The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-26
THE OUTLOOK IN NEW YORK.
SOME FEARS THAT MKINLEG
MEN WILL MAKE ROUGH SAIL
ING FOR MORTON.
ENTHUSIASTIC M'k|NLEy MEETING
Held at Cooper Union-It is Reported
That the Erie County Delegates Will
Desert MOrton-New Mexico
Sends Mckinley Delegates.

New York, March 23.-The Republican
State convention to select delegates to
the National convention at st. Louis will
meet in this city tomorrow The State
committee met at the Fifth Avenue hotel
tonight to appoint temporary officers for
the convention.
Cornelius K. Parsons of Rochester was
named as temporary chairman.
Congressman George Southwick of
Albany will be made permanent chairman
of the convention
Great circumspectiOn was exercised to-
night in giving out the tickets of admis-
sion to the hall. The committee is de-
sirous that no Mckinley men shall be
admitted to disturb the harmony of the
meeting or interrupt when the resol etions
endorsing Morton for the presidency are
put to the convention. Adherents of the
Mckinley boom circulated among the del
egates tonight and induced many of them
70 attend the mass meeting held in the
ONO eX-governor's honor
The fact that Governor Morton has
not only signed the Raines tax bill, but
mad also endorsed it in long message,
made some of the city members rather
willing to be approached by the agents of
the Ohio candidate.
The platform, which is in Senator
LeXows keeping tonight, is quite brief.
IL favOrs sound currency on n gold
basis reaffirms the tariff protection. but
ASKS that 1t be SO guarded as not to prove
monopollstlc in any sense, while still pro-
tecting American Industries. This. in
6riet, besides the endorsement, is all that
is to be said in the resolutions.
NO mention of State affairs beyond en-
dorsement of Governor Morton's admin
lstratlon Will be made, a remonstrance
against the Raines excise bill being nre
ferred II the subject is preached.
Tonight it was announced that the Erie
county delegates would renOunce Mr.
Morton and would not even promise him
support, at the first ballot. This will
cause the substitution of the name of ey
senator Daniel Mcmillan for that of
Comptroller Roberts among the alter
mates.
MKlNLEY'S NEW YORK BOOM.
, New York, March 23.-The presidential
boom in New York of VIM. Mckinley. Jr.,
OF Ohio, was launched in Cooper Union
tonight. Over the stage was life-sized
picture OF MT. Mckinley framed with
tin plates. Underneath the picture was
a silk banner with the following in gold
letters: " 9'''
The anti-machine Republican orcani-
cation, of the city and county of New
York.
Lowell Jerome called the meeting TO or
der and introduced General Swayne as
chairman. The meeting. he said. had
been called to make plain to the people
of the State and throughout the country,
and to the delegates to the convention
about to be held, that the second choice
t0r president of the United States was
VIM. Mckinley. (Cheers.)
Governor Morton, he said, had rendered
valuable assistance to the State. Some
of the audience Kissed, but General
Swayne stopped this in a hurry. He said
that the governor deserved to be cheered
and that the machine in the party had
been none of his making. 1t had been
hoped that the name of Governor Nor
ton would go before the convention with
out opposition. but it appeared that the
sentiment of the country was for McIIin-
ley.
John NIilholland offered for adoption
the following resolutions:
hpSOlNpu, nat we, lllc
of the city and State of New York, in
mass meeting assembled. organize our
selves into political body to be known
as the Mckinley league of the State of
New York and
"Resolved, That the leagues activity
shall be to procure by all honorable means
the nomination of Mr.. Mckinley at ST.
Louis and his election at the polls in No
vember.
"Resolved. That the immediate work of
carrying into effect these resolutions be
placed in the hands of a committee of or
ganization to consist of not less than 10
members"
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
RELIEVED TO BE FOR MKINLEY.
Boston. March 23.-At the Tenth CON
gressional district Republican convention
tonight Augustus L. Sweet and Charles
Hammond were elected delegates to st.
Louis. They are believed to favor Nc
Kinley.
A SILVER VICTORY.
Nashville. March 23.-Today the meet
ing of the Democratic State executive
committee was largely attended and the
chief issue, the holding of one or two
State conventions, was discussed before
the committee for three hours. The one
convention plan was advocated solely by
fnp l.