San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-29
McKINLEY'S CERTAIN TRIUMPH.

McklNLEY'S UERTAlN TRIUMPH.
"We predict that William Nc
Kinley, of Ohio, will be nomi-
nated.'
"The World wrote these words
on Monday, March 16. The evi.
dence of their fulfillment is now
overwhelming.
"The bosses are already beaten.
Quay, Platt, Clarkson, Manley,
Reed and the rest are still plan
ming and bargaining and srrsng-
ing trades, but the masses OF the
republican party have taken the
matter out Of their hands, and in
spite of them Mckinley will be
uominsted-not improbsbly on the
first ballot-perhaps even by &C.
clamation.
"Morton has nothing but the New
York delegation, with a prospect
of division even in that. Quay has
only Pennsylvania, and it is very
oubtful il he can hold it solid
a gainst Mckinley. Reed is quite
precariously holding even New
England, with a Connecticut bolt
in sight. Allison is little more
than a "favorite son" of his own
state, to be complimented and
then dropped. Indiana, as The
Worlds dispatches yesterday
showed, is overwhelming for Nc
Kinley. Nebraska and Ohio are
his solidly. Minnesota, after a
compliment to Davis, will give
the bulk of its vote to him. Mis-
souri, is securely his. New Jersey,
in the opinion Of the state COM
mittee's will be for him, as will
also be Maryland, as now conceded,
after the first ballot. The south
and the remainder of the west are
likely to vote for him almost with
out division.
"The bosses are beaten, and we
are glad Of it:
81. Because it is always well for
the people to beat the bosses.
"2. Because Mckinley is the only
republican candidate who repre-
sents principle in national poll
tics, the only one whose candidacy
will mean what the party means,
the only one whose candidacy will
be an honest reflection of the par
ty's principles and purposes.
SO. Because he is the most vul-
nerable OF all possible republican
candidates. His nomination will
put directly in issue the only
principle or policy on which his
party really has any conviction,
and the people Of the country are
so we'll informed respecting that
policy and so hostile to it that a
campaign against him will be a
fight in the open, with better hope
Of success than any fight under
cover of equivocations could Of
fer.
"Mr. Harrison showed sagacity
in taking himself out Of the race
when he did. In view Of the facts
as they stand, some others Of Mr..
McKinley's competitors will be
wise to initiate that example. But
whether they do so or not, we
reiterate the prediction that
William Mckinley, Of Ohio, will
be nominated at st. Louis."-New
York, World, March %.
Since the above was published
the states Of Minnesota, and South
Dakota have fell in solid for Nc
Kinley, and he has made Inroads
into almost every other state
claimed by rival candidates. The
great chamr ion OF the people and
protection, has not lost Texas al
together, because number OF
districts have already instructed
for him; he received only a few
scratches at Boss Cuney's Con-
vention, at Austin. When the
roll is called at st. Louis, Nc
Kinley will most likely be nomi-
mated by reclamation, before the
name Of Texas is reached, and the
next minister to Berlin will not
be selected from the Fredericks-
burg convention; and Texas pie
will not be dished out by the Col
ored boss from Galveston. Watch
the prediction.
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