The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-01
ALLISON IS THIN NAN.
Clarkson Says He viii Be
Nominated For President.
SHOWS M'KIELEYs WEAK POINTS.


Hs says the ohioAn WIN LEAD ON the
first BaIists and Then Select = see.
end Choice Man -clarkson Aiso Pre-.
dlets That ths sllvsrmsn WIN Have
60 Ne aAti.hsd.
ST. LOUIS. March al.-"Tho sltuA.
ton In 4 nutshell Is this; NooandidAte
will enter the national Republican con.
vention with votes enough by about 100
or 100 to nominate him for president Of
the United States on the FIRST, second.
third. fourth. hith. sixth, seventh.
eighth, ninth or tenth ballot. The noni.
nee. thereof. will be second choice man.
Mckinley leads today in the matter Of
instructions and win hold this lead.
Allison IL the strongest second choice
and viii gain in strength right along.
l therefore predic. Allison's nomina.
ton"
The speaker was Hon. James 3.
Clarkson Of Iowa, a member OF the
national Republican committee. who
is here with other members looking af.
ter convention matters. Referring
again 10 Mckinley. Mr. Clarkson said
Ellis campaign has been 40 conducted
a. 10 ALLEVIATE all tho second choice
states and for that reason he is today
the weakest man In the raco. eoncoding
that no cannot be nominated on tho
first bAlloi. don't know a single
delegate that viii 20 10 him when its
candidate Is dropped. On tho other
hand. Senator Allison is the second
choice Of nearly every state or district
that has elected its delegates. Mr.
Reed will have a. much strength In the
south as Mckinley"
Il have just returned from a trip
through the west" continued Mr..
ClArkson. "In all the region west Of
Nebraska the sentiment is yet uniform
as 10 men. The people Of the Pacific
coast and mountain states Are discuss.
ing great issuo-that Of money and
not men. They will send 10 st. Louis
In June, so or 100 delegates instructed
solidly for silver without reference 70
the views Of any man on this great
question. That a vote 90 mas,ed will
have 10 be reokoned with and that sori.
ously. nobody with prctsntions 10 20.
linoAl foresight can doubt.
1T may DO that Idaho. Montana. Ne.
vAda and Utah viii send delegations 70
the convention instructed for some pro.
nounced free silver advocate. such a.
Teller or Cameron. In fact have beon
assured that that is what these states
will do"
The senator was more reticont when
his attention was called 10 the latest e..
innate Of McKinley's strength made In
Washington by General Grosvenor aud
published In a morning paper In which
the ohioan was given 355 votes on the
first ballot out Of the total OF 3l2 dele.
gates elected up 10 Saturday night
He studied the dgures closely for long
while and then said;
"This shows that they are still claim,
ing. They can claim all they want
What we want and what we are going
10 have arc votes"
Senator Thomas Carter, chairman Of
the Republican national committe. wa
asked; is it true that you have dis
oorned the premonitory rumbling Of 4
boom for Don Cameron In the north
wosly"
"Its more than a premonitory run
ble." Senator Carter answered. 1t Is q
roaring. believe that we will get Oh,
votes. nos only Of Montana and othel
northwestern states. but that the vote
Of the west generally Will come to hin
naturally"
Then You Apprehend some trouble
over the silver question IN the 80. Loui
convention
"Now that IL an entirely difioren
matter and one about which will sal
nothing"
Colonel William Hahn Of Ohio pro
fessed 10 b. unable 10 SEQ how the opp
sition is 10 head of Mckinley.