The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-09
TEDDY" MUST
LEARN FIRST.
His Voice Must Be Strength
enad for The Campaign.
HANNA Is TO TAKE HIM IN HAND
Must % The Bulk Of His Campaign Talking
West Of The Missouri.
ROOSEVELT PROMISES TO OBEY HIM.
Marx Ssp Il is Wrong for hs G:vsrnu Of New
Yot 10 Wear Such Rough
RljM SIouch.
Must % ihs Bulk Of His Campaign Talking
West Of The Missouri
ROOSEVELT PROMISES TO OBEY HIM.

Canton, o., July 9.--After Governor
Roosevelt's visit to Senator Hanna lass
week the Republican boss talked with
the utmost freedom, referred to the
vice presidential candidate as Ted
dy," and announced him as The star
attraction OF the campaign"
He has placed himself unreseryed-
ly in my hands, said Hanna. "and
we will send him all over the country.
He will be the star attraction of the
performance. First. he must make
that three weeks tour OF New York.
and then I'll take him in hand. His
heaviest work will be done west of the
Missouri. They like him and under
stand him out there. He is in his ele-
ment In that locality.
But Teddy's voice is in bad shape.
/ have told him 10 put himself I'm the
hands of a throat specialist an soon as
he strikes New York. Well get him
into shape just as quickly as possible.
Then, again. Teddy Is awkward at the
oratory game. He strains himself to
make every man within sight hear
him. That is sheer nonsense. Just
look at Mckinley. He is simple
wonder at stump speaking. indoors or
out. Why, In the campaign of 1896 he
made 10 speeches, and the last one at
Youngstown was the best of the
bunch. He was as fresh as field
daisy at the finish But Teddy is toe
emphatic. too ambitious. He will
learn, however. I have no doubt.
II would far rather handle him than
Bourke Cochran, who came 20 me at
the beginning of the campaign asking
to be allowed to do sonething. He
wanted 10 fight free silver, and insisted
upon a parlor car Cochran Is just the
opposite of Teddy. While Teddy wants
to keep at IL all the time, Cochran de-
mands "A long rest between speeches.
He would jump from New York to In
dianapolis, then TO Virginia. then TO
Tennessee and 30 on. until i was half
frantic. j would rather manage an
Italian opera than Cochran stumping
tour any day in the week
SOME THINGS HE MUST LEARN.
Teddy must learn TO take things
easier. He tells me he Is as strong as
a moose bull and l guess he is. but
* will be my business TO hold him In.
He won't stop between sentences long
enough to let people applaud. He has
got whole lot TO learn
Some one In the party remarked that
Tedoy WAS not btfOnS on ciOtnes, anu
that the entire Oklahoma trip was
made by him in one wofully wrinkled
and dusty coat.
That's another fault OF Ted's," said
Hanna. When ne walked into the
convention hall in Philadelphia wear
ing an old rough rider suN / felt like
hanging him. Yes. I did. The idea of
a governor OF New York state wearing
a rough rider slouch. Ii is all wrong.
IL had the dressing OF him he would
wear tall silk hat six davs every
week. and on Sundays to boot; but
can't move him an inch. He simply
will wear that hat
When told that Gov. Roosevelt had
toured TO Oklahoma and back practi-
cally reiterating the one speech at
every stop. Hanna said:
That will never do. He will have 10
get right TO work on a big repertoire.
I'll dhave 10 see to that"