Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-03

fOrker-Sulzer Not the Candidate
| of New York State.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 2.-The
Vice Presidential situation has not
cleared up during the day and tonight
| it is apparently in as much doubt as
it was when the delegates to the Ma
tional convention were elected There
was shifting of the scene to-day,
| when Benz. F. Shively, of Indiana, was
taken out of the race by his emphatic
statements to the Indiana delegation
delegates in the city accepted the state
ment of Mr. Shively and he is not now
considered a probability in the race
| AS the contest stands, after Shively's
| retirement, the two leading candidates
seem to be between Towne and Sulzer
with some man from New York like
| Judge Van Wyck or Elliott Danforth as
| possibility under certain contingent
| cies
The fact is that the Vice Presidential
situation is interviewer with the plat
| form If there is a simple reaf-
| firmation of the Chicago platform
some New York man may be Sc
| lected for Vice President in the hope
| they will assist in carrying that State
If there is a specific declaration for 16
to l then Towne may be Bryan's run
| ming mate. 1t is pointed out as not
quite conceivable that convention
which would refuse to
Make Specific Declaration
for 16 to with view of carrying
some of the eastern States would nomi-
nate Towne, who left the Republican
party solely on the ground of his at
tachment to silver. 1t is conceded by
all the Democratic leaders that TONNES
strength is in the west and on silver
platform, and that he would not be
strong in the east on modified plat
form.
While it is not certainty that Towne
would be nominated even if there was a
specific 16 to / declaration, it is generally
believed that his chances would be great
ly improved by such action, and his
friends are making every effort to bring
about that result in the convention.
New York is still an uncertain guam
tity in the field. 1t is still asserted that
she has no candidate, although there is
more genuine activity in the Suzer can
vass than any other that-fs being made.
Mr. Sulzer, while a New York man, is
not the candidate of New York and is
making his canvass outside of that dele
cation That the delegation under favor
able conditions such as concessions in
the platform, would unite on some other
man seems to be perfectly understood,
about by a movement outside the State.
Whether the convention would unite on
Danforth or Van Wyck is uncertain be-
cause of the personality of Hill. There
is yet a great deal of talk about the ex-
Senator in connection with the Vice Pres
idential nomination and in case of mod
| flied platform he might
Be Rushed Upon the Convention.
At the same time it is well understood
| that his selection would not be satisfac-
| tory to Mr.. Bryan. less satisfactory, per-
| haps, than the other New Yorker men
! toned. Mr.. Hill himself insists that he
| is not to be considered and says it in a
| way to indicate that he does not want
| it and that he has doubts about his Sc
| lection if he did want it. There may be
| some dark horses in the stable, some men
who have not yet been considered posi-
BILE or available, some man like Sewall,
| the presentation of whose name was a
surprise and whose nomination was not
even surmised. There are plenty of
guesses made, but no one feels authorized
to make definite predictions.
Ex-senator Hill returned from Lincoln
to-day and II may be said that his return
az ca,,Ca finv1 Il
his departure. The mysterious silence
which he maintained and which he ex-
planned by saying:
MIR. Bryan and myself agreed that
nothing should be said regarding the con-
ference between u.s. did not serve to
whet the political appetite. OF course,
it was not expected that Mr.. Hill would
talk on the conference, but there was a
belief that he would say something of in
terest relating to the platform and the
prospects of a modification, but he was
decidedly non-committal When asked
direct question as to his fight
Against 16 to I Declaration
he said the convention would not meet
for two days. 1t might not act upon the
platform for three days. therefore there
was no reason to now discuss the ques-
ton as to what it was to contain. MIR.
Hill talked with many men and quite
a long time with some of them. but to
no one did he outline his intended posi-
ton or give any intimation as to the
position Mr.. Bryan had taken while dis
cussing the coming convention. To some
visitors Mr. Hill said his conference with
Mr. Bryan was very satisfactory, but in
what particular he did not disclose. When
the matter of his connection with the
Vice Presidency was mentioned he dis
missed it in a manner indicating that
there was not the least possibility of his