Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-05
Hanna Starts
| UNDER WBACK
Tactics Of the President are Cutting
Uncle Mark Pretty
Strongly.
The STRONGEST MANS PRIDE HURT
Marcus" is Bidding His Tim, But
He Feels Sore Under the
whack He Got When the
Ohio Convention En-
dorsed President
Roosevelt.
The STRONGEST MANS PRIDE HURT

Washington, June 4.-The big club
with which President Roosevelt swat
ted the political head of Senator Han
ma few days ago in connection with
the endorsement of the president by
the Ohio convention, soon to meet, isl
regarded by the Democrats as a favo1
able weapon in the development OF
party prospects next year.
The tact of the president in so strong
ly hitting "Uncle Marcus over the top
of his bald head, is regarded by Repub-
licans and Democrats as having been
far from that order that goes to do
things neatly. There was nothing OF
McKinley's smoothness in the blunt
and curt announcement of the presi-
dent that those who were not for him
were against him. The point Demo-
| has hurt the pride of the strongest
man in Ohio and that Senator Hanna
will forever carry a knife up his sleeve
l for the president. He will bide his
time to use it all right, but those who
know him do not hesitate to declare
| that he will use it at some future time,
| possibly at a time when the president
| will be the least prepared for trouble.
| The action of the president will be
| pointed to as another evidence of his
| strenuousity and impetuosity, not to
say lack of Judgment. That is, eastern
| men will look at the matter this way
and Democrats will rejoice in the i'm
east. In the west, however, the people
call the presidents action candor and
honesty, and uphold the circumstances.
This shows the difference of opinion be-
tween the eastern and western people
as to the president.
The fact is that Senator Hanna, Sen
ator Fairbanks and a number of other
influential Republicans who have pres
idential aspirations, have never been
friendly to Roosevelt, despite the fact
that ON the surface their relations have
appear W Dc dilllCtiUlC. 1lC plCOl-
dent has watched their movements
closely and has been satisfied all
along that they would oppose his nom
ination if they ever got a good chance.
The plan of Senator Hanna was to pre-
vent an endorsement of the president
and trust to the latter's making some
bnI hot 1nnvf
year that would cause change of feel
| ing toward him on the part of Ohio and
other Republicans. Roosevelt himself
knows that there is many a slip be-
tween the cup and the lip, and saw that
| by an endorsement now the plumbers
he might commit between this and the
nominating convention next year would
I have to be considerable to cause the
Ohio Republicans to stultify them
Iselves by going back on their endorse
lment this year. 1t is admitted on all
lsides that the president did right in
iforcing endorsement this year while his
! popularity is at top heat, but the crit
icism of him by Republicans and Dem
locrats is for the way he did it. He
lcould have taken less painful methods
r Iof cracking "Uncle Mark over the
Ihead, it is pointed out
\ Senator Hanna will apparently ac-
; lquiesce in the presidents wishes, Will
S subside and bide his time. He Will
s Iwait until he has his own election as
senator safe and then he will begin to
lwhet his little knife. He may conclude
Ito do SO before he is assured of his
I own reelection, as the senate is not
lso attractive to him after all.
The moral to which eastern Demo
: Gratis point is that the presidents ac-
: Ition in this instance clearly shows his
: general temperament. They say it is
: this temperament that makes the east
: afraid of him and that will cause thou
j Islands of conservative men of all classes
Q to support good Democrat, if one is
! nominated Democrats here are more
f lconfdent than they have been in many
lyears.