The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-22
TICKET IS BAD TO BEAT.
SONs Folks DIDN'T KNOW h00sA'
WELT WAS 50 POPULAR"

SOHs Folks DIDN'T KNOW R00sA'
VELr WAS 50 POPCLAh..
Dsmoerats Admit That They Are Up Asains'
the Hardest Proposition That Could hs'e
Been Contivsd-"Yos Cant Beat H. pay
Repubncaas-A Bet Of $500 to si0o ON IL
The talk last night was not q to whether
| the ticket nominated yesterday would deiea'
that to be nominated at Kansas City. but HOW
| many votes will Mckinley have TO spareF'
| Outside the cotsris Of Republican politicians
! at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the coterie OF
Democratic politicians at the Hoffman House.
! even the possibilities Of the election OF bryan
| did not appear TO DO considered. The en-
| thusiasm for the ticket was particularly marked
Almost any man you met was ready " ses
! out and whoop II up. II was the Rough RIDER
made q hero again. and the strength -ieouy
would bring TO the ticket was wnat tns ofo"uS
seemed to delight 10 talk about.
Some Of the out-of.town Democrats. Demo-
crats from other States particularly, diaht
seem quite to understand It. As former STATE
Senator Thomas Morgan Of Georgia. the young
ct man sver admitted to the bar OF Savannah
put It. Gov. Roosevelt appears TO DO strong
with the peopls. Just Ike Bryan Is. know. OF
course, he was right popular. but didnt
think he bad the common folks with MIN IKE
he has
What do you think Of the ticket senatorf'
asked TIE Sum man
Il have no hesitation. sir. In saying that
n u the strongest tioksk In my opinion thai
the Republicans could nominate but It wont
prove strong enough 10 boat our ticket Bryan
will bs elected, but I must admit that Col. Rooss-
welt viii draw 10 the ticket some Southarn
votes, Hes right popular down ther&'
Standing Q abort distance from Senator
Morgan In the Holman House was the Hon
Norman e Mack. who. with the possible ex-
caption Of Undertaken Mccarthy Of Syracuse.
u the most influential Bryan Democrs In west
ern New York. He was asked how DO liked
the ticket.
do you expect me to throw bouquets at
it'' asked Mr.. Mack by way Of an answer.
Its the uoket we're going to beat, Of course.
but n might DO weaker than II ia
DO you think Roosevelt makes the ticket
stronger In this Stase'' Mr.. Mack wss asked.
\ won't answer that question: said the Buff
falo statesman. after some reelection. i
went to Philadelphia myself. / went there
TO try to get q declaration In favor Of the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo into the plat
form. They wouldn't put It In; which shows
that the Republicans are not In favor Of com
meroial expansion. All I want to say about
thai ticket Ia that ! guess Il II the strongest
ticket the Republicans could have nominated
When Senator Arthur Pue German Of Mary
land was ask ed what he thought. he said:
is 1t possible that they don't know In THH
Bun office yet that I'm q plain farmer nowf"
The Hon. Jimmy Oliver, the fdus Achdtes
Of Col Bryan when the Colonel visits New
York, was holding forth at the Bartholdi
what do l think Of the ticketi- asked Mr..
Oliver. why. / think It will be beaten. and
l think the Republicans weakened themselves
In this State by not saving Roosevelt for their
candidate for Governor"
Two or three men standing near overheard
the expression Of Mr.. divers views. One Of
them, stepping up to him. said:
Il don't know you. sir. but If you think McKin-
ley and Roosevelt will be beaten. III Just bet
you $500 that they won't"
Mr.. Oliver looked greatly surprised II
hadn't occurred 10 him either that any
one didn't know him or that any one wanted
to bet 90 early In the campaign Hs looked
the man over and asked:
-How do you want TO bet III In psnniss1'
MY offer 10 q serious one.- said the stranger,
with much dignity.
We'll. my friend said Oliver. 4 never bet
with q stranger, but II I wasn't going to Cape
Nome to look after . gold-mining concession
1 have. and with only Just about enough money
to get me there and back. 1 think l might be
persuaded to bet you at proper odds
The Republicans had difficulty In finding
enough different ways to express their en-
thusiasm. Congressman James 8. Sherman OF
Utica was one Of the most jubilant Of them
all. lie got to the Fifth Avenue Hotel from
Philadelphia shortly after Q o'clock, and he
was Immediately asked by the reporters what
he thought about it.
Its the greatest ticket that any party has
given the people q chance to vote for In years.
said he. Its q superb ticket and the great
thing about It Is that the second name u Is
strong as the first. Mckinley and Rooseveltl
It's almost like a ticket made up Of Lincoln
and Grant"
do you think that Gov. Roosevelt will a
the ticket stronger than 1t might otherwise
have been In this Slater"
Il do. and for this reason. II Is known now,
and the people will realize 1t more fully as the
campaign srows older, that Gov. Roosevelt
was nominated simply and solely because the
representatives OF the Republican voters OF
the nation demanded him as McKinley's rum
ming mate, and would have no other. His
nomination was the result Of no combination
OF bosses or scheming Of party leaders. The
demand for Roosevelt could not have been
created or prevented by any number Of party
leaders. lie was the peoples choice and you
couldn't satisfy them with any other
State Senator Henry J. Coggeshall Of Water
Vile, which Is In Congressman Sherman's
district, sat over In the amen corner OF the
Fifth Avenue Hotel and watched the deles ates
coma in. He returned from Philedelphia
early In the day. lie said:
The ticket Is q winner. II has a balance
that will appeal more and more to the people a.
election draws nearer. First, IT Is correct
geographically. The Vice President should
have come from the East, and OF all the possible
Eastern candidates Gov. Roosevelt was by far
the strongest. He 10 wonderfully popular with
the people and 1t was a most happy selection
James II. Breslin was talking about tho
ticket to Q dozen friends at the Gilsey when
TBK SUN man AK cd him n he Tx cd the nomins-
tons.
That ticket Is q sure winner. said Mr.. Bres-
lin. Mckinley is strong in the East and 10
many parts Of the West. But in those sections
Of the West where Bryan Ii strong Roosevelt u
Just as strong. II not stronger. Let Roosevelt
- A. uT.-s - k..in Ia salx a. th1..