The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-27
HANNA. WOULD LIKE
TO BE PRESIDENT
May Capture Republican, Nomi
nation in 1904.
MANY ARE IN THE RACE
ROOSEVELT, oDELL, FAIRBANKS,
FORAKER AND OTHERS.
So correspondenee.l


Washington, june 22.-Politicians who
come TO Washington these days are
,alking good deal about Bhe probable
,choice OF the presidential candidate by
tlve delegates 50 the next national Re
publican convention. As lis pretty gen.
orally known, since the president an
no1nced that he woald not accept a
third term. a good many new cahdf-
dates for Che presidency are being dis
cussed with cousifera bic interest. The
lst' as ~ practically stands at this
line IS fooseFelt, OdeH, Fairbanks,
opQ0ner, Cullom, Nriggs, Foraker and
Lodge F'requenty the name Of Mr..
Hanna is SEggested, but the Ohio sena-
Tor laughs. TO ScOrn the idea that he
stands any chance % nomination, and
III ne did. he often asserts that he
w0ulc not make the race-if nominated.
There are people, however, who Will
have it that Senator Hanna is affected
py the presidential bee. IT. is main-
tanned by these sOssips THAT there are
Ohio boss Wi accept the nomination.
The only thing considered the real
drawback to his making the race is. if
ne could be nOaifina ted the. state of his
health a the time the convention
meets. In the event that his heaFth is
as good then as if is now. ne would un-
dotrbt edly permit the delegates 10 the
next national Republican convention to
place him at the head of the presiden-
tial ticket
Mr.. Hanna however. could. not. secure
the nomination, hands down" This
goes without 50 wing. In the first place.
his colleague in the senate. Mr. For
aker would endeaVor to beat him out
of che Ohio delegation. WibhOut doubt
MIR. Foraker is an aspirant for the pres
idency, and wiz do all in his power
To secure the ohio delegation in the in
terest Of his own candidacy, no matter
whether Mr. Hanna Is or is not a candi-
Situation in New York
The situation i'm New York is detrf-
mental some politicians believe. to
either the success OF. Roosevelt or OdelI.
The only way in which a-split can be
prevented i'm New York. is to have Mr..
Odell chosen Senator Platt's successor
IN the United States senate, thereby
giving Colonel Roosevelt a clear field
for securing the seventy-two delegates
from the Empire state to the next ma
tlonai Republican convention.
Washington dispatches to this paper
some weeks ago were to the effeSt that
Senator Platt would retire from public
ltfe at The expiration OF his present
term IN the senate 1t was stated at
that time that Governor Odell would
be his successor. Since that time how
ever, Governor OdelL without doubt.
has aspired to the presidency. but If
he finds that q. conflict between himself
and Vice President Roosevelt viii pre-
vent New Jrk from capturing the
presidential nomination, he viii prob
ably prefer the senatorial tegs. and
permit Colonel Roosevelt to go to the
next national convention with the New
York delegation back of him In such
an event it would appear that the vice
president would stand an equal If not
better. chance Of winning the presi-
Dental nomination than any of the
other candidates considered now avail
able for this honor.
IT seems certein that Senator Fair
banks Of Indiana VIII enter the con-
test; then there is a possibility. too.
that his. colleague ia the senate. Al
bert j. Beveridge has an ambition to
enter the presidential sweepstakes race.
Should the two senators try for the
Indiana delegation. the case would be
somewhat similar to that IN New York
BY this II is meant that both would
fail to go 20. the convention with the
solid vote Of Indiana hack Of them. so
it-T thought, anG This would practtcaHy.
preclude the consideration OF their
names by the delegates to the conven-
ton IN 1904. J. s. VAN ANTWERE