The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-18


cit to himself, either stop the boom
or decline the nomination if it is given
him. In either event it would be re-
garded as a tacit surrender to Hanna,
and the country at large would assert
that either he had been forced out of
the nomination by Hanna and the adj
r1inistfation or compelled to decline by
the same forces.
Governor Roosevelt was asked this
morning whether the persistent runors
that New York would endorse him to-
night had any foundation He said
rather sharply:
None whatever. The delegation is
pledged not to do So and / am assured
this morning that they will not attempt
to endorse me-
Perhaps they hope to get your con-
sent to such an endorsement, was sug-
gested.
Never. never" he said in his en-
phatic way. u will not consent, no
matter what happens. ] shall not allow
my own state delegation to be for my
nomination You may rest assured that
they will not endorse it,
Among the New York state delegation
it was the opinion that there would be
no attempt to endorse any vice presi-
Dental candidate, the delegation leav-
ing the matter open.
George W. Aldrich said to the Associ-
ated Press this morning in the presence
of Congressman Payne: I don't think
they can stop Roosevelt's nomination,
but don't believe New York will for
!
ton will consider it wise to support the
governor in his attempt to meet this
situation
HANNA WON'T TALK.
Senator Hanna arrived in the city
at 9:45 this morning, having spent the
night with Mr.. Griscom at Haverford.
He went directly to the Hotel Walton
and hustled through the crowd in the
! corridor as rapidly as he could to his
! own apartments on the second floor.
/ But it took a deal of effort on his own
/ part and also on the part of Colonel
| Dick who had met him at the door to
! get through the crowd that thronged
/ about him. Among those who pressed
upon him were many newly arrived del
/ egates who merely wanted to shake
/ hands, and many of them wore badges
/ prOclaiming themselves as advocates of
! Mckinley and Roosevelt. The senator
! looked upon these with a good natured
/ smile upon his broad face, but declined
! to talk 70 the small army of news
paper men he would only say that he
! was not then prepared to say anything.
! i have just come to the city," he
said. How can say anything? I
| have seen nobody
But you have some thoughts of your
own on the situation" was suggested.
Hardly so early in the morning." he
| replied.
With this the elevator snatched him
| out of the hands of the crowd and he
/ went to his own apartments where he
! went over the situation with Colonel
Dick and others of his faithful follow
! ers.
Senator Hanna's friends generally
4 ADMIT very frankly that unless there is
a radical change the nomination of
! Roosevelt is inevitable
Tt now looks said one of the most
prominent of these friends early in the
day, as though both the nominations
of Mckinley and Roosevelt would be
made by reclamation. We do not care
so much about that, but we feel a little
sore over the prospect of the governor
acceptance after his positive declar-
ing to US earlier in the season that he
would decline if nominated
CANNOT DECLINE.
Decline if nominated?" choed Sen
ator Kean of New Jersey, who stands
with Chairman Hanna, decline, he car
not afford to decline if nominated. I dc
not consider Governor Roosevelt's nom
ination as positively assured, for 1 think
he may find way in advance to pre-
vent that contamination. But once
named, he can not decline. No mar
; can"
It was suggested that Senator Allison
| found a way Of stopping his boom.
'.Ah," responded the senator, that is
different. Senator Allison is an Older
man than Governor Roosevelt. He is
established where he is. Mr.. Roosevelt
t is naturally looking out for the fu-
! ture.''
Even Colonel Dick admitted the
; strong probability OF Roosevelt's nom
! nation. Yet he remarked that some
time must yet elapse between now ant
the naming of a vice presidential candi
, date and there was always possibility
! of changes until the end
The orfginators of the Roosevelt
; stampede are not yielding an inch
S Senator Quay is among the firmest
| J. u. Saunders, national committeeman
from Colorado. who was among tn
first to embark upon the Roosevelt en-
terDrise, said today:
I'VE win land our fish sure: it il
even an easier catch than we ha'
| counted upon. No eastern man eve
~ | came to the west who made such al
! impression as did Roosevelt. TIL
s mountains and plains naturally love
a rough rider
f DOLLIvER MEN STILL CONFI-
0 DENT.
f The Dolliver people have abated non
e of the confidence they expressed las
night regarding the chances of thei
!, man. They say they had assurance
o from Governor Roosevelt that h
e would tell them what his intention
= We're, and that they had as yet re
ceived no word from him to the effec
e that he would take the place. LAT
n Young and Director of the Mint Rob
7. ertS, who are working the DOlllVe
: boom, had an enga cement with Gov
n ernor Roosevelt today in which it wa
I expected that the governor would te
le them what he intended to do Beside
l | Young and Roberts the other partle
-e to the conference We're to be Prof. A
IS bert c. Shaw and Prof. g2utler. c
lie Columbia college. Both of these gentle
n men are warm personal friends of Gov
- ernOr Roosevelt and are strongly OF TT
lie opinion that he should not take tn
2 nomination for vice president. The
IS have not ceased to urge him to declir
De the honor if the convention ATTEMPT
D to thrust it upon him, and the Dollivt
s. people are placing great reliance in tt
70 ability of these men to induce the GOV
le ernor to decline to take the place undt
a any circumstances. If they succeed
e. IT,, IN 1o1,a q oIaor fal5 &C foT .
s the nomination is concerned, althoug
u they do not claim that he will stan
pede the convention by any mean
They say that with Roosevelt out
lis the way there will be nothing to it b.
IS Dolliver.
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