The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-30
RoosENELTs 8ELiEYED TO HAVE
sPoKEN s PEAi MI 70 5kEAN
Fsl Fl SENAToR SEEMED
s5$s AN CRY.

ESSkE-f4 ~ g n s-f1iS
ErlAToR 81 SEEMED
ANGRY
sRREsIDEa SAID TO HAVE
-TgsTEp AZ e WANTED a NAN
WIZ sa M g. lcMENg--LITER-
Bsss ATt5R FOR DEMoc RATS.
sVASHTrGTDN May % Some c:l-
seessssngiy lair ia Tx is said to haze
been INDUCED III this, morning by he
ts,iit ring visit OF Senator
80 IS:ea il ~ ew8.J ersey, who is re.
oseye1t, TO the White
hi enio pr Senator from that
state is usual " snildSulannered aEiI
was aaract eristic good humo'
en- hea arr red 5at the executive Of
Noes. IS i1iornirg and took his seat
sbeside S Senator shelby VI. Cailo9n
Senator Rediela Proctor and Repre-.
#sentaIiEe George D. Foss, who were
ssvai tiag pending the termination Of
the conference Between Mr.. Roosc-
Welt nd til e Secretary of War.
saAftsrS Senator kean had seen the
president left the White House IL
ADJ ferent mood. His face was flush
4 ma Ter ofz Mr.. Cortelyou's selection IS
National Chairman or on, any other
sppTticaIsnbject
Shortly fter the tentative selection
@of4sNI r.f Cortelyou was announced Sen
ator Kean came out in an interview
aW Jersey paper. criticizing the
PRESIDENTS choice He declared his
intention TO express himself to the
same effect when he next saw the
president is said that as soon as
sSena tor kean intimated that he did
mot Iike2the selection of Mr.. Cortelyo1,
che President opened fire and com
sment ed sarcastically5upon all who haa
been interposing objections to evely
@prominent memb Der OF the party whose
name had been mentioned in conne'c
h ton with the s. Republican chairman
Ship.
Hard to Suit All.
Cow Murray Cranes name was
not satisfactory to some members OF
& the party The President turned with
favor toward ex-Secretary Cornelius
sN. sBliss.of New Y orl, and found that
Senator P1att and rs Governor Odcll
could not agree upon that selection.
The names#of Governor Murphy, Of
New Jersey then considered, anil
this developed the fact that while
s.nred him, he senior Senator of the
State. Mr.. kean. and his followers biz
terly opposed the choice OF Mr.. MUIR
#phy. The Preside that Sen
ators kean. IS objections to Governor
\ MUIR ny were probably due to the fact
that AIr..Keans feared Governor MUE'
ply would loom up SO large with the
prestige OF having managed carG-
spaIgn that he would become a logical
candidate to- succeed Senator Kean.
whose term Will expire next March
ssssss So far as can be learned President
Roosevelt to-day Indicated that he was
driven to a selectionaof his own, and
decided upon Secretary Cortelyou as
FAX man th whom he was perfectly
familiar, and who besides having all
the qualities necessary for campaign
chairman, was such a man as could
not be criticised by those: who had OBJ
5ectea to other members Of the partH
4 on BETTY grounds.
Interested III state Fights.
n publican fractional disturbances
2Soceupietl8much of the attention of the
President to-day. While he is not
taking d hand in any of the State
fights, he is perhaps, manifesting
aeeper&interest in the outcome of the
splits IN Wisconsin,, Illinois and Ohio
than an s other member of his party,
because their result may have an at-
porta;nt bearing uponsthe national CAM
paign. What disturbs the president
more than amy other thing is that tie
nosttSs serious disafection in his OWL
part 5is occurring in States which Will
be in the great battle-ground OF the
campo Wisconsin,, etc.
During the forenoon Mr.. Roosevelt
talked with Senator Cullom and Rep
resentatiye Foss respecting the Gu
fbernatorial deadlock in Illinois. Sen
sator4 Culom went over the situation
I'm detail and Informed the President
that there has been no change what
ever ins the situation since the conve--
3stion adjourned to reassemble on May
sSS3s Senator Cullom said all the can
Bdidates and their followers had sue
Ssceeded in maintaining their lines, and
that leach man was confident of sue
cess.