San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
SECOND PLACE.
HOBART OF NEW JERSEY IS QUAYs
MAN.
Clay Evans, of Tennessee is Coming tt
the Front in Good Shape, But it
May be Morton Again.


able that the National League Of
Republican clubs will have some-
thing to say about the vice presi-
Dental candidate. The league Is
largely for McKinl ey, but there is
a division of sentiment in regard
to the second place. Ex-Gov. d.
Russell Brown, Of Rhode island is
q member of the league in good
standing, and his friends will put
him forward as the right man to
combine with Mckinley on the
national ticket. E. A. McAlpin, of
New York, is president Of the
league and naturally his friends
are anxious to see him honored.
McAlpin is adjutant general on
the staff Of Gov. Morton, Of New
York, and the argument bill will
be advanced that his nomination
would please Morton.
Gov. Morton seems to be the
choice of the National committee,
among all the New York candi-
dates, and 1.-The would accept the
nomination there is some reason
to believe that the vice presidency
would be held out to him by the
powers that be, provided that
Qusy's consent could be secured.
The friends of G.. A. Hobart, of
New Jersey, claim that Quay is
committed to him and there are
surface indications that give prob
ability to this story. Senator
Quay, however, is very cautious in
making promises and the Hobart
people may be counting their
chickens before they are Matched.
Quay may take 1t into his head,
for example, to name Gov. Hast.
ings Of Pennsylvania for the vice
presidency. Leaving Hastings out
of the question, 1t is probable that
Quay If he had to choose between
Hobart and New England man,
would select the former. Henry
G. Payne, member of the national
committee for Wisconsin said in
discussing the situation: Eat
present Hobart, of New Jersey has
the lead with those now here. We
cannot, however, tell how 1t will
be when more delegates arrive.
Still, Mr.. Hobart is generally rec
ognized as an available man. He
came. within two votes OF defeat
ing Smith, of New Jersey, for the
United States senate two years
ago and could easily carry New
Jersey for the republican ticket
this year."
The objection has been raised to
Mr.. Hobart that New Jersey has
always gone democratic in a presi-
Dental election, but the friends of
the Jersey man say that this is an
unusual year and with Hobart on
the ticket the republicans would
carry the state by sweeping ma
jority.
The boom for 81. Clay Evans,
of Tennessee, has grown to won
derful size. Evans, himself, has
made no effort to secure second
place on the Mckinley ticket. He
has other plans in view which
would make his acceptance Of the
vice presidential nomination inn
practicable.
Another candidate for second
place on the ticket is M. HI. De
Young, OF California. He is
strong favorite among the free sill
yer men of the west. He has done
nothing himself toward securing
the place and his numerous friends
in the west have done a good deal
of huetling.
To an Associated Press reporter
today, Platt said he had not spoken
particularly of the New York dele
gates which contested, but upon
the whole proceedings in commit
tee. "They are riding roughshod ov-
er everything, he said: "The ques-
tion of mans title to seat was
not considered on its merits but as
to his position on the presidential
candidates. Hahn, a member of
the committee from Ohio, declared
that the only question involved in
these contests is whether or not
the man is for Mckinley and that
this line of policy is what New
York objects to-"
Platt reiterated what he has con-
tinually declared, that Morton's
name will be presented and voted
for. When asked what he had to
say about Manley's manifesto, he
said he didn't think he had made
any apprecisble difference in the
situation. He was very sorry
Manley had made the statement
and was at Q loss to explain IL ex.