Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-05-04
SENATOR HALE
And the President Talk over Part,
Politics.


Probably the views of no man in the
Senate are sought more by President
Roosevelt, than those OF Sen. Hale. The
Maine senator has been asked often TO
come to the White House the past winter,
not so much to the executive offices for
the daily conferences which are some
times held there, but to the White House
evenings.
More than once, Mr.. Hale he's been
there to dinner, the dinner being followed
by informal discussions OF politics and
legislation. The President has more
leisure evenings, Is pleased TO sit and
chat then with his friends, and at that
time serious questions of party policy
are frequently discussed. Generally there
or four influential senators are included
In these evening talks, such senstors as
Mr.. Hale, MIR. Aldrich, Mr.. Lodge, and
one or two others.
The President relies very much upon
the judgment of MIR. Hale who has bad a
larger and more varied experience In cam
psigns, possibly, than any OF his col
leagues in the conference and who knows
we'll the temper of different parts OF the
country as to politics and political ques-
tions.
just now Mr.. Roosevelt is looking very
closely to the preparations for the ma
tionai convention. the details for this
convention having, in large part. been
agreed upon as far as 1T is possible to agree
upon them in advance. The possibility
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year has also been discussed recently at
the White House at one of these evening
conferences.
II is the part of wisdom for the party to
proceed with its program fnteiiigently
and, as far as possible, to anticipate the
democratic program. Republicans, close
to the President, are quite agreed that the
big guns this year must be planted In four
states-New York, New Jersey, Illinois,
and Indiana. This does not mean that
there is any alarm lest the democrats
carry a majority of those states and de-
feat Mr.. Roosevelt, but that republicans
want to set in motion such a campaign as
will enable them to hold these states, for
the assaults will be made there.
New York is regarded as the most un-
cerain of all four, and many well informed
repu blicans fear that Roosevelt must be
elected without the aid OF New York.
The trend towards Judge Parker gives
color to that presumption, and President
Roosevelt himself does not shut his eyes
to the conditions. Then New Jerseys
repub licsn majorities have been gradually
dwindling and 1t is an accepted fact OF
politics that influences that swing New
York one way or another have great
weight on voters In northern New Jersey.
The labor vote will decide which way
Illinois will go. Republican leaders from
that state think there is no danger Of the
state deserving the republican column.
Probably there Is no danger but the
President wants to throw up fortificstions
there so as to be able to keep the demo-
Gratis back. The situation in Indiana Is
almost exactly the same as In Illinois.
These wise men of the party, whom the
President trusts, do not think there Is
any danger whatever of Connecticut. In
years gone by Connecticut has had
way of going democratic whenever
New York and New jersey went that way,
but conditions have been changing there
and republicans do not regard 1t neces-
sary TO plant any big guns in the nutmeg
state.
The prospective agreement of demo-
Gratis on Parker has stimulated repubn-
cans here to considers BILE activity and this
will continue more than ever II the New
York democratic convention next
week endorses Judge Parker for it's
presidential candidate.