Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-09
A MCKINLEY CONFERENCE.
The Ex-Governor and His Managers
in COnsultatfOn.


in Consultation.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
CLEVELAND. Ohio May 9.-There is a
remarkable gathering of prominent repub-
licans In this city today. Ex-Gov. VIM.
Merriam Of Minnesota. who is regarded as
the coming representative of the north
west in the Mckinley administration; Gen.
Charles H. Grosvenor. the chief Mckinley
engineer in Washington; Judge A c..
Thompson Of the Portsmouth district, who
has in charge all the contested delegation
matters where Mckinley delegates are in
volved; Col. Myron T. Herrick and Mr..
NJ. A. Hanna. met in the latter's office yes
terday and there awaited the arrival Of
ex-Gov. Mckinley and his brother Abner,
who came up from Canton. The confer
ence lasted from noon until o'clock. al
though Gen. Grosvenor had expected to
get away at l 30 in the afternoon.
While the members of the party dsclam
any special significance attached to the
meeting, it Is understood that the entire
situation was thoroughly reviewed. The
subject that received the most attention
was the probable action of the national
committee on the subject OF credentials
and the necessity of maintaining the pres
ent organization until the close of the cam
paign.
In spite of the jubilation among the Ohio
republicans over the Indiana convention
there are some republicans in the county
who believe that Mr. Mckinley has any
thing but a walk-over ahead of him at
st. Louis.
Among these is Washington f. Conner,
the well-known New York broker and ex-
partner of Jay Gould. Mr.. Conner is chair
man of the board Of directors of the w
and l.. E. Railroad Company, and was the
guest of Col. J. ]. Sullivan at the Union
Ciub yesterday afternoon. while the Nc
kinley-Hanna party was dining above him.
tion that the republicans Of New York
attached more Importance to the financial
question at present than the tariff
They feel that the time for eauivoca ton
be. a candidate for the presidency is past. -
said he. There are millions Of dollars living
idle In the English banks which would find
circulation and investment in America in a
cial policy. Think what this means: II
cans that bonds would be ioated, new rails
and equipment furnished the railroads and
general return to good times at once. All
that New York asks Is that the republican
candidate for President will give us assur-
ance of his determination to bring this
about. Gen. Harrison has done So He has
put the financial question before the tarifr,
ana tell you there was more Harrison talk
about the exchanges in New York yester-
day than there has been for any candida te
this year. Things were looking little blue
TOT time; Money was tight and prices
sold on both foreign and domestic account
Il tell you. if the feeling keeps up much
longer there is likely to be a stampede in
tFat convention for Harrison that nothing
urder heaven can stop. 1 am a republican
and protective tariff man, but what this
country needs now is a settlement of the
monetary question, and the man who EQUIV
COATES In that Is going to the wall as sure
as fate"
When the subject of this interview was
related to Gen. Grosvenor he said: We'll,
you tell that man Connor he must be a d
fool