The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-20

still be nominated Gov. Roosevelt be-
lieved that his wishes having besn re-
spected by his own delegation that he is
finally out OF the race.
what is the situation tonight, Sena-
torg''
Roosevelt Is out Of 1t and will not be
nominated"
The question was put to Senator Hanna
and that is the way he answered. There
was another effort during the dry TO
stampede the delegates 10 Roosevelt.
As before the effort.was made by New
York and Pennsylvania. Platt and
, Quay through their lieutenants, worked
all day to make Roosevelt the candidate.
The stampede which had been checked
and turned last night, was begun early
in the morning. Many stories were cir
culated. Roosevelt was quoted as saying
absolutely that he would accept If nomi-
mated. He was also quoted as having
had a change Of heart and wanted a
nomination In fact, all kinds of ru-
mors were in circulation and the stu
atian remains cloudy all day and did not
clear very much in the evening. One
thing definitely developed. There is to
be fight.
The nomination is not TO be made
without contest. Senator Hanna Is do
ing all he Ecan to defeat Roosevelt and
has determined to continue that line TO
the end. lie is lining up tho friends of
the administration against Roosevelt. In
l. al Ar.fl
wishes of Roosevelt, who has urged all
delegates visiting him not to vote for
him for Vice President.
The next serious proposal that con-
fronts Mr.. Hanna is what he shall do as
between Long and DolIiver. There is a
popular sentiment for Dolliver In the
West that is hard TO ovecroue. Long is
and while no objection is urged against
him, he does not attract the delegates
But he is Mr.. Hanna's personal choice
and it preferred by the President. Dolli-
yer friends have pointed out to Senator
Hanna that the Iowa candidate has now
got into the fight so far that he wants to
win, to which Hanna replied that defeat
would not injure DolItver. He has al
ready acquired a great deal of proni-
hence, says senator Hanna, and he will
not be injured IL he should be defeated
by a candidate like Secretary Long.
In making the fight against Roosevelt,
Senator Hanna finds the opponeu55 of
Roosevelt divided, some for Lor md
some for Dolliver. The question of GRAMS
ferring the vote from one TO the other
without nominating the man they wish
60 defeat is the difficult problem.
''If we can't do it, then we have not
got control of the convention" said SEN
ator Hanna. III the friends of the Presi-
dent cannot agree upon n candidate and
by their differences cause the nominal
ton Of a man that is not wanted and
does not want the place, they will have
to take the responsibility for it,
The Senator did not believe that there
would be n loss OF more than few votes,
although Dolliver men in the West de-
clare that they will not vote for Long
and there seems to be large number
of Eastern men who are now for Long
who say they prefer Roosevelt to Dolli-
yer. This Is one of the chances that Sena-
tor Hanna is willing to take in the fight
he is making.
The conference between Senator Han
ma and Senator Platt were an interesting
feature of the Vice-P Presidential contest.
Hanna talked to Plntt as he had talked
to Odell and Quigg the day before. He
told him that because he did not want
Roosevelt in New York was no reason
why he should attempt to force him upon
the party in national politics. Platt then
tried to get an agreement from Hanna to
support Odell and this was refused on
the ground of being unjust TO the other
candidates in the field. Platt asked for
time and the matter went back to the
New York delegation.
IKE contest has not assumed any such
definite form as to even approximate the
strength of the candidates. The action
of different delegations have so me sig
nificance. New Jersey with ~ votes and
California with IS declared for Long.
Other states evinced desire to support
any candidate agreeable to the admins
tration while there are a number of states
in the West that are determined to vote
for Roosevelt. In Maryland there was u
curious action. The delegates was favor
able TO Roosevelt, but decided to take
him at his word and not support him.
Then they heard that the administra-
ton was for Long and a number of them
sent word to Hanna that Longs nomina-
ton would be difficult to carry in that
state.
Philadelphia, June 19.-<One of the
prettiest contests among the state dele
cations was that today in the Ohio dele
cation for national committeeman. Three
candidates had announced themselves and
while it seemed certain that George b.
Cox of Cincinnati would be chosen, an
other candidate, NJ. A. Norris of Youngs-
town, suddenly developed unexpected
strength, his friends asserting that he
would be elected. They reckoned without