The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-22
Thc KcnIIhIICnm SitmnIIOn.

closing ones IN washington, west WI
:. ginia. Wyoming and North Carolin
: all pronounced for Mckinley and
was characteristic of the whole Mckin
ley canvass that whie doing SO Wy
omi ng declared outright for free silvc
and North Carolina qualifiedly s.
while Washington and West Virgins
, were form cKinlcy and sound money. |
is beyond question that Mckinley has
clear any big majority of the delegates
his managers claim that 59i of tn,
9lS delegates are instructed or arr
pledged for him, and though his oppo
nents concede him only, 3sG,er 13 shor
of a majority, any fair summing NJ
and allowance for exaggerations al
around will show 5li forMckinley tol0t
for Reed, II for Allison. % of the I.
New York delegates for Morton, 60 OF
the Ga IN Pennsylvania for Quay, l. OF
the As in Illinois for Cullom and Ii OF
the &c in Kentucky for Gov. Bradley.
with 100 doubtful or contested.
McKiney's nomination, therefore,
would seem to be assured by all the
laws of politics. There is no possible
combination of his opponents that can
defeat him as such. beca use two thirds
of the delegates bound to other
candidates are for Mckinley MS a sec
ond choice. The convention tenden-
cies [the ''band wagon disposition,
the desire of the average delegate pol
iticians to be in with the winner as
matter of influence and offices for
the future, are, of course, a II strongly
McKinleyward. And back of it and more
powerful than all, is the undeniable
and irresistible fact that the senti-
ment of the masses of the Republican
party is for him, keeping full pace in
tins respect with the doodle" power
in the tariff.trusts and interests that,
in hope of future largesses by legisla
ton, have been pouring out their mon.
ey to promote his candidacy.
On the other hand there is great
revulsion of business, banking, com
mercial and financial interests against
him because of his dubious attitude
Oh the money question. 1t has already
taken the form of q call for big mass |
meeting at New York next week to call |
on him for a definite declaration of
views. The markets already show the |
disturbance of fear and it accelerates
the outward gold movement. Predic
tons are already plentiful, though
wildly exaggerated. that his nomina-
tion and election will precipitate an
other panic. The circular that has
oeen got out this week to show Me
Kinleys sound money views does
lot have any effect towards allaying
his fear. not only because it is known
hat other circulars have simulta
leously been circulated 10 show his
friendship for silver by other quo
ations from his speeches, but because
hey are all of them too vague and too
. glittering' with "generai,ies' to
DOL anybody in the present public I'M
Outstanding of the subject.
his feeling is to be utilized to the
Utmost by Platt for last desperate ,
light against McKinlcy's nomination.
lie is about the only one left of the I
anti Mckinley combine of bosses. - |
quay is very evidently making terms ,
Nth the victors, perhaps with the 5
ice Presidency in view. and the rest, |
ycept Clarkson. are giving up in dis a
Plat proves his astute 4
ess in politics by recogn izing in the i
resent juncture the best hope-little n
5 there is of it-there has been for i
lree months of beating Mckinley. {
with all the noise and agitation \
nd pressure he is getting up-with p
luch more that Envelopes from the s
allure of the case Mckinley can,be "
,rced to declare himself, there will be C
bare chance of beating him. For \
lille he has on present lines an as il
Ired majority of only 80 in the whole a
invention. &C of his delegates were h
ected under ironclad free silver in r,
ructions and would surely desert him re
he should declare against silver, and nj
Z more were elected by straddling II
inventions and would a good share tC
them he drawn off by any positive 81
On the other hand, IT,
lille only - of his sure delegates at
,me from the Eastern and Middle d,
ates where the votes most come from
elect him if he is elected, there are
! more from states that pronounced A
for the gold standard ra
d lie cannot come out for silver with ha
t driving off enough to imperi his DC
in
So his nothing to say attitude S.
~ be expected to cont niue until af- 90
: the convention, and the contortions W;
10 which professedly sound money IS
N are going to try to make them pc
yes believe it is right, that it is 3i
lot fer him to make a platform, tri
.,etc., are highly amusing. They Ian
AN simply that he is to be fol- or,
yer, not leader, that he sho uld ask vel
, suffrages of his fellow citizen while an
lcealing from them his views of
the most important question ag;
ore the country They mean OOt