Evening star., 1902-08-02
IS NOT IN THE FIELD
Secretary Shaw Not After
the Nomination.
LETTER TO A FRIEND
WILL LOYALTY SUPPORT PRESI-
DENT ROOSEVELT.
Says No Man Has Ever Given the
Country a More Thoroughly
Honest Administration.

Secretary Shaw of the Treasury will not
allow any presidential aspirations he may
have to interfere with his support of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for the nomination in 1904.
This statement Is positive. Secretary Shaw
has made no declaration of what his atti-
tude will be in 1905 on this subject. and an
effort to get such a statement from him to-
day resulted In nothing definite being as
serted.
In this connection II is stated that Mr..
Roosevelts personal inclnations will have
to be consulted again should he be elected
President in 1904. as such an election, 1t is
held. will be his first term as President
by the direct action OF the American peo-
pie. Whether he will consider that he may
with all propr!ety enter the race for the
term beginning in 1909 is regarded as an
other question entirely. and one beyond the
pale of the present moment.
Secretary Shaw's Letter.
Secretary Shaw acknowledged the author
ship of the following letter. which was ad-
dressed to a certain Missouri republican
editor May 2s last:
My Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your
letter of May %, and while / desire to
thank you for the kind words you have
been pleased to say, and for the hopes ex-
pressed and the pledges made, 1 desire to
say: Please do not connect my name with
1904.
NO man has ever given this country a
more thoroughly honest and conscientious
administration than 1t Is now receiving at
the hands of President Roosevelt. He came
to the Office in the most unfortunate man.
ner He did not desire the nomination to
the vice presidency, but took it at the So
licitation OF his friends. and now II seems
to me there should be other thought
in the mind Of any one than his renomina-
ton.
II wish you knew the President as well
as 1 do. He is not only a prince among
men, but peer of statesmen.
Again thanking you for the friendship
expressed in your letter, j am, yours sin
cerely, l.. NJ. SHAW.
The Secretary was asked today with ref
erence to this letter. He declined to dis
cuss the incident further than to say that
the letter was written to an editor ana
personal friend, who had asked the privi-
lege of doing something for him prelimi-
nary to the campaign Of 1904.
Duty of Every Republican.
1t is known that the Secretary, at the
time OF Mr.. McKinley's funeral. said to
Secretary Wilson at Canton, and to Senator
Cullom at Chicago, and others. that prior
to the death of Mr. Mckinley it was proper
ers with Mr.. Roosevelt and beat him in
the game II he could. but now that he
had assumed the duties of his office. un-
der these peculiar circumstances, he
thought it was essential that every repub-
lican should do all ne could to make his
administration a success. and that no man
could give him unqualified support who
was watching for an opportunity to under
mine. He then told Secretary Wilson to
say to President Roosevelt for him that so
far as Iowa was concerned there would
be no wires stretched across his path
way.
1t is a matter of interesting speculation
in Washington today whether the Secretary
will keep his checker playing up to date for
four years beyond 1904. and then challenge
President Roosevelt to the game.
Secretary Shaw left Washington this af-
ternoon for Manchester. VT, where he will
open the state campaign for the republicans
next Tuesday.