The evening times., 1900-06-19

neYed 10 be the true story Of the fight
between Hanna ard the President on one
side and Quay and Platt on the other. the
'opel confession having been brought
out as a result of the effort OF Quay and
Platt to force Roosevelt to accept the
nomination to the Vice Presidency in op-
position TO the wishes of Mr.. Hanna and
the President.
General Grosvenor writes:
That Roosevelt is being pressed by the
following influences is very well under
stood:
First, the demand Of Mr. Plat and of
the Platt-Quay combination that AcKin-
ley shall be forced TO take a distasteful
running mate OF their selection, and shai
be compelled to recognize their power and
influence at this early period in the cam
paign.
What the particular move beyond this
is, it is difficult to say. but that there is
the same desperate game being I:ayed
that four years ago eliminated il the
declaration OF Mr. Platt that William Nc
KinIey was not fit 70 be President Of the
United States. everybody knows
The leaders OF State delegations. who
are 10 some extent the enemies Of the
Administration, are unanimous IN support
OF Mr. Roosevelt. and while that gentle
man gives out occasionally that he desires
that his nomination. IL made az all shall
be made by the friends Of the President,
it is very well understood by every think
ing man here on the ground that his nom
inatiOn would be hailed as a victory for
the enemies of the Administration.
"One thing about this whole matter is
surprising 10 experienced politicians Why
should Governor Roosevelt place himself
in the hands Of his enemies?
He is not unaware OF the fact that he
is not q satisfactory Governor Of New York
70 Mr.. Plat
He is not unaware that Mr.. Platt would
be glad if he was an inhabitant Of some
country other than the United States.
He is not unaware OF the decided pur-
pose OF the New York combination 20 dis
pose Of him ard dispense with him as a
factor in politics.
That this has been understood by the
politicians OF the country Tor many weeks
Is known and read OF all men
1T is asked on every hand, Why then,
does he come here and place himself in
touch with Nj Platt almost alone and
take the inspiration for his purposes from
the combination which has formed around
that gentleman?
AT this hour no correct estimate can be
given OF what the vote would be in case
recognized friend Of the Administration
should put forward a candidate in the Con-
vention. That the vote would indicate
scramble for the nomination OF Governor
Roosevelt and. moreover, disclose the fact
that he is not by any means the unanimous
choice Of the Convention, nobody Will
deny-
Now. while all this is true. and every
BODY here knows il. il is equally true that
there is a large number Of people here.
close friends Of the party, anxious for its
sucee IS. and honestly believing that Roose-
welt would be a very strong candidate be
fore the people Of the country.
That he would be Of manifest and pTac-
teal assistance to success in Kansas, Ne
hraska. Colorado, ard other OF the hither-
to doubtful States OF the Northwest is con-
ceded. and. should the contest for his nom
ination be successful, and should he be
made the candidate Of the party. there is
no doubt that he will be accepted cordially
by the working friends Of the party
throughout the country. and viii be made
as available as possible in the prosecution
OF the campaign.
His power among the young men OF the
country is recognized. His influence as a
bold OutspOken leader Of a certain senti-
ment IN politics is not disputed or denied,
and had Mr. Roosevelt frankly said two
months ago that he desired or would ac-
cept the nomination he would have had il
rendered to him without the diminution Of
a single vote.
1T may be said IN a few words that
there is, first a hearty kind OF feeling for
Governor Roosevelt; that he has prestige
and power among the people and among
the delegates; that there is a kind Of SEN
timent growing out of his relation 10 the
war that Up 10 this time has stood him
well in hand as fOrerunneT OF enthusias-
tic receptions and a securer of hearty sup
port everywhere.
Second, there is the powerful machine of
Senator Platt, controlling all the Federal
Ofhces in the State Of New York, a doIni-
nation to which the Administration Of
Mr.. Mckinley has yielded far too much,
and that machine is being brought into
strenuous action in tehslf Of the nomina-
tion Of a candidate the cordiality Of whose
relations to that machine are pretty well
understood.
Third, the wish Of Mr.. Quay and his CO.
adjutOrs to huniliate the immediate and
close friends OF the Administration Of Nc
Kinley.
Doubtless Governor Roosevelt would
not consider his nomination as a rebuke
to the Administrator. but that it would
be heralded all over the country as such,
everybody knows
There has been one thing constantly
talked about here which has put the i'm
mediate representatives of the Admins
tratiOn in a very unpleasant situation II
has been constantly asked OF them why
is not some one, an especial representa-
tive Of the Administration, put forward
as a candidate?
The answer is very simple. II was the
determination OF the President that he
would not make q suggestion of that char
acter, and he urged his friends that under
amost every possible contingency that
should arise they should forbear making
any show of Administration power toward
any candidate for Vice President
80 il is that the most earnest friends
of the Administration have failed to unite
upon any candidate. II is true much has
been said about the fact that Mr. Long,
member of the Cabinet. is an avowed and
active candidate for the nomination, and
is being supported with more or less zeal
and more or less good faith by the entire
New England delegation. Il has been
thought that It was impossible that he
should have become a candidate without
the approval of the President
''It may be that before this is in type,
Longs name may have been put forward,
backed by the united support Of the per