Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-21

PHILADELPHIA, June 21.-Theodore
Roosevelt probably will be nominated
| for vice president by reclamation. The
plan was said to be this. When the
! time arrives for nominating vice presi-
dent, the roll of states will be called
| When Iowa is reached some delegate
will arise and withdraw Dolliver and
| place Roosevelt in nomination. Massa-
chusetts will follow, withdrawing Long
and seeonding the nomination Of the
! New York man. This is the plan and,
| if it is done, there will be no need of a
ballot.
Senator Hanna threw up the sponge.
He found he could not stem the tide of
the popular favorite without using the
direct influence of the administration at
! Washington. And this he could not
get. Possibly even with it he might
have failed. But without it the task
was hopeless. The president would
have no hand in an effort to control the
convention. He made known directly to
| Mr.. Hanna his wish that the will of the
convention should not be thwarted and
when that unequivocal word came Mr..
Hanna reluctantly abandoned the fight.
| Senator Hanna authorized the follow
ing statement:
The administration has had no can
/ didate for vice president. It has not
been for or against any candidate. 1t
has deemed that the convention should
make the candidate, and that has
been my position throughout. 1t
has been free field for all. In
| these circumstances several eminent
Republicans have been proposed; all
of them distinguished men with many
! friends. i will now say that ON be-
half of all those candidates, and /
except none. that l have within the
/ last t2 hours been asked to give my
advice. After consulting with as
many delegates as possible in the
time within my disposal, have
etuded To accept the responsibility in
voived in this request. In the pres
ent situation, with the strong and
earnest sentiment of the delegates
from all parts of the country for
Governor Roosevelt, and since Presf-
dent Mckinley is to be nominated
| without IA dissenting voice, it is my
Judgment that Governor Roosevelt
should be nominated for vice presf-
dent with the same unanimity.
This announcement of Senator Hanna
was made after a long consultation with
many leaders of the party.
a canvass of the different state dele
gates made regarding the vice presiden-
tial situation indicates that there was no
man who can compete with Roosevelt
| for the nomination He was the first
choice of nearly every delegation, and
as Deliver, the strongest candidate
! often RaacaVa1f ha1 +I,at I,o Il
not allow his name to go before the con-
ventlon as being q candidate provided
Roosevelt will accept it, it was practi-
eally one-man affair. Eliminating
Roosevelt from the question the canvas
showed that the only other candidates
were Dolliver, Long and Woodruff, al
though the latter had few promises of
support outside his own delegation
Lafayette Young, who had been cham
pioning the candidacy of Representa-
tive Dolliver, said that no other name
than that of Theodore Roosevelt would
be presented. II understand that Mr..
Hanna will present Governor Roose-
welt, he said, land it that is true, it is
useless to name any other man, and
Roosevelt will be nominated by accla-
nation"
New York state will not be embar-
rassed i'll its selection of Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff as it's candidate.
1t is indeed possible that Lieutenant
| Governor Woodruff may himself make
the motion ON behalf of New York state
to suspend the rules and make Roose-
velt's nomination unanimous That is
the probable way that New York will
relieve itself.
1t may be said definitely that Cover
nor Roosevelt understands this and, with
equal positiveness, it may be declared
that he will accept the nomination. He
had made brilliant fight, a fight rather
unprecedented in political annals be-
cause it had been to prevent a nomina-
ton, not to obtain it. He has beaten
the political leaders in his own state; he
has demonstrated his ability to play al
| political checkers.