San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-27
THE PEOPLE BELIEVE
MKINLEY MEANS PROTECTION
AND PROSPERITY.
The Country POlled Show That the
Financial Issue Has Little to Do
With His Support,

prints answers from its correspond
ents throughout the United States
to the following questions:
II Mckinley is nominated, will
he carry your state?
Do republicans of your state be-
lieve that Mckinley favors the free
coinage OF silver or the gold stand
ard?
Is McKinley's strength due to his
tariff views or his financial views?
The Times sums up the follow
ing:
The replies to the Times ques.
tions shows that much OF his
popularity has been due to his
.ariff views, and to the belief that
there is some virtue in his title OF
advance Agent Of Prosperity"
still more to his personality, and
much OF the late popularity in the
thought that he will win and but
little has been backed on his fin
ancial views. Silver and gold men
claim him for their ideas, both fac
tions, apparently satisfied that he
will favor them; many claim he
will allow the national convention
to fix his views on finance and will
stand on the platform, no matter
what it may be, but others believe
him capable of standing on a
sound money platform and yet
secretly favoring silver and being
ready to sign silver bill IL it is
sent to him from congress.
Regarding the eastern division
of states, 1t says:
mckinley has met his coolest
reception in the great eastern
states, in all but one Of which his
managers have been defeated. In
the great section including New
England and the four other great
eastern states the distrust of Nc
Kinley's financial views has been
freely shown. The banking and
commercial interests have a strong
position against the endorsement
of any man who is not perfectly
sound on the money question.
The attempt to allsy suspicion by
sending representatives to New
York to vouch for the soundness Of
McKinley's views has made the
case even worse for him as it has
been also very justly suspected
and almost proven that the same
tactics have been employed in the
silver itates."
OF the middle division Of states
in the Mississippi valley, it says:
"The great middle states will
form the pivot on which the
money question is likely to swing
in this campaign. In them there
shonld be no thought Of compro-
mise in the most important issue
Of the compaign. Yet all through
the republicans have subordinated
the financial issue and have taken
up Mckinley on dozen different
grounds outside of the money
question.
The hysteria here has had full
swing. First, the belief that the
pivotal west should have a candi-
date. Second, the idea that Nc
Kinley could win. Third, the fact
that he embodies the republican
tariff idea and many other reasons
have sufficed. On the money ques.
ton some leaders claim that he is
for gold, others claim that he is in
favor OF an enlarged use Of silver,
while still others claim he will
never veto q financial bill sent to
him by congress, platform or no
platform. The general opinion,
however, seems to be that he Will
not obtrude his own financial opin.
ions, but will be willing to let the
nation think for him."
OF the southern division of States
Ii says: |a
"Kentucky and Tennessee are
threatened by the financial issue,
no matter what action may be
taken by the democrats; North
and South Carolina are expected
to go with the silver tide, West Viz
GINA is threatened by silver and
tariff, while Maryland can be held
only with a sound money declara-
ton by the democratic convention.
Republicans in the south have gen
orally taken a position in favor OF
sound money because that seemed
most likely to win. In every state
Mckinley delegations have been
elected-some regular or some ir-
regular, but all holding to him be-
cause he was in the lead. His
further successes have also brought
over many OF those elected in the
interest of his rivals. In all the
conventions there was little evil