Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-31
VIEWING THE FIELD
Ths Chances Of YIrIOHs Presidential
Candidates.
GARRISON STATES THE SITUATION.
Mckinley LeAd', Alll,ou Is the Strong
Cst Second Chocr--ihe senll.
menl In the West.

sr. LOUIS, March 3l.-"The si,ua.
ton 10 a out smell l. lhit: Nobody
Will enter tho convention with votes
enough by Abou, 100 u $50 to nominate
him on the fret, second, third, fourth,
0nb, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth OF
tenth ballot. The nominee, Therefore,
Will be- a second choice map. M,kiu.
ley leads t9uby In the matter Of In
sifuollgns aud will hold tnls lead.
Allison Ia the strongest seconi choice,
nni will gain 10 strength right along.
Therefore predict Allison's nominA.
tlon.D
The speaker was Hon. James 3.
Clars'on, Of lows. member of tho
Republican national committee, vino
" here with other members Of tue
suB.cUmmi tos lJOking after tue ICON
v'ntiOn mattefs. Referring again u
Mckinley, MI. Clarkson said:
"hIs campaign has been 40 con-
Quoted a. 10 ALLEVIATE all the second
choice ,taIos, anu Tor that teaso ho l.
Today the weakest msu la tue fHCe,
'"hN'uihE Ahht Nv NauuVk w uvul'
iuhieI on the n;st ballot. 1
d1I't kuow n single delegation
inst will 10 10 him when It, candidate
10 dropped. Ga tbs other hand,
Senator Allison In the second choice vi
nosfiy every state OF district that has
oil clvd its delegates.
"Mt Reed will havcas much strength
In tue south ~ Mcltuloy.
through the West" continued Mir.
C.ai ksOu. "Ia nil the region west vi
Nebraska tic sentiment IL yet uu.
iurmtd ~ 10 men. Toe people Of tue
Pacific COAST auj mountain states are
discussing a great isaut-that VI money
und NOMINATION. They viii semi 10
~. Louis Ia June 50 or 100 delegates
Instructed aolIdly iOt silver, without
reference to tho views " any man on
thia great question. That vote ~
massud Will have to be reckoned With.
auI that seriously, nobody Win ne.
tgusiuIs 10 political foresight or
hgumon eau doubt.
at may DO that Idaho, Montana,
Nevada aud Utah willseni deleg .tions
e. the convention Instructed iUf some
pronounced Tree silver advocate, sucu
~ Teller or Cameron. Ia fact have
been assured that that IL what these
states will dO.p
Secretary J. II. Manley was more
reiicont. When his AItentlon was
called 10 the latest estimate uf
Mchiniey's strength Wade NJ Wash.
ingiOn by General GT0sven0r, AMI
published In morning paper, IN
when the Ouiuan was given 955 votes
4.Ft HfaH Ial 81 -
812 delegates elected w 10 Saturday
EIght, he studied tho figures closely
for n long while ana then SAT-. Nrbis
guly shows that tusy ATE stili claiming.
rney eau claim ali they want. WHAT
We want and what We arc going 10
have are votes"
senator Thomas Carter, chairman Of
tho Republican National committee,
Was askesi "ls u true that you have
diCsefneu the lfumOniiufy TumUlibg Of
n boom Tor Don Cameron In the north
uts7'
"lps more than a premOnltory rum.
bic. = roaring. | believe We will
get tho votes rot only IA Montana, anu
other nOtlhwesiefn states, tuI the votes
Of the We,t generally Will come 10 him
nAtuthllyp
lutu y'u tppIeheuu houlh IuuOlo
over tie sllyer question Ia the 81. LOUIS
cOpysnti0u.n
Snow that Ia an entirely different
matter, aud one about which | viii tay
noIhing.r
Cot. wm. Hahn OF ohio, proiessed
u be unable 10 sec how the opposition
IL 10 hvHu Oh Nc KIN y.
CALlFORSIA's PREFERENCE.
BAN tRANuihCO, March 81 AS the
TssuII OF canvas mhue by the EK-
aminer TO ascertain toe presidential
preferences Of tins leading Republicans
ol California, II IL announced that Nc
Kiulsy heads the list with ISL votes.
Fi.ly.two mon expressed Themselves In
favor Of Allison and twsnty-oight In
favor OF Reed.