The age-herald., 1900-06-21
HANNA THROWS
 UP THE SPONGE
And Says Roosevelt Should Be
 Nominated.
WILL BE MADE UNANIMOUS
h a Statement Issued MT. Hanna Says the Administration Has Never Had Candidate For
 Vice-President

Philadelphia, June 2O.-Senator Hanna tonight uthorized the following statement:
 The administration has had no candi- date for Vice-President It has not been for nor against any candidate. It has deemed that the convention should make the candidate and that has been my posi- tion throughout. It has been a free field for all. Under these circumstances several eminent Republicans have been proposed, all of them distinguished men with many friends.
 .'I will now say that on behalf of all those candidates-and l except none-I have been asked within the past twelve hours to give my advice. After consulting with as many delegates as possible in the time within my disposal, I have concluded to accept the responsibility involved in this request. In the present situation, with the strong and earnest sentiment of the dele gates from all parts of the country for Governor Roosevelt, and since President Mckinley is to be renominated without a dissenting voice. it is my judgment that Governor Roosevelt should be nominated for yice-President with the same unanim ity."
 This announcement of Senator He ma was made after a long consultation with many leaders of the party. He called all the newspaper men into one of the rooms where the consultations had taken place and read it from manuscript. Just before the statement was given out Chairman odell of New York spent few minutes in the room, and when he came out he said:
 '"The whole matter got into snarl, and was left to Senator Hanna to arbitrate, and his decision is that the Vice-Presiden- cy should go to New York, and Roosevelt will be nominated"
 The programme is to have Iowa withdraw Deliver and nominate Roosevelt. Massa- chusetts wflr withdraw Long and second the nomination. Probably other states with candidates will follow suit. This will enable the convention to finish its business and adjourn tomorrow.
 x tIs All Roosevelt
 ,Theodore7i Roosevelt probably will be nominated for Vice-President by acclama- ton. The plan is simple and the result sought can easily be brought about. There will be no necessity for a .roll call tomorrow. When the time arrives for nominating a Vce-Presdent the roll of states will be called. When Iowa is reached some delegate will arise and with draw Dollver and place Roosevelt in nom-
 
 drawing Long and secondng the nomina- tioH of the New York man. This is the plan and if it is done there will be no need for a ballot. The stampede which began on Sunday and which seems to have re- ceiyed a check on Monday will have ended in the nomination of Roosevelt. A part of this scheme has already been carried out
 The convention did not proceed to nomi- nations today because all parties inter- ested could not be reached. Secretary Long's friends had not been able to con- municate with him and they did not feel authorized to withdraw him until he was informed of the situation and his consent obtained It is quite probable that had it been possible to gain Secretary Longs consent both nominations would have been made today. It was deemed desirable not to nominate Mckinley until the conven- tion was also ready to name his running mate.
 In fact, it is known that the plan for nominating Roosevelt by exclamation is tied up with the nomination of Mckinley in order to gratify the wishes of some of the men who have been pushing Roose- velts claims very hard and those who are engineering the latest arrangements had no objection.
 Something might occur to upset the