The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-24
Oyster Bay. Sept. Il.

Most earnestly ask that you recon-
slider your deterninati ton not to run.
(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt.
Congressman j. ". Babcock, chair
man of Republican congressional COM
mittee sent the following:
New York, Sept. l6.
Am in receipt Of telegram signed
by you saying that you have this day
declined nomination for congress. we
cannot believe the telegram IS genu-
inc. Hepburn and Hull are here and
all enter our earnest protest against
action OF this kind by you. The Re
publican party that you have served
so long and faithfully cannot part
with your services now
Replying to these telegrarns, the
speaker further explained his action
adhering to his position. He gave po-
sitive assurance that there was no
danger to the Third district, that
Gov. BOieS is a very weak candidate,
that the Republican candidate will be
elected and that ne will do what he
can to insure his election. After these
assurances the speaker said he must
decline to reconsider his withdrawal.
DEMOCRATS JUBILANT.
The Washington correspondent says
Speaker Henderson's refusal Of renom-
ination to the ffty-eighth congress
has caused the most profound politi-
cal sensation the national capital has
experienced in many years. Jub!lation
reigns at Democratic campaign head
quarters, where it is claimed its effect
will be the election OF so new Demo
Gratis to the house this fail. Secretary
Shaw and Secretary Wilson have both
been stunned by the announcement
and are at loss to explain the speak
erS course. Many Republicans here
are indignant that he should have
taken step so vitally affecting the
welfare OF the party without consult
ing any OF the Republican leaders. BY
some it is said Speaker Henderson's
chances for reelection were slim and
that be has seized upon the attitude
Of his district on the tariff as an ex-
cuse for declieing. Friends OF the
general deny this and declare his ac-
tion shows the serious division in the
Republican party on tariff revision.
CAUSED a SENSATION.
The announcement Of Speaker Hen
derson's declination Of the congress
ional nomination caused a sensation
in Washington. Very few public men
are in Washington at this time, but
all there expressed regret that TIE
speaker had determined on the course
announced in the Dubuque dispatch.
The causes leading up to his decision
were perhaps as much a matter OF
comment as the refusal to stand for
reelection. Public men acknowledge
there is a demand in sections OF the
west and northwest for revision OF
the tariff along certain lines. Their
opinion is that Gen. HenderSonS de-
cision will make this issue more acute.
The speaker always has been a
straightout Republican on tariff mat
terS and at the last session Of congress
the general understanding was that
he opposed the suggestions advanced
for tariff revision along certain lines
on articles controlled by the trusts.
THE PRESIDENT MAD.
A dispatch from Oyster Bay says
President Roosevelt is highly indig-
nant, at Speaker HendersonS with
drawal from the third Iowa district
congressional race. 1t is reported
that the president believes his action
more personal than political. 1t is
believed Henderson feared either de-
feat at home, or, if elected, feared he
would lose the election Of the next
speakership. The administration is
said to be bitter against him for plac-
ing Republicans generally in such a
peculiar position by declaring himself
on the tariff question. They think If
that was the real reason he should
have fought for his cause from the
point of vantage he held as speaker.