Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
ARE ALL. ONE WAY
Republican EXPRESSIONS on
Presidential Nomination.
VIEWS OF THE LEADERS
ORIGIN OF THE MOVEMENT
AGAINST ROOSEVELT.
The Presidents Refusal to Dicker With
Representatives of Cor
porate Influences.
VIEWS OF THE LEADERS

The arrival at the capital of members or
| the republican national committee has
| caused renewal Of the discussion started
with studied opportuneness, as many think,
! by Editor Eshelby of Cincinnati over the
| presidential nomination Some of the COM
! mitteemen from distant points We're sur
prlsed at finding themselves IN the midst of
| red-hot factional discussion. With the
exception of few who, if reports are true,
| knew that the question would be raised at
! this time, the majorty of the committee
| men probably thought, with the Presidents
| friends in Congress- that there was no aues-
| ton of Roosevelt's denomination
The committeeman who went to the Capi-
| tol today had no difficulty in detecting the
| drift of sentiment among republican states
men at both ends of the great legislative
building. In Hobbies and committee rooms
| the Roosevelt talk was frequent and of no
uncertain ring. Some of the politic ans
visiting Washington Will go back home with
very distinct impressions of the feeling or
their congressman on the subject. They
Will also have absorbed a few ideas of the
| practical politics involved in the fight
against Roosevelt and the opinion of ma
| tonal politicians of the effect upon the
party's prospects of continuation of hostile
talk
Efforts of Corporate Influences.
Politicians were interested in a dispatch
| telegraphed TO the Chicago Record Herald
| last night by its Washington correspondent.
Mr.. Walter Wellman and which appeared
| simultaneously IN the Philadelphia Press
| this morning. Mr.. Wellman discloses tho
details Of the efforts of the corporate In.
| fuences now fighting Mr.. Roosevelt to
make terms with him upon conditions
which the President in Mr.. Wellman's
expression, refused point blank
Mr.. Wellman charges that the movement
looking to bringing Senator Hanna for
ward as candidate was the outcome of the
Presidents refusal to dicker with the pro-
jectors of the proposed deal. He exculpates
| Senator Hanna from completely in the con.
spiracy to arouse hostile sentiment against
the President.
Summarized, the dispatch says that not
long ago the President was approached by
representative OF the Wall street and cor
| poration interests, who wanted a pledge
from the President that If reelected he
would do nothing to destroy business conf
dence, "a promise to abstain from action
at honIe or abroad which might have q
disastrous effect upon the commercial
world"
The President replied tha. IL the PROPOSE
ton meant that he was not to forward the
interests of the United States in it's foreign
relations as occasion arose he would not
give such a pledge; if 1t meant that he
should bind himself in the future not to
prosecute unlawful combinations he would
refuse to be pledged
And finally" the President is quoted as
saying, las to pledges not to upset the
business prosperity of the country If any
such pledges are necessary a preliminary
to my reelection 1 not At to be re-
elected at all. / decline to give any
pledges"
Following the return of the intermediary
to New York, according to the dispatch,
the word was passed all along the line to
'hit Roosevelt" and there was an immedi-
ate response in quarters known to be SYM
pathetic to such a suggestion Senator
iS ri n MI hes uybiI Ia
a visit to New York to announce his cam
didacy. In the words of the dispatch. Sem
ator Hanna was taken to the mountain top
and promised everything in sight. But he
did not yield. He understood the situation
better than his tempters."
Sample of Syndicate's Methods.
Mr.. Wellman's dispatch closed as follows:
"a sample Of the Wall street syndicates
plan of campaign against the President IL
found in the fact that not long ago several
hundred letters were sent out through the
far western states inquiring If public Opin.
ion in that section had not been changed,
and if result of the change the Presi-
dent had not lost his former popularity.
These letters were sent out by E. H. Harrf-
man. head of the Union Pacific and other
railway corporations They were addressed
to his agents and employees. They were so
worded as to indicate Enthusiastically the
character OF reply that was wanted, and
the agents, knowing their business, gave
Mr.. Hartman the sort of answer that he
wanted. With all these letters in hand Mr..
Hartman Is thoroughly convinced that
President Roosevelt has lost his popularity
In the far west, and that this affords an
other most excellent reason why he should
not be made the republican nominee"
Mr.. Eshelby's Attitude.
Among the prominent Ohio politicians
who reached the city today was Mr.. Z. o.
Eshelby, the publisher and editor of the
I'M a1 T>r;t,
paper which in its editorial columns raised
the question of Mr.. Roosevelt's nomnat ton.
Mr.. Eshelby, who is attending the conven-
ton Of the Tobacco Manufacturers Asso-
citation, talked to Star reporter this after
noon:
IF President Roosevelt is nominated for
the presidency by the national republican
convention he will have no more loyal sup
porter than the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune said Mr.. Eshelby.
Il had no other candidate in view" con-
tinued Mr.. Eshelby in reply to a question.
when that editorial was written. AS long
ago last summer l became convinced
that the sentiment of the republican party
was not favorable to Mr.. Roosevelt. Since
then my information has been of a kind to
confirm that opinion, and the editorial IN
the Commercial-Tribune merely favored
general consideration at this time of the
question of his availability
II have never called into question the
integrity of his administration. He is an
honest and Straightforward man, and has
made a good President.
''But there are other good men who VIII
make good Presidents and who l believe
will be stronger before the country than
Mr. Roosevelt. Can he carry his own state
of New York? We have never elected
President who did not carry his own state.
Why should we throw away the presi-
dency? Is 1T not better to discuss Mr..
Roosevelt's availability now than after the
convention has met and acted?'
Mr.. Eshelby declared that he has no
candidate for the presidential nomination
and that his course in this matter has been
because of his own judgment and not be-
cause of any influence brought to bear On;
him from any source.
Roosevelt's Western Popularity.
Expression by prominent senator's r5lj-
resentatives and politicians In favor OF
President Roosevelt's denomination con-
tfnue to be heard on every side. Some Of
the national committeeman are speaking
out.
"Illinois will b for Roosevelt" said Ma