The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04

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night. He declined to discuss his own
| Vice-Presidential candidacy, and would
say only that he esteemed it great honor
to be mentioned in that connection. The
| Governor is understood to have said to an
| intimate friend tonight that Senator Quay
had by no means withdrawn from the
| Presidential race.
HE has been Endorsed by Pennsyl-
vania. and feels highly honored, he said.
''It would certainly be an ungracious act
| for him to withdraw in advance of the
convention"
| Although Mr. Quay himself to-day re-
| peated his avowal that he was yet an
| aspira mt for the Presidential nomination,
the politicians realize that he has gone
over to the Mckinley camp, bag and bag
gage, and that when the State of Pennsyl-
vania is called in the convention they be-
| lieve he will thank the Pennsylvania dele
gates for their support and will withdraw
and move that McKinley's nomination be
| made unanimous. Just what reward Mr..
| Quay expects to receive is, of course, only
matter of conjecture, but it is generally
believed among politicians here that he
| hopes not only to nominate Hastings for
! Vice President but to control the Penn
sylvania patronage.
! There was published in New York pa
per to-day what purported to be visit of
Senator Quay to Canton. 1t was labored
effort, intended to show that Mr.. Quay
| had begged for an interview with Major
Mckinley, and had gone to Canton with
out an invitation and had been met there
| with the declaration that he must make
San absolute surrender"
| When The story was called to the atten-
| tion of Senator Quay the latter laughed
heartily and said that somebody had evil
IDENTIFY thought he had made great dis
covery. The Senator refused to take any
| public notice of the article, the absurdity
of which is recognized by friends of both
MIR. Quay and Mr.. Mckinley.
| Mr.. Quay has steadily refused to discuss
his visit to Mr.. Mckinley, but 1t is known
positively here that his journey was not
undertaken at his own suggestion. He
did not beg for an audience with Mr.. Nc
Kinley, and the meeting and interview
were alike honorable and satisfactory to
| both.
| The nomination of Mckinley having
been practically settled by the action of
Senator Quay in conceding the certainty
OF such result and the large preponder-
ance of delegates under instructions to
vote that way, about the only question
under discussion around the Capitol now
is: Who is the coming man for second
place on the ticketP
1t is pretty well understood that Speaker
Reed has been approached by certain in
fiuences not far from Canton and Cleve.
| land, Ohio, requesting that he should per
nit his name to be used in that connec-
ton, and the intimation has been given
that such a decision on his part would be
most agreeable to the prospective head of
the Republican ticket. 1t is also under
stood that Mr.. Reed has expressed his ap-
probation of the compliment thus ten
dered, but under no circumstances would
| he permit the use of his name In that con-
nectlon. Not that the Vice Presidency is
not an exalted office and worthy to excite
the am bit.on of any distinguished citizen,
| but that he considers the speakership of
the House position more to his taste and
! one in which he can serve people in far
greater degree for good than as presiding
officer of the Senate.
Speaker Reed was shown the statement
given out by Senator Quay. IN which the
latter conceded McKinley's nomination.
After reading it carefully the Speaker ex-
pressed surprise that Senator Quay gave
Mckinley six votes in Connecticut.
1t may be said that under no circum-
stances will Speaker Reed accept nomi-
nation for the Vice-Presidency. Official
position without opportunity he regards
as absolutely unworthy his acceptance,
and that is just what he thinks of the po-
sition of Vice President.
A man of much wealth and advanced in
years, he thinks, might be satisfied to wear
the blue ribbon of the Vice Presidency
and appear at social functions in an orna-
mental capacity, but to man of limited
means like himself, who, at the end of
his term of office as Vice-P President would
feel the loss of the $4,000 salary that goes
with the position, the acceptance of it is
hardly worth considering.
The Speakers friends know his feelings
in this regard, and they are willing to
stand with him and by him in any course
that he may adopt, believing that his time
will come and that the Republican party,
of which he has so long been a conspicu-
Gus member, will in the course of events
honor him with the nomination for Presi-
dent.
II see, said one of the Speakers friends
to him to-day, that you are spoken of as
good man for running mate with ex-Gov-
ernor Mckinley"
sis that SOP" said the Speaker. "a run
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