The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-26
WALL LIKES TEDDY
Wichita Delegate to Philadel-
phia on Roosevelt
0RATORY SURPRISED HIM
He Also Thinks That Mark
Hanna is a Great Man.

Judge Wall. delegate to the national
Republican convention returned Sunday
and reporter for the Eagle called or
him Yesterday and found him very busy
but he took time to answer some ques-
tons.
Did you have pleasant timer" queried
the reporter.
yes, 1 had a good time but a very
busy one. as one Of the representatives
to that convention from the Seventh con-
gressionaI district thought it was a
duty which I owed to my people to give
my attention 10 my duties. arrived in
Philadelphia several days before the con-
vention convened, for the purpose of as
certaining So far as could the political
situation, what was best for the party,
and 1 devoted nay time and attention TO
IL 1 found such 4 vide diversity OF opin-
ION as to who should be nominated for the
vice presidency hat 1 soon concluded that
the Trans-M Mississippi country could en-
force the nomination of Governor Roose-
NelL l felt and advocated the view that
the. second man in the nation ought to
compare favorably with the first man
and was unalterably opposed to the nonl-
patton Of respectable mediocrity.
When my associates arrived we had
= meeting. passed resolutions (Which, by
the way, I drew, that We would vote as
unit for Theodore Roosevelt; We did not
despair when the New York delegation on
Monday night indorsed Woodruff nor
when the attempt was made by the man
ayers and leaders to bring about the
nomination Of Secretary Long. When the
Kansas delegation were importuned by
friends of Governor Roosevelt not to en-
deavor to bring about his nomination for
the reason that it would hurtshis chances
in 1904, we replied that our candidate was
big enough to violate traditional customs
and make new precedents. We advocated
a return TO the practice in the early days
Of the republic which was TO take the
next most available man for president
and make him vice president. Let me
FAY here that the Kansas delegation had
headquarters at one Of the leading hotels,
and while it was expensive, we believed
that inasmuch as we were boasting on
100000 bushels wheat crop in Kansas
that we could not. afford to do otherwise.
We endeavored to keep Kansas to the
front; and by the way, our delegation in
the convention hall could not have had a
better location, just across the aisle from
the New York adon-Coloned Roosc-
Welt General Green. Ex-senator Dapew,
Odell, 2iatt and other New York celebri-
ties; just in front The delegation from IN
diana, headed b- Senator Fairbanks, Gov
ernor Mounts and others: just back of US
the Kentucky deleGaUoa, Ex-Governor
Bradley, Governor Taylor, Senator
Yerkes and others: the Ono delegation
was near US. so you can see We Ty.re N
the storm center"
Did the so-caued bosses naIn nate
RooseveIt?" Interrupted the interviewer.
mo, not by any means. 1t was C n
yention in which the sentiment and views
of the average delegate prevailed aIld the
so-called bosses did not get into The band
wagon until they found it necessary to
do 50 to keep the wagon from running
over them and backing over them again"
Was Ele convention an enthusiastic
One?" was further asked.
"Well I should think SO. When The roll
call Of states was finished and every vote
was cast for William Mckinley tie scene
cannot be described, and is it any wonder
Nhen We consider the condition If the
country when Mckinley was inaugd-o ted
and its present condition ana the great
things accomplished. the history made
and our country now recognized as one
Of the great world powers. The u;a-
nimity Of McKinley's denomination is a.
most unprecedented"
What have you TO say about Mark
HANNAH"
He is a great big brainy man, one of
the most forceful men in public life to-
cay ana he made q splendid impression
before the convention in his opening
speech. and I want 30 take this oppor-
tunity of saying, since you ask the Ques-
ton, that I sometimes think that as Re
pubicans. We may be prejudiced to a GER
tain extent against MIR. Hanna by reason
of,the attacks and caricatures in the cp-
position press. 1t has represented him as
being q gross or coarse man. all IF which
Is Gnjustifahle. but of course I viii ad-
NIT that the opposition would prefer that
We should select a poet or super-sensi-
tive. feminine. aesthetic kind Of a fellow
u lead the fight, SO Of course they do Tot
Ike the Iorceiui, energetic, big Mark
Hanna"
Row about the speeches made at the
convertion2''
Well {, would take too long to review
them, BIAS WEI say tina; Senator Woicott.
temporary chairman of the convention.
made logical ana f2rcefu speerh. which
fairly o--ivate5 that sreat audience Of
l6,oo people. Senator Lodge, permanent
Chairman. was, Is usual scholarly and
was tuN and com2lete presentation of
the great issues now before the people.
But think the surprise IN s?sech-maBing
was Theodore Roosevelt. We knew MIN
as writer. as a ranchmau. as the col
onel OF the Rough Riders. the hero OK san
Juan. and IS governor of New York. but
ola not know before that he was an ora
t'-. and the enthusiasm over his speech
was unbounted- Though Senator Depew