The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-03
FAIRBANKS is THE
CHOICE OF HANNA
Administration VIII Support
Him For the Presidency.
FORAKER'S CHANCE SLIM
SUCCESSFUL MAN MUST BE IN
FAVOR AT WHITE HOUSE.
F0RAKER'S CHANCE SLIM
SPECIAL corresponaenee.l


Washington, d. c., May SO.-Ioseph
Benson Foraker viii not secure the Re
publican nomination for president in
1904, if Marcus A. Hanna can prevent
IT, ne decision Of the supreme court
Iast Monday Of the insuIar. cases puts
Mr. Foraker to the forefront as a cam
didate for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1904
Major Mckinley does not desire a
third term. His intimate friends saw
I mat he would not accept If the nomi-
nation We're rendered him unanimously
Z oy Inc next national Republican CON
NenCIOn- Two terms in the White
House, il is believed. is all that Major
Mckinley desires at the hands of the
people Of the United States.
II IS Major McKinley's idea. however.
PROVIDED he can prevent it, that Jo-
4 Seph Benson Foraker should not Sc
{ cure the nomination al the next Re
publican national convention. The re-
latiOns between Major Mckinley and
senator Foraker have been strained for
many years They have hardly ever
worked together in politics in the
buckeye state As matter of fact.
they have fDeen opposed. to each other
Tor once and many Times disa greed
I reSardlnS state issues, as well as ia
dealng with national affairs. The fact
/ that the Foraker law was particularly
sustained by the supreme court in the
various decisions rendered last Monday
makes Mr. Foraker a YER. prominent
inquire in national politics and as Ohio
mas recently been the producer OF. many
presidents, it viii not surprise the Ue0-
pie OF the country if Mr.. Foraker de-
Velops strength sufficient to make him.
the nominee for the presidency AT the
next national Republican convention
1T might be well to state in passing.
however. thai Marcus A. Hanna his
colleague in the United States senate.
I IS not oVer-anXious to have Mr. For
sHL ra Ia
national ticket in the next campaign
Realizing, as he does, that 1t would be
bad form for the present president TO
seek a third term, his choice for the
republican nomination In 1904 Is no
less person than Senator Fairbanks
of Indiana.
Fairbanks Hanna's Choice.
The candidacy of Mr.. Fairbanks r,,-
the Republican presidential nominal ton
was announced by National Commit
Ueeman New of Indiana. in Chicago.
Anls encouragement fpreshadoWs The
support Of the administration and of
Senator Hanna for Fairbanks candi-
dacy and if the administration is
strong enough to defeat the asDfTa tfrr7z
Of Foraker or Roosevelt, the senior sem
ator from indiana VIII be the next Re
publcan presidential candidate
ar. Foraker has long Sought the-p0-
SlUon as chief executive of the nation
BE mas often been defeated but comes
UP Snlllug, ana is DN no means. Il non
entity. Senator, as he is from Ohio.
he holds a very prominent position in
the United States senate. Tt would not
surprise politicians, with the hold he
has on Ohio, if be should go to the next
national Republican convention with
the solid delegation of the Buckeye
state behind him. and capture the norns
iuatiOn for the presidency. uotwith.
standing the possible or probable eE-
forts of President Mckinley and SEN
atOr Hanna to defeat him.
The understanding among politicians
ia this city is that President Mckinley
wiz not seek q third term He wiz
probably do what ne can however. to
select the candidate to head the pTes1-
Dental ticket in 1904. 1t goes without
saying that he VIII be assisted by SEN
ator Hanna.
At one time it was believed chat the
choice Of the president and Senator
Hanna was no less a person than Sen
atUr Spooner of Wisconsin The recent
announcement by Mr. New that Sena-
tor Fairbanks is seeking the nOmin8-
ton would indicate to political prophets
here that Major McKinley. and Senator
Hanna have finally decided that Sen
ator Fairbanks of Indiana is their can
didate for president in 1904. The an-
n0uucement given out bg Mr.. New
Spooner has been eIimiua ted as q pres
identiaI possibility by Mr.. Mckinley
and Senator Hanna. and, further, that
Vice President Roosevelt win not have
the support Of the admins tratiOn tor
the Republican presidential ncmina-
ton in the next national campaign.
j. S. VAN ANTWERP.