The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-28
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conclusion Of New York Herald Cor
respondent Regarding Mckinley.

Decision Reached After Journey of Ten
Thousand Miles Through South and
West-Interview With Chairman
Stevens of A. p. A, Advisory Board.
New York, April 81. Under date of ST.
Louis, a staff correspondent of the
Herald wires that paper:
have reached St. Louis after Journey
OF ten thousand miles through the South
and West, where have been in attend
ance at dozen conventions. I have
talked with politicians on both sides
without number, and found ont great
deal of the inside doings OF the Mckinley
canvass.
A belief is growing in the minds of
those who have been "sitting on the
fence'' that NJ. Mckinley will not re-
ceive the Republican nomination for
President at St. Louis. Two factors have
entered into the campaign which two
weeks ago had not appeared. One of
these is Mckinley's own mistake In
fathering suoh a meani ngless money
plank as was formulated By the Ohio
Convention in Colum bus.
Substantial men of affairs who have
taken no direct interest in the campaign
before the time of this Convention can
seesno form or meaning in this plank.
They say it is without brain or back bone,
and prejudiced partisans can twist it into
an Endorsement of sound money, or of
free silyor. according to the dominant
view OF the state in which they reside.
This is having its effect in materially
diminishing the flood OF the sinews of
war which Mark Hanna had directed in
to Mckinley channels a month ago.
The second factor, ana one which has
greatly Disconnected the Mckinley people
is the movement against him by the
American Protective Association. ]
called on Judge J. Il. D. Stevens, chair
man of the National Advisory Board of
the A. P. A. and chairman of it's cam
paign subcommittee. Judge Stevens said
q q The National Advisory Board of the
a. r. A. met in Washington. D. c., on
March rs to take action regarding its
place and work in the coming Presi-
Dental campaign. From Ohio evidence
was Submitted to us showing that we
could not support Mr.. Mckinley.
| IA majority of the committee however,
was friendly toward Mr.. Mckinley, and
therefore it made the attempt to SEQ Mr..
Mckinley which so signally failed and
which met with such an insulting re-
sponse from Congressman Grosvenor,
Mr.. McKinlay's manager.
1.-The results Of the investigation of our
sub committee were of such character
that lefU us, friendly though we were to
Mr.. Mckinley, no alternative but to re-
pudiate him and fight him to the end.
From the very nature OF our organization
we cannot divulge our plnn of campaign,
but sufficient 10 say that Mr.. Mckinley
can be defeated, and will be defeated by
| this organization.
I'm places where he thinks he is strong
we know absolutely that he is weak. We
know what our strength is and what it
will be in the conven ton.
"We have evidences now such as will
Withdraw from him the support of every
membe of this organization and all of
It's sympathizers, and our vote, We know
from the results of actual campaigns, is
little over 4, 600, 0Oe. With such a vote
MI. Mckinley could not be elected, even
We're bis impossible nomination possible.
Our fight is fight of principle. We
are fig hting MI. Mckinley only because
Of his record. AS man, the possessor of
a creed, we have absolutely nothing to
do with him. ] do not care at this time
to make any further statement, prefer
ring to let the future speak for itself.
When this committee, which represents
the entire A. P. A. organization, gets
ready to speak we will let fair minded
public judge of the justice Of our fight
against Mckinley, and if we are wrong
IN 1t, then We are perfectly willing to be
Defeated