The Delawarean., 1900-06-16
A REMINISCENT TICKET.

The Republican National Convention
will meet in Philadelphia on Tuesday
next All of this week the committees
having in charge the details connected
with the gathering have been busily
engaged performing their duties. Mr.
Mckinley is to be nominated again for
the Presidency, and the platform
through which his party is to appeal
to the American voter for support has
been decided upon by the men who
engineer this part of the Conventions
work. The point with pride" and
view with alarm portion of the busi-
ness is therefore all cut and dried, as
is the selection of the leading candi-
date.
But there seems to be a hitch on the
Vice-Presidency Whether it be lack
of enthusiasm or fear of the result that
deters them, certain it is that up to
date, the men whom the most astute
leaders Of the party and the President
himself are reported to have solicited
to accept the honor of a Vice-PreSi-
dental nomination, have refused
Prominent among these are Governor
Roosevelt of New York, and Senator
Allison of Iowa. The latter, it is
stated, personally visited the White
House on Monday and bluntly declined
to consider the nomination, in response
to the Presidents personal appeal that
he should accept it.
There are candidates for the position,
of course, and no lack of them, but the
work of the leaders for months past
shows that they are not exactly of the
quality desired There's Secretary
Long, of the Navy. He is personally
anxious for the honor and his friends
are pushing his claims, but the men
who will be compelled to manage the
campaign are apparently of the opinion
that one member of the present adj
ministration is burden enough for the
party to carry through this contest
: without saddling another on it. So
they are opposed to the Naval Secre-
= tary occupying a place on the ticket
: Congressman Dolliyer of Iowa, who
+ has made his mark as a campaign
S orator, wouldn't object to pulling sec
n ond oar in Mr.. McKinley's boat, and
his friends claim that he has an ex-
# cellent stroke of stump oratory. But
! The working managers enter the objec.
) tion to the Dolliver boom that it will
i take prestige as we'll as talk to wir
n this race, and the shoulder they are
: turning in his direction is decidedly
! chilly. AT almost the eleventh hour
! there has been mentioned candidate
e who has attributes that should recon-
mend him strongly to a Republican
e National Convention This is Cor
! nellus Bliss, of New York Mr.. Blis
e has money, barrels of it-this is
n strong point, a very interesting point
Is as Mr.. Weller would put it. Then Mr.
Bliss has the political acumen whicl
is acquired by the New Yorker trainet
IS in Senator Platts Republican maehin
E. methods. This may also come in good
N And finally, think of it, what cam
n paign slogan the combination woul
] make to wake the campaign echoe
/ with Mckinley and Bliss! How tn
W cross roads orator would play on thai
" This is the strongest recommendation
II of all.
is 1t might be difficult, in the light o
g. sad experience, to make the averag
id voter believe that another dose OF Nc
is Kinleyism would mean bliss-but j
IS might be worth trying. AS it stand
j. we believe that Bliss will win. Nc
x Kinley and Bliss. therefore. in on
lg opinion, will be the ticket named, an
sincerely we hope that both will deriv
all the bliss possible out of the nomi
nation and the fun they'll have durin
le the campaign, for it will end there
and there will be no bliss for McKinle
d nor Mckinley for Bliss after the vote
is are tailed in November.