The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-06

The steam Of callers became 30 grea.
u was necessary 20 send down 10 the
/ ofhce 20 dispense with the Formally Of
| sanding up calling cards, each new com
er being conducted directly 10 the room
| where General Grosveno- SAT at large
/ table writing out scores OF interviews
\ and kilograms and meanwhile listening
| 10 the enthusiastic talk which went on
about him.
| The most significant feature OF this
was the statement made openly tina.
! William Pitt Kellogg Of Louisiana, Spea
I ke- Reeds Acknowledged southern man
agsr. had thrown up both hands when
| he heard from Illinois and frankly ad-
| mitted that the contest for the presi-
1 dency was at an end
In response 10 a request OF the re-
porter General Grosvenor furnished the
following statement giving his opinion:
| From the start the uprising OF TIE
| common people OF the country for Nc
! Kinley has been phenomenal
The farther back away from the cen
j tiers OF political action you go the strong
| er and more unanimous the sentiment
/ has been. Wise men and skilled men
| have seen il for months
| The action Of the state OF Illinois
settles the issue and places that great
| state on the right OF the line Of the tri-
umphant people. She stands as the
| champion and chief OF victors- In tha:
state ahe hardest battle was fought
and the most decisive victory came 20
rs. They have reason TO be glad and
magnanimous."
| When pressed further 20 give some es
! innate as TO 'rhe possible result. includ-
| ing the whole or part OF the vote OF ILL.,
/ nois, the Ohio manager said:
II have made il rule TO give out ex-
act figures only once a week and thus
| far I have not departed from IL. I do
not feel Ike making new table con-
! tanning the entire vote OF Illinois, but Il
viii show UP IN my weekly statement
When further pressed for an estimate
as TO the present condition OF the Nc
Kinley strength General Grosvenor
said:
MY figures OF last Monday gave Nc
been criticised by people who know
nothing about IL This week We have
added over fifty votes 10 his strength.
| He has fully 500 delegates now. and
! will have 800 when the roll OF the ST.
| Louis convention is called.
I'VE have an assurance that the per-
soaal victory is small compared with
the benefit to come 10 the country"
Colonel B. F. Marsh OF the Fifteenth
Illinois district was not inclined 20 talk
| about the result. but finally said:
My convention was held April "a II
declared for Mckinley. That settled
me absolutely. and so far as am con-
cerned the settlement both in the dis
trict and in the state is perfectly salts
| factory"
with Mckinley as the standard
bearer in the Republican party in the
| next campaign" said Representative
Connolly. there will be REPETITION Of
Sherman's march TO the sea. All there
was 10 that famous journey was the
start, for afterwards IL was nothing
more than a holiday So IL will be with
MciKnley's candidacy; his nomination
being assumed, there remains nothing
more 10 do but TO count the ballots"
What was done at Springfield has
not been a surprise 10 me, for 1 have
been prepared for 1t ever since began
my canvass for congress a couple OF
years ago.
Wherever I talked there was a DE-
mand from the crowd for something
about Mckinley, and in all my subse-
queut experiences this statement has
only been intensified. Inasmuch as I
am a neighbor and close personal friend
Of Senator Cullom I have been placed
in a rather embarrassing position dur
ing the prevalence of the storm which
has held its center at Springfield.
''My first intimation Of the launching
OF the Cullom boom was at our love
feast this year, and 1 was not charry
about expressing my opinion that II
had been started too late. From all
IL
Mckinley as the disqualification Of
what the people wanted in presidential
candidate, and any attempt 10 subdue
this sentiment was like feeding flames
with oil. Although 1 have not heard
anything from Springfield on the sub
Ject from the tenor OF the dispatches
from that place regarding the crowds
in attendance / can pretty safely pre-
dict some thing unusual that occurred.
Men who never attended a political con-
ventlon before put IN an appearance
at Springfield TO see that the instruc-
tons of their district conventions were
carried out and no excuse would be &C
cepted for any failure on the part OF
the delegates 10 do as they had been
directed
Before the convention met, In fact
Just after our love feast in January. in
the course OF a conversation with SEN
ator Cullom I told him I thought he
had made a mistake in permitting the
use OF his name at this time. and I de-
tailed some OF my experiences with the
voters in support OF my argument But
there were friends Of the senator who
induced him 70 take the opposite track.
and now they have nobody 10 blame but
themselves for the result"
ReuS0u WOOD urazn h.
rent OF the conventions action was
made. said:
Evidently Mckinley had the major
ity claimed for him all along. The con
yention at Springfield has settled the
contest for the presidency so far as the
Republican party IS concerned, and Il
would not surprise me 20 see Mckinley
nominated by exclamation when the ST
Louis convention Is held.
"All the agricultural interests in our
state are avowedly for Mckinley. and
a ticket with his name az the head VIII
run Ike wildfire not only throughout
Illinois but the entire west
While do not believe he would run
any better than Senator CuIlorn would
under similar circumstance as the can
didate Of the Republican party for pres
ident, still I am convinced that Mr. Nc
kinley VIII prove equally as popular Il
our state as our senior senator
7 am satisfied perfectly With the re-
sur" said Congressman Warner. for =
VIII make = that much easier for Us to
carry doubtful Illinois Congressional
districts next fall
With such a strong man a. the head
% the national ticket on enhasszSm vii
Be engineered which cannot fzl 70
maintain Republican supremacy 81 our
stare, and n fact We may be enabled
through this means % retain a sold
Republican congressional delegation
All hands vii pstca Il noT - make