Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-16
HANNA FOR DO|L|V[R.
National Chairman Gives Iowan's
Backers the Strongest Kind Of
Encouragement.
Platt's Man, 0dsll, Is Objectionable
to the Ohioan-Long Second
Choice.
Administration Holding Him in Re.
serve to Defeat Any Unfavor.
able Candidates.

Philadelphia. June 16.-Wellman's
dispatch to the Times Herald: Mark
Hanna is keeping a watchful eye
on Tom Platt. little scrimmage be-
tween the administration manager and
the New York boss is the nearest ap-
Proclamation to a real political battle
the convention is likely to afford. And h
that is only promised: it may never
materialize.
Word came from New York Yesterday
that Mr.. Platt had issued his. edict that
his delegation should be remembered.
This is the lnanenr in which the New
York delegation to national convention
always indicates its wishes. Mr.. Plat
pushes the button and the delegates do
the rest. If Mr.. Plat has really de-
cided to offer MIR. Odell as the candi-
date of New York he is in a fair way
TO create here a most interesting stu
alton.
Senator Hanna is not Very free with
declarations of wha he will or Mill not
do, but it is thoroughly understood
that he will not have MIR. Odell on the
ticket if he can help it. and he thinks
he can. Mr.. Odell may be a good
enough man SO far as his personality
and record go. But he is not consi,.-
cred by any one except Mr.. Platt as
measuring up fairly as vice presidential
timber.
Whether or not Mr.. Plat has aban-
doned his pet projectof stampeding the
convention to Governor Roosevelt re-
mains to be seen.
But Mark Hanna's eye is upon him.
ard already Mr. Hanna's alertness has
produced a bounding leap in the hopes
of the friends of Mr.. Dolliver. Mr.,
Hanna made no concealment this after
noon of his intentions to push the iowa
man in order to head off the scheme of
the willy New Yorker. Whether this
means Mr.. Delivers nomination. or
merely a lively push and a free and
wide advertisements with the prize TO
drop at last in the lap of Secretary
Long or another. remains to be seen.
All any rate. last night it was Mr..
Delivers star which nearly filled the
horizon, and it is likely TO be DolliNer
for some hours TO come.
MIR. Plat is not here vet, and#as yet
we have only runors as to what his
purpose is. But if he decides to press
Odell Mr. Hanna is prepared to beat
him out with the likeliest and most
convenient candidate he has at hand
This may be Dolliver; ii may, in the
end, be another.
There can be no question 8thatin such,
a combat between the administration
lsnanager and tlss. boss of New York the
former will win. Mr. Platt has the
great state of New York. and his friend
s Quay is prepared to come to his aid,
but New York and Pennsylvania to-
gether. and such scattering strength ali
the Fair are able to muster, Will cut a
small figure beside the cohorts Mr..
Hanna is able to command.
The republican party is now a Me-
Kinley party. 1t is not a Plat party.
The rule of the old Patt- Quay national
committee regime was ended forever at
st. Louis four Years ago. Mr. Hanna
is the commander in chief of the new.
army. and he is as absolute as &. Robs
in South Africa. Besides. Mr. Hanna
has skillfully taken position upon the
defensive. He has no program to push
thru. He is simply waiting foi tie
S other fellows to show their hands first,
and then he proposes to move upon
their works.
But suppose Mr.. Plat decides after
all to stick to his original plot and
make an effort to stampede the con-
Nention TO Governor ROOSEVELT What
then? Mr. Hanna, With the presidents
approval, has promised 70 protect"
Gov. Roosevelt against This scheme
~ II tc. Ntnr.r ~.
The simple truth is that next to the
president himself the rough-riding
governor is the most popular man Ia
the party This convention would like
to nominate him for vice president OF
something. II is going TO take all the
skill and force of Mr. Hanna to avert
t. ana even then he is not likely tc
succeed unless Mr.. Roosevelt gives
him help. This the governor viii do
= He is coming here tomorrow to throw
cold water upon his own boom, to make
every delegate believe that If nonin.
ated he will rise in his place and de-
cline.
AT any rate. Dolliver is jumping Ia
the front. Senator Hanna has selected
the young man from Iowa to make The
first running against the PIatt entry
or entries. This naturally encourages
greatly the friends of the representa-
tive from Fort Dodge. 1t will doubt.
less have the effect of stiffening the
backbones Of few of the Iowa dele.
gates who are lukewarm in the cause.
Circumstances are now operating to
push Dolliver out in front Of the string
While 1t is not always a good thing
to make the running in a long race, j,
is possible enough of a lead may be OBJ.
tanned to do the business. The resul
depends largely upon the amount OF
momentum which the Dolliver move.
53 ment may secure.
Mr.. Hanna said yesterday, as he has
said several times during the last week
that there are in the hunt but two
practicable working forces ~ thos;
which make for Dolliver and for Sec.
rotary Long. There is a suspicion
more or less well grounded that Mr.
Long is the presidents choice Of thes,
two, but 1t is not positive choice, no
Isl matter requiring Intervention or thu
use Of force. Mr.. Dolliver is sufficentl,
acceptable to make 1t altogether prob
able that IL he shows up well as tn,
delegations arrive and begin express
Ing preferences the administration will
not interfere to his harm.
a ~ - So,