The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-01
A BAD SET BACK FOR REED.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CONVENTION
GIVES MrKINLEY A BOOsT..

Instead of IndorsinE the Man From
Maine Alone It Endorses Both He
and the Ohio NapOIean as Accept
able Candidates For the PresI-
dency-The Action Causes Surprise
In the Halls of Congress.
Washington, March Sl.-If bomb she'll
had struck the capitol this afternoon 1t
could not have made more of a sensation
than did the report from Concord that the
New Hampshire convention had passed a
resolution indorsing both Reed and Nc
Kinley. The news came first in the form
of a mere bulletin, which was promptly
discredited by Senator Hale and others.
When the text of the declaration follow
ed half an hour later, there was still a
lingering hope in the minds OF the Reed
men that IL was simply something which
had been introduced and not adopted.
When, finally, came the report that the
plank was the concluding one of the
platform, all vestige of consolation was
gone.
Then the Reed forces became panic
stricken. New England was no longer SOL
i'd for the New England candidate, and
this fact filled their hearts with dsmay,
while the Mckinley forces were jubilant.
Representative Grosvenor, the McKin-
ley manager here, jumped out of his
chair in the House and almost shouted for
joy.
On the floor of the House and of the
Senate, there was almost as much ex-
citement as IL New Hampshire had cast
the deciding vote at the convention. The
Reed men, struck all of a heap, refused TO
talk. Senator Lodge said that the ac-
ton was surprise and inexplicable, and
that Reeds chances were badly hurt,
but beyond this he would say nothing,
except to emphasize the fact that Massa-
ehusetts had been loyal to the man from
Maine.
Senator Gear. the manager for Senator
Allison, and Senator Cuilom refused to
make any comment, and Senator Davis,
who was run over recently by the McKin-
ley machine in Minnesota, was also silent
Representative Boutelle of Maine was
the only New England man who seemed
not to have lost his head. He talked
freely for the correspondent. He said
that he believed that the action of the
convention was more a bit of local poll
tics than anything else, and that the
Endorsement of Mckinley was the work
of Senator Chandler's enemies. When
asked II he thought the action would
| take Reed out of the race he replied In
| the negative, and quoted the preeedents
| Of former national conventions to prove
who seemed likely TO win who really
! Won
There is no question that the general
| opinion in the Senate this afternoon was
| that Mr.. Chandler had been badly thrown
| down, and there was as much interest
| in the crow which he had apparently
| been made to swallow as there was in
the fact that New Hampshire had in
| dorsed Mckinley. More than one New
| England senator asked how 1t could hap
| pen that convention over which Sem
| ator Chandler presided could indorse as
| a pure and able statesman a man whom
| Mr.. Chandler had charged with running
a Doodle campaign to secure presiden-
Senator Hin Of New York. with whom
| Senator Chandler has had some lively
| tilts in the Senate, chuckled over Senator
| Chambers predicament 81 am going to
| propose an amendment" said Mr.. HILL
| ito the resolution to investigate the bond
| sales. / want an investigation now into
| the Mckinley methods in New Hamp-
| shire, and want to call Mr.. Chandler as
| the chief witness" Senator Hill is walt
| ing for Mr.. Chandler to get back to
| Washington, when ne proposes to have
some fun with him.
Concord, N. H., March 31.-The New
Hampshire republican state convention
met here to-day, carried through the ar
ranged programme and adjourned sine die
at the end of its first session. Senator
William e. Chandler was chairman.
|
delegates to the national convention by
acclamation Stephen s. Jewett Of La
| coma, Frank S. Streeter of Concord
| James A. Wood Of Acworth and Charles
| 7. Means of Manchester
Alternates were elected as follows: G. A
| Clark of Manchester S. II. Gale of Exter,
| o. c.. Hutch of Littleton and Dexter Rich
| ards Of Newport. The platform demands
| of the national convention, soon to assem-
| BILE at St. Louis, the nomination of can
| election
| speedy repeal of the infamous and ruin
| Gus democratic tariff and the substitution
| therefore of one based on the principles of
| the Mckinley act for the protection of our
| democratic industries, the promotion of
| reciprocal trade with other countries ana
! the procurement of abundant revenue as
| eigners who market their merchandise in
| competition with our own productions;
| the enactment of currency laws that will
| provide circulating medium In gold, sill
| yer and paper, which shall always be in
| terchangeaDle at its face value, because
| each and every dollar of It is of the same
| purchasing power as a gold dollar; liberal
| appropriations for an adequate navy and
| coast and harbor defense and internal i'm
provements; fair and generous treatment
| of the union veteran; foreign policy
| characterized by sturdy Americansm,
| including the assertion of the Monroe
| doctrine and the moral and material sup
| port of the Cuban patriots If they have
| not already achieved their independence,
| and an immediate return to all the poll
| cies IN Whlch the repuDlcah party mas so
| successfully illustrated the soundness of
| its principles and to the methods by which
/ ii has demonstrated its ability; and apply
| those principles in the administration Of
| the government.
! 1--WE recognize as the most conspicuous
/ among such candidates, New England's
| noble and illustrious son, Hon. Thomas
| B. Reed of Maine, and that pure and able
1 statesman and champion of protection
| Hon. william Mckinley of Ohio We will
| give the electoral vote of New Hampshire
| n ,&r.
| the party, but we prefer one of these be-
| cause either is in himself a platform"
BRADLEY's BOOM BURSTS.