New-York tribune., 1896-02-05
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,vosr,nrton Feb THE friends and partssans Oh
other candidates for the Republican nominate" ,o'
tho presidency rejoced to-day over 'he P""
~ General IIarrsons letter a'tho""" ny
.h., Infected 10 be not in the least surprised III
d,ei the most surprising thing aooH- was NV
number Of men who had known ''F "e'NS 90
,,,,,hs that ne was not TO be 'a"''
date The Indiana Representatives. 'rHP''' VI"
,ccurat, foreknowledge they mad poS'85fu' S'7'"'
20 be very much At sea neFerth'i"S@ .'''''
,,e,, ntnatei more or Jess broadly that the nom-
,.,l,n Of the ex-Prosidcnt MAS by no Hid"' 81"
possible or even improbable. an! II was "''''n
that they cherished the hope that matters "o'''
t,ke such turn In the ST. Louis c)nVehVoh "'
n demand and Insure H. The parts ms ot M'h''e'
exl,lteI over the publication Of the letter ana "'
.,rea mat II virtually insured the triumph OF
,h.,r favorItc Some of them asserted win every
,,.o-orre ~ confidence. that every delegate IN
| 49, national Convention who would nave vote" TOT
tho OK President II h!s name hAi Oeeh ov'0'' -
I'd ally n the * xC;overnors suppor,. some o.
,h.,r Immediately set down the Indiana dei'sh Oh
- tho National Convention As sold for Mckinney
yhue other. more cautious and conservative "F
nature were content with claiming i"o-'"'''s u 49,
IN, 7, ,,o,, Kcur.sentatlves. however, irlnky san
/ tha. they could not for,see OF pFciic' "'.'' '.1
Individual preferences % the d"4r"atrs HOE" ''''
| sta,e would Doe Wiz General Harrison ''' '' "a.
r,.e In, ,everai of them yenurcd 'he opinion '"a'
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son Reed. Mckinney AMI MoFion-ii Il" oh '"'"'
| should remain .n ihe rrli
| Th. ,r.uis of senator All son In the House az
p.arel g. derive c.n-lt'rabie 'ncouFaFe'n'"' "'''
! d. r.s1r; from inr eN-ire-.4'nts "Nh'''''''
rrt s.ra,o- Wa the soroaI choice they asserted.
OF arge prop. riian. Il not Il majority OF '.'''@'
tf,--s.s friend. throughout the country, ana th'y
ot-, r.,.rr.l constantly - the warm personal
f-,.nl.tio ina, exists between the two statesmen
~, frl,nls - Speaker Reed dii not seem 20 i''' il,
tho .,lsf .owncast or lscogfagci me "''''''""" 80
| ~, a.rs-,l HARRISON they sal. had been geneIaHy
e>,ec,.l ans -, encc, of r. already discounted.
s.v.raI - ther admitted that surface Indications
-..f. and probably would snow gains Tor ho'h An
, o,, Mckinney. hut they were careful 70 Hii
,h,f ..,he announcement; ~ ilatrls'ns ".'"''""''
y.il ar.unl,, strengthen Reeds chances NOR" Tan"
/ g. ,,i, ,usln's or MrKlr.ry's" The M'rto" ID ON
,rs, In n, HOUSE ~ Representatives. may o' hu'"''
,ys but the, have been exceedingly "oiest ana
/ ,. ,t,. e,r arl even today not many or thom
/ 49,. ,.,lv 70 claim thar the Governor would ran
/ ~. -, -. .iirp.r, Il ali the Republicans whose
/ erst cnoic. was ox-Pres.dent Harrison.
! rlNAIlTY. GENERAL MIcHENER SAYS.
! ..,.-s, +. r Michencr. well known as an oM-
.,r. friend Il Genera Harrison ana one VINO ha'
much TO DO with his nominations. was aske' 'o-'N
/ ,or an expression concerning General Harrison
latter He said
have no loubt that the decision of General
Harrison is a nnali,y. Since H. .t me " hee ro-
House ne ",S as prrsldeni or course the constant
.xx,nress,ous favorable to his nomination and eiec-
ron rr,renn,eA approval Of his while President
ana confidence In his ability 10 restore PioSpea @
: ., ,h. country I do not know what Indiana VIII
| Go hut | imagine that all the candidates VIII de,
yeiop strength there especially Mr.. Mchhiey @ & ana
! ahiv be disposed to support Mr.. Mckinley. while
the other sections: should thlnk. %oHd De very
seems TO me that MIR. Allison would naturally have
considerable support from The Sta,e not oniy s a.
i.Itlp gr
support which General Harrison received from the
~, also because his conceded abilities and conser
| vatiye characteristics and views would make MIN
| sral Harrison who were drawn to him because OF
his poss sion Of the same qualities No extremist
or representative Of extreme views mas ever oerh
elected President Of the United States. The conser
va,ivc and cautious voters of this country hold me
balance OF power and elect rs iresich's. TO sun
people. believe. the candidacy Of Mr. Allison si Tll
be particularly esreesbe ara "nucnte tnaf
General Harrison in various parts OF me county
win be found advocating the nomination OF Mr.
| Allison.
General Michener's attention was called TO that
! feature of General Harrisons letter In which he
| requested his friends not to place his name before
! the Convention and he was asked r any possible
| contingency could arise through deadlock or 9TH
erw!sc In the convention by which the friends OF
Mr. Harrison would feel absolved from this re-
| quest and a. a fnal resort bring his name before
the convention. In repy he said:
II should appear that ne Eomlnaon OF Gen, 10
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and and PROSPERITY Of tDc country have no doubt
his nomlnation in the convention. and II nominated
in such circumstances. do not see how he COULD COULD
| decline Bar such y nomination could not come
| through organization or man!pulaton IL can only
come as the naur1 sequence 81 GOndohs III him he
| duty TO accept 1t would secm To be as apparent
was his duty TO- take the swSrI n asIehoe nc re ol
spond to the can Of public duty At the sane m,
% S %ys pS Ss GS the s@is snond 90
| whore.
John w Foster who succeeded Mr.. Blaine as Sec
reary OF State in President Harrisons Cabinet. said
| that he was not at al surprised at Mr.. Harrison 5
action, as the ex-President had informed him sew
! eral months ago that he had no desire to serve a
| second term. and that he would make pubic dec
araton to that effect as soon az ne had proper
| Central Committee in announcing him as their can
had "G4 r RS a G M n
sincerity II haa often said that M ne VI had H.. had .
nSuSn wns assa @h@ihsr IN his po r
would accept the nomination II offered to him ny
/ yention but did care to dscuss such contin-
| gency. 1t was one which IN his opinion. was not
| statement.
OPINIONS OF SENATOR'S.
Among the Senators who consented to give their
Views on General Harrson's letter were the follow
| Ing:
Mr. Sherman (Rep ohio)-I hardly care to express
opinion on the situation, Dut III would look lf
| the decision reached by Mr.. Harrison ought to re-
suit favoraby for Governor Mckinley. | believe 1t
| Will With Mr. Harrison out OF the question Indf-
ana will doubtless turn her In the direction OF
| the candidacy Of the Ohio favorte.
| Mr. Chandler (Rep N. H.)--I have never believed
| that Mr. Harrison would be candidate: as to what
| effect II may have have no opinion TO express.
| Mr. Carter (Rep Mont 1.-THE letter Of General
Harrison to Chairman Gowdy Is In strict accord with