The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-12
A PATHETIC SPECTACLE.
- T - Tx I1 u ~ W. e.
To See Mr.. ManIey Talk of His Surrender
of Speaker Reeds Interest.

A PATHETIC SPECTACLE.
To See Mr.. Man1ey Talk of His Surrender
of Speaker Reeds Interest.
Boston. June ia special to the
Globe from st. Louis says: 1t was pathe-
tic today to sac and hear Mr. Manley
talE. He has labored necessarily to bring
about tho nomination. of MIR. Reed and
now, at the 18th hour;sto be compelled to
make the admission that Mr.. Reed stood
no more show than Cullom or any of the
other dummy candidates cut him keen1y.
He has had to stand between two fires.
1t is known that Mr.. Reed telegraphed
him, assuming that the statement which
he sent out last night was pure inven-
| tion, and scheme Of the enemy to pre-
vent his nomination.
On the other hand, Mr. Manley has had
to stand the reproaohes Of Mr.. Reeds
friends, who say that Mr.. Manley acted
with undue precipitation and without
consultation with them. Mr. Crane did
not know Of this statement last night
until after it had been in the hands of
| the newspapers men for some time. Mr.
Crane says HAD he heard of it in time he
woIld have used every influence he pos
sessed to Induce Mr.. Manley to withhold
the statement. but at the time when he
| first heard of it the mischief had been
done and it was then too late for him to
! act.
| The rumor was freely circulated at the
Southern this morning that Mr.. Reed
would formally withdraw and that his
| name would not be presented to the con-
vention. Mr.. Manley denies this. He
says the general programme will be car
ried out and that Mr.. Reed will be placed
| in nomination.
MIR. Crane says that he has heard
nothing about Mr.. Reeds withdrawing,
but in view. of what has happened no one
would be surprised If Mr.. Reed refuses
to allow his name to go before the con-
vention, knowing that to present him
will be merely an empty farce.
Another rumor freely circulated was
that the Massachusetts delegation want
ed to desert Reed and join the Mckinley
| forces, and had telegraphed here asking
| to be released from their pledge.
Mr.. Crane emphatically says this ru-
NOR is absolutely without foundation.
| Mr.. Manley was asked this morning if
he had consulted with Mr. Reed before
he had given out the statement.
Mr.. Marley said: 81 did not consult
with Mr.. Reed. After tho way in which
the committee bad decided the Alabama
and Georgia contests l saw that it was
useless TO expect that Mr.. Reed could
be nominated. The tide was running SO
overwhelmingly against US that we could
not stand against it. Every one saw
that here and Mr.. Reed would have seen
it il he had bee1i ere. did not say
that Mr.. Reeds name would not be pre-
sented to the convention or that he would
Withdraw from the contest There is no
suspicion OF disloyalty in what | said
or did, and there will be no relaxation
on the part of the friends Of Mr.. Reed to
secure his nomination if such thing is
possible.
'We will hold to him to the last. But
it was no use i'll trying to fool people and
making believe that Mckinley will not
be nominated when the action of the oom-
miutee yesterday in deciding the contests
made it directly apparent that McKin-
leys nomination is a foregone conclu-
sion, thing as apparent to you as 1T is
to me, and every other well-informed
man here. People who are thousand
miles away from the scene of operations
may not see this SO decidedly as we do
here, but any one on the gound cannot
be blind to the fact that Mckinley will
be nominated.
Senator Lodge has telegraphed to Muir
ray Crane to rally the friends Of the gold
standard Mr.. Lodge said that no eva
sion would be tolerated. and that a
straddle would be disgraceful. He said
that the Indiana platform, which has
been popular in certain circles for few
days past, would not be acceptable.