The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

The dominant Republican sentiment.
from Lake Erie to the seaboard. favors
Mortons OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Demo
crat.
The truth about the Kentucky Republic
cans, evidently, II that they are IN favor
of Mckinley. with willingness to give
q complimentary vote to Bradley.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
II the reckoning by which the Reed
managers figure Ill elected delegates for
their man is the same as that by which
they figure that Mckinley has only 1853
elected delegates, they would better leave
mathematics to the amateur politicians
and content themselves with proving that
anti-convention promises are not binding
on delegates.-Buffalo Express.
1t 10 now claimed that Reed has q
much larger number Of delegates pledged
to him than his managers have previously
set down to his credit, and Mckinley .
much smaller number. If so. Mr.. Reed
has not counted his chickens even after
they have been Matched: while Mckinley
has enumerated them long time previous
to their Neutrality-suspicious. Herald.
The outlook for Senator Allison was
never brighter than 1t is now. This Is
not a mere assertion. It is q statement
based on a careful study Of the political
conditions that now obtain in this coun-
months in the future. There was q time
when 1t looked as II one candidate might
be so far In the lead as to almost insure
his nomination. That contingency Is now
more remote than 1t was few weeks ago
and 1t is growing more and more remote
as the people study the conditions and the
qualifications Of the various candidates.
Iowa State Register.
People who are on the watch for news
about the presidential nominations will do
we'll to watch the results of the Illinois
Republican convention which is to be held
at Springfield on the 18th inst. II the four
delegates-at-large to the ST. Louis conven-
tion who are then to be elected. shall be in
structed for Mckinley. IT is believed by
the friends Of the Ohio man that his NOM
ination may then be considered as certain.
The fact that Republican politicians all
over the country viii probably look on the
result in the same way gives extraordinary
interest to the action OF the Illinois con-
vention.
Congressman Aldrich. of Illinois. has
entered the lists to compete with Con-
gresham Grosvenor of Ohio as q keeper
OF presidential tally sheets. and all must
admit that Aldrich has made q good be-
ginning. for on Monday last his list showed
Ill votes for Reed, 1859 for Mckinley; 166
votes divided up between Allison, Morton,
total 4sa. which includes all the delegates
selected up to the close OF last week. ex-
cept four delegates recently elected in
South Carolina in q convention the legal
fty Of which Is questioned. 1t is probable
that Congressman Aldrich's list contains
some errors. but there 10 no doubt that II
IL more accurate than Grosvenor's tally
sheet.
The conclusion is forcing itself upon the
minds OF many Republicans that the Ohio
engineers Of Gov Mckinley's campaign
are not managing it with much wisdom.
Perhaps IL would be more accurate to say
that while they may have exercised wis.,
dom IN some respects, they have made
rather serious mistakes in others. For in
stance IL is a common remark. and pretty
generally admitted that they have made
too aggressive a campaign. thereby Great
Ing unnecessary antagonism.
A more serious mistake. because II in
wolves a question Of principle rather than
OF political tactics, was the declaration of
the Ohio Republican convention on the
silver question. The convention met early
In March. and its platform was expected
TO be keynote. II the Ohio managers Of
Gov. McKinley's campaign had been equal
to the occasion they would have made a
declaration on the silver question that
would haze challenged the instant ap-
proval OF Republicans throughout the
country. Instead OF that they passed a
verbose straddling resolution which tried
to look two ways a; once. 1t was colby
received by sound money Republicans
throughout the country. and particularly
by those in the East Undoubtedly it has
hurt Mckinley In states where he needed
strength and where he was logically The
second choice Journal.