Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-14
FIRST SHOTS
Republican Leaders Gather
ing in Philadelphia.
A FIGHT ON D0LLLvER.
Manly, of Maine, is knitting Him.
Despite Fight on the Iowa Man
His Boom Outclasaes All
the Others

11A0 oOOH OutCtABh01 AL
she Others
Philadelphia, June 14.-With the first
regular meeting of the national COM
mittee the convention of 1900 properly
began yesterday. The committee meet
ing was wholly formal, being concern
ed exclusively with the creation of an
official roll of delegates and the settle
ment of contests on prima facie ba-
sis.
(. Aside from this the meeting of the
committee, and particularly the arrival
of Chairman Hanna, has given the gos-
sips chance to talk on the vice presi-
Dental question.
II Senator Hanna and Senator Allison
came over from Washington together,
and this gave rise to boom of large
proportions for the Iowa senator.
i4! Allison Not I'm Race.
The boom received rude setback,
however, when Senator Hanna later
said:
Il have said when asked whether Mr..
Woodruff was a candidate that hoped
not, and I do not retract that state
ment. That is the way feel. As for
Mr.. Bliss, he is an admirable man, but
he isout of the question; he cannot ac-
cept. Mr.. Allison? Well, came over
on the train with him, and he is abso-
lutte in his refusal. There is no doubt
of his sincerity in not wanting the
place. And as a matter of fact, we can
not spare him from his present place in
the senate. He is worth a dozen of us
other fellows there"
The result of the removal of Senator
Allison from the vice presidential can
vass has been to direct attention again
to Bliss of New York and Dolliver of
Iowa.
Fight ON Dolliver.
| A small coterie of the national COM
smittee who have been here for several
Idays making arrangements and getting
| themselves interviewed have been busy
knitting Dolliver. 'S
This crowd is led by Colonel "Joe"
Manley of Maine, who is now managing
Longs campaign much as he did
Reeds four years ago, when "Sam"
Fessenden made his famous remark,
"Joe, the Lord hates gutter"
There are no delegates here, so the
lobby talk has little or no influence,
but it is significant that so far as the
members are concerned Dolliver seems
I to be the. only candidate with real
nucleus of strength behind him.
/ So far as Long is concerned, the gen
| leral opinion of the members of the
committee seems to be that while the
secretary of the navy would make a
meritorious vice president and even a
respectable president, he would ineyita-
bly, arouse antagonism and give the
democrats the opportunity they have
been looking for to make capital out of
the Schley episode. The Long boom is
apparently dying of exposure.
On the other hand, Senator Allison
warmly urged Dolliver upon Chairman
Hanna. Others here say the Iowa rep
Preventative is the only one yet men
toned for the place who could be
Thought of as an oratorical rival of
Bryan. Dolliver is conceded to be the
[mcst eloquent speaker in the house of
Representatives today.
For all these reasons, it is undeniable
tonight that the Dolliver boom is the
only one yet worthy of a name. Yet
Lit is equally true that in all proba bility
Senator Hanna, as the representative
of the president, will sooner or later
pass the word, and the man will be
selected by the convention in accord
ance with the wishes of the presiden-
tial nominee.
! Colonel Dady, of New York, on learn
ing how the senator had punctured
both the Woodruff and Bliss booms or
ganized row on the instant, declared
Hanna was not the whole convention,
and predicted rebellious movement
which might take the vice presidency
out of the hands of the administration
All this seems calculated to eliminate
New York and to increase the leaning
| toward Dolliver and Fairbanks, the
former for his. eloquence and the lat.
| ter for his wealth, social standing, in
fluence, and intimacy with the presi.
dent.
| Contestants Thrown Out.
| In dealing with the contests the ma.
tional committee has taken radical ac.
tion by throwing out both sets of dele.
gates in Alabama, leaving the matter
to the convention. Besides that, Hen
ry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, has intro.
duced sensational reSolution,, which
will be considered today, calling on the
president to look into the action of the
federal officeholders in Alabama, who
have been interfering with the prima-
ries in a disgraceful way.
The resolution declares some action
is necessary in the interest of the par.
I ty. Whether it is adopted or not, the
action of the committee in shutting ou1
both sets of new policy toward the
professional republicans of the south
who carry no elections, and do not ex.
pect to, but who have uniformly "held
! mn national conventions ever since the