The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
CONVENTION DAY
MUST Be NAMED
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMIT.
TEE TO MEET.
President Rooseyelt's Opponents Are
Keeping Quiet - His Popular
strength Assures Nonlination-New
York and Illinois Will Determine
Election-Indiana Safely Republican
Chicago Likely to Be So, Too.
From the Journa, Bureau, Colorado Building,

From, the Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
washington, Dec. 5.-The determin-s
alton of the time and place for hold,
ing the next nauonai corsem.uoh ~, ~
the republican national committee th!s
month will formally open the presl-
Dental contest, and plans for the
campaign will progress steadily. Re-
publican opponents of President
Roosevelt's nomination are now. lying
exceedingly quiet. They realize they
would have an exceedingly uphill
Rooseyelt's undeniably strong popular
hold, but because of the antagonlsms
which his only logical opponent-Mr.
Hanna-would inevitably arouse. SEN
ators Plat and Quay would much
rather have Roosevelt nominated than
Hanna. This means considerable
block of delegates and the New Eng
land states could not be switched from
Roosevelt. -s-. ~. : 49, p.
Attempts to break in Upon the de-
creed program of parties have not IN
the past proved so successful as to en-
courage similar efforts now. Mr..
Blaine, who had left the cabinet or
Harrison in 1892 to become a can
didate for the presidential nomination,
took that step with extremely strong
backing. Conditions seemed ripe Tor
a movement to overthrow the reignlng
dynasty, anu YET IL CdlilG ~ u1u6AAI'
Whether this attempt and its failure
had. anything to do with Harrison's
defeat is question on which opinions
differ.
It is noticeable, however, that the
republican conventions in which there
has been a strong factional fight for
the nomination. have been invariably
followed by troublesome contest at
the polls. Many Of Mr.. .Roosevelt's
opponents agree that it would be bet
ter to let him have the nomination,
taking their chances in 1908, than to
endanger party success by struggle
to dislodge him now. " 1,'>
New York Democratic. Sd.
The striking fact in the present
political situation which is, likely to
affect the calculations of both parties
Is the exhibition of democratic
strength in New York. Politicians
here believe that by making a COM
parison between the vote for Coler last
year in the greater city and for Nc
Clellan this year, it is reasonable to
predict democratic majority for a
conservative candidate in that city OF
100000.
Circumstances might develop which
would greatly increase this lead. How
heavy an offsetting republican major
1ty the rest of the state will send dowr
depends upon developments. Under
normal conditions New York may be
regarded as democratic state ant
next years balloting with conserva
tive candidate, would go far toward re
storing normal conditions. $.
Both sides are talking of this. 1
will affect democratic candidates ant
platforms more than the republican
program, which is in a large measur.
mapped out. Democrats will try tt
q get a man who will make the strong
est appeal to the voters of New Yorl
and at the same time somebody MI
Bryan would tolerate.
Illinois in Doubt.
The state next in Importance to tn,
democrats is Illinois, and in it's south
ern counties Mr.. Bryan's personal hol,
is still too large to be disregarded
Should New York and Illinois, thru
their great urban population, throy
their electoral votes with those of tn
solid south democratic success woul
be practically assured.
1t is comparatively useless for tn
democrats to talk of Indiana, unles
there should be a tidal wave in thei
favor. On the congressional vote las
year it was more strongly republica
In proportion to population than Mas
sachusetts and with Indianans, politi
cal ties once formed do not easil
break. Illinois, to be sure, has nc
exhibited any leaning toward the dem
ocratic party, but the easily swaye
population of it's great metropolita
center always furnishes the materis
for a sensational swing.
No presidents bind Chicago. 1t ca
give stupendous republican majorit,
as it did for Mckinley in 1895, or
can elect a democratic mayor withol
substantial opposition, and over til
protest of all She recognized agencie
of public opinion. 1t is prohabl
however. that the democratic party
considerably stronger in state an
local elections with both Chicago an
New York voters than on the pres
Dental ballot.