Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-21
ROOSEVELT is SELECTED.
Dolliver Asks That Lnfe Young Make
Nominating Speech.

fhlladelphla, June 21-IheOdore
Roosevelt will :'e nominated for the
yice-presidency by acclamation. Iowa
will place til. nam. of The Ro ..sh
Rider before the contention. T.. .:,y-
cite Young, Of Des Moines, was select
ed last cip.t by Congressman Dolliver
to male speech naming Roosevelt
for .fcond ac: Th, selection was.
made in the rooms of Senator Mark
Hanna al he Hotel Walton IT nine
O'Clock. Senator Hanna had turned in
his revolving chair, and squarely fac.
ing Congressman Dolliver, said to him:
well, who shall make The speech nom-
mating Roosevelt?" Congressman Dol
liver. without any hesitation, requested
that Lafayette Young. the man who
had been chosen by the Iowa deiega.
tion to nominate Mr.. Dolliyer for vice.
president, place Col. Roosevelt in
nomination in beilalf OF Iowa. Sepitor
Hanna nodded approval, ana aT. d;iny
Immediately Went into seciusion to
prepare his speech. He Mil speak
without manuscript, and expects to
finish in ten minutes.
A. representative friend of Secretary
long will second the nomins.4 ion and
one of the New York delegates in be-
half OF Timothy Woodruff will also
make seconding speech.
Statement by Hanna. ssl.5 ~
Y Philadelphia, June 2l.- Chapman
Hanna last evening gave. out the foi--SS
lowing statement: "1he aalninistra.
tion has had93Io candidate for vice.
: president. 1T has not been fol or
against any candidate. ItsGcsired the.
convention to make the candidate, and
that has been my position thruout.
have favored {. fair field Tor all. Tn
der these conditions several eminent
republicans nave been proposed, all
of them distinguished men with many
friends. | may now say that on be-
half of all these candidates, and / ex-
cept none, I have within the last twelve
hours been asked to give my advice.
After consulting with as many candi-
dates as possible in the time at my
disposal have concluded TO accept the
responsibility involved in this request.
In the present situation, with the
strong and earnest sentiment of the
delegates from all parts of the country
for Gov Roosevelt, and since President
Mckinley is to be nominated without
{, dissenting voice, it is my Judgment
that Gov. Roosevelt should he nomin-
ated with the same unanimity.
Mark Hanna"
Dolliver Favors Roosevelt.
Philadelphia, June 21.-Congressman
Jonathan P. DolliNer told the members
of the Iowa delegation this evening
that he would not be a candidate Tor
the e-presidential nomination. The
announcement was made at i caucus of
the delegation regarding Mr.. Delivers
chances. A report was brought, to the
meeting by Lafe Young THAI Senator
Hanna had accepted Governor Roose-
selt as the vice-presidential candidate,
and that Secretary of the Navy Long
had withdrawn.
On receipt of this news, obtained by
NJ. d. O'Connell, solicitor OF the treas
ury, George L. Roberts, director of
the mint, and Lafe Young, the dele
gates, jumped up and wanted to know
what Mr.. Dolliver wanted them to do
about the matter.
The answer came straight from the
Roosevelt on the ticket we shall
sweep the country" said Congress
man Dolliver.
lOwanA See Hanna,
Immediately at the close of this
caucus Congressman Dolliver, Director
of the Mint Roberts, Governor Shaw
and Lafayette Young went TO Senator
Hanna's room and We're admitted. They
at once asked Mr.. Hanna if the infor-
nation Mr.. French had brought was
authentic. Mr.. Hanna nodded his head
and smiled that bland smile which he
uses when he is pleased. Then Senator
Hanna produced telegram which he
had received from Secretary Long
early in the evening authorizing a
withdrawal of the secretary's name.
Hanna also recited the substance of
a telephone conversation held with
President Mckinley in the morning,
in which the president said taat Gov
ernor Roosevelt was acceptable to him.
The Dolliver boom went out then and
there. After shaking hands all around