The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-20
TEDDY SCHEMTNG
FOR NOMINATION.
How the Willy New York Gov
ernOr Is Embarrassing
McKINLEY's ADMINISTRATION.
Is Playing the Nicaraguan Middle For All
It Is worth and Is Making the
Administration MS OdiOus
as Possible.
Especial Correspondence.1

lpDtClil OOIItSDOlluelltt.l
Washington, Feb. IS.
Governor Roosevelts attitude on the
canal question is attracting good deal
of attention here and ii is freely stated
that If the administration loses suf-
ficient popularity through it's alliance
with Great Britain and it's canal sur
render, the Rough Rider" will fight for
the post of standard bearer this fall.
He has positively refused the nomina-
ton for vice-president, telling the crafty
Platt that in no circumstances could
he be forced to accept the place. I'm
the improbable event Of the Philadel-
| phia convention nominating me unani-
mously and without opposition for the
vice presidency, / would decline to ac-
cept," said he. Then he clinched his
| refusal by hurting defiance at Great
Britain, serving notice that the Nicara-
qua canal must be constructed, owned,
and controlled outright by the United
| States. It is suspected. therefore. that
| Roosevelt has his ambition for the first
place hitched to the mighty winds of
national protest engendered by the
administrations pro-British attitude,
and 1t is not doubted that If he makes
a canvass on this issue he would cause
a good deal Of trouble at the White
House, though, Of course, Hanna has
the party machinery 50 we'll in hand
that it would probably be impossible
to defeat the denomination Of the ami
able Mr.. Mckinley. But in view Of pos
sible complications, an effort Is to be
made to nominate him despite his
refusal. The Importantly to that end
has come from men who insist that he
would add sorely needed strength to
the ticket and that 1t would be to his
own best interest to accept the nOmina-
tion. TIE belief IS entertained by the
men who want Governor Roosevelt that
If he is not nominated no New York
man can be, and that then q western
man will get the nomination. The fear
is expressed in very forceEul terms that
the nomination going to the west, it will
fall upon someone that will have to be
carried through the campaign on the
already overladen shoulders of Nc
Kinley.
: The humiliating situation of the ad-
ministration in being obliged to appeal
to Roosevelt to save it, is rendered
worse by the growing suspicion that the
& Hay-Pauncefotet treatyis merely another
effort engineered by Mark Hanna and
the transportation lines of the country
to check the building of the Nicaraguar
i canal. 1t is significant that the state
, department denied positively that any
treaty was denied until it became evi
: dent that the ship subsidy bill would
fail 1t appears that the railway ant
steamship influences, which had with
=, drawn their opposition in consideration
= Of the bounties they were to receive un
: der the latter measure are said to hav
D. induced Secretary Hay to negotiate {
> treaty which they knew could not b.
3 ratified.
u Well informed members of congress
senators as well as representatives, ar
deeply impressed with the belief tina
the administration has purposely AM
ineXtricably intermiXed the canal en-
IL terprise with the ship bounty scheme
According to this view the administra
=, tion has deliberately set to work to con
ii fuse the issue of the canal enterpris
in q mass of menacing internationa
complications, the treaty being draw
for the purpose of postponing con
summation of the canal enterprise un
lie til the country accepts the ship subsid
q scheme. That this is true the surpris
ie ingly sudden schange of Senator Elkin'
W attitude is being put in evidence. MI
n EllSins at first opposed the treaty, bu
[, within twenty-four hous he veered com
If pletely around to its support. Senate
lie Elkins' change of front is being &C
ii counted for by the fact that he is
IS candidate for second place on the ticke
\ with Mr.. Mckinley, and therefore
= behooves him to advocate all admins
,g tration measures and show sympath
ye for the interests which will supply tn
I'd funds for the fall campaign.
ip CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT.
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