Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-20
ALL FOR ROOSEVELT
New York Governor Still Leads for
Vice President.
THE WOODRUFF BOOM A BY-PLAY
Futile Effort to Get Expression
From the President.
SEN ATOR HANNA WON OVER
THE WOODRUFF BOOM A BY-PLAY
SEN ATOR HANNA WON OVER
Special From Staff Correspondent.

| PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 2O.-The eau
cusing and comforting of practically an en-
| tire night have not cleared up the vice
presidential situation. The efforts of Mr..
| Hanna to overcome the Roosevelt move
| ment have been productive of results to this;
| extent only, that delegations camoring for
| the rough rider are somewhat more amen
| able to reason and show a disposition to
| proceed in a more deliberate way toward
| the object of their desire. This is some
| thing gained, but in order to make the ad-
| vantage serviceable it is necessary to pro-
| duce another candidate whom a majority
| of the convention will consider while Roose-
| Welt is still in their hearts.
| The purpose Of having the nominations go
over another day is to give time to fret
and wear out the Roosevelt spirit The re-
| lance of Hanna is in Roosevelt himself,
but not in the same way it was In the be-
ginning. AT first Hanna relied Roose-
| velts tirmness to make emphatic his decli-
| ration of the nomination. The governor
| having failed to come up to his expectations
| in this respect the hope is now in his mani
| Testing a weakness through being fretted
| irto a display of lating and instability
| OF character.
| The horse traders trick of putting a bur
| under the sadde-cloth of his rivals horse
| in order to make the animal display an
| undesirable disposition, is being played on
| the rough rider. He is being exhibited as
| farsaS possible to his ov. II disadvantage oy
| having representatives of the infected dele
! cations run IN on him with tenders of sup
| port and appeals to be their candidate. when
| he is SO pestered ncttled and annoyed that
he appears inCohCrent, hySterical and of
| unsteady purpose. In This way delegates
| are shown what appears to he a phase of his
| character which is new to them, and some
| OF them come away as if they had ex-
| perlenced a diSlluSion.
Played Against Himself
Thus Roosevelt is now being played
| against himself in a way to somewhat mar
his reputation for sagacity and force of
| character He is being placed at a per-
| sonal disadvantage with the idea of over
| coming the popular infatuation for him.
| Between this move of the opposition under
| the gulse of furthering his own wishes ard
| the plans of Platt to make him impossible
as political power in New York state.
| Roosevelt Is placed in danger of getting
| nothing and suffering a loss of reputa ion
| Il he is not nominated for Vice President.
! Being pulled this way and hauled the
other until he is almost hysterical and so
| worn out that he hardly knows what he is
! saying, he is questioned by one man and
| then another. and his replies are repeated
| In as many different forms there are in
| terviews with him, until he is presented
from so many different points of view as to
| almost place him In the light of not hav-
| ing any fixed attitude, when a matter of
fact he has not departed from the one po-
| s1t1on OF not wanting the nomina ton
| but not being willing to say that he would
| refuse to serve the party as a candidate
| If the convention demanded it of him. This
| uncertainty Is counted to be wearing
| upon the delegates. well as upon the
governor, and to tire them out of the posi-
| biltty Of feeling the enthusiasm necessary
| to a stampede by the time a vote on the
| Vice presidency is had
New YOrk's Peculiar Attitude.
/ 6t,,1a nF he
| tibn is equvocal and confusing After
| hours of conference last night and this
morning, the delegation voted to support
Woodruff for the vice presidency. This
| action was declared to be unanimous
| though there was protest and no vote was
| taken indicating the attitude of the dele
| CATION this signifies nothing and will not
| change the situation at all unless delega-
| t1ons of other states become weary and
| disguised, not understanding the real pur-
| pose of Mr.. Platt The fact is that If any
| thing would inspire in Roosevelt a de-
| termination not to accept the nomination
| under any circumstances 1t would be the
| presentation of his name to the conven-
| ton by his own state. For this reason The
| failure of New York to indorse him is in
the interest of his nomination and accept
| ance. Moreover, the Unanimous de-
! clsion to support Woodruff is a notice
served on Mr.. Hanna that as far New
| York Is concerned this Is the only alter
| native to the nomination of Roosevelt. Still
| another phase of the action is that it gives
| Hanna an opportunity to yield to popular
| demand and accept Roosevelt, without
| seeming to have such action dictated to
| him by Platt
| The situation is actually unchanged ex
| cept for the increased possibility of the
convention becoming weary of the eXaSper
| ating uncertainty and deciding to take
! Roosevelt at his word and thus end the
| matter as far as he is concerned.
| Difficulties of Anti-RoOsevelt Forces.
The difficulty in the way of every effort
| to organize the forces opposed to the nomi-
| nation Of the rough rider lies In the fact
| that delegations cannot readily be trans
| ferred from their first choice to any other.
Nearly all of them seem to prefer joining
| in the Roosevelt boom rather than turn
| from their own particular candidate to
| some other decided on to lead the opposi-
| tion 1t is well understood that If Long
| Is required to give place to some other
| candidate Of the opposition most of his
| present personal following will go at once
| to Roosevelt. From the point of view Of
the Massachusetts people there is no other
| than Long on whom to unite. They will
not Join in a proposition Of ''any one to
| beat Roosevelt"
Long Boom Revived.
In consequence of the failure Of the New
| York delegation to declare in favor OF
| Roosevelt, there was strong revival this
| morning of the Long boom. The fear that
| practically all of the original Long sup
| porters would go over to Roosevelt should
| an attempt be made to shift them to an
| other candidate furnishes reason for max
| ing the Massachusetts, man the candidate
| on whom to unite the ant-Roosevelt forces
| On account of Longs not giving promise of
| stf1c1ent strength for the purposes of Mr.
| Hanna. efforts have been made, since he
| was first selected, to shift from him to
another candidate The fact that while
| earnestly supporting Long, Lodge could
i not be induced to support any other ca-H'-
| date against Roosevelt indicated tha
| withdrawal of Long would simply
| the transfer to all intents and purpo
| the Massachusetts senator from the /. ,rua
| to the Platt camp.
| Whether the Roosevelt movement is GO
| ing to collapse depends on whether it Is
| the purpose of New York to simply give
| woodruff the compliment of vote and
| then yield the struggle.
| The course Of the delegation and the talk
| of its leaders are open to different con-
| structions, and 1t will take little time to
| develop what their contemplated move is.
| The assertion is made that Platt has 1t
| all set up to have enough votes cast for
| Roosevelt by other state delegations before
New York is reached to make it sure that