Presidential BOOM says that everybody will
join in heartily TO elect the man nominated at
st. Louis, but it will not be Mckinley.
Next to himself, Quay is supposed to be in
favor of Allison.
Virginia Republicans support Col Lamb, and
will send an uninstructed delegation to St.
Louis.
The Illinois Prohibtionists met in Conven.
ton at Springfield and nominated full State
ticket with Hale Johnson for Governor and
Daniel i. Sheen for United States Senator.
The Rhode Island delegates to st. Louis will
20 uninstrncted as TO the Presidency, but will
support ext Gov. ID. Russell Brown Tor the Vice
Presidency.
o. A. K. Iceberg, Sound Money Democrat,
has been elected from the Eleventh Texas Dis
trict. to succeed w. II. Grain by about 1000
majority over his Populist opponent.
The Missouri Democrats will be almost unani-
nous for free silver.
The Republicans are taking much comfort
out OF the results Of tho Rhode Island election.
Gov Lippitt received plurality of 1876, or
s69 more than no received one year ago. and
the largest that has been received in the State
since 1862, when Gov Sprague was elected by
a practically unanimous vote. The Republican
vote increased about 49, per cent. over last
year.
Ex- Representative J. w. Causey, of Delaware
says that his State is going Democratic this
Fall, in spite of everything, unless the Chicago
Convention shall make the mistake of declar
ing for Free Silver.
Senator TiIlman is having much use for his
piichfork in South Carolina. Senator Irby is
a candidate for re. election. and is manuverng
for a reunion~ot, the more conservative - Re-
formers with the regular Democrats The
only daily paper in the State which has sup
ported Senator Tilman and his faction is now
against him, but it is said that the large ma
iority of the party in the State is with the Sem
ator, and that a delegation will be selected in
the coming State Convention which will bolt
at the least sign that tho gold-s;andard men
have control of the National Convention. He
says that the split in the Democracy is as hope
less as il was in 1861.