The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-16
His Boom Grows While Hanna and
Platt Quarrel Over Vice
Presidency.
BLISS is M'KINLEY'S CHOICE.
Platt Won't Have Him and His
Stand May Send the Second
e. Place Nomination to
the West.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Philadelphia. June l5.-The fight between
Senator Hanna on the one hand and Sena-
tors Plat and Quay the other fer the
privilege Of naming the vice presidential
candidate was on in earnest to-day, and as
a result the Doliiver boom took the in
evitable impetus
The administration wants New York
man named and has settled to its own
satisfaction that Cornelius y. Bliss is he
only available candidate.
Senator Plat Is determined that Governor
Roosevelt shall be nominated If possible.
but in any event the nominee from New
York shall not be Bliss.
Senator Hanna has threatened that II
New York does not find Itself able TO ac-
cept his selection IL will not be permitted
10 name its own selection.
In effect. Senator Hanna ms transmitted
to Senator Plat the information that the
administration would not accept General
Francis V. Greene Ren1amia Il. Oden or
Timothy T.. Woodruff.
Platt was Informed that neither General
Greene nor Mr.. Odell is well enough known
10 act as a suitable running mate to Nc
Kinler. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff. he
was told. was entirely out of the question.
Governor Roosevelt II was explained.
should have his wishes respected and would
he properly protected from the results of
any efforts at stampeding Mr.. Plat and his
friends might try.
To Get Rid of Roosevelt.
From various confidential sources It may
be stated that the Roosevelt idea is very
strong In Mr.. Platt's mind. and that he has
at his back potential financial interests of
New York State. anxious TO see the Gov
ernor taken out of the State and placed in
high Federal position. The franchise tax
Sa1 avn tfryrl pf
~r.ovo FOR the New York canals have made
Mt Roosevelt seem to some persons
much better Vice President than Governor
The Piatt programme. involving the nomi-
nation of Roosevelt for the vice presidency
carries with II the nomination of OdeIl for
Governor
Senator Quay's arrival in town this morn
ing. his refusal to call on Senator Hanna,
his reticence as 10 his views and the no.
torfous fact that he is allied with Platt for
the purpose of upsetting the Hanna vice
presidential programme. whatever that may
be. was the most conspicuous public evil
dence OF the competition between the two
old bosses and the new boss that has been
given. Mr.. Quay on his arrival went di-
rectly to the house of State Senator John
c. Grady and summoned his lieutenants To
fnQuirers the Senator said the Pennsylvania
delegation Will caucus Monday afternoon
and until then he thought il unbecom:ng on
his part to express preference or an opin-
ion.
Hanna's UltImatum.
While Platt is primarily interested in the
nomination of Roosevelt, which logically
makes him opposed to Bliss's nomination
Senator Quay IS for anything to demon
strate that Hanna is not I'm complete pos
session OF the fed. At the celebrated Farm
ers Club. where ex-senator Don Cameron.
Mr.. quay and others remained all of yes
terday and last night. the suggestion was
made that If Roosevelt should not be landed
1t would be judicious to have another candi-
date ready. Mr.. Cameron Is credited with
the proposition to bring forward General
Greene,. and the fact was enthusiastically
noted that the General had withdrawn from
his public connection with the New York
Asphalt trust.
This development soon reached the ears
Of Hanna's scouts, and tonight one of
them. a conspicuous Washington official.
said:
New York can name the vice presiden-
tial candidate. but he must be acceptable
to the administration. Roosevelt does not
want 1t. and the administration does not
want him. If Mr.. Piatt should attempt to
force upon the convention any one of his
unknown men, and include General
Greene. Odell, Woodruff or anybody else,
he may dig up. the nomination will at once
30 to Western man, and in this connec-
ton, Mr.. Dolliver is an excellent man 10
think about"
tne Sltu0t1On.
To summarize the situation 1t may be
stated that Senator Allison is out of 1t; that
Secretary Long is an extremely remote pos
sibility: that none of the New York candi-
dates as yet submitted by Mr.. Platt will be
accepted by Hanna: that II New York does
not name a man upon whom Hanna will put
his 0. K brand the West will get the place
with Dolliver Of Iowa, Fairbanks of In
diana and Irving Scott of California con-
spicuous in the field.
Hanna has organized a scare" for Platt
and II Is expected to have its results
Comptroller Dawes came out very strongly
for Doliiver to-day. and General Grosvenor
VINO arrived this evening. proclaimed Dolii-
yer as the best candidate the best vote
getter. the best orator and the best man all
around for McKinley.s running mate
Dawes is personal friend of the Presi-
dent and deep in the latter's confidence
GrOsvenor is the Presidents mouthpiece on
the floor of the House. Director of the
Mint Roberts added his voice to the DolIi-
ver praise and the concerted effort is hav-
ing its effect tonight.
Yesterday, Hanna asked Platt to put him.
self on record in favor of a candidate the
administration could take before the DoIIi-
yer boom became unmanageable and the
Dolliver boom to-day promptly became ac-
tive and vociferous.
IF you would take us into your cnfidence