The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-09
THE PRESIDENT
MUCH WORRIED
=
Fierce Attack on Him By
a Leading Republican
Paper
POLITICIANS ARE ALL
STUDHING SITUATION
Those Close to Roosevelt Think That
Hanna Instigated the Attack
Ohio Paper Calls on Party
to Turn Him Down.

Washington, Dec. 8.-The sensation
i the hour, 50 far as the national cap
ital is concerned is the attack upon
resident Roosevelt contained in. all
editorial of the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune, the leading republican organ
of the Buckeye State The publica.
ton of this editorial in the local pa.
.pers has given rise to a discussion
which has completely overshadowed
the Wood case the presidents mes
sage and everything else.
The CommercialTribun comes out
boldly for the nomination of some
other man to- be the republican stand
ard bearer in the presidential con-
test, pointing with brutal fEaulsslsss
to the weakness Of President Rops6
welt, the party dissatisfaction with
him and the extreme danger CT going
into the contest with him as the lead
er. Especial stress is laid upon the
condition in New York which, The
Commercial Tribune thinks, renders
| it impossible for Roosevelt to carry
| that state. There is NO mention or
any other man in particular, though
half a dozen men are named as more
likely than the president to unite his
| party.
More than ordinary interest is
taken in this attack because OF the
known Affiliations Of the newspaper.
1t is regarded as the personal organ
of George b. Cox, the big republican
boss of southern Ohio, who is very
close indeed to Senator Hanna, and
suspicious administration politicians
are inclined to see the fine Italian
hand of Uncle Marcus back OF the
whole thing. Some OF them construc =
it as simply means OF forcing the
president to let up on his fight for
General Wood, while others see in it
the beginning Of systematic cam.
paign in the interest % Hanna. At the
White house the Commercial-Tribun
is sneerod at as Of no consequence,
but those who understand Ohio poll
itics and have knowledge of the inter-
ests which control the paper are OF
the opinion that there may be serlous
breakers ahead for Roosevelt. So far
Senator Scott, OF West Virginia, is
about the only republican Office hold
er of prominence who has had the
temority to proclaim that he is for
Hanna above Roosevelt, out there are
great many others who are anxious
for an opportunity to line up that way.
| 1t is not too much to say that the pres.
ent indications are they have the op-
portunity.
Three months ago President Roose.
welt h0wcd he was considerably wor-
rled over his chances for election, but
had no doubt Of the nomination. Now
he is greatly worried 1t is said that
he regards the fight on Wood as direc-
ted not at the general, but at himself,
and this Cincinnati attack is taken in
white house circles as evidence Of the
correctness OF that theory. The best
indication that he is worried was
manifested today. He had at luncheon
Lieutenant Governor Gordon OF Ohio,
a personal friend, and in the course
of their conference Roosevelt asked
Gordon the pointed question whether
tIe Ohio convention would vote for
him or for Hanna. Gordon told him
that if Hanna is a candidate Ohio
would go for him in a whirl.