The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-08
OHIO ROOMS HANNA.
Buckeye Republicans Urging Him ta for President.

l s- LOT 3I6SlQSnL. Cleveland. O., special to Washington | The overwhelming, victory of Senator Hanna in Ohio yesterday has awakened in every quarter the feeling. for months dormant. that he is the man who ought to head the Republican national ticket next year.
 l With New York falling back into Dem ocracy's hands aHd other States remain lican victory in the Buckeye State where Herricks plurality goes far ahead of the war majority given old John Brough, is largely credited to Senator Hanna, who was the object of the bitter fight waged I by Tom l.. Johnson. and Hanna was right at the front fin the campaigning of the
 It was his fight. He won. and Ohio President. That Eastern Republicans be- lieve this to be the case is an open secret. It looks very much as if Hanna would be a strong opponent of President Roose- sent to have his name entered.
 When asked about h today. the Sena- tor, who is unusually happy; said: thing at this time."
 Talk Is Not Unpleasant. = At the same time he looked pleased. and 1t Is known that this talk of his Presidential candidacy Is exceedingly pleasant to his ears. He will not dis.
 
 Ohio. and from prominent men in other States. came telegrams, some intimating and others insisting, that Hanna was the
 Sss thss sss hia iansase sentcr ans s ss S strongest man in the Republican party If Senator Hanna absolutely refuses to the .,., race nvssn ssarst m IS pushed forward as Roosevelts running mate. as his great majority makes him a strong man in his party. and Hanna hs already intimted tht he would be a good man for Vice-President.
 Hanna Talks in Washington There Is no doubt of the revival of the Hanna Presidential boom. It Is tempor- | arily in evidence in Washington. At the hotels, in the departments, and through out the city talk of Hanna for the Pres | idency is to be heard. His tremendous victory in Ohio has been given his boom an importance 1t had never before at tained.s And this, too. in spite ot the we'll understood fact that Senator Hanna Is not a candidate.
 The fear that MT. Roosevelt cannot next year carry his own State of New York is. of course, responsible for the revival | and growth of the Hanna sentiment. Con- | servative party men realize the desirabil- ity, If not the absolute necessity, of hold ing the big electoral vote of the Empire State. and the grave uncertainty of vic tory without 1t. To this situation must be ascribed the existence of the Hanna boom.
 Must Stand By Roosevelt. Incoming Republican Congressmen- even those who have no particularly cor dial regard for Mir. Roosevelt-do not ex- pect the Hanna movement to materialize. Win or lose. they believe the fortunes of the Republican Party must be intrust- ed to Roosevelt in the next campaign. All readily admit Mir. Hanna's' strength, but they are of the opinion that if his nomination meant the repudiation of Mir. Roosevelt. the Ohio Senator, or any other Republican who might be named would be doomed to inevitable defeat. They base this belief upon MT. Roosevelt's con tinued popularity in the West and the re- sentiment that would unquestionably fol- low his retirement at the instance of hos tile clements in the East. That the Pres idents popularity has waned in the East is disputed fin no quarter. Congressmen express the opinion, however. that Mir. Hanna, if he find 1t necessary. will, in a more positive way than he has yet done, dispose of his boom for all time by com ing out squarely and unqualifedly for Roosevelt-not merely with statement that the President should be nominated, but that Mr. Hanna Is for his nomination first and last.
 Retelling an old Story.
 A story went the rounds of the Capitol last winter that Mir. Hanna had told the President-in a spirit of fun, of course that he was getting tired of being called to the White House every Monday morn- ing to renew his oath of allegiance. [" This story was retold yesterday. by a Western statesman at an uptown hotel. when a New Yorker remarked: "In view of what has happened Mir. Hanna may now expect when he gets to Washington to be called to the White House twice a week-Mondays and Thursdays-to renew that oath.
 As a matter of fact. Republicans un- derstand that Mir. Hanna's loyalty to President Roosevelt Is beyond question. They are personal as well as political friends and hold each other in highest esteem.