The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-08
IRO0SEI FL 4 AND FAIRBANKS

For the first. time since ma tionalss
couyentions were ted sexcept 5ISls
the case of the National Repub licanssas
III 1882 and the RepubI cans In 4 800
the national convention 49, asicago
made a. unanimous choice both
sr,is OF the Presidentla l MI scSet.
Roosevelt il iao4. like nicfStnles tsiss
1900, had no opposition for the nom
nation. NOBODY except u ooseEes lit
;.ad been mentioned or i laoug Sot SSre-S
Gently in connection w 18th d the Il Fsres5s8
Dental candidacy. Roosevelt sS name
laaa for years been couples ~ thsS$s he
nomination. If Mckinley had notSSgo t8s
the candidacy in 1900 it woult d have.
gone to Roosevelt. Had NlcKlnfeys
lived to the end Of the term for M CHI
he was elected four years u ago he
choice of the conyentio ~ w rich closed
It's lahors Thursday would have been
the same Many of the poll ciansSs
were against Mckinley In a 500 Many
we're against Roosevelt 4 u 4 au4. .ss The
masses of the Repub1 lean party.
however, have been all along IN fasss
vor OF Roosevelt and .among the Re-
publicans it is the masses; ana not he
politicians who control convention
and dictate the CHOICE OF candid dates
While there was no such enthusias M
for Fairbanks as there WE $ tar'ss
Roosevelt for the. Vice Prestd ency
four years ago. Z had { been EN- t.S
for weeks past that he would be the.
choice OF the party Several $E$ OF err
persons were mentioned for the an
didacy. but the Indiana ma met he
demands of availability better nan
did any of his rivals. and al 55of lem 80
withdrew before the nominal ion tooxgss
place The fact that Fairbanks had
clear field for the nominal ion when
the voting took place is something on
which he and the Repnbl lean pa rtys
are to be congratulated. Fairbanks
is young, according to the stand ardsS
by which age among publ men ~ 4
reckoned. having passed the y altssse r.
fury mark only two ears q 50 tti sssS
political record is good. During Il he
seven years he has served In the = en-
ate he has taken prominent part lTls
the deliberations of that chamber on
all the great measures which aye
been before it.. In the past year OF
1.-two his name had been fred uenti ys and
conspicuously coupled wi th thu tca#
Presidential candidacy. Nobody 81 rs.
surprised Thursday w hen the M
nation was given to him. TheS choicss
will commend itself TO the great body
OF the Republican party Fafrhal KS.
experience in the Senate VII ma isss
him very accept bles presid linz e fiisssj
Ger for that chamber for he next o11rs
/ J.
| years.
The ticket which the cssssiicag con-
vention selected will sweep the CONN
try This is a Repuhl lean sra. here
is not the slightest chance Tor s#t he
Democracy In 1904 to siak e he
load which it has beer aecumtita tinsS
| for many years. GeogTaphic aIl he
ticket meets all the denand IDS fts reI,-s
resents the East and Sa ale
West, the sections which haVe ssTA
: giving the law to the countfy for
many decades. Each member fst he
ticket resides in a State viii chs e 81
been doubtful until recent aud |;
which some Of the politicians on both
sides deemed to be doub tfu1 III 1se4 N
In reality. the only doubt regarding
the attitude Of either this year is asss
to the dimensions OF Its Republ team
majority New York, for q time at
least, has quit; its pendulum ngss
from one party to the other in sue
cessive Presidential years In ike
manner the Republican plurality Of
is. 900 in 1896 and 26. 900 in aaIssssS
diana has broken the sequence OF that
States oscillations. The condt tions
which made both States RepnbEearrsE
in the two most recent Presid len iaIA
canvasses have not been materiaIls Fs3
changed. East and West are solid
for the Republican party Its gIorio tiss
! record and its popular stand On al ls
the great issues Of to-day render
invincible TO the campaign " hiefl as5
now opened Roosevelt and FairbaI,ksS
win probably have as large q ajority
in the electoral college Of 19Q4 a.
Mckinley and Roosevelt sons I'M Il at
of 19o0.-st- Louis Globe Democrat 49,
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