The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-17

Bliss because he believes his selection
would be victory for Hanna in New
ork. Bliss and Hanna do not want
OdeI' because it would be an absolute
surrender to Platt. Neither wants Wool
, [uh; Platt is not fully decided about
', oueii, ana the delegation may finally get
Greene 'ioH Oh Gen.
Meanwhile the friends Of the otber oon
1loates have not been inactive H.
I5e. i5S1i iuesI klhd Of work is being done for
1.epi :. ieSehtatlVe Dolliver. The lowe oaYo
9IIete 9nid arrived this afternoon. The ToIZo
tlon is here, and has decided 70
Wo Piesent DolliVer's name, I,afaVe+to
toI edItor of the Des Moines Cani-
nonoilattrl.ss ms peeh selected to make the
~ -oIi-iil9 tllg speech. Dolliver is not TIL
rs Us re says that his position is 60
, on@. II does not justify him in eaI,irl,
y @ 'iiliIS further than that he is 4s
-. al the cordiality with which -
Iiiellos assure him of their sunnort NE VS.
luton 4;ul loil' VINO heads the Kansas da1eea
hoal', eNES E the suggestion of Dolliver hoe
se9+o+4l t'eIi reserved in that state. Renra
Ii'e'lIVe 81 LII, of Connecticut &c o,,de
the earnest Dolliver workers ~ u oIle oI
our years ago the presidan+ioI 80.
hdu 80 majority in the eJectoraI noi
- II we lose any it will he +ba On
80 .cIeS III maryland and Kentuclxv W.
VIII the bulk of the votes como go
~, III make up the loss, if it SHOULD occ,1r9
i,ata are IN Wyoming, in South Do
90 ~ Al hdhsaS and 4 in Washington
baUo DoIiiHeg a ;g Is the man most likely to
I've an influence on these states &C .
candidate for vice president a,'o9., d
'ahe man from the West of tbe Nj
SIo9Ippl' we do not need anv one to
carry states in the East. New Yor1, is
apsoiuteiy safe if Bryan is nominated
slnu SO We should look to the West if we
want 10 strengthen the ticket"
DtlsS tdlk continues in spite of the re-
peated assertions of Mr.. Bliss himee1f
supplemented by the statement Of So So
tof mamma, that he would no longer ba
considered a candidate Mr. Rliss biro
ser arrived today, and said there was
tlothlhg to add to what he had said he
Iore. Western men who came in CON
tact witt Mr. Bliss when he was secre-
tdry OF the interior, insist that he would
NC very stfong throughout their section
al, PIeseltauVe Joe Cannon, who heads
the Illinois delegation, remarked thar
Bliss would be the strongest candidate
10 nominate If he will accept"
a similar remark was made bv Sena
tor Gallinger, of New Hampshire who is
at the head of the delegation from his
state. lie said:
suppose New England will vote pret-
90ii0i 0ily AoI secretary Long. / may
90 so myself, but there is really no noIi
tics in nominating a man from Massa-
chusetts. All the New England states
are safe. Bliss would be the best man -
But how about his repeated declina-
tions?'' he was asked.
WE'LL they may prevent his being nom
mated. L really do not know" was the
reply.
1t was suggested to Senator Gallinger
Fairbanks and he said:
That would be a good selection. If
we are to nominate man to strengthen
the ticket, he ought to come from New
YORK or Indiana. Both have always been
hard states to carry
There has not been much said about
Senator Fairbanks today though there is
still possibility that he will be named
Senator Hanna declares that he does
not even know what Senator Fairbanks
thinks about it, but believes that he
does not want the nomination.
There is still an air of mystery around
the candidacy of Secretary Long.
persistent belief is apparent that he is
the man favored by the administration.
that it is the card up the sleeve of Sena-
tor Hanna, and that it is to be played
at the proper time. The chief difficulty
seems to be that too many delegates are
strength to the ticket in certain Iocali-S >
ties, and Secretary Long can claim no
such qualification. 1t is said that he
will not be pressed by the friends of the
administration unless the indications are
propitious, and until after it has develop
ed that certain other candidates are not
available. This talk goes still to the ef-
feet that if Long is the administration
card the fact will not be shown until
after New York has had an opportunity
to determine what she will do.
The Pacific coast is determined to make
itself heard in the convention Cali
fornia and the mountain states are keep
ing the name of Irving Scott, the "build
er of the Oregon" before the people,
the Oregon and Washington men
have not abated their interest in the can
didacy of Bartlett Trip. And so the one
feature of the convention-the vice pres
idency-remains the sole topic of inter-
est in the great Republican national
convention.