The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-02
Hanna and RaasexeI..


Hanna and Roosevelt.
Prior to the Philadelphia Convention
and Just after it there was deep con-
viction in the minds of leading Repub-
Ieans that the personality of Theodore
Roosevelt would prove the best drawing
card in the play of the campaign. The
few weeks which have elapsed since the
party ticket was issued have witnessed
decided change from this opinion The
erratic Governor OF New York-cowboy
sole conqueror of Cuba dentists sign and
harborer of fugitiyes from iustice-is no
longer taken seriously Instead of rush
ing him into doubtful States. to carry them
as he did the awful heights of San Juan
Hil-if you let him tell the story-Mr.
Hanna urges him to go up into Vermont,
where he can use his persuasive powers
to convince the Green Mountain boys that,
with plenty of Rough Riders and cam
paign barrel. the Dutch might yet succeed
in taking Holland.
The head and brains of the trust and mo-
nopoly party machine is not q person given
to sentiment. He may admire the author
Of the Santiago round robin intensely; but
the fact does not blind him to another one.
which is that the Vice Presidential candi-
date is great deal more dangerous to his
friends than to anyone else when he opens
that fine set of teeth and speaks in pub
lie. A more senseless blunder for man
in his position to make,~-than his denun-
citation of all Democrats as towards, 1t
would be hard to conceive
That is the view taken of it by his
trainers and bottleho1ders. and what wor-
ries them is that they know only too well
that 1t will not be his last He wants to
do as he is hidden. His fearless independ-
enee'' is no longer a delusion even to him
self. He has surrendered as fully and IN
reservedly to Hanna, as formerly he did TO
Plat. He is a thoroughly soiled machine
man trading on the reputation of other
years. He is not. therefore intractabIe,
but his mouth and mind are pair of I'M
tanned bucking brnachos hftched 20 baby
carriage. Once turned on they are be-
yond control-his own or any other body's
1t is for that and seventeen ether good rea-
sons that Hanna Will not devote dollar
TO the organization of Rough Rider clubs
and desires the Governor TO get to Yer
mont. If Alaska had an electoral vote he
would send him there to a deceased moral
certainty. Roosevelt himself prefers the
close States, and We are glad of ii. If he
is not prevented from spending most of his
time in them. he will save the Democratic
management a great deal Of work and
money. He is the missionary for US.
The decision OF Governor Beckham of
Kentucky. to call an extra session of the
State Legislature for The purpose OF
amending or repsaliEg The Goebel Election
law, entities him to the praise ard thanks
OF every Democrat in the United States
Whether truly or falsely, the statute in
question is widely believed to be defea=ive
Of fair and honest elections Were it left
in operation as it reads at present there
is serious danger that it would be made a
pFeteXt for throwing out the electoral yo.e
OF Kentucky next winter, should
that course be necessary to count
in the Republican candidate for
President. Modification OF the Goebel
law ought to unite al kentuekians who
confess and call themselves Democrats, and
wipe out the memory OF past fact onaI
:ied for Bryan and Stevenson. but by Il
majority large enough to crush any design
to steal the State.
It is interestingly evident shat the Prince
of Wales has not yet forgotten the Astor
incident. Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne has
been appointed. with two other distin-
gu!shed officers. to represent the British
Navy at the funeral of the late Duke of
Edinburgh and Coburg Astor's attempt to
ruin Milne has proven to be about as com
plete a piece of personally conducted social
suicide as could be found in the annals of
all the courts of Europe. There would
seem to be nothing left for the disrated
Croesus to do now bat 10 turn religious and
become a nun. He is not man enough to
be a monk.
Ex-Minster Barrett the able orator who