The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
IF THEY CAN WILL MAKE MINI
NOHlNEE FOR PRESIDENT
NEXT TIME.
Many Leaders Tacitly for Roosevelt
But Secretly Against Him-A
House Burglarized by
Woman and Steals
Fine Jewelry.
Other News.

Washington, July Sit is ad.
mitted by his friends that from this
time out Senator Hanna may be
considered a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for president
in 1904. He Will deny he is can.
didate, but the fact remains that
the men who are so close to him
think. him a candidate. Lines are
already shaping for acontes between
himself and Mr.. Roosevelt.
There is no doubt Senator Quay,
of Pennsylvania, viii throw his entire
influence to Presiden Roosevelt.
There is bitter personal en-
nifty between Hanna and Quay. 1t
was Hanna who kept Quay out Of
the senate after his appointment by
Governor Stong; it was Quay, aid
ed by Senator Platt, of New York,
who unloaded Roosevelt on the re-
publican national convention ia
1900, against Hanna's protest.
Hanna's plan has been to corral
delegatesl for the next republican
convention and hold them ''in
trust" for President Roosevelt.
Quay represents school Of politics
that takes nothing on trust. He
thinks the delegates who are for
Roosevelt should be controlled by
Roosevelt, not by Hanna.
To the casual observer it is made
to appear Hanna wants Roosevelt
renominated as much as anybody.
lie is playing to get in a position
where he can say he has been in
the band wagon all the time, if the
sentiment for Roosevelt at conven-
ton is to strong to be overcome, or
where he can take the delegates
himself if enough disafection ex-
lists to make that possible.
Hanna has two pointsof fstrength.
The first is that almost the entire
republican membership of congress
is against Roosevelt, and the second
one isEshat the big financial and
business men of the country-the
great railroad operators, the Wall
street magnates, the men who con-
troll the vast combinations of capi-
tal-do not deem Roosevelt "safe"
and do think Hanna eminently so.
The fact that congress is against
the president is not so weighty as
the fact that the financial interests
are against him. Wall street and
Its allies do much toward debating
the nomination for president in the
republican party. The point that
will be urged against Roosevelt and
in Hanna's favor is the presidents
lack of sound political judgr ent
and steadiness of character. It will
be said he is shifty, variable, i'm
pulsive and likely to act without
mature reflection. This will be
done by the republican members in
congress and by the Hanna machine
politicians.
A republican senator who is ae-
quainted with the method that will
be pursued by anti Roosevelt mem
bers Of congress and politicians
says:
The endeavor from this time on
will be to create an impression that
Roosevelt is not proper man with
whom to trust the fortunes of the
parity. The public utterances of
these members Of congress will be
in praise of Roosevelt, but in con-
fdence to those who influence local
sentiment a different view will be
given.
From mouth to mouth it will be
whispered that Roosevelt is a fine
fellow, honest, courageous, frank,
|impulsive-perhas to. much so at
times; self-reliant-perhaps not as
willing as he should be to take the
the advice of party leaders and to
consider the welfare of the party;
loyal to his friends-perhaps not
wise in their selection; patriotic
perhaps too much carried away by
the spectacular and too vainglori-
Gus to consider properly the COM
mon workaday welfare of the coun-
try; very good republican-per-
haps not always discreet incosnider
ing the interests of the party; fine
fellow-if he were only sound and
could be trusted to do the right
thing in the right way"
The Presidents object in making
the great swing around the circle
this fall is to show the people that
these rennrts of his ;rrta hiIit1z ara