Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1896 — SAFE FOR M'KINLEY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAFE FOR M'KINLEY.

GEN. GROSVENOR CLAIMS 692 VOTES ON FIRST BALLOT. in Any Event He Saya the Ohioan la Sure to Receive the Nomination, and the Point oi Interest Is Who Will Be Bis Running Mate. Twenty-nine Btates for Him. The naming of delegates to the Republican national convention has closed. The treat body of “kingmakers” has been completed and a conservative analysis of its composition shows, to a Washington correspondent, that McKinley will have more than enough votes to nominate him on the first ballot. Gen. 'Grosvenor, of Washington, th • chief spokesman of the McKinley campaign, gave out his final bulletin at the capital the other eteuiug. It was as follows: "Lust week closed the election of delegates to the St. Louis convention, and McKinley was indorsed by all the States that vxpressed au opinion during the week —Washington, Wyoming, Went Virginia and North Carolina. The free silver States refused the indorsement of McKinley, and their delegates are uninstructed as to persons, but they have received very peremptory orders as to principles. There are now elected 918 delegates, but four in Arizona, four in New Mexico and four in Oklahoma must depend upon the future action of the national convention for seats in that body, the official cull authorizing them to elect only two delegates in each of the territories. “The foliotvingStates haveelocted either solid McKinley delegations or delegations with a majority of McKinley men, so that it gwy be conceded that McKinley’s following will control these States, to wit: Alabama, Arknnsns, California, Connecticut, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan,

Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri. Nebraska. New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregou, South Carolina. South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the territories of New Mexico and Oklahoma. Only three of these States have contests for the entire delegations, and, throwing them out, there would be left twenty-nine McKinley

The shaded portions of the above Map show the territory whose delegates to the St. Louis convention McKinley managers now claim for their candidate.

States and territories to elect members of the committee on credentials.” The delegates elected are as follows: Alabama 20Ohio 4(5 Arkansas lOOklahoma 4 Arizona OOregon 8 California 18Peunsylvauin .... 4 Florida BSouth Carolina.... 17 Georgia 22Soutli Dakota 8 Illinois 40Tennessee ”2 Indiana 30TexaH 12 Kansas 20 Vermont 8 Kentucky 11 Virginia 21 Loulsana 16West Virginia 12 Maryland IB Wisconsin ........ 24 Michigan 28North Carolina.... 19 Minnesota ISNorth Dakota t! Mississippi 18Connecticut 0 Missouri 34Iudian Territory. . 2 Nebraska lOWashlngton 8 New Jersey lOWyomlug ti New Mexico 4 • New York 9 Total 592