Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-01
TO MAKE 1T UNANIMOUS
Alleged Reason for Senator Quay's Trip to
Ohio.
The Secret of His Canton Visit Claim
at lODK1nley Headquarters.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 1.-The office
of Mr.. Hanna is a lively spot now. and
will be for the next sixteen days. The first
important point to be settled this week Is
that Of the temporary and permanent
Craftsmanship of the convention. The main
point Is the permanent craftsmanship, how
ever, and this question will be taken up
this week. A rumor is current that Chaun-
cey M. Depew was likely to capture the po-
sition; and his candidacy gave the McKin-
ley people something to think about. Some
of the Mckinley supporters would like to
see ex-Gov. William Merriam elected.
lone thing may be depended on" said A
man who enjoys the confidence of Nc
Kinley, there will be none but Mckinley
people on guard at ST. Louis, unless every
Vestige of opposition should disappear with
in the next ten days. In that case. per-
haps. New York might be given the chair
manShip Depew is as fair as any one In
the state who is not allied with one faction
or the other Thurston of Nebraska has
been talked of; but 1 would not be sur
prised to II. Clay Evans of Tennessee
get the place If it looks as though Reed
was to be made Vice President, which Is
now the play"
The work Of leadership of the Mckinley
delegates on the floor will be placed in the
hands of Representative Charles Grosvenor.
who from his long parliamentary exper-
fence and readiness in debate is admirably
equipped for the work. Judge Thompson
will continue to manage the fight for con-
tested delegations Mr.. Hanna will have
general supervision Of the forces ION the
outside"
Mr.. auny's Plan.
There is no longer much doubt among
those who know anything about the Nc
Kinley movement as to the plan proposed
hxyC ~
himself solid with the Mckinley adminis-
tration for the Pennsylvania patronage
Quay came out to Ohio to make Nc
kinley's nomination unanimous" said one
of Mark Hanna's associates at Winder-
mere the other night. The plan unfolded
by Senator Quay is said to have had its
origin At the republican national convention
al Minneapolis four years ago. The plan is
simply this: There will be at ST. Louis a
roll call of the states, at which the names
OF the various candidates. including the va
rious "favorite sons" Allison, Reed Morton
Quay and the rest. will be presented to the
convention. Then there will follow the call
of states for votes.
1t so happens that Pennsylvania Is the
last state in the alphabetical list that has a
favorite son. Iowa. Maine, New York.
OHIO all come before Pennsylvania When
the Keystone state Is reached Mckinley
VIII already have received enough votes to
nominate him. Senator Quay will there
fore rise and, on behalf of that state de-
mand that the nomination of Mckinley be
made unanimous. There is a good prece-
dent for this program, because 1t Is ex-
actly what Mckinley did at Minneapolis
for Harrison.
1t will be remembered that when Ohio
was called and Foraker announced the
vote OF the state for Mckinley, that the
Ohio candidate left the chair and took
his place on the floor to demand that that
state be pclied and that the vote be cast
for Harrison. The late Col. Elliott F.
Shepherd Of New York had been called by
Mckinley to take the chaiIma r.ship of the
convention. McKineys motion was sec
onded by Senator Clarkson.
Senator Wolcott raised the point of order
that the convention being in the midst of
roll call the motion was out Of order Mr.
Mckinley replied that, the rules of the
Fifty-first Congress being in force, the
convention could suspend the rules by a
tWo-thirds vote at any time, and added:
Let US do 1t now" The chairman put
the motion. But 1t being shown that the
vote of other states was lin the direction
of Mckinley's motion" it was withdrawn.
The precedent was established by the rul-
ing of Chairman Shepherd, however so
that Senator Quay's plan will have no OBJ
struction. This will give all the candidates
a chance to have their names duly pre-
scented and voted upon. 1t will relieve them
or any embarrassment as to smallncss of
their vote. which will never be announced.
and solve the problem as neatly as could be
desired.