Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-06
NATIONAL POLITICS.
TURNING DOWN h'grNLEY.


!! Washipgton.--Sena Allison, Senate,
Quay, National Committeeman Fessen
den, of Connectioutt, National Commit
teeman Clarksou, of Iowa, and other anti.
Mckinley men held long conference at
Senator Quay's home. Az the result of it
an elaborate statement WAS given ont
through Col. Clarkson. This statement
declares that MCKINLEY will be shorter
of majority on the first ballot at st.
Louis than Blaine was in the emotional
year of 1876, Grant in 1880 or Sherman in
1888, when the latter in field of fourteen
| candidates voted for on the first ballot
had 329 votes,'
'He will not be nominated by acolama-
tion," says Col. Clarkson, "becanse can
say positively that Allison, Quay and
Morton will remain in the contest, and so
surely will Reed, and | Judge 40 will
Bradley and Cullom. Allison has nGs..she
least idea of Withdrawing, nor Iowa any
idea OF giving up the fight. l believe this
is true of the other candidates and their
states. Mckinley will fall from 80 to 100
votes short of enough to nominate at the
start and the field will represent from 525
to $50 votes. By the field mean Allison,
Reed, Qoay, Bradley, Morton and Cullom,
already suggested and such other availa-
BILE men as Harrison, Lincoln, Foraker,
Hobart, Davis and Gen. Tracy, of New
York"
HARRISON IN IT.
New York.-From Indianapolis, John |
9. New, who is as close to Harrison as /
any man on the green earth, sends word |.
as follows
Several Of the ex-president's friends /
have talked over the presidential situa- (
tion with him within the last two days. /
Gen. Harrison is bitterly opposed to the I
nomination of Mckinley.
ut was only a few days ago that be said !
to one of his callers: They may nomi- !!
nate and elect Mckinley, but he will not !,
DO followed by a Republican president
Seen. Harrison has intimated on
several occasions recently that we're he
not situated as he is he would like to 90
any length to prevent the nomination of
There is no mistaking this language.
ien. New ia not tho man to mince mat
ers. He is personally opposed to Maj.
and he will fight the Ohio man
20 finish in the state convention to be
ield Tomorrow.
The Mckinley managers have boldly
'laimed they would win in the Indiana
and it has been intimatcd
hat Michener and New had agreed to get
n the Mckinley band wagon without de-
ay.
How little substance these claims had
5 apparent from the statement of Mr..
Jew. II
1t is said that Gen. Harrison has been
invited to address the state convention
N Thursday. If he should accept, it is
onceivable that he will 90 impress him !
elf on the convention that the delegates
'il be instructed for him in spite of any
protest that he may make.
Mark Hanna is said to have got wind
{ the invitation to Gen. Harrison, and,
ccording to telegram from the west,
40 Mckinley men will seek to get reso- ,
ltion into the Indiana convention in
tructing the delegation to St. Louis for
IcKinley before any other business is
AIKEN up and before tho ex-president ap- q
ears, If he shall, indeed, conclude to ad- 4
ress the Hoosier Republicans. IL
MIR. Platt thinks that when the first 4
allot is taken the Mckinley boom will NJ
'llapse, as did those of Blaine, Sherman ! j
I'd others in times past. ir