The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19
MAY DROP Mr., HOBART
REPUBLICAN LEADERS SUDDEN FFIekD.
SIP FOR ROOSEVELT.
Significance Of the New York Governors Re-
cent Visit TO the Whi.ehouse. Party Men
Want to Make Use of his Popularity.
tWaShington post.)


The next Republican Presidential cam
! paign ticket will probably be Mckinley
| and Roosevelt. Men high in the councils
of the party favor this combination fol
1900.
1t is hardly necessary to emphasize the
fact that Gov. Roosevelt regards his
present position as merely the stepping
stone II higher office. His ambition Is
to be nominated for the Presidency in
1904. Ills recent trip to the West, while
ostensibly, and in large degree sincerely
for the purpose of renewing acquaintance
with his soldier colleagues, was none the
less an occasion for discovering the depth
of the popular sentiment in his favor
The trip was well-planned, and the train
schedule made known in advance to peo-
pie of the West. Roosevelt was delight
ed with the demonstration which his pre-
sence caused 1t exceeded his fondest
hopes Everywhere he received an oya-
ton. He came back convinced that he
had a hold upon the masses which would
make him an important factor in national
affairs. What was Il previous ambition
became a settled purpose in his MUD.
he reaches the Presidency.
There are others upon whom the less ~
of Roosevelt's popularity was not lost.
Despite all that may be said by the Opt
mistic rank and file, the Republican lie ii.
ers know that the next campaign is NJ
to he won by walking over fowery bets
of ease They look for Il contest as DIT
ter and intense as that of 1896. and they
hot ,,n r}ra Il
of the party must be brought out II Is
for this reason that many of them are
urging that new name should be put
on the ticket in second place. believing
that more enthusiasm can thus be creat-
ed. They regard Gov Roosevelt as par
ticularly available for Vice-Presidenr on
account of his war record. as well as on
account of his location.
New Jersey, it is pointed out has the
Vice Presidency and place in the ca bi-
net. while New York. with its thirty-siN
electoral votes. has been out in the cuid
since Mr.. Bliss retirement. The shrew !
party managers. while they esteem Mr..
Hobart highly. frankly declare in private
conversation that there would he no io-
litical wisdom i'm renomnating him. At
the proper time. therefore. they expect
ny ulploilittt Iltsti1S. 10 nave MT. no
bart. on the score of his ill-health. step
aside so that Gov. Roosevelt may be put
on the ticket. They regard Roosevelt as
the ideal candidate--the man who would
attract larger vote to the ticket than
Mr.. Hobart or any other Republican. If
he can be persuaded to take the place al
agree that he will help materially to Mt
the Mckinley kite into the air.
L.. Al
friendly attitude of the Administration
toward the popular New York Governor
is very clear. and this friendly attitudes
it may be added, promises to be empha
sized, from time to time. in the months
that will intervene before the next Re-
puhlican National Convention.
The recent visit of Roosevelt to the
White House was the first step toward
bringing about the most cordial relations
between the President and the Governor
Will Roosevelt accept the nomination
for Vice President? He cannot decline il
and look forward to future political pre-
ferment ut the hands of the people al
large. The present policy is to work up
throughout the country such sentiment
for Roosevelt for Vice-President that he
will be unable to withstand it. The plan
is 20 tender il to him in such a way that
he could not reject it without offering an
affront to the Republicans Of the country
Am affront that would render impossible
his nomination for first place in 1904. He
may be put in the position that confront
ed the late Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks
in 1884. when he was compelled against
his will to be the running mate of Mr.
Cleveland.
Mckinley and Roosevelt! The Prcsi
dent who successfully conducted the war
with Spain and the man who left the
battlefield to enter the Governors chair:
this is the programme of the politicians
for 1900, aided and abetted by persons
high in authority, to whom success is
more important than any other considera-
ton.