The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26


 accomplished except by whipping you enemy, has tried in vain to convince thu President that in temporizing with Han na he is simply weakening his own lines and disarming his friends. The patronage which Foraker desires to get hold oi consists of about twenty good Federal offices scattered through the State, for which new appointments have not been made during the last two and a half years because of the inability of Fora ker and Hanna to agree upon candidates. With that patronage in his possession Senator Foraker would have a formida- ble weapon of offense which would ena- ble him to make inroads upon Hanna's strength in several sections of the State. He apparently is willing to wait for the President to reach decision, and in the meantime will preserve an unrufied ex- terfor. He refuses to complain about the Presidents practical abandonment of him while he was in Ohio organizing a | fight against the Hanna machine He is willing to give the President another ore portunity to make good. and if he does not will be at liberty to take such steps I Tor self-preservation as the exigencies of the future may dictate.
 Hanna Will Not Compromise. Whatever the Presidents decision may be, Senator Hanna's lieutenants, both in washington and Ohio, are working to a single end. Their ultimattlm tonight is, NO compromise; that Foraker will not attend the National convention as a del- 1 egate and that the delegates must be friends of Senator Hanna" Senator For 1 aker probably is aware of the attitude Of Hanna's friends and understand the urgent need of a prompt decision on the | part of the President, but he knows of no way to accelerate the operations of the Presidents mind. The President is candidate, and, like all candidates, Is timid and haiting.
 What Foraker will do in the event of the President refusing to give him the available patronage of the State Is mat ter Of conjecture Two courses would be open to him. One would be to surrender to Hanna, thereby acknowledging defeat, and accept seat in the convention from | his colleague. The other would be to re- turn to Ohio, organize a fight on his own account and reserve the right to sup port or oppose the President in the con- vention. The latter course would be ex- hausting and expensive and might not prove satisfactory from the standpoint of results. It would involve combating the State machine backed by the State I HS OtucT NQUtQ lnNOiNG an acknowledgement of Hanna's leader ship. and perhaps a further acknowledge ment of the desirability of Hanna's can | didacy. Delegates Ready to Name Hanna. Foraker has no doubt about Hanna be- ing a candidate. While he was in Ohio he heard from Hanna's friends just as one hears from them in Washington that Hanna will be nominated at Chicago. The Presidents friends professed to feel much encouraged to-day over the report from Florida that the delegates from that State to the Chicago convention were in- structed for the President. Southern men who are familiar with the devious ways of Southern Republicans attached no i'm. portance to the report and said 1t was just as likely to be false as true,
 And even if it is true,' said a South. ern senator. what difference would il make? Hanna could get the delegates just the same if he wanted them. wher you are talking about instructed dele, gates from the South to a Republican convention always keep in mind the con yentioh of 1881. The Southern delegates of that convention were instructed fo, John Sheridan. They voted for Russel A. Alger."
 Roosevelt Losing His Hold.
 The President is losing ground all tn, time. That is becoming apparent to ever his most loyal friends. Few Republican. of national influence and just few possessing large influence in their owr States are coming voluntarily to confer with him. The white house list of con gressional visitors is dwindling to small CT proportions day by day. The execu tive offices present none of the aspects I nf a haahnNfnrfaru nf hn candidate for the Republican nomination for President. The President is con stantly exercising his prerogative to sent for friends and not all of these go ava, pleased with him themselves. A shor time ago he sent for former State sen ator from Northern New York, a Re publican of large influence. The Nov Yorker. came and saw the President That afternoon before he left town h, met a Republican member of the Nev York delegation.
 The next time Roosevelt sends for mi simply to jolly me, I am going to ge mad he said with show of wrath Think of bringing a man a journey o over 1000 miles just to shake his han, and show a row of teeth"
 Nervous Over the Outlook.
 Incidents like this tend to confirm in impression of many of the President friends that he is nervous over his out look. that he acts upon impulse withou considering consequences and that the eff feet of his sending for Republicans iron a distance is as often unfortunate as i is desirable.
 Reports from the Far West are n, longer as satisfactory to the Presiden as they were a few weeks ago. Thel they were full of hope, but now they arr tinged with uncertainty. The success O the anti-Roosevelt forces of Nebraska fl postponing the State convention to Ma, IS, was body blow to the Presidenti preconceived notion of what the Stat committee would do. A story has beel current to-day that Utah and Wyomin, will follow the lead of Nebraska and ar range to send uninstructed delegates t. Chicago. Thus the cattle States, wher cowboys roam without restraint, wher the President was supposed to be en shrined in the hearts of all of the voters are slipping away from him.