The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-09
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Ballot Anyway.
New York, June S.-A despatch from
st. Louis to the Herald says: While th
city Of st. Louis and the State o
Missouri are as wild for Mckinley as
| they are for free silver, the forerunners o
| the various delegations are finding con
dition here on their sssa rival which il
| taking all the wind out of the McKinlel
boat of first ballot or bust''
simultaneously today Mark Hanna, th,
Mckinley field marshal, ami A. G.
Thompson, the Mckinley manager OF th'
contested seats, gave out their figures ol
| McKinley's strength. Mr.. Hanna gave
his out in Cleveland through his person
al organ and MIR. Thompson gave his oul
| here.
Threre is discrepancy wide enough tt
| drive team Of horses through.
Nj. Hanna's list gives only 452 vote:
first choice pledged or instructed for Mo
kinley. To nominate he must have $50,
and Mr. Hanna expects him to get all Of
the 81, who are put down as "preferr.
ing" Mckinley. It Is queer table and
has caused, comment, in view of the
ta BILE put forth here by Mr.. Thompson,
which shows 506 votes for Mckinley.
AC0sliS Ouu OLA VI u1lO 14c V0CAllll6y HOtCt
which are contested. There is dis
crepaaoy between Hanna's figures and
ThompsOn's figures of 81 votes.
An almost sensational stand against
the policy of the Mckinley men to rule
with a rod of iron, and force the nomina.
tion on the first ballot, was taken today
BY Chauncey /. Filley, the "boss' Of
Missouri. Filley, who is a friend OF
Platt learned that Mckinley had sum.
TnOned Richard n X his hitta-ost
political enemy in Missouri, to Canton
for conference. Image Milholland'
feelings had Mckinley sent for Platt and
you have an index to Filley's state OF
mind. Filley Immediately gave an inter.
view in which ne took issue with the Nc.
Kinley programme.
1T is not policy for Mckinley to be
nominated on the first ballot" he said.
There is no occasion for it. No clut
should be used. No forcing is needed. A
free. fair fight Is the thing. We don't
want any bad blood left.
10 rule out every other candidate
would be discourteous act. which no
friend of Mckinley should countenance.
Perhaps an informal ballot, should be
provided for first, that to be followed by
asformal ballot later. But certainly the
roll must be called through 60 the end.
There will be delegates to discharge their
instructions for otner candidates. 1t would
be neither courteous nor right to do any
thing which would prevent every dele
gate having his vote recorded and an
nounoed by the chairman before Mr.. Nc
Kinley's nomination is made unanimous
"Mr. Platt recognizes as every one else
does, that Mr.. Mckinley is going to be
nominated and that nothing is likely to
change the present situation. 1t seems
to me it is bad policy for the friends OF
Mckinley to do anything to antagonize
Mr.. Platt. There is no sense in charging
him with conspiracy"
The enemies of Mckinley say that
Filley hopes to defer the nomination OF
Mckinley for few ballots and then be
can have an excuse for throwing the dele.
gates he can control to Allison. He can
probably control twenty-five of the
thirty-four votes.