The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-20

There seeras 70 be no opposition to
NJ. Roosevelt IN the West as the presi-
1eHtial candidate OF his party next
wear ssls party in a number of the
states 81 that section has Endorsed him
loe The. neEatnation and it will do so
~ 2aaee states. He got an enthusi-
astie Enforcement from the Nebraska
&a3Uell San convention on Tuesday. In
fs,eS. be has been Endorsed by all Of
tie Republican state conventions that
AaNe been held this year in the West.
q course he feels certain of the
nomination. Still. he does not like the
tdsa Of having so much opposition in
New York, his own state. There is
no doubt of course that the delega-
ton from New York will be in favor
81 him. but there may be enough OPP
position 10 him among Republicans
there TO cause him to lose the state.
Ii is true that the opposition is con-
nned chiefly to Wall street, and to
prominent business men in other parts
OF the state, but the Wall street in
fiuenoe is considerable. In this con-
nection a story is told that may have
some foundation. 1t is that the reason
Mr.. Root decided to leave the cabi-
net was that he might be in posi-
ton to help overcome the opposition
among New York Republicans to Mr..
Roosevelt. The plan is alleged to be
to make Mr.. Root the Republican NOM
inee for Governor of New York at the
next election with the view of nomi-
mating him for President in 1908.
Mr. Root isn't Objectionable to those
Republicans who are opposing Mr.
Roosevelt. on the contrary, they feel
very kindly towards him. That being
the case, it is argued that he can be
of great service in smoothing over the
objections that the offered by MT.
Roosevelt.
There may be something in this al
legged plan, but it is doubtful If there
is II Mr.. Root had remained in the
cabinet he could, in all probability,
have rendered Mr.. Roosevelt as much
assistance in New York as he can as
a private citizen. Mr.. Root determined
to leave the cabinet because he saw
doubtless that there was no more honor
to be gained there. He wanted to re-
turn to his law practice. He had made
a reputation in connection with army
reforms that he might lose if he con-
tinued his connection with the admin
istration.
There isn't any doubt that Mr.. Roose-
welt is going to be nominated, but it
isn't so certain that he will be elected.
He may lose New York, though his
friends have published figures show
ing that he can be elected without that
state It is an easy matter to present
figures of that kind. Unfortunately
for those for whom they are made they
are not always reliable. If Mr.. Roose-
welt were certain that he would lose
New York he would be very uneasy
about his election. Notwithstanding the
figures his friends have made.
Unless all signs fail powerful infiu-
ences will be brought to bear by MEM
bers of his own party in New York
to defeat him, provided the Demo-
cratic nominee is halfway satisfac-
tory to them. The financiers and trust
magnates are afraid of him. They
think he is lacking in judgment. He
is so erratic that they are in doubt
all the time as to the course he Will
pursue in regard to matters pertain
ing to business. Their present pur-
pose is not to contribute to his cam
paign fund That fact is of much i'm
portance to him and his party.
1t takes great deal of money to
carry on a presidential campaign The
men who have hitherto contributed
largely to the Republican campaign
fund are connected with Wall street.