The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-12

ONLY one:
TALKED OF
His Name is on Every
Tongue for President.
MANY VIRClNIANS
DO, NOT WANT ! HIN Ia
Statement Of Mr.. Bowden Not.
Thought to Reflect the
States Sentiment.
CHICAGO SEEMS AHEAD
IN RACE FOR PLUM,
Majority Of NJ embcrs 81 Com
mlttec Said to Have Declared
Themselves for That City
in Preference to ST..
5s@ Louis as Place Of.
Meeting.
Statement Of Mr.. BoWden Not
Thought to Reflect the
States Sentiment.
CHICAGO SEEMS AHEAD
IN RACE FOR PLUM
Majority Of Members Of Com
rnlttec Said to Have Declared

(From Our Regular CorrespOndent.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
expressions from members Of the ReDuf-
slican National Committee heard in the
lcEbies OF the hotels to-day and tonight
arc all indicative of the denomination OF
Mr. Roosevelt without opposition. Nearly
every member OF the committee which
will be in session here Tomorrow also
has expressed himself for tho renomina-
ton. and declared, generally with em-
phasis that tlle Is q Roosevelt man all
Tie time. Tho following remark by Hon.
George i. Bowden, Of Norfolk, who s
the member OF tho committee for Vir-
ginla IS typical Of all the rest:
WHY, have not heard q peep, much
less loud voice. AGAINST Roosevelt's
nomination. We are all heartily for him
! in Virginia. = IA ifs 5ss
II the statement Of the other members
OF the committee relative to the sentl-
n,ent OF their States be no more accur-
ate than that CT Mr., Bowd eli, they are
not worth much as indlca tive of the
sentiment ut their5s homes. With Colo
HE'LL ames Browning. +Of -la Jewell. Z one of
the wealthiest and most Influential Rer
tpubllcans In the State. declaring In sea-
son and out OF season, that he Is for any
man for the nomlnation@as against Roose-
.elt, and that If Roosevelt and German
arc the nominees Of the Republicans and
Democrats, respectively, It will require
little persuasion to induce him to vote
sfor Mr.. German, 1t Is easy to understand
that there is more than n peep OF ops
posItion to Roosevelt In Virginia. While
il Isl true, that MIR. Bowden is pretty
we'll out OF touch with the politicians OF
the State, 1t Is also true that Roose-
Welt has succeeded III working up such
"a strong sentiment for his nomination
among the Republicans Of the country
who do not look beneath the surface, and
ire carried away by the cow-punching,
sbroncho- busting style of the present oc-
cupant OF the White House The wlsest
OF the Republicans, and they are on the
National Committee, are not at heart
for the nomination Of Mr.. Roosevelt, but
they are carried away by the popular
sentiment, They have to present tho
appearance of yielding.
IS NOT gRETlCGNT.ts
Great amusement has been caused
Democrats and Republicans alike by the
publication III Il Republican paper OF this
city a statement attributed to MI.
Roosevelt, that he would not discuss his
nomination with anybody, and that he
had not done so. 1t is well recos-
niZed fact that this has been the one
topic, almost, talked of with all Rcpup-
slIcan callers at the White House for
several months, and that there Is not
the slightest action taken BY the execu-
,.tiva without reference TO the effect 1t
will have on his candidacy. 1t Is con-