New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
SOME ANTT-MKINLEY A VIEWS.
]. s. CLARKSON THINKS THE OHIO MAN
MAY YET BE BEATEN.

HE COMEDIES ONLY 2os VOTES TO M'KINLEY ON
THE FIRST BALLOT.
Washington, May 3-Among the Republicans In
y.sn,ro,on TODAY are Samuel Fessenden, mem
her of the Republican National Committee for
connecticut and James s. Clarloson, member for
Iowa. They had conferences with Senators quay
and Allison. and other friends. This evening
Mr. Clarkson was asked: Has Mckinley ma
toritv of the delegates already. and what OF the
claim that he will be nominated by acclamatioh!
"IIe has not nearly majority yet. nor VIII me-
IN nv Judgment" said Mr.. Carkson. 'enter the
convention with a majority. Indeed. ne VIII DC
shorter of a majority on the first ballot at o'.
Louis that Blaine wac In the emotional year VI
'76 Grant in 80 Sherman IN SS, wheh the ia'le'
in a field OF fourteen candidates voted lor Oh '"e
first ballot had S29 votes He will not De NOM
mated by &C camation, because can say posi-
lively that Allison, Quay and Morton VIII REMAIN
IN the contest and 20 surely will Reed. and
fudge so will Bradley and Cullom. Allison has
not the least idea Of withdrawing, nor Iowa any
idea Of giving UP the fight. believe thh' Is true
Of the other candidates and their States
mckinley will fall from 80 to 100 votes short
Of enough to nominate at the start and the neld
will represent from 525 to 800 votes By the heio
mean Allison, Reed. Quay, Bradley. Morton and
able men as Harrison. Lincoln. Foraker. HOBART
Davis and General Tracy. OF New-lork.
Mr. Clarkson further expressed the opinion
that the field would hold firm. Referring to
his allusion to General Harrison being In the
available field OF candidates, Mr.. Clarkson said:
"In one respect Harrison would give the earliest
certainty Of any one who could be nominated,
for the day he should be nominated the country
would know exactly what his policy as President
would be on tariff and exactly what 1t would be
on finance and this would quickly bring con-
hdence and good times behind It."
Mr. Clarkson considers General Grosvenors
tables grossly Inaccurate" and further says:
.The result in Illinois has been exaggerated 10
McI<inley's benefit and Grosvenor claims 1t as
practically solid, whereas 1t will take the first
ballot at st. Louis to show whether 1t VIII be
majority for Mckinley or a majority against
him. Many more mistakes could be pointed OUT
but these are samples of the rest
Mr.. Clarksons approximate table OF the first
ballot divided between Mckinley and the field
and the unsettled contest go far as the delegates
have vet been elected. figures up from total OF
91s delegates, 29s for Mckinley; 4OS for the heia
"a contested and 1876 not elected
Regarding the contests, Mr.. Carkson re-
marked: "By the rules of the party. all these
contests will first be heard by the Nationni Soi-
National Convention. Each State In the tenn
porary convention elects a member OF the Com
mittee on Credentials. and the contestants are
heard again before this committee. The conven-
ton itself will also hear the contests through the
report OF the Committee on Credentials: 30 there
will be three careful examinations OF all these
contests, insuring the fairest decision at last
what about the reports as TO the national
Committed and how II stands and how these
contests are going 10 be decided?
"The National Committee Is made up OF good
and trained Republicans. the most OF them OF
long service md all Of them careful OF the party
interest and honor. and all representative men In
their respective states. While a majority OF the
National Committee DOUBTLESS prefers some other
est il is safe 10 say that they will give fair
a hearing to every contest as VIII the Committee
on Credentials or the Convention Itself -Four
hfths OF the contests represented by Mckinley
people who bolted from the regular state or dis
trict conventions OF the party The convention
at St Louis which is going TO be a very serious
affair will result In showing that the sober judg-
ment OF n majority OF the delegates In that body
will from party interest be In favor Of some other
candidate than Mckinley"