The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-17
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made 10 create the Impression that the Re,
pnhlicans of New York state were allaio
I Roosevelt might win the nomlnallvh VIZ VIZ,
out their Endorsement; that they is1iV4
the result Of such aeyeig lpexSas tbeip orIgI,
nal Intention as expressed Dy SehttpI
| piatf moi 10 indorse the present occupant
Of the White House; -. ,.,,,r.,no
Al illustrative OF this point the IouoMlns
I orccrni firm, An article In the New YORK
| World Of the same date which carried Tue
! announcement Of Judge Rays appointments
| Is given: - 80 q new
Wow ~ the situation the Saratoga conNen-
: tion y,lu adopt plank indicating 70 tne
country that New York tayors kooseYslt
denomination IL Is vet TO pe detsr u ~, ~
as TO how explicit TINS deeiaraOi On sp non,ine
some OF the leaders believe the conllns
convention should declare that sew l olS
reuublichns regard Roosevelt as the losicai
candidate for 1904, while others hoiu tnes
the platform should mercy sly tatr.-
warmly Endorsing Roosevelt administla-
lion ,bat his record in the White House
,nntes him worthy of the nomination Two
years hence. ,.d ~
"Frlends OF the president are elated az =,
tbe turn IN The New York situation IVY
weeks ago the party leaders were lncensS9
over the suggestion that New 1ork snuu..
this year give any expression WIN attINe t,, ~
the subject OF Roosevelts renomlnatlop.
Bnt the fear that the president NAV ne
able to get the nomination regardle-s ui
New Yorks attitude toward MIN, AZ leFcs
land did IN the democratic convention i1 20, Oh
TO pause and consider II they can ueNise
a plank which Will seem 10 declare TOT wy Wy
presidpnt's denomination, without actually
plcdging him the votes OF the New lo.A
delegates. that VIII be done.
George w Ray, the newly appolnten
judge, has been the repFesenntatiYS III c da
trict ever since the beginning OF the Fifty
second congress. He is ut present chalr,
man Of the judiciary committee OF the
house end his resignation VIII, OF course
npcessltnte the appointment Of a new held
for that body. John j.. Jenkins OF WIS
consin IS the next ranking republican on
the committee. but as he Is not quite
Fright" on the subject OF trusts, from the
republican standpoint II is hardly Thought
thar speaker Henderson VIII give MIN the
promotion In any event the contest Tor
the Craftsmanship bids fair to be one OF
unusual interest.
The matter which IS next to the New
York situation in general interest Just now
is. perhaps, the condition Of affairs pre-
clpitated ny the summary dismissal by the
president of William Vaughan, United
States attorney for the Northern district Of
Alabama. reference to which has already
heen made In this correspondence. While
the removal Of Vaughan was ostcnslbly the
result OF neglect Of duty on his part 1t is
positively asserted by those in a position
TO know that the real reason lay in the
fact that for some time past Vaughan has
been very active In behalf Of Senator
Hanna. He was prominent in the work
Of securing Mckinley Hanna delegates
when they were needed in the past. his
field Of usefulness extending not only
throughout Alabama. but 10 several other
Southern states. When his term Of ONCE
nnfpVm1lmR1
made TO prevent his reappointment and it
lacked but little Of succeeding Senator
Pettus and other Alabama democrats came
To NauEhuus rescue. however. and because
they had been useful to the president in
aiding to secure the confirmation Of Attor-
ney General Knox, against whom a hard