Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-19

PHILADELPHIA, June 10 Today, on
the forty-sixth anniversary of the day
on which General John G. Fremont
was nominated by the first Republican
convention held at Musical Bund Hall,
on Locust street, III this city, the Ma
tional Republican convention assembled
in the great Export Exposition build
ing in West Philadelphia.
Senator Wolcott is scheduled to serve
as temporary chairmans
Mckinley again will head the ticket.
Foraker is expected to make the nomi-
mating speech on Wednesday.
The Roosevelt boom played havoc
for time with the names Of other can
didates for the vice presidential nomi-
nation.
Platt and Quay. whose object, it was
charged by some,was to humiliate Han
ma, couldclaim the victory. They might
congratulate themselves that it was their
work. But they welded no magician
wand, The secret lay deep down in the
hearts of the Republicans of the coun-
try. Roosevelt's name, unlike that of
other candidates, instantly struck a re-
sponsiye chord in the popular breast. 1t
captured the heart of the convention. 1t
inattered nothing to the rank and file that
Hanna and Allison and Grosvenor and
Tharston and others felt chagrined and
tried to stamp out the fire. 1t mattered
not that even Roosevelt and his friends
poured water upon it. Their efforts were as
futile as hand grenades against confagra'
ton. The people would hear of no one else.
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name. They considered him as already nonii-
mated The town was Roosevelt mad. The
governor himself was sincerely anxious to
avoid the nomination. Some of the friends of
other candidates, embittered by the havoc his
sudden appearance created with the prospects
of their favorites were harsh enough to init
mate that he had been flirting with the situa-
ton from the first But his closest friends
knew that he wanted none of it. He appealed
to them to stem the tide and they did what
they could, reinforced by Hanna and his lieu
tenants.
But the temper of the convention was unde.
niable,
Human nature has it's limits, about
o'clock Monday afternoon, after day OF ter
ribie pressure from hotn sides, Roosevelt Is
sued u statement. Though it thrust aside the
crown in words, it is regarded as virtual SIN
render to the win Of the convention.
Roosevelt's statement was as follows:
In view Of the revival of the talk of myself
AZ vice presidential candidate. / have this to
say:
1t is impossible too deeply to express how
touched / am by the attitude OF those dele
gates who have wished me to take this noml
nation. Moreover it is not necessary to say
how thoroughly understand the high honor
and di entity of the office, Office so high and
so honorable that it is well worthy the ambi-
ton of any man in the United States,
But while l appreciate all this to the full,
nevertheless, 1 feel most deeply that field of
my best usefulness to the public and to the
party is in New York state, and II the party
should see fit to renominate me for governor
| can in that position help the national ticket
"a in no other way, very earnestly ask that
every friend of mine in the convention respect
my wish and my Judgment in This matter
The inside history of the struggle which pre-
eeded Roosevelt's announcement, the secret
conferences of Hanna and his friends, the JOINT
conferences with Roosevelt, the persuasion,