The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
MCKINLEY THE CHOICE
OF THE REPUBLICANS

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the purpose Of ascer-
tanning the opinion of the members as
to who will be the Republican nominee
for President in 1900
One hundred and ffty-three members
were interviewed and they represent
between 10 and 50 per cent of the at
tendance at the exciting finish OF
notable Congress.
Every man was asked: Who, in
your judgment. viii be the choice for
President OF the Republican National
Convention which viii assemble III the
summer OF next year?
Please give the reason for that
opinicn"
This is a summary Of the canvass:
One hundred and twenty-seven mem
bars expressed the belief or conviction
that President Mckinley will be re-
nominated: one member believes Ad-
rniraI George Dewey will be the choice
Of the convention: one member said
thai It was his opinion that Governor
Hazen s. Pingree Of Michigan viii be
nominated; only four members refused
20 discuss the subject.
Every state whose Congressional del
ecat5on contained a RepubIican-with
the exception Of Texas, which has one
Re0uhiican member out of thirteen
is represented.
Those interviewed represent these
COnnRCTf-
cut Illinois. Indiana. Iowa, Kansas.
Kentucky. Maine. Maryland, Missouri.
Massachusetts. Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska New Hampshire. New Jer-
sev. New York. North Carolina, North
Dakota. Ohio. Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia and Wiscon-
sin.
X was my purpose to obtain the
views Of a majority of the Republi-
cans in every delegation, and with
few exceptions this was accomplished.
Thus. it is plainly evident there is
practical unanimity of judgment that
Mckinney will be renOminated.
An analysis of the vote at the st.
Louis convention of 1896 shows that the
vote given TO Quay, Morton and Ali
son was merely complimentary, coming
chiefly as it did from their respective
states. McKinley's leading competitor
for the nomination was Thomas b.
Reed Of Maine. though he was far from
formidable. as the figures indicate.
Reeds strength, of course, came from
New England. Local pride as much as
anything else dictated the action of the
delagates from that section.
y The name of Mr.. Reed. in the best
judgment even OF some of the most
representative men Of the famous gal
axy of States in the Northeast, will not
be considered by the convention in 1900
Without n single exception the New
England members of the Fffty-fifth
Congress whom 7 was able to talk to on
the subject failed to mention the name
of the great Speaker as a Presidential
possibility next year. Their opinion is
unanimous that Mckinley will be the
nominee. New England at the close of
the last session had twenty-five Re
publican Representatives.. Of this num-
Der seventeen answered the queries
propOunded.
One member who said Mckinley will
be the man requested that his mama be
omitted from the list. because he did
not wish to disturb the pleasant rela-
tions he had with Speaker Reed.