Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-04
NOT YET SETTLED
What MIR. Marley Says Of the Re-
publican Nominating Contest.
CLABKSON AND FESSENDEN'S VIEWS
Gen. Grosvenor's Claims Are Ana
yzed at Some Length.
WHAT THE LATTER SAYS

Mr.. Manley, In his statement last night,
says: Since my statement Of week ago
there have been elected forty-sx delegates.
The elections have occurred in Michigan,
Illinois, Missouri Arizona, Indian Terri
tory, Vermont, Alabama and Georgia. They
can be assigned as follows:
In Alabama and Arizona two sets of
delegates have been elected, and they nrc
therefore placed, they ought to be- in the
contested column; Indian Territory. Mich
igan, Missouri aud Illinois are placed IN
the column for Governor Mckinley.
THE convention in Vermont was a sur
prise to the friends of Mr. Reed. They had
a right to expect that Vermont would join
with the rest of New England and send a
delegation pledged to the support of the
New England candidate. The delegates
elected unquestionabiy prefer the nomina-
ton OF Mr.. Reed.
How far they will feel bound by the
declaration of preference for Governor Nc
hlnley by their convention time alone will
determine. 1t must be remembered that
the convention did not instruct the dele
gates and left them free to exercise their
own judgment
Preferences and even Instructions In tho
past, have not uniformly governed the dele
gates, because the conditions under which
they We're passed did not exist at the time
the delegates were called upon to dis
charge the duties intrusted to them The
situation today is as follows:
FOR Reed, 1G2; for Mckinley, 80; for
an other candidates, 217; contested and
doubtful, %; Vermont, S.
This makes 757 delegates elected and
leaves l61 yet to be chosen. The contest is
rot yet settled. and can alone be deter
mined by the delegates when they meet
In convention at St. Louis
"hnt ClnrksOn md Fesscnden Say,
In connection with the statement by Mr..
Manley an anti-McKinley statement this
week is made by Gen. Garrison of Iowa
and Mr.. Fessenden of Connecticut, after
consultation with the leaders On their side
Inc stat einent contends that Mr.. Mckinley
has not nearly majority yet, and that in
tneir judgment he will not enter the con-
Fention With majority. The statement
says that he will fall shorter on the first
ballot than PLANE in 1876 and Grant in 80.
OF sherman In So. 1t is positively sta ed
mat Allison, Quay and Morton. and surely
MI Reed, will be placed in nomination, and
the beliet Is expressed that Bradley and
Culicm Will remain in the fight. Mckinley
IL IS said. will fall FRI m 80 to 100 votes
ballot, and the field will represent jo5 to
30 votes. 1t is suggested that Harrison
Lincoln, Foraker, hobart, Davis and Gen
Tracey Of New York may receive some
votes on the first ballot. The statement
lays great stress on the improbability of an
emotional convention and a stampede
Mr. GrOsvenOr's Claims Analysed.
Analysing Mr. Grosvenor's claims for
Mckinley, the statement says:
He counts all the votes in Tennessee az
Instructed for Mckinley, when in truth the
resolution of instructions was simply for
the delegates to vote for Mckinley as long
as majority of the delegates should deem
II WiSe-and 1t Is very doubtful if a ma
1orlty or the delegates in that state are for
MCKINLEY. He claims many votes in Lou
lsiana. where Mckinley has only two and
perhaps only one. He claims Alabama
practically solid, while every seat in Ala
bama Is contested. He claims all but five
Oh Georgia, while" there are conceded nine
uncontested anti-Mckinley delegates in
that state and eight delegates contested.
lie claims Florida which has a double del
egation. and the Mckinley delegation elect
ed by majority of the votes of the state
convention. or an Illegal body. He claims
all the votes In Mississippi while nine and
perhaps twelve Of the legal delegates in
that state are against Mckinley The re-
suit In illinois has been exaggerated to
Mcknleys benefit, and Grcsvenor claims
1t as practically solid, whereas it will take
the first ballot at St. Louis to show wheth-
er 1t Will be a majority for Mckinley or q
majority against him. Many more mis-
takes could be pointed out, but ase are
samples of the rest"
Mr.. Clarkson expresses the belief that
ton which would be cast against McKin-
ley If they had their free choice.
Votes by States
The following table of votes by states &C.
companies the statement: