The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-08
TAIL OF THE M'KlNLEY TICKET.
4 CLAIM THAT CzAR REED WOULD
NOT ACCEPT SECOND PLACE.

He Prefers the SRealsership OF the
House 10 the Vice Presidency.
Quay Treats the Suggestion Of his
own Name as J0Ie-NationnI
Committeeman Hobart of New DER
sey Regarded as a strong PossI-
biIity.
Washington May THE self-appointod
President makers In congress are not in
dulging in anu-McKinley talk now. but
most of them seem 10 feel that nothing
short of a miracle can prevent Mckinley
from capturing the nomination. They are
therefore now engaged In looking the field
over for vice presidential timber. Repre-
sentative Elijah Morse stated to-day that
Speaker Reed could have the nomination
for Vice President on the ticket with
Mckinley, If he would only accept Il.
With Mckinley and Reed as the repub-
lican standard bearers" exclaimed Mr.
Morse, enthusiastically. there would be
no necessity for the democrats to hold
"a convention"
Would Mr. Reed accept second place
ON the ucket?" inquired a reporter who
was discussing the subject with the Mass
achusetts congressman.
mo, he would not ! asked Joe Man
ley yesterday, before he left Washing
ton for New York, II he thought Reed
would take the vice presidential nomina-
ton, and he replied that under no cir
cumstances would Mr.. Reed accept sec
ond place. He prefers the speakershp of
the House to that of President Of the
Senate"
DO you think Mr.. Reed would be re
eleeied n1troi speaker again, II the republicans
Most assuredly, I do. He is the natural
leader OF the republican party in that
body and he can be elected speaker as
long as he remains In the House"
" hat about the report that he will
decline reelection to congress, should
ne ran to secure the presidential nomina-
Il am not advised as to his intentions
on that subject, but / am confident that
he can be elected speaker of the next
Mr.. Morse then went on to say that al
though he believes Mr.. Reed Is in every
way htted for the presidency, and Is his
personal cholce ana the choice of the dis
trlct, and great majority of the people
OF New England, there Is a feeling in
other parts of the country that Maine is
a little too far east to go for a presiden-
tial candidate. Mr.. Morse added that Il
Is unjust to accuse the friends OF Mr.
Reed with mismanagement of the later's
campaign, Tor II now appears that Moth
ing that he or they could have done would
have stayed the Mckinley movement. The
Mckinley issue was planned a long time
ago, and those IN charge of his canvas
seem to have convinced a majority of the
members Of the republican party that it is
good politics TO nominate Mckinley and
there appears to ne no immediate pros
poets of changing public sentiment so far
as he is concerned.
In connection with the vice presidential
talk to-day, II is said that Representative
William A. Stone, who is Senator Quay's
chief Of political STAFF, has gone to Ohio
to confer with the Mckinley managers
about second place on the ticket. IT IS
also stated that Representative Grosvenor
left Washington for Ohio, with very
friendly feeling toward the Quay vice
presidential boom. Senator Quay simply
laughed when questioned on this subject,
and remarked that according to rumor
GrosVenor went out to Ohio to fix up his
vice presidential boom, and then, for fear
that he would not do the work well, Rep
resentative stone was sent after him TO
supplement his efforts. In other words
Senator Quay treated the suggestion as a
joke.
There are many conflicting statements in
circulation among those who are now in
dustriOusly engaged in fixing up the vice
presidential candidate. A few daEn after
the Connecticut convention, IL was an
nounced that ex-iOV. Buckley had gone
to Ohio TO consult Mr.. Mckinley about
taking second place on the ticket. When
Warner Miller came down from New York
a few days ago to look after the Nicara-
qua canal, ii was boldly asserted by some
of his New York friends that he would be
the Vice President on the Mckinley ticket.
In addition to Messrs. Reed, Quay, Buck
ley and Miller, 1t is said that National
Committeeman Hobart of New Jersey is
regarded as a strong vice presidential pos
sibility. All this talk about the vice pres
idency is said to be but a little political
dickering on the part of the Mckinley
managers, with view TO concentrating
all the forces on Mckinley for first place
and then leave the men named to scram-
bic for second place.