Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23
CONFIDENCE PREVAILS
No Apprehension A Felt at
Chicago.
VICTORY COUNTED ON
SCENES ATTENDING THE NoMI-
NATION OF ROOSEVELT.
Delegates Pleased With the Candi-
dates, Satisfied With the Platform
and Looking Forward to Success,

| 'F''i"i 'SlaiCh rom Il STAN CORRESPONDENT
CHICAGO. June 2}.-When the sun goes
| down this evening the republican prcsiGeu-
| tial campaign of 1904 will have been organ
| ized. with Roosevelt and Fairbanks as
candiGltes, typifying energy and ceuserva-
! tlsm: with platform that is conservative.
| yet fearless; with national committee Sc
! lecjed. ANA "A chairman and MANAGER of the
| campaign chosen. the great fight ror control
| OF the government of the nation Will have
| begun.
confidence in a substantial republican VIC
! tory next fan is the dominating spirit
winch prevails among the distinguished re-
pubicdnS gathered here No note of APP
pIehension Is heard No sign OF faltering
| or hanging back. but "A deadly purpose TO
go forward to bring about another rout of
the democracy. and an abiding belief that
the object will he accomplished
Incre have been MANY EXCHANGES nf n,,j,,
IONS as 10 The political outlook in the sey-
eiai states among the politicians attending
TINS gathering. There have been ma rro,Ee
sls among them, and only good tidings
nave been brought by the delegates from "A
me states that gave their electoral vote ia
W iiIlam Mckinley four years ago Even
w W lscohsln does not seem hopeless now
ne national organization handled that Sit
uatloh without gloves. and the leaders be-
heve that the electoral vote of Wisconsin
Will go TO President Roosevelt
The scenes attending the nomination n,
theodore Roosevelt were in keeping with
,iIe @ spirit of the entire g invention; business
nAe, W. enthusiastic enough to show a
warm ana hearty interest in tfc work in
hand. 1ne delegates like the candida,es
they are heartily satisfied with n. platform
iiu ii''t conidence IN the managers of the
.ai"piiS'i' n" section of tho del. gates will
20 aW.ty from Chicago with any feeling
save absolute satisfaction with thei, nar,S
and Their candidates
There are four candidates for the ser,-
iorShlp III Indiana Representative Hemer
way, representative Charles r. Iandis
representative Crumpacker and Gov Dur
I'm MI. Landis friends announce TODAY
ina, he has decided to enter the race
The contest thus far Il good N, tured .nd
without factlonal heat. All of the can6i
oates are good friends and say that person
Antics VIII not enter into the fight
There IS no prospect, therefore thar tba
senatofsh,p campaign will have any bearing
upon the republican outlook discdvan.
tageous to the republicans The campaign
for the senatorship will proceed coinci6ent
any with the national and state campaigns
as the lt tgislature to be elected this fail Will
choose the senator "
Last night was gala eyenin, for ~.
convention folks. They thronged the cor
ridors and lohbies, "A good-nat tured crowd
pCshins' Jostlfng and chatting. Men and
women together. they were all ont 10 sec
and hear all that was going on.
Along about the shank of the evening
senator Depe" came "buttng" his way
through the crowd. He was In fine fettla
and full evening regalia
"Dcpew, speech, Speech" cried the crowd
There is broad marble staircase leading
up from the lobby of the Auditorium
Hotel, and half dozen steps from the hot
tom Senator Depew took his stand He
looked the gathering over. searching for
inspiration. Just then the commanding
figure of Senator Fairbanks was espied
has, md
people.
"Ah." said Senator Depew. here is Sena-
tor Fairbanks. Now that reminds me that
] have received an invitation to take a
trip on the Siberian railroad from St
Petersburg to Port Arthur but I have de-
clined. This climate IS cool enough for me
Now. my friends some people. when they
want a thing. speak up and ask for it,
Roosevelt, Roosevelt shouted the
crowd
Others when they want thing stand
off and conuette."
"Fairba nks, Fairbanks chorused the
audience
MY own opinion" continue dSenator De-
pew. lis that it is much like counting a girl.
Tell her that you love her, tell il to her good
and strong. and even if she is not enamored
of you, she may he touched by your devo-
tion and accept you to save your life"
Many handclappngs and futtering OF
fans followed this speech. and the senator
stepped down
Mr.. COrtelyOu reached town IN The affer-
noon and last night much in evidence
about the hotel lobbies. doing the glad
hand" act. 1t is prophes ed that he Will
make good in his new position. Tomorrow
he will be elected chairman of the national
committee without murmur of disap-
oroval.
Even before the convention closed or tho
ticket named the assembled managers be-
gan to talk of the campaign. looking ahead
to the first steps to be taken in the ex-
pected march to victory Several con-
ferences have been held between the lead
ing spirits such Henry c. Payne. Elihu
Root Senator Lodge, Senator Scott, Cor
relius N Bliss Harry S. New, John w.
Yerkes and Senator Penrose. over taking
I'D the active work of the campaign. When
Mr. Cortelyou arrived the scene he
found the machinery oiled and running
smoothly The reports that he was re-
ceived coldly false He was received
cordially by the men who are to be his
co-workers I'm this campaign.
There is no aftermath of sulking and the
men who had entertained other preferences
now give him the right hand II comradcship-
Don't for an instant lose sight of the fact
that those men have their eye on the gun
ali the time and not to lie diverted by
any personal consideration from the main
nroposition which is that they feel them
saIvas intrusted by the tremendous busi-
ress and Industrial interests of this coun-
try with the responsibility of waging
successful campaign to protect them: