The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-27

he Winning MAN In the Long
The Contesting Delegates in the South
and How They Will Turn Out.
Washington, March 26.-Joseph H.
ManIey. secretary of the national Re
oubiican committee, sent the following
letter 10 Governor Cleaves of Maine to-
day. giving his record Of the delegates
80 far elected to the national Republi-
can convention:
Including elections held today, there
have been 375 delegates elected to the
national Republican convention There
are thirty-six contested cases which are
not given to any candidate because il
Is unfair to assume how these cases
will be decided either by the national
committee or the convention. OF the
BIO elected, 154 are for Mckinley, pro-
v!ded you concede to him the twenty
Elk from Indiana and the eighteen from
Minnesota. SiXty-four delegates have
been elected for Governor Morton; nine
teen for Senator Quay, ten for Senator
Cullom, forty-four for Senator Allison
and forty-eight for Speaker Reed. Mr..
Reed from now until the convention
will steadily increase.
In talking of the situa ton Mr.. Man
ley said that in this letter he had tried
to Give Governor Cleaves the exact
situation without regard to whom it
favored. He could see nothing dis
coura ging in the outlook for Mr.. Reed
for less than half, in fact, a little more
than oneLthird Of the delegates have
been elected and Reed would be fav-
Drite in the conventions held this week
In the east
The Mckinley men had gained moth
Ing that had not been conceded to them
except in Minnesota. OF, the contest
ed cases. Mr.. Marley said they could
not be counted in the estimate of any
candidates strength, for no one knew
how they would be decided. They
might be decided one way by the ma
tional committee, and another way by
the convention. They were contested
and must so be considered, until the
convention decides them. Reed and
Allison and Morton had as good right
10 claim these as had Mckinley.
Mr. Manley said he did not concede
all Of Indiana to Mckinley, but since
the Ohio man was very popular there
and his friends claimed the whole dele
cation, he had counted them that way
In the estimate he had sent to Govern
or CleaveS. He had tried to make a
perfectly fair statement simply to show
that more delegates had been elected
who were opposed to Mckinley than
there were for him. Nothing was to
be gained by disappearing the facts,
and he had tried to give the facts as
they had come to him.
The contested cases referred to by
Mr.. Manley are sixteen in Mississippi,
eight in FLORIDA, six in Texas and six
In New York. In his record Of dele
gates elected he gave Morton only six
ty-four, while the New York friends of
Morton claim seventy. But Mr. Man
ley said there were six contested seats
there, and two Mckinley delegates
from the state, and he had counted
these two delegates from Western New
York in the Mckinley column and had
not placed the six contested cases in the
column Of either Morton or Mckinley,
or any one else.
Regarding Minnesota, and the with
drawal of Senator Davis, Mr. Manley
said he had already counted the dis
tricts for Mckinley. as he had counted
the twenty-six from Indiana, although
the Indiana men did not concede them
all to Mckinley, but divided them
among all the candidates, and some
claimed that Harrison would have
majority Of the votes.
A very close friend Of ex-President
Harrison who is United States Sena-
tor said that he regarded Harrison as
the most likely man who would be vo-
ted for in the convention, and he would
be voted for because that was the in
tention OF some Of the Indiana dele
gates.
Il do not believe Mckinley will have
enough votes 10 nominate either on the
first ballot or any other ballots" said
u L
now arrayed the field against him, so
that he viii be little stronger on the
second ballot than on the first He
Will have his full vote on the first bal
lot, and the field viii hold the majori-
ty of the convention. That is a stu
alton for dark horses, and if such a
name as that of Harrison is taken into
the convention there is no one Of the
candidates who can hold his delegates
because many have been chosen for
other candidates, whose first choice is
Harrison.
Mckinley can not hold his southern
delegates from Harrison. nor can any
other candidate. But there has been
great change in sentiment toward
Harrison in the last six months. Last
fall there was a meeting in New York
of men who wanted TO shut out Harri-
ton. At that celebrated dinner at the
Hotel Brunswick, in New York, that
Was the one topic Of discussion. But
the situa ton has changed since then.
and today some OF the men who were
a that dinner, and the leaders of the
movement, are very friendly to Harri-
son. and would go TO him rather than
10 Mckinley or Reed.
1T is not because of personal antag-
OniSm to either of those men, but be-
cause they believe that the situation
has changed so as 10 make Harrison
the most available man. l will not
name these men. for they are pledged
10 other candidates now. and are in
earnest, and loyal TO their candidates
but when their candidates find il impOs
sioie to win. they viii be earnest and
aggressive supporters of ex-President
Harrison"
Congressman Lorimer Of Chicago said
today that he was surprised to see how
easily congressman could become panic
stricken by confident assertions from
y Few determined boomers. Mckinley
has the advantage in this. because he
has clever set of men here in congress
Wno take advantage of every situation
10 tax Tor their candidate and claim
the earth General Grosvenor is always
loaded with statements and figures TO
prove them. There are a dozen Ohio
men 10 swear 70 everything the general
says. and the other fellows have given
50 Httle study 10 the situation tina
they are unable 10 deny. so they end
by believing. l have seen Grosyeuor
almost convince a large body OF con-
gressmen that the convention had been
held, the nomination made and thar
the country was only waiting for his
letter of acceptance before the cam
paign should begin.
Now. / admire that kind Of conf
dence in a set Of political workers. but
am surprised at the way the majority