The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-18
His Position Is Different from That of
other Men Who Have Hoped
for the Convention Prize.
THE ROUNDUP OF SENTIMENT
FEELING OF THE DELEGATIONS TO-
WARD THE OTHER CANDIDATES.
Several Men Will Receive the Compli-
mentary Votes Of Their States
Few Are in to Stay.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE corre-
spondent of tie New York Tribune to-
night telegraphed to his paper the follow
ing summary of the vice presidential situa-
ton:
Senator Thomas c. Platt's failure, under
the pressure of the last few days, to pre-
sent or indorse as New York's choice for
the vice presidency candidate acceptable
to the Republican sentiment in other parts
of the Union. is likely to have decidedly un-
pleasant and embarrassing consequences
for Governor Roosevelt, wearied with Mr..
Platts harping on such candidates as Oden
and Woodruff, and feeling that If, for rea-
sons of campaign expediency the vice
presidential nomination is to go to New
York. The convention should not be
guided in its choice solely by Mr.. Platt's
prejudices or preferences. Republican lead
'ers from. other States have taken up, with
all seriousness. the project of side-tracking
Woodruff. Odell or any other similar aspir-
ant, likely to be named tomorrow at the
delegation caucus, and bestowing on Gov
ernor Roosevelt, in spite of his repeated
and fervent protestations. the vacant place
on the Republican national ticket.
The first step in this movement to deter
mine New York's choice Of a nominee by
outside pressure was taken this morning,
when Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
called Governor Roosevelt and told him
that poll just made of the keystone State
delegates had shown that fifty-two Of the
sixty-four would vote for him for Vice
President on the first ballot. It is under
hot 80
Penrose his regret that the Pennsylvania
delegates should have decided to force him
into the field a vice presidential candi-
date. But the Pennsylvania senator did
not apparently take the Governors chagrin
as seriously as it was expected to be taken,
for, as a result Of the interview, the i'm
preston quickly spread that no decisive
check would be put upon the zeal of any
delegates who might declare their intention
of making selection for themselves
among the New Workers available for the
vice presidential nomination.
1t was not TO be expected, of course, that
Senator Penrose should receive any very
positive hint of encouragement from Gov
ernor Roosevelt, after the latter's many
violent refusals to allow his name to be
coupled with the Republican vice presi-
Dental nomination. The Governor is a
politician of some tenacity of purpose and
sense of consistency. and extraordinary
political pressure would doubtless be re-
quired TO force him to eat the professions
Of repugnance toward service in the vice
presidential chair in which his utterances
have abounded for several months past.
HE MUST YIELD.
-
the attempted transference of his activi-
ties from congenial field at Albany to an
uncongenial one at Washington, and what
ever protests he may indulge in at to-
morrow's caucus against the change of
programme which he thought his presence
in Philadelphia would prevent. the Gov
ernor will find that he is struggling with
currents In politics of whose power he had
not obtained at Albany clear and ade-
quate conception. That he will throw over
board his personal preferences and yield
his firmly developed sense of consistency
is not doubted by the political managers
who have arranged the forces in this
convention as TO make his nomination for
the vice presidency apparently inevitable
OF course. the processes by which the
Governors nominatlon-is to be effected are
as yet underlined, but of his inability to
escape the obligation which the party man.
ayers of all shades of opinion. seem deter
mined to impose upon him. there can be
very little serious question. The de-
cision of the Pennsylvania 'saders to start
to-day's landslide toward Roosevelt was
Influenced by variety of reasons. To Mr.
Platt's political intimacy with ex-senator
Quay, to-day's unexpected and somewhat
embarrassing offer OF votes TO Governor
Roosevelt is largely traceahle. AS every
one knows, Mr.. Platt's keenest anxiety has
been to escape the necessity OF renominat-
ing Mr.. Roosevelt for Governor by the
easy device of making him President Nc
Kinley's running mate" on the national
ticket. But as Mr.. Platt was under pledges
TO the Governor To take no overt steps to
procure his nomination for Vice President
the New York delegation could not there
fore openly support Roosevelt inside or
outside the convention. But what more In
genious means could be devised &c provoke
the result Mr.. Plat has so much at heart
than to inspire political friend in a
neighboring State to launch Roosevelt