San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-02
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publican convention Of Illinois
fixes matters for the Maine candi-
date. 1t was not denied before
that convention was held that
unless it did endorse Mr.. Reed his
chances were hopeless. Now that
the result has come In an enthusi-
astic endorsement OF Major Nc.
Kinley there is no need to reverse
the former conclusion. That Gull
lom was only a figure head, just
as Quay is in Pennsylvania, is we'll
known, the whole object being to
prevent the vote Of the state going
to Mckinley on the first ballot, in
the hope that failure to nominate
at once might end in detection and
the rejection Of some one else. The
game has been played and lost to
the Reed managers. What will
be the next move on the board it
were difficult to say, but men so
utterly INSCRIPTIONS as Clarkson,
PIatt and Quay will stop at moth
ing, and they will not with
draw from their hopeless at
tempt to defeat the wishes of
the republican masses until
by the nomination of Mckinley at
st. Louis they are sent bowling
back to their kennels. Allison
has been kept carefully out of the
deal in the Northern states and
the racket worked for him in the
negro governed conventions Of the
south, as in Georgia and Texas.
But Allison is in no better condi-
ton than Reed. Reed finds him
self without the New England fol-
lowing upon which all estimates
of his strength are based and must
go into convention and face the
first ballot uncertain OF how New
Hampshire or Connecticut will
vote and with Vermont instructed
against him. Thus out of the rs
New England votes he cannot
count on more than so if so many,
and this detection is fatal to him.
Allison is even worse off. or
all the great states that touch ell
bows with Iowa not one has in
structed for him, while most Of
them are instructed for Nc
Kinley and those not in
structed favor his nomination.
Iowa, Allison's own state, stands
alone in the great northwest
with her 26 votes to back him. On
the east is Illinois with her As
votes pledged to Mckinley, and
Wisconsin with her "a votes. On
the south Missouri with "a for
Mckinley. On the north Mime
sofa with 20 votes and all enthusi-
astic for the Ohio man. Then on
the west are Nebraska and South
Dakota with an aggregate Of "a
votes all safe for Mckinley. AL
most touching Iowa on the south
west is Kansas, squarely within
the Mckinley lines with her 20
votes, and not a break in favor of
Allison among all the states that
touch fingers with Iowa. Not be-
cause Senator Allison is not able,
worthy, we'll qualified and a true
and tried republican, but because
the voice Of the people has called
William Mckinley and will have
no other. or these no votes that
will come into convention at ST.
Louis from sta ties touching Iowa
at every point the Iowa candidate
commands none. This is a signi.
ficant fact and it has but one
meaning. The people want VIM,
Mckinley for their next pre-.
sident. If Reed and AL.
lison have no stronger fol-
| lowing than this at home-in
the states that are to give repub.
licsn victory, II any is gained next
November, what show is there for
man 80 universally distrusted as
Quay? Can he rush in where bet
ter men can not tread ? The ma
tional committeeman from his