The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

PHILADELPHIA. June 16.-The feature OF
the situation which cOnfronts the Re-
publican hosts at the close Of the week |
preceding the assembling of the con-
vention is the absolute unanimous dis
position to carry out fully the wishes
of the president in everything relating
to the coming convention. As the clans
from every quarter Of the country
gather, the overwhelming sentiment Is
that having served one good term, Nc
Kinley deserves another, and that good /
faith and good politics demand that the
wishes of the candidate, as nearly as
can be ascertained. shall be respected
in the matter of the vice presidency as
we'll as Of the platform upon which ne
is to go to the country.
The national committee completed IT'S
labOrs in connection with the contests
today by leaving the Delaware factions
suspended in mid-air.
President Keeps Hands Of.
The vice presidency is the uppermost
topic in the minds of the leaders as Wen
as the rank and file 1t is the only
bone of contention and that contention
would cease very quickly if anybody
We're authorized to say exactly what
the president wants. If there is any
plenipOtentiary of the president here
he has not presented his credentials.
The men who are popularity supposed
to be McKiniey's spokesman are the
most careful to disclaim any power Of
attorney and their reticence in pro-
claiming a candidate leads the rank
and file to believe that the president
has declared hands off" The result
is that anybody and everybody who
has candidate feels at liberty to boom
him to his hearts content for the time
hafv af lens nT- Allison
would be first choice of the majority
of the leaders, but both of these men
have turned deaf ears TO the Supphca-
ton of the managers. Secretary Long
of Massachusetts they are holding in
reserve in case another not so accept
able as he should become too fOrmid-
able.
New York Center of Interest.
The most difficult problem arises in
connection with the New York delega-
ton. Headed by the Big Four, Platt
Roosevelt. Depew and Odell. the EN-
pire states elite delegation came to
town and set the gOssips mad with
speculation. To New York the 1Ogicians
argued, the nomination naturally
should go TO secure a well balanced
ticket geographically. and if New York
should present candidate, solidly
backed. unless the candidate were ac-
Ceptdble. there might be trouble ahead
for the managers. The somewhat
strained relations between Platt and
Hanna also served to turn attention to
this state.
Lieutenant Governor Timothy Wood
ruff, already on the ground with head
quarters opened and buttons engraved,
has never been considered seriously
but the possibility that the New York
delegation might get together on OdeH
or General Greene, or Bliss, if he could
be induced to change his mind at the
eleventh hour, makes the political pro-
phets pause.
Governor Roosevelt still firmly ad-
heres to his determination not to be a
candidate, Notwithstanding his wOndelr
full hold upon the imaginations of all
Until New York finally acts at the
meeting of this delegation on Monday.
unless the situation should crystalline
meanwhile, prophecies are Valueless-
May be General Greene.
Tonight the situation in New York
* Just this: They want the vice presi-
dency. Senator Plat does not want
Bliss because he believes his selection
would be a victory for Hanna in New
York. Bliss and Hanna do not want
OdeU because it would be an absolute
surrender to Platt. Neither wants
Woodruff. Platt is not fully deter
mined about Odell, and the delegation
may finally get around to the presea-
tation of General Francis V. Greene.
Meanwhile the friepds of the other
candidates have not been inactive. The
hardest kind of work is being done for
Representative DOlliver, thc Iowa can
didate. who arrived this afternoon. The
Iowa delegation is here and has deCid-
ed to present Delivers name La
Fayette Young, editor Of the Des
MOines Capital has been selected to
make the nominating speech Mr.. Dol
liver is not talking. He says that his
position is such that il does not JUS
tify him in saying anything further
than that he is grati1ed at the cor
diality with which his friends assure
him of their support. Mr.. Burton, who
beads the Kansas delegation. says that
the suggestion of DOlliver has been
well received in that state.
Bliss Does Not Want It.
Bliss talk continues in spite of the
repeated assertions of Mr.. Bliss him
self. supplemented by the statement of
Mr.. Hanna that he would no longer be
considered a candidate. Mr.. Bliss ar
rived today and said that there was
nothing to add 10 what he has said
before.
There has not been much said about
Senator Fairbanks today, though there
is still a possibility that he viii be
named.
The Pacific coast is determined to
make itself heard in the convention.
California and the mountain states are
keeping the name of Irving Scott, the
builder of the Oregon, before the peo-
Die. while the oregon and Washington
men have not abated their interest in
the candidacy of Bartlett Trip.
Tomorrow, with marching clubs and
brass bands. the westerners will invade
the monotony Of Philadelphia's Quaker
Sabbath and make the Welk,u ring
with their VOCiferOus actions IN true
d western style. And tomorrow, for the
first time. Philadelphia viii take on the
appearance Of a convention city.
Wolcott is for Scott
Senator WolcOtt Of Colorado arrived
today and Immediately announced
himself as favorable to the candidacy
of Irving Scott Of California for the
vice presidency.
Scott candidacy would appeal tC
every western man." he said. He is
a man of great force of character, and
/ believe his nomination would ado
strength TO the ticket"
Mr. WOlcott said that he was not
himself a candidate for a place on tbs
ticket and would not be
Don't YOU think ii about time Il
launch the Elkins vice presidential
bOom?" asked Senator Scott of Wes'