The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-04

done. Allison has not the least idea of with
drawing, nor Iowa any idea OF giving up
er candidates and their States. Mckinley
will fall from eighty to one hundred votes
short of enough to nominate at the start,
votes. BY the field / mean Allison. Reed.
Quay, Bradley, Morton and Cullom. already
suggested, and such other available men as
Harrison, Lincoln, Foraker, Hobart, Davis
and General Tracy. of New York, and 9TH
ers who might fifty be mentioned, for our
available candidates as it is strong in the
candidates offered. No man fit TO ce Pres
ident or receiving the call of his party could
or would resist the duty to accept the NOM
ination for President"
CONCERNING NEW NAMES.
''You think that new names may possibly
be considered at st. Louis?"
THAT is always supposable, and, in years
of emotional campaigns, such as this has
been far, nearly always inevitable. 1t is
an historic fact in American politics that
in the elimination of an enthusiastic cam
paign every party from instinct at last avoids
the perils of factional or emotional NOM
ination. The Republican party has always
followed this rule except in Blaine's case,
in 1884, when defeat followed at the polls.
The national convention at St. Louis Will
put parry interest above any mans amol-
ton and choose, not factional candidate,
but one who will draw every Republican
vote at the polls and thus make party de-
feat impossible"
"You think the field, as you call it. VIII
Il do 1t knows that Mckinley cannot
many of McKin.ey's delegates know
1t, too. There are more Mckinley del
egates likely to break than among the dele, dele
do not stampede delegates. Besides. enthus-
iasm is as OFTEN a warning as an insurance.
For instance, the enthusiasm for Mckinney
among Republicans and in Republican pa
pers is good enough, but the enthusiasm
for him in the Democratic papers is not so
good in itself nor so reassuring to our
party"
.sThen YOU do not believe the story that
the delegates for the favorite sons Will
break?"
cion and unwilling delegates is absurd. This
has been contest OF absolutely free choice:
III absolute free choice has been hindered
anywhere ii has been in OHIO alone, ana II
there Zoe any reluctant delegates who will
vote against their own personal choice and
judgment they will be eighteen delegates In
Ohio In no other State has there been an
organized attempt to coerce delegates with
State pride or State power"
HARRISON'S AVAILABILITY.
s'You mentioned General Harrison's name
as being in the available field of candidates"
..Yes. Every man fit to be President. and
who is a good Republican, is always avail
able to his party, and Harrison is good
Republican and responsive TO party duty.
What the people demand this year in Re-
publican candidate. and platform is certainty.
In one respect Harrison would give the
earliest certainty of anyone who could he
nominated, for the day he should be nomi-
mated the country would know exactly what
his policy as President would be on the
tariff and exactly what it would be on
finance and this would quickly bring conf
dence, and good time behind IT,.
You have seen General Grosvenors Ia
ble?"
"Yes and his figures are grossly inaccu-
rate. He claims far too many votes, OF
which there will be hundred or more. Tne
public should be treated candldly and given
figures that are accurate. and the contested
votes should not be claimed Tor any candi-
date as yet. AS samples of Grosvenors in
accuracies. he counts practically al OF Texas
for Mckinley, while Mckinley has, at the
most, six votes in that State, and three OF
these are contested. He counts all the vo,es
in Tennessee as instructed for Me
Kin,ey, when in truth the resolution
Of instruction was ,a simply plyox, ,nrv fGr tas as
long as a majority of the delegates should
deem it wise, and it is very doubtful III a
majority of the delegates in that state are
for Mckinley He claims many votes IN
Louisiana, where Mckinley has only. two
and perhaps only one, He claims Alabama
solid While eysTy c,sIs sed5 al hut m ae
of Georgia while there are conceded nine
uncontested anti-McKiniey delegates in that
State and elgnt uelegateS contesleu. ne
claims twelve in South Carolina, where
every delegate is contested. He claims
Florida which has a double delegation, and
the Mckinley delegation was elected by a
minority of the votes of the State conven-
ton. or an illegal body. The result in Illi-
nois has been exaggerated to McKinley's
tically solid, whereas it will take the first
ballot at ST. Louis to show whether it will
be majority for Mckinley or majority
against him. Many more mistakes could be
pointed out, but these are samples of the
rest" .
Are you ready to give figures by States?
NEW SET OF FIGURES.
Eyes; 1 will give them as 1 have gained
them by an industrious gathering of my own
from first sources and by comparison with
the figures of others. Here is an approx
mate table of the first ballot, divided be-
| tween Mckinley and the field, and the un-
| settled contests so far as the delegates have