The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-24
WHO WILL Be CHIEF?
NORTH DAxOTANS SPECULATIVE
AS TO WHO WILL REPRESENT
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
HANsBR0UGH IS IN FAVOR
Senator and President Have Been
Warm Friends Ever Since
the Latter Was a
Ranchman.

FARGO. n. D., Sept. 23.-(Specia1)-
North Dakotans are specializing on whom
President Roosevelt will select as his
right hand man in this state. There are
many men mentioned for the honor, but
the claims OF some are rather weak. The
leading men who are supposed to be in
line are Senator Hansbrough, Alex. Nc
Eenzie and Mai. ]. S. Murphy.
Under the Mckinley admin STRAIT on Col.
W. H Robinson, OF Mayville, has been
the whole thing. For four years he was
a member Of the national committee and
was chairman of the state Republican
central committee as well Is selection
was due to a business acquaintance with
Mark Hama Col Robinson's o. X. was
an absolute necessity on the application
of any candidate for a prominent ap-
pointment and he succeeded in reward
ing d large number of friends. Person
ally he got the best thing in the state
in the way of the post leadership at the
Indian agency at Standing Rock.
Last year he was retired from the ma
tional committee to make place fer Alex.
Mckenzie. From the latters prominence
many have picked him as a winner in
the race for chief henchman for Roose-
Welt. Because he was intimately asso-
clated with Mark Hanna is regarded in
some quarters as inimical to his chances
with the new president.
Senator HanSbrough is probably the
favorite in the mind of the public Since
the days when Roosevelt was a deputy
Sheriff in Billings county and owned his
ranch near Medora, he and Hansbrough
fhaVe been warm friends. They have
kept in touch through different cam
paiguS and during RooSevelt's tour Of the
West in the last presidential campaign
Hansbrough was one of the prominent
men of the party and in addition to pre-
IirNt- q ty7o Tor
In Z decidedly complimentary strain of
the former rough rider. After the Nc
kinney funeral Hansbrough was among
the first TO call at the White house and
pay his respects to the new occupant
His welcome was of such a cordial
nature as to encourage a less sanguine
nan than North Dakota's senior senator
EansbTough comes up for re election at
the next session of the legislature He
will need some strong backing and the
support and recognition from President
Roosevelt would insure him a govern
ment job in the upper branch of the ma
tiona2 congress for another six years.
The chances now are that Hansbrougi
VIII have hard shedding without the sup
port of the adm nistration. He has lots
of cppos ton and among the aspirants
for his place are some strong candidates
who believe such snaps as United States
senatorial positions should rotate The
further fact that North Dakota has beer
reapportioned in a legislative way viii
make his chances more difficult AL
former alignments have been upset and
nothing definite can be estimated
Maj. j. S. Murphy, of Minot, has en-
joyed long and close personal friend
ship with Roosevelt, which some a:.tI i
pate will result proitably. to the Min0ter
He has known the president since the
earliest days on the ranch. They are
ruC n who have many things in common
Murphy is brilliant speaker and long OF
nerve He has been up against the warn
end OF state politics repeatedly for fan
ure TO inS"atiate himself with the power,
In contiol, but this may assist rather
th2n handicap him with Roosevelt.
Murphy mas large personal following IL
the state who would enjoy seeing him
on top for awhile.