The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-20
FOR VICE PRESIDENT?
Delegates Discussing Cannon,
Fairbanks and Hit.
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT MAKE A CHOICE
Illinois VIII Put UP II Big Fight For
Their CongrcSsmun-AlnS
Arrive with Totem
Poles

Arrive with Totem
Poles.
CHICAGO. June 2O.-Whcn William
Loeb Jr., secretary to President
Roosevelt, left Chicago for Washington
last night he was the bearer Of mes
sage Of protest ON the part Of the ma
tional committee against the selection
of George b. Cortelyou for national
chairman.
Mr.. Loeb was requested by the ma
iority Of the members of the commit
| tee to inform the president that they
| did not think he o'mht to insist upon
| Mr.. Cortclyous selection. He was
asked to further say to his chief that
! all of the members Of the national com
mittec were hi, friends and that the
only reason for not wishing to have
Mr.. Cortolyou at the head of the com
| mittec was their belief that the cam
| paim would bc better conducted if it
were in charge of a man who had had
| experience in national politics.
In nutshell the situation regarding
! Tie htpbbiCau HRN'l"i ''lIN '''Ii"' i9
as follows:
There is feeling on the. part Of
some Of the membcrs Of the national
committee that the selection Of George
b. Cortelyou to be chairman of the
committee may turn out TO be a mis-
take
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks Of In
diana is the leading candidate for vice
| president, hut there is some feeling
that Mr.. Fairbanks does not meet the
demand for Il popular figure. There is
| strong undcrcurTcut i'm favor Of
| stampediug the convention for Speaker
| Cannon or Mr. Hit.
Illinois has decided to make an ac-
tive, aggressive campaign for Hit for
vice president \ caucus has been
held in the state headquarters, and Il
formal plan of campaign in the inter-
est of the Illinois congressman was
adopted
The Michigan delegation after learn
ing of the statements shade after the
Illinois caucus declared that they were
| III INV Ut VI Il al ubllhN anu li'A VI AAANN'
Senator Cullom of Illinois said after
the caucus:
There are many delegates in Hi
nois and in other states also who do
not favor the attitude taken by Sen
ator Fairbanks and prefer that the
place should 20 to a man who will
show little more appreciation Of it,
Illinois has a good man In Hit, and
rather than let the thing slide TO Sen
ator Fairbanks in an aimless sort OF
way we have decided to push the fight
for Hit as strongly rs possible
In a double header special train OF
fourteen coaches 800 uniformed mem
bers of the Cincinnati Blaine club
have arrived here with a band of sixty
pieces. George Il. Cox, chairman OF
the delegation, and other delegates ac
companird the club.
Several personal representatives, OF
the president who have arrived hcrC
have made an emphatic declaration
that the president was positive in hi.
/ determination TO express no preference
regarding the selection of his running
mate Both senator Lodge and Sec
rotary Root said this 70 all the dele
gates who approached them ON the sub
iecl
Speaking for Themselves, the closu
friends Of the president say they d.
not doubt that Mir Fairbanks woul,
| be acceptable to Mr. Roosevelt, bu
1 they are not willing that the presi
/ dents uumc should De dragged i'm to as
/ sist the Indiana senator's nomination
/ Senators Beyeridge and Fairbanks
! Governor Iu.IIn, Representative
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