Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-10
Intimation That Roosevelt Does
NotHold Former General Favor.
SOUTH LO1KSTOW ARD SENATOR HANNA
Indications Are That Trusts Are Plan
ming, to Support Democratic Talk
+ Many People Are Pleased With Hep
burns "Orisinai Package" Bill.
TBY H. j. MAHIN.1


Washington, D. c., Feb 5.-The talk
of a presidential ticket such as Roose-
welt and Dolliver has again aroused
some talk as to whether Mr.. Roose
welt is going to be the presidential
candidate. 1t is a self-evident fact
/ that Mr.. Roosevelt has not the general
approval of the country that he had
before he became President. 1t is
conceded, however, that no man on
earth could run the affairs of the coun-
try in as positive q manner as he has
without making enemies. On the other
hand, he has made many strong
friends, and experienced ones do not
hesitate to say that Mr. Roosevelt will
! be the presidential candidate without
any doubt. The same talk was rife
! before McKinley's second nomination,
/ and 1t all lacked in large degree the
force to check the popular trend to-
ward that great man, as it undoubted
ly will in the case of Mr.. Roosevelt.
, Nevertheless there are disquieting ell
ements in the situation. The. prize is
SO great that there can hardly fail to
be struggle at least for the nomina-
ton when the time comes. A combina.
ton of the southern states with New
York, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin
would come pretty near being able to
distate the nominee for the presidency.
In view of the quarrels within the
republican party in the south and the
agitation over Mr. Roosevelt's negro
policy, good judges think II doubtful
IL the President can get the delega-
lions from those states. They are all
looking toward Senator Hanna and
+ it is thought that he would need only
to say the word to get their support.
But he will not. The next republican
convention will have about $50 votes
under the new apportionment, of
which the south under the present ar
rangement will have nearly one-third,
or slightly over 800. Indiana and Wis
consin in Fairbanks and Spooner have
favorite sons of presidential size, but
there is no indication that there will
be any activity in that direction in
these states. Ohio, too, of course, al
ways has men ready, but Senator Han
ma will doubtless control that situa-
ton. Interest centers in New York
state, for it is not known for GER
tainty whether the empire state will
give its vote to Mr.. Roosevelt for the
nomination. Large business and in
dustrial firms, which have at times
been hostile, have plainly shown that
they would welcome some other nomi-
nee on account of the Presidents Wig
orous trust policy.
A prominent republican senator who
has been a careful student of trusts,
said the other day that the big indus
trial combinations are preparing to
support democratic candidate in
1904 The platforms of both parties
for that campaign will probably read
very much alike as to trusts-for that
will doubtless be one of the dominant
issues-except that the democrats
may declare for the regulation of the
trusts by the reduction of the tariff, a
doctrine against which all the repub-
lican leaders in congress are now
strongly opposed.
During the coming summer adj
journment of congress some removal
tions will be made in the capitol as
usual. Several of the committee rooms
are to be entirely refurnished at a
cost of about $4,000. Congressman
Hull, of Des Moines, chairman of the
committee on military affairs was for
tunate enough to draw part of this
appropriation. His committee room
will be fitted out with new set of
magnificent mahogany furniture.
Prohibition people all over the coun-
try are pleased with Col Hepburn's
BILL which will, as soon as it becomes
a law, knock out the Original pack
age" liquor dealer in states which
have liquor laws like Iowa. Col. Hep
burn believes thoroughly that this law
is a good one and badly needed and
yet has never in any sense passed
as a prohibitionist. In fact the pro-
hibitionists have nearly always fought
Mr.. Hepburn in his district when he
was running for congress. Col. Hep.