The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-20
WOODRUFF WILL RUN.
His Name to Be Presented as Candi.
date for Vice President.


Philadelphia. June 19..-Lieutenant
Governor Timothy l.. Woodruff will be
presented to the national convention
as the candidate Of New York for vice.
president. 1t was decided to do this
after four hours stormy session Of
the New York delegation, during which
every kind of appeal was made to get
Governor Roosevelt to say that he
would accept a nomination.
The presidential situation is still
mixed, because 1t is asserted that New
York makes this move so as to so into
the convention with candidate, and
| yet hoping that Governor Roosevelt
will be nominated. Senator Hanna has
stated that he controls the delegates to
such an extent that he can nominate
any candidate he please., and it is not
known that he has withdrawn his OBJ
| jections to Mr.. Woodruff. The latter
was as much surprised as anybody
over the result. In general, the idea
| seems to be prevalent that Secretary
Long is the most favored candidate.
with a probability that Roosevelt may
| be still nominated.
Governor Roosevelt believes that his
wishes have not been respected by his
| of the race.
what Is the situation tonight, sem
ator?" Roosevelt is out of it and will
not be nominated" The question was
put to Senator Hanna, and that is the
way he answered it. This was after
! another effort during tn. day to stam-
pede the delegates to Roosevelt. AS
before the effort was made by New
York and Pennsylvania. Platt and
! Quay, through their lieutenants, work.
ed a., day to make Roosevelt the cam
dida TO. he stampede, which had been
checked and turned last night, was
! begun Early in the day and kept up.
| Many Stori IS were circulated. Roose-
welt was quoted as saying absolutely
! that he would not accept If nominated.
| He was also quoted as having had d
| change OF heart and wanted the NOM
| inatiOn. In fact all kinds of rumors
We're in circulation, end the situation
| remained cloudy all day, and did not
! clear very much in the evening.
Fight Threatened.
One thing definitely developed. There
! is to be a fight. The nomination is not
! to be made without a contest Sena-
! tor Hanna is doing all he can to de-
| feat Roosevelt, and has determined TO
continue on that line to the end. He
| is lining up the friends Of the admin
! istration against Rooss ssvelt. III this
he is attrg g in harmony with the
wishes ot Roosevelt. VINO has urged all
| delegates visiting him not to vote for
| him Tor vice president.
The next serious proposition that
! confrontssMr. Hanna is what he shall
do as between Long and Dolliver.
There is a popular sentiment for Dol
| liver in the west that is hard to over
come. Long is regarded as a passive
kind of candidate and while no objec-
tion is urged against him, he does not
attract the delegates. But he is Mr..
Hanna's personal choice and is pre-
| ferred by the president. Dolliver's s
friends have pointed out to Senator
Hanna that the Iowa candidate has
now got into the fight so far that he
wants to win, to which Hanna replied
that defeat would not inJure Dolliver.
He has already acquired a great deal
of prominence, says Senator Hanna,
and he will not be injured if he should
be defeated by a candidate like Secre-
tary Long.
In making the fight against Roose-
| welt, Senator Hanna finds the oppo-
nents of Roosevelt divided some for
| Long and some for Dolliver. The
question OF transferring the vote from
one to the other without nominating
the man they wish to defeat is the diff
ficult problem. "If we cannot do II
| then we haven't got control of the
convention" said Senator Hanna. II
the friends of the president cannot
agree upon a candidate and by their
differences cause the nomination of a
man that is not wanted and does not
! want the place, they will have to take
the responsibility for It,"
Conferences a Feature.
The conferences between Senator
Hanna and Senator Plat were an in
teresting feature of the vice-presiden.
tial contest. Hanna talked to Platt as
he had talked to Odell and Qulgg the
day before. He told him that because
| Platt did not want Roosevelt In New
York was no reason why he should