The National tribune., 1896-03-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

| senator Ouay tDlnkS tnat the fDOSt IlaI MIC
| Kinley will get will be 32S votes, or but little
over one-third Of the total number.
Gen. Grosvenor thinks that Mckinley will
have from 375 to 400 votes on the first ballot.
Reeds strength on the first ballot is put al
$50 votes, Of which 76 will come from New
England.
Representative Chas. F. Joy, of Missouri, has
decided not 10 he a candidate for reelection,
much TO the regret of large circle of friends
and supporters.
A letter from Senator Cullom has been pub
! lishcd in which he says that Mex inley is the
| least desirable of all the conspicuous candi-
dates, having less courage and less acquaint-
ance with public affairs than any Of the others.
The Omaha Republicans have given Gen.
Manderson's Presidential boom fine send-of.
1t is figured out that of the I25 delegates so
| far selected 81 are for Mckinley, % for Reed,
| 10 for Cullom, for Allison, 6 for Morton, and
| IL for Quay.
The Iowa Republican Convention was held
at Des Moines, March IL. and was enthusiastic
for Allison. 1t declared for true bimetallism,
home markets. protection and in iaYor OF Civ
| ing back to the Frustrated interests of the Ma
tion the health giving tonic of Republican
I policy" The delegates were instructed to vote
rs unit for Allison.
The Ohio Republican Convention. held at
| Columbus, March IL. was a grand Mckinley
rally, and there were simply no bounds to the
| Mckinley enthusiasm. Tho Delegates-at-Large
selected were Gov. Bushnell, Senator. elect For
aker, Gen. Charles II. Grosvenor and NJ. A..
Hanna. The Electors at Large are /. L. Mack
and Albert c. Douglas. Mckinley men were
nominated for the State Offices. The platform
denounces Democratic mismanagement of the
| Government. reafiirms the Republican financial
-. l. 6 la,
as 1.-THE sublimated product of Democratic igno-
rance and incompetency," and afrms that
| Protection is everywhere recognized and in
dorsed the great, masterful, trium plant
| American principle-the key to our prosperity
| in business, the safest prop TO the Treasury of
the United States and the bulwark of our
National independence and financial honor"
]. s. Clarkson says that Allison will be Romi-
mated on the last ballot. Mckinley will re-
| ceive the most votes of any OF the candidates
on the first ballot. but cannot be nominated
The Rhode Island Democrats have nominated
George Littlefeld for Governor. Their plat
form makes no allusion to National issues, but
| demands revision of the State Constitution.
The American Bimetallic party of California
has Endorsed Senator Morgan for President and
Senator Allen for Vice President.
Quay men are said to be getting in some
work in Alabama
After the hardest-fought campaign ever
known in South Dakota. Senator Pettgrew
won victory over his opponents ut Sioux
Falls, who sought to prevent his going as a
delegate to St. Louis. His victory is construed
as a triumph for Free Silver aud a blow at
Mckinley.
Tom Plat does not think that the Mckinley
sentiment is stronger in New York than it was
some months ago.
1t is said that the President is Withholding
a letter positively declining 10 have his name
presented to the Convention at Chicago, oil the
ground that the publication at present might
injuriousy affect the Sound Money campaigns
in Georgia. Kentucky, and elsewhere.
Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio says that he is
not candidate for tho Democratic Presi-
Dental nomination, but thinks that Whitney
and Matthews would be good ticket. He be-
lievcs that the next President will be elected
| by the House of Representatives, owing to the
bolts from their parties of the Free Silver men.
The Democrats propose to play little of the
favorte-son business themselves. For instance,
the Democrats of Ohio to present the name
| of ex-Gov. Campbell; those Of Massach usetts,
| the name of Richard 0lney; those Of Pennsyl-
vania, the name of ex-Gov. Pattson, and those
of Illinois to boom VIM. T. Morrison.
The Mckinley mass meeting at Pittsburg
| last Friday is represented as being slimly
attended aud chilly.
Ex-Gov. Fifer, of Illinois. has decided to ac-
cept place on the Republican National Com
mittee.
Mckinley seems to have swept the Buffalo,
n. Y, primaries, after lively contest
There is a split in South Carolina between
| Senators Tillman and Irby, and the matter will
be fought out at Columbia in the Democratic
Convention, April z. Tillman wants the dele
cation to 20 to Chicago prepared TO bolt unless
| there is a declaration made III favor of free and
| unlimited coinage OF silver. Senator lrby pro-
poses to follow the Democratic banner, no
matter what legend it bears"
Washington is regarded as very certain to 90
| Republican this Fall, and there will be an ami
| mated contest for the succession to Senator
| Squire. Senator Squire wants TO succeed him
self, and Gov. McGraw also wants the place.
The Missouri Democrats are as badly torn up
as the Kentucky Democrats were last year
and are yet, for that matter.
The Tennessee Democrats have little hope of
carrying the State this Fall. The crime of
counting out Henry Clay Evans and their hope
| less division on the FINANCIAL question are
strongly against them.
The situation in the Kentucky Legislature
has been very exciting the past week. 1t was
| clearly seen that Black burns chances for re-
election were hopeless unless he could by some
| extraordinary action force it. He began, with
| the assistance of the Sergoant-at-Arms of the
Senate, by filling the halls with desperate men,
| with a reputation for readiness to acts of vo-
| lence who were sworn in as Deputy Sergeants-
| alarms. The purpose of this was to overawe
| the Republicans and bulldoze the Sound Money
| Democrats. The Republicans. who control the
| Lower House, unseated q Democrat whose
election was manifestly irregular. The Black
| burn Senators Immediately retorted by declar-
ing unseated two Republicans, against whom
there were tTumped-up charges. This precipi-
| tated a condition in which there was imminent
dasger of bloody collision, as nearly every
body was armed in anticipation of trouble.
| fight was with difficulty arrested when the
! Blackburn bullies attempted TO exclude the
unsested Senators. The Sheriff and his posse
were in sympathy with the Blackburn DULLES,
| and did nothing TO interfere with them. At
this point and at the request of the President
| Of the Senate and Speaker of the House, the
| Governor called out several military compa.
| mics and placed them in the State House, to
exclude all but members and officials of the
| Legislature. OF course the Blackburn crowd
| is making great row over this but it meets
the approval OF all the respectable, law. abiding
| people of the State.