The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17
THE ROUNDUP OF SENTIMENT
FEELING OF THE DELEGATIONS TO-
WARD THE OTHER CANDIDATES.
Several Men Will Receive the Compile
mentary Votes Of Their States
A Few Are In to Stay.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE CORE
spondent of the New York Tribune to-
night telegraphed to his paper the follow
ing summary of the vice presidential situa-
ton:
Senator Thomas c. Platt's failure, under
the pressure of the last few days, to pre-
sent or indorse as New York's choice for
the vice presidency candidate acceptable
to the Republican sentiment in other parts
of the Union. is likely to have decidedly I'M
pleasant and embarrassing consequences
for Governor Roosevelt, wearied with Mr..
Platt's harping on such candidates as Odell
and Woodruff, and feeling that If, for rea-
sons of campaign expediency the vice
presidential nomination is to go to New
York. The convention should not be
guided in it's choice solely by Mr.. Platt's
prejudices or preferences. Republican lead
'ers from other States have taken up. with
all seriousnessS the project of side-tracking
Woodruff, Odell or any other similar aspir-
ant, likely to be named tomorrow at the
delegation caucus. and bestowing on Gov
ernor Roosevelt, in spite of his repeated
and fervent protestations, the vacant place
on the Republican national ticket.
The first step in this movement to deter
mine New York's choice Of a nominee by
outside pressure was taken this morning
when Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
called on Governor Roosevelt and told him
that a poll just made Of the keystone State
delegates had shown that ffty-two Of the
sixty-four would vote for him for Vice
President on the first ballot 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Roosevelt expressed to Mr..
Penrose his regret that the Pennsylvania
delegates should have decided to force him
into the field as a vice presidential candi-
date. But the Pennsylvania senator did
not apparently take the Governors chagrin
as seriously as it was expected to be taken,
for, as a result of the interview. the i'm
preston quickly spread that no decisive
check would be put upon the zeal of any
delegates who might declare their intention
of making a selection for themselves
the New Workers. available for the
vice presidential nomination.
1t was not to be expected, of course, that
Senator Penrose should receive any very
positive hint of encouragement from Gov
ernor Roosevelt, after the latter's many
violent refusals to allow his name to be
coupled with the Republican vice presi-
Dental nomination. The Governor is
politician of some tenacity of purpose and
sense of consistency, and extraordinary
political pressure would doubtless be re-
quired to force him to eat the professions
OF repugnance toward service in the vice
presidential chair In which his utterances
have abounded for several months past
HE MUST YIELD.
But whatever Indignation ne may feel at
the attempted transference of his activi-
ties from congenial field at Albany TO an
uncongenial one at Washington. and what
ever protests he may indulge in at to-
caucus against the change of
which he thought his presence
In Philadelphia would prevent. the Gov
ernor will find that he is struggling with
currents In politics of whose power, he had
not obtained at Albany a clear and ade-
1uate conception That he will throw over
board his personal preferences and yield
his firmly developed sense OF consistency
Is not doubted by the political managers
who have so arranged the forces I'm this
as TO make his nomination for
he vice presidency apparently inevitable.
OF course. the processes by which the
nominationis TO be- effected are
as yet underlined, but OF his inability TO
escape the obligation which the party man
ayers OF all shades OF opinion seem deter
mined 60 impose upon him. there can be
now very little serious question. The de-
,ision OF the Pennsylvania leaders to start
o-day's landslide toward Roosevelt was
influenced by variety OF reasons. To Mr..
Platt's political intimacy with ex-senator