Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-28


Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, June 26.-Now that the
Republican national ticket has been
placed in the field. those who watched
the proceedings of the convention and
the preliminary work of the party
leaders must give due credit to the del
egates from Pennsylvania and their
leader for the strengthening of the
ticket by insisting upon the selection
of Col. Roosevelt as the nominee for
vice president. The Pennsylvania del
egation to the national convention,
with the exception of the half dozen
Flinn-Martin insurgents, can claim the
credit for the nomination of Roosevelt,
for they led off with the first indorse-
ment for this honor, and they consist
emily and persitently advocated his
nomination for the good of the party.
1t is know that Senator Hanna and 9TH
ers close to the administration, while
admitting that the president did not
propose to espouse the cause of any
candidate for second place, were using
all their energies and ingenuity to
bring about the nomination of former
Secretary of the Interior Bliss, of New
York; Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana,
or Representative Deliver, of Iowa,
during the early days of the canvass,
and then they switched off to Secretary
of the Navy Long. The leaders went
so far as to proclaim, on the day before
the nomination was made that Secre-
tary Long could not be beaten, and
that Governor Roosevelt's nomination
was an impossibility.
QUAY KNEW THE SITUATION.
But they did not know the temper
of the delegates to the convention.
There was a positive and emphatic de-
mand from the rank and file of the del
egates for Roosevelt, because they be-
lieved that the people wanted him on
the ticket with Mckinley
Col. Quay was the first of the men,
bers of the national Republican COM
mttee to publicly declare in favor of
Col. Roosevelt's nomination for vice
president, and as chairman of the dele
CATION from the Keystone state his
declaration was given due weight. The
former national chairman was care
full to disclaim any personal interest
in the nomination of Col Roosevelt,
but said he took that position for pure
ly selfish reasons in a desire to advance
the interests of the state. He argued
that it was important to Pennsylva-
MAS immense industries to have the
election of the Republican national
ticket made certainty, and that with
Roosevelt upon the ticket there would
be q guarantee that the Democracy
would not have chance of winning
out in November. The defeat of the
Republican ticket and the election Of
Bryan, he said, would mean a shrink
age of values in Pennsylvania alone of
over $500, ,000,0 600 This could be surely
prevented by the selection of a man
like Col. Roosevelt. whose nomination
would make the carrying of New York
an easy matter for the Republican par
ty. At the same time, it would in
spire the Republicans of the entire
country with confidence and give the
party organization an opportunity to as
sumo the aggressive from the very
outset of the campaign. With the CO.
operation of men like Senator Platt, of
New York: Senator Wolcott. of Colo
rado; Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
Senator Shoup. of Idaho: H. c. Payne,
of Wisconsin. and other stalwart Re-
publican leaders in different parts of
the country, Col Quay was enabled to
impress upon the doubtful delegates
the wisdom of turning in for Roosevelt.
Up to the very morning Col. Roosevelt
was nominated the Wanamaker news
papers of this city persisted in printing
predictions that Roosevelts nomina-
tion was an impossibility, and that
Secretary of the Navy Long would be
the candidate for vice president. They
were determined to prevent if possible,
the letting Col Quay and his friends
of the Pennsylvania delegation get the
credit for being the first to turn in for
the winning candidate.
Following Col. Quay's pubis state
ment for Roosevelt, the Pennsylvania
delegation sot together in caucus and
the insurgents carried out their regu-
lation tactics. They insisted that it
was tOO SOOl W ldhc dCtlOD. ilhh, VI
Pittsburg, was their spokesman, and
he had David Martins solitary delegate
from Philadelphia to stand by him
from this city. Fifty-twO of the Ga del
egates went on record for Roosevelt at
the first meeting of the delegation, and
within few hours all but the six fol-
lowers of Finn and Martin were work.
ing with Col Quay for the nomination
of Col. Roosevelt.
Following the Pennsylvania delega-
ton the Kansas delegates, after confer
ring with Col. Quay, met in caucus and
indorsed Roosevelt, and after that Col.
Quay's friend, II. G. Payne, of Wiscon-
sin, got the delegates from that state
together and they unanimously de-
clared for the rough rider.