The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-20

Senator Mark A. Hanna.
the most favored candidate with a
probability that Roosevelt may ssill be
nominated. Governor Roosevelt be-
lleves that his wishes having been re-
spected by his own delegation that he
is finally out of the race.
what is the situation tonight senn-
tori"
Roosevelt VIII Not be Nominated.
roosevelt is out of 1t and win not be
nominated"
The question was put to Senator Han
ma and that is the way he answered It.
This was after another effort during
the day to stampede the delegates to
Roosevelt. AS before. the EFFORT was
made by New York and Pennsylvania.
Platt and Quay through their lleuten.
ants. worked all day to make Roose.
Welt the candidate. The stampede
which had been checked and turned last
night, was begun early in the morning
Many stories were circulated. Roose-
welt was quoted as saying absolutely
that he would accept II nominated. He
was also quoted as having had change
OF heart and wanted the nomination.
In fact, all kinds of rumorS were In
circulation and the situation remained
cloudy all day and did not clear very
much In the evening,
There win be Fight.
One thing definitely developed. There
is to be fight. The nomination is not
to be made without contest. Senator
Hanna is doing all he can to defeat
Roosevelt and has determined to con-
tinuc on that line to the end. He Is
lining up the friends OF the ndminIstra-
tion against Roosevelt. In this he Is
acting in harmony with the wishes Of
Roosevelt, who has urged all delegates
Visiting him not to vote for him for vice
president
The most serious proposition that
confronts Mr.. Hanna Is that he Shall
go between Long and Dolliver. There
is a popular sentiment for DollIver In
the west that is hard to overcome.
Long is regarded as q passive kind OF
q candidate, and while no objection Is
urged agaIns him he does not attract
the delegates. But he is Mr.. Hanna's
personal choice and is preferred by the
President. Mr. Delivers 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 Hama replied that defeat would
not InJure DolliveT, He has already
acquired n great deal of prominence,
says Senator Hanna, and he viii not be
injured II he should be defeated by u
candidate like Secretary Long.
Plat and Hanna Confer.
The conference between Senator
Hanna and Senator Platt was an In
terestlng feature OF the vice president
ial contest Hnnna talked to Platt us
he had talked to Odell and Qulgg the
day before. He told him that because
Plntt did not want Roosevelt in New
York was no reason why he should ut
tempt to force him Upon the party tn
national politics, Plat then tried to
get an agreement from Hanna to sup
port Odoll, and this was refused on the
ground Of being unjust to the other
candidates In the field. Platt asked
for time and the matter went back to
the New York delegation.
The contest has not assumed any
such definite form as to even approx
mate the relative strength of the three
candidates for the vote. In view OF the
developments. cannot be considered
moro than complimentary. New Jersey.
with twenty votes, and california, with
eighteen, declared for Long, Other
states cvInccd n desire 10 support any
candidate agreeable to the admlnistra-
tion, while there arc number OF
states in the west that arc determined
to vote for Roosevelt.
President Undoubtedly FOR Long.
While there has been q great deal Of
talk about the influence OF the admin
lstrltlon in the vice presidential con-
test. II 10 taken for gruutGd that the