Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-18

Pennsylvania, California, Kansas,
Nebraska. Colorado, Indiana, Hill
nois, and other Big States Are for
Misunderstanding Preliminary Cos
sip as to the Tail of the ticket
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE
long advertised stampede for Roose-
welt, four days before the nomination
can be made, is such as to indicate
that it probably cannot be checked.
Nothing but a positive declaration
from Governor Roosevelt that he
would not accept the nomination aft
er it was made would stop it, and he
will not make that declaration. Some
of the Governors personal friends
have been to him to-day and urged
him to make every effort to prevent
the nomination, but he realized that
he is in no position to declare in ad-
that he would refuse a nomina-
ton after it was rendered.
His position is different from that
of Senator Allison, who has made it
plain that he would decline under sim
liar conditions. Senator Allison is de-
stined to remain in the Senate as long
as he desires. The possibility of the
Presidency has
Passed Beyond His Hopes.
Looking to the future, Governor
Roosevelt and his friends realize that
the declination of a popular and en-
thusiastic nomination for Vice Presi-
dent, may be with the idea that it will
contribute to the success of the party
in the campaign, would no doubt mean
political oblivion. 1t is accepted by
the leaders that Roosevelt was sincere
in his emphatic declarations that he
would not accept and was not a can
didate, but he now realizes that the
popular and political movement to
force the nomination upon him has
reached a point beyond his control.
The attitude of the administration,
and especially that of Senator Hanna,
who has looked to by the delegates to
give the cue to the wishes of the Pres
ident, forms an interesting feature of
the situation as developed ot-day. 1t
has been the general impression that it
only remained for Hanna to give the
word, or for some persons with au-
thority to indicate the wishes of the
President, and that the Convention
will line up for the man selected. From
the very beginning Senator Hanna de-
clared that the President was
Not Taking Amy Part
in the selection of his running mate,
and the Senator gave no indication of
his own choice. He had favored Mr..
Bliss but he announced upon his ar
rival here that for personal reasons Mr..
Bliss could not accept. Many believed
that these personal reasons were that
Bliss could not have the support of
the New York delegation, and that the
hope was entertained that in time the
New Workers would be forced by pre-
vailing outside sentiment to bring for
ward Mr.. Bliss, which would insure
his nomination.
If this was the case, it is now too
late. While the situation is o be-
yond the control of the administration
forces to prevent the nomination of
Roosevelt, it is realized that such ac-
ton, in view of the general stampede,
would be unwise. From first Senator
Hanna has declared that the conven-
ton should make the nomination on
and now hat it is about to do so,
even under the manipulation and with
the assistance of such experienced poll
iticians as Platt and Quay, it would
be unpolitic for Senator Hanna to
make a fight to defeat it, even If the
man elected is not the selection Of the
administration. The only man in the
race who seems satisfactory to the
friends OF the administration was Sec
rotary Long, and his candidacy did
not flourish because Massachusetts
candidate did not impress the dele
gates as giving additional Strength to
the ticket.
With doubt as to the choice of the
administration and with the desire
To Make New York Safe
with a belief among many delegates
that Roosevelt was the one man who
would add strength to the ticket East
and West, it was not difficult to start
the stampede. and tonight it is gener-
ally accepted that the national Repub-
lican ticket will be Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
The attention Of both delegates and
other visiting politicians tonight is
concentrated upon the movement Of
the interest Of Gov. Roosevelt as q Vice