The evening times., 1900-06-18

! PHILADELPHIA, June Is.-Great inter
/ est wac aroused at II O'Clock this morning
By the statement OF Gel " J Young.
| Governor Rcoseyelt's private secretary,
/ that at O'Clock this afternoon the Gov
ernor probably viii have an important
/ statement to give out concerning his at
/ dtude toward the Vice Presidential noni-
nation. The private secretary. however,
I qualified his statement few minutes aft
( eTward by asserting TO other newspaper
men that perhaps the Rough Rider would
I say nothing more on the subject until he
appears On the floor OF the Convention.
| Senator Depew declares that he is wholly
I in the dark on the Vice Presidency and also
as TO what action the New York delegation
viii take Senator PIatt reiterates with
I great pos!tiveness his statement Of last
/ night that Roosevelt viii be nominated.
Senator Thurston says he is confident
Roosevelt viii get up in the Convention
/ and decline the nomination IL IT is rendered
/ 70 him Senator Lodge. Roosevelt's next
best friend. refuses 20 discuss the Rough
Riders relations 20 the Vice Presidency.
and continues to claim that he is for Sec
retary Long.
Senator Cullom. who would not object
to going On the ticket. processes utter is-
| norance Of what is being done He seems
inclined, however, TO seriously doubt that
| Roosevelt viii be nominated.
Mark Hanna is not accessible this morn
/ ing Late last night it vas reported ttat
/ he had yielded" 10 the Roosevelt pres
sure None OF Hannas handy men are
/ very much in evidence this morning E-fth
| their bOoms for Dolliver, Scott Bliss et
| al The statement still is firmly adhered
70 that Hanna and the Administration are
! determined to force the nomination OF
Bliss. and at noon today a report reached
| Kansas headquarters in the Continental
/ Hotel that this morning President McKin-
| ley had wired various members Of the
National Committee. among them Cyrus
/ Leland. the Kansas Committeeman. 10 Go
| all they could for Bliss.
! Hugh MCGOWAN, CT Missouri. General
/ Western Agent Of the Barber Asphalt Com
/ pany. says that Rooseyelt's choice is Gen.
I Francis Vtnto1 Greene. Of New York. and
| that at the Opportune tine the Rough
Rider viii spring Greene's name on tie
| Convention General Greene IS president Of
the Barber Asphalt Company. one Of The
richest and most powerful nonopolies in
| the world and recently was eleeted chair
man Of the county committee il New York
10 succeed LemueI Ely Quigg whom Piatt
has thrown overheard
Greene stands high with the Piatt ma
chine. and It Is considered possible for him
10 develop great strength if in the end
Roosevelt should escape the Vice Presicel-
| tial nomination He is entirely new 70 na-
tional politics. but through his corporation
| connections he was able to secure rapid
| promotion in the volunteer army during
the little brush with Spain. He started as
| colonel Of the Seventy-first New York. vas
made brigadier general before that regi-
meut was sent 10 Cuba to disgrace itself.
] and Greene accompanied the first expedi-
tion Of American troops to the Philippines
under General Merritt. he commanded a
brigade in the inconseQuentiaI land baltic
OF Manila, and Immediately was promoted
to major general.
This brief history Of his connection with
national affairs is given to show what in
| huerce he was able 10 command when he
first entered the arena Of politics. He is
West Point graduate, and quit the Army
about fifteen years ago 20 accept posi-
tion as engineer with the Barber Asphalt
Company. and has worked his way up 10
the presidency Of that huge corporation.
General Greene is very rich in his own
name, and could raise nearly as much
money for the campaign fund as Cornelius
Bliss could. Il is possible for his boom
20 suddenly develop surprising strength
when the convention meets if there is any
truth in the runors that Roosevelt VIII
not accept the nomination. that Hanna and
| the Administration do lot want Roosevelt,
and that all Of the special interests in New
York that are responsible for the Vice
Presidential mud6Ie easily could be united
Ugoa Greene.
II IS entirely reasonable 10 believe that
the Plat machine would throw its whole
/ strength 10 Greene as a compromise be-
tween Bliss and Roosevelt II the Rough
Rider has the held upon the westerners
he is supposed 10 have and is earnestly
endeavoring TO escape the nomination. he
could render very valuable aid to Greene.
The Missouri. Kansas. and Nebraska
crowds talk as if they are quite favorably
impressed with the Greene suggestion.
thus showing that some concerted move
ment Of power and resource has been start
ed for the Barber Asphalt magnate.
J. ]. D.