Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18


upon the Roosevelt ENTERPRISE, said today;
I'VE will hand our fish, sure; 1t - even
an easier catch than we had counted upon
made such an impression as did Roosevelt
The mountain and plains naturally love q
Dolliver- People still Confident.
The Dolliver people have abated mono OF
the confidenfe thay expressed last night
regarding the chances Of their man. They
say that they had-assurances from Cover
nor Roosevelt that he would tell them what
his Intentions were and that they had as
yet received no word from him to the eff
feet that he Douldfnot take the place. Iafe
Young and Director of the Mint Roberts,
who are working the Dolliver boom. had an
engagement with Governor Roosevelt to-
day, in which it was expected that the gov
ernor would tell them what he intended TO
do. Besides Young and Roberts, the other
parties to the conference were to be Pro-
fessor Albert G. Shaw and Professor But
Ter Of Columbia College. Both OF these
gentlemen are warm personal 1rlendS OF
Governor Roosevelt and are strongly or
the opinion that he should not take the
nomination for Vice President 1hey nave
not ceased to urge him to decline the hoior
II the convention attempts to thrust II upon
him, and the Dolliver people are placing
great reliance in the ability of these men
to induce the governor to decllne 70 take
the place under any circumstances. IL they
succeed in carrying their point they say
Dolliyer will have clear field as Tar as the
nomination is concerned, although they DO
not claim that he will stampede - con
vention by any means. They say that WIN
Roosevelt out of the way there WILL De
nothing to it but Dolliver.
Maine Delegation for Long.
The Maine delegation arrived at the Val
ton early today and opened headquarters
on the first floor. near Senator Hanna
to, FOR
Roosevelt consents to allow his name to go
before the convention the Maine men PROB
ably will split their vote between the Ne"
York governor and Cornelius N. BLISS.
This was the sentiment of the delegation
this morning.
The Kansas delegation arrived this morn,
ing, and a number of delegates reported
that the sentiment for Vice President was
nearly unanimous for Roosevelt, DoillVef
being second choice.
The West Virginia delegation arrived.
some of them very late last night and the
balance of them today. In discussing tne
question Of Vice President MOTHS hork-
heimer, the probable chairman OF the ueie-
CATION. said: I'VE are for Roosevelt II ne
can be persuaded to take the nomination.
If he cannot be induced to run we Will 20
for Dolliver. the creator part OF US. we
consider him the best man for the Posltion
outside of Roosevelt. This Is not definite,
however, and If Roosevelt will consent 10
take the pace there will be no other choice
with u.s..
Vfrsininns for Roosevelt.
Virginia's contingent also came In. ana
like nearly all other delegations, declared
Itself for Roosevelt if he could be induceo
to- make the race. After Roosevelt they
were inclined to favor Dolliver, but saio
that they would prefer him to any man
whom the New York delegation might
agree upon. Park Agnew; delesate-at- are
there will be any necessity of considering
any second person il Roosevelt Will consent
to run. We think he Is the best man lor
the position if he will accept AFTER hoose-
welt we like Bliss very well. but DoiilFer Is
a good man and we think very Well OF ms
chances The enc trouble, to our NINA re-
garding Deliver is that he is not from
state where he can add much strength 10
the ticket.
Missouri Factions Rcanited.
The fight in the Missouri delegation for
national committeeman from that state
wound up today IN a love feast. Inc ell
max was reached when ]. A. Akin the
Missouri state chairman. who led the fac
ton opposed to Richard c. Kerens. shook
hands with the latter amid the cheers of
the. whole Delegation. The reconciliation
was brought about in a speech by Charies
G.. Benton, who asked the two men 10 come
together in the interest of harmony and
Missouri in the coming election. Several
other speeches were made, ana the uelesa-
ton was organized without any Irlctlon
whatever When Committeeman kerens
was unanimously reelected every one IN
the room stood up and cheered. D. NJ.
Houser was elected chairman of the dele
CATION. "
CATION said today:
Il hope to have the honor of placing IN
nomination for Vice President. Judge Trip
of our state. In the event of Roosevelt
nomination, of course. l shall not present
Judge Trip But Judge Trip and our
delegation believe that Roosevelt should
not be forced to take the nomination. we
think the convention should not feel that
any candidate has been forced upon the
people. Roosevelt will make a popular can
didate however, but we believe Judge Trip
will be a stronger one In the west
Chairman Knight of the California dele
cation says his state has no candidate for
second place. and that the delegates are
anxious to see any man named who Will be
acceptable to the administration There IS
no objection, he said, on the Pacific slope
to Roosevelt.
Hanna's Advice to Roosevelt.
Senator Hanna, it is stated. advised that
the proper course for him to pursue was to
issue a statement positively declining the
nomination. 1T will be entirely consistent
with your previous statements" Senator
Hanna is said to have urged, and Will con-
vince the people that you have lost none OF
your determination when you set out to ac-
complsh a result.
But l have never asserted answered
Gov. Roosevelt that 1 would decline If
nominated | do not want the Office, but l
am not sure that L can refuse If the con-
yention fails to listen to my protest"
You had better take a razor and cut your
throat" suggested Senator Lodge. TO de-
cline the nomination would be equally as
fatal"
Representative Littauer. another of the
governors personal friends in New York
said: The thing has gone too far to stop
it with appeals to Daniels. 1t cannot be
stopped in that way. The only way is for
the governor to say that he will not accept
under any circumstances. lie would then
carry out the general belief that he is a
man of his word nd of determination
Several other friends of the governor
urged him to positively decline. To his
lose personal friends he announced that
he would come tc a decision by o'clock
this afternoon.
deleea ton from Kansas, headed by J.
r. Burton, the candidate for United States
senator, called and the governor chatted
with them Turning to Mr.. Burton just as
they were leaving he said: My dear fell
low L want to do what Is right by the
party but l honestly believe that my path
of duty lies in New York state"
Iowa Delegation Calls.
A delegation of Iowa men also had long
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