New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-18
GEN. GROSTENORS BULLETIN
HE SAYS THE CAMPAIGN Is CLOSED. WITH
MKINLEY TRIUMPHANTLY VICTORIOUS.
THE OHIO CANDIDATE DOES NOT EVEN NEED TIL
cONTESTING DELEGATES TO SECURE
TIL,

COMMENTING DELEGATES TO SECURE
TIE NOMINATION.
Washington May 17.--Genera, Grosvenor gave oui
his final bulletin tonight. In it he said:
Last week closed the election of delegates TO the
St Louis Convention and Mckinley was indorsed
by all the States which expressed an opinion auring
and North Carolina The free-s!lver States, OF
course refused the Endorsement OF Mckinney, ana
their delegates are unrestricted as 10 persons ou'
they have received perempt9rX orders a. !" tTin-
cipes There are nov elected sS Ru' oa
homa must depend upon the future action OF ne
fetal cali authorizing them 70 elect only TWO d'ie
gales IN each q he TeFrtorief ,.o, o,,oor solid
Mckinley delegations or delegations win ma
jority Of MCKINLEY men SO hat II may ,rd 3e con
States to wit: Alabama Arkansas, California, COR
nectcut, Arizona. Flor da. Georgia, Illinois Indiana
sippi, Missouri. Nebraska New-Jersey. North caro-
Ina, North Dakott Ohio Oregon Tomth oaTTi,nbb
ington. West Virginia, Wisconsin Wy omins ana
three OF these States have contests for the entire
nf weDfynne McKinieS States ana Territories 10
elect members of the Committee on Credentials.
General Grosvenor figures up total of 5S2 votes
for Mckinley, including. however. some that are
contested and in respect OF this he says:
If all the contested delegates in all Of the States
which are for Mckinley are thrown Out ana me
some other candidates it will not affect the result.
| stand by nv estimate OF more than TWO weeks
ago that If there shall be a complete rolca! Nc
Kinley will have 600 votes
In conclusion General Grosvenor says
The support accorded to Governor Mckinley In
the country at large has greatly been intensifed
during the week, and strong assurances OF support
have come from who up 20 this time nave sup
ported other candidates. The attack upon Nc
kinley ernanat.ng from New-York upon the ques-
zion OF money has aroused great dea. OF very
bitter feeling among the DISTINGUISHED Republicans
I'm the East-men who believe THAI when the hght
has been fairly made and triumphanily won by one
candidate the friends of other candidates snould
not Join to weaken the victor before the people.
But the friends OF Governor Mckinley hav" no
complaints make from this point o. view Tor
the reason that the assaults upon the Go'erhoE
have had the effect 10 rally to his support a
strong column of valuable friends.
The success OF Major Mckinley has been prousht
about by the unprecedented devotion OF the masses
of the party They look upon him as ther represen-
tative ana their friend and the exponent or the
principles which they advocate. and while thls ls
true the conservative business men o. the country
have confidence In Major Mckinley also one q
The unwritten rules OF political campaigns. which
has seldom been violated by any candidate lC' inc
Presidency is that the candidate shall not make Il
nlatfornl The violation Of this rule cost Henry
CLAY the Presidency. and from that time 10 ms
no man has violated II with impuhl'Y. no man =, :
friends have "A right to call upon him 70 ioreshadoW
the party's platform, much less would any cahu.
date be permitted, under any circumstances WA
ever 10 answer the interrogatories OF caDaI %
his enemies a combination formed w.thn ms own
Marty and outside Of his own party-a conspiracy
Of bosses and Dcmocrais-to force Ioih MN :"
declaration az to what the platform ought to pc;
A man who would fall into the inanlpudauoh 81
such a conspiracy would be totally uhnt 70 pe
president OF the United States. Major Mckinney
will respond 10 the platform. but ne VIII "o' N'0-
tate what the platform shall DC