The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
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himself to be accounted Democrat, that he went along the path to advancement through the civil service with the help of Democratic administration; that he voted for Cleveland in 1s92. did not vote in 1896. and, in short. his political afifia- tion and sympathy and experience with the Republican party are all too brief and contracted to warrant his assign ment to so high distinction and so vast a business responsibility as the chairmanship of the national committee must necessarily involve in its relations with financial and industrial circles of the country.
 These clements have been heretofore of the utmost importance for the campaign committee to consider paramount to all others Mark Hanna knew how to man. age such things. He had been himself a successful business man of large af- fairs and long maintained intimate busi- ness relations taking in the largest part of the country. Cortelyou, as far as anybody knows, has never earned any money except what he was paid as clerk and his present salary as secre- tary of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
 But President Roosevelt has chosen him. Callers at the White House come away and say kind things about Cortel- you and that he will be all right as chairman, but those who do not so there to make obeisance and reaffirm allegi- ance. although they also speak well of Mir. Cortelyou as 8 man with decent record and comedy department. are de- cidedly Respondent over the situation.
 New Corte1you's Assistant
 Cortelyou is ostensibly to be the eastern manager. as well as chairman of the committee, and, according to present in- tentions of President Roosevelt, Harry New, of Indianapolis, is to be vice chair man and western campaign manager. J. w. Blythe, of Iowa. had been urged for the management of the western end of the field, but the choice of New York indicates that the Republicans are ap- prehensive that the Democrats will make an aggressive fight this year to carry Indiana. It is also said that 1t was learned that the appointment of Blythe might give offense to Governor Cummins on account of past differences engendered by the governors vigorous championship of the Iowa idea
 Everything having been prepared in advance for the National Republican con vention which Is to meet at Chicago June 21 it may not be uninteresting to take a look ahead at the prospective personnel of the convention, comparing what it is likely to be with what such great gatherings of representative men of the party have been. That ft will be merely a kind of Roosevelt ratification meeting, instead of great national con- vention. is a very common sentiment.
 Two of the greatest figures of the Re- publican party. as it appeared in conyen- tion assembled at Philadelphia four years ago will be missed sadly at Chicago. One. Mark Hanna, is dead; the other, Mat O1tnN oHRnRAfnO latest information from his physicians. will never again be able actively to par ticipate either in business or politics.
 With Mark Hanna in the Philadelphia convention, as delegates from Ohio, were George K Nash. J !. B. Forakers Charles If. Grosvenor and Charles Dick. The four delegates at large from New York we're Thomas c. Piatt. Theodore Roose- welt, Chauncey Depew and Serene Payne. Pennsylvania delegates at large, with Quay, were Boies Penrose and H. H. Bingham.
 other Republicans of national note in the convention were U. 8. Grant of Cali fornia; Edward o. Wolcott of Colorado, ]. Edward Addicks of Delaware. Joseph G. Cannon and William Lorimer of Illi- nois, Albert J. Beveridge and Charles w. Fairbanks of Indiana, Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa, Louis B. McComas and Sidney E. Mudd of Maryland. Henry Cabot Lodge and Samuel W. Mccall of Massachus- cts, Knute Nelson of Minnesota. Thomas H. Carter of Montana, Jacob Gailinger of New Hampshire, H. c. Hansbrough of North Dakota, Levi Ankeny of Wash tnEton, Francis E. Warren and Charles D, Clark of Wyoming.
 The gOuth's Representatives.
 The Southern States were most notab- ly represented by Powell Clayton of Ar kansas, Walter P. Brownlow, Henry R. Gibson, George N. Tillman. John 8. Mo- Call, J. W. Dutro of Tennessee, T. H. R. Green R. B. Hawley of Texas, Governor Wm. s. Taylor and J. W. Yerkes of Ken- lucky, and General James A. Walker of Virginia.
 The difference most apparent in the convention will be in that mighty ad- junct the national committee, of which Senator Hanna, at the last convention was chairman, with Henry c. Payne as vice chairman and the celebrated Perry s. Heath as secretary. With Hanna at the western headquarters in Chicago, were Vice Chairman Payne, Perry Q. Heath Volney W. Foster, Edwin F.. Brown of Illinois. Harry 6. New of In- diana and R. c. Kerens of Missouri. At the eastern headquarters in New York were Joseph H. Manley of Maine, Cor nelius N. Bliss and Fred s. Gibbs of New York, Franklin Murphy of New Jersey and N. B. Scott of West Vir- ginia.
 Cornelius N. Bliss it is understood. will again act as treasurer of the com mittee
 But think o9 the gentle, amiable. cour- teous irreproachably clerical Mir. Cortel- you as chairman of the campaign com mittee! That Is the thing that is just now unspeakable to the average Repub- lican.
 Troubles all around, too Troubles in New York, troubles in Ohio, in Illinois. in Iowa, and in Wisconsin, the worst the party has known since the day of Grant! Money to be got for the campaign from the captains of industry, the money kings and the trusts by Chief Trust Buster Cortelyou.
 The bluest of the Republicans are the office holders here in Washington. Real ly should the Democrats nominate a con- servative man on a conservative platform at Chicago. the Republicans in office here expect defeat; and the interesting thing about 1t is that they do not look at the prospect with any great grief.
 R. H. Watkins.
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