Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
ROOSEVELT AND HANNA
Real Friends of Both Trying
to Set Things Right.
WnpV NJ pU0vRnnTEN
WORK OF BUSYB0DIES
HAS BEEN SUCH As 10 FHoDUC1
UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
One Senator Says That Conditions Are
the Same as Always When a
President Seeks denomination.

Good friends Of President Roosevelt and
Senator Hanna are engaged at this time
in endeavoring to mitigate the possible
evil effect of the efforts of over-zealous
friends Of both Of these eminent repub-
licans to pronounce to the public the real
political situation. Within the past few
weeks the work Of. to use a plain word,
busybodies. in carrying tales to Mr..
Roosevelt about what Mr.. Hanna intend
ed to do or not to do and telling Mr..
Hanna what the President was going to
demand of him or not demand has re-
suited in producing a situation which
might easily strain tho friendship of two
less vigorous and outspoken men than
the subjects Of the talebearing.
WheE Senator Hanna came back from
the west he found that all sorts of stories
had been circulating about him, which.
If they had been true. would have war
ranted the President in feeling suspicious
OF Mr. Hanna's Intentions toward the
presidential nomination. At the same
time he discovered tina. in certain circles
stories were passing around which, II
they had been true, would have furnished
excuse for him to feel aggrieved at the
President.
Trying to Set the Case Right.
This situation was realized by prominent
republicans in Congress. and in the past day
or two there have been efforts which, 1t is
said. were successful to set right the real
case and to disabuse the mind Of Mr. Hanna
as we'll as Of the President of any idea that
either was inimical to the other. President
Roosevelts best friends in Congress do not
want to see Senator Hanna goaded and
nagged to the point where resentment
might lead him to lend listening ear to the
appeals which are pouring in upon him to
become presidential candidate. The men
who want Mr.. Roosevelt to be renominated
because they sincerely admire him and
those who want him renominated because
their first thought Is for the welfare of the
republican party, and they believe his nomi-
nation to be essential to republican success.
bursts Of some Of the so-called Roosevelt
faction, who see an Interior purpose In ev-
cry move that Senator Hanna makes.
These men say that the present situation
Hanna is not of a character to lead to any
rupture Of personal or political nature.
1t Is also asserted that there is nothing In
the situation which requires Senator Hanna
to say any more than he has said or to
continue to reiterate.
Senator Hanna's friends say that the
senator Is bound up In the success Of the
republican party next November. They do
not perceive in him any indication Of fail
ing mental vigor or diminution of the polit-
ical sagacity for which he Is famous. THAI
being the case they do not apprehend that
he will do anything to lessen the chances Of
republican success at the polls next fall.
They say that Senator Hanna believes that
tho denomination of Mr. Roosevelt seems t0
be the wisest thing in present circum-
stances for the republican party.
One Senator Talks.
A republican senator who stands high in
the councils Of his party said to a Star re-
porter today:
'It will be observed that the air seems to
be full of anti-Roosevelt talk. My expert
ence in politics has been that always at
some time just prior to republican con-
vention there would be an outburst OF that
kind. It was true in the case of Mr.. Nc
Kinley, just before his denomination, al
though 1t was not 80 noticeable because the
personality Of the man served to keep 1t in
the background.
.But such a time comes to every Presi-
dent who Is q candidate for denomination.
1t is the agitation OF the disgruntled ones
and republican, and who are
seeking for some one around whom to
rally. Their discussion at q time when
everything is peaceful In the party natur-
ally attracts attention. That 10 the case
now. know Of no better illustration Of It
than the hackneyed story which has been
told in every campaign for the last fifty
years Of the countryman who offered to sell
the innkeeper a carload Of frogs legs. and
when he came back with only six frogs In
his basket. said he surely thought from the
noise they made at night that the creek
must be full OF them"
Anti-Roosevelt Gossip.
Within the past twenty-four hours dis
p patches from the west have seemed to indi-
cate an increase Of anti-Roosevelt activity
in Michigan. Indiana and Wisconsin. It Is
thought here that this Is the result Of
systematic campaign which is being con-
Quoted from Cincinnati and Indianapolis to
arouse sentiment hostile to the President.
One Of the dispatches stated that Gov. La
Toilette of Wisconsin Is endeayoring to Sc
cure anti-Roosevelt delegates to the ma
ttonal convention from that state.
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin. who
is keeping pretty closely In touch with pol
tiles in his state said to Star reporter
this afternoon that he did not believe Gov.
La Toilette was in any such work. as the
governor was a sincere admirer Of Pres
ident Roosevelt
wisconsin is undoubtedly in favor of
President Roosevelt's denomination" said
Mr.. Cooper. land don't believe that in the
whole state there IL q republican Of any
standing or prominence in the party who
either wants to defeat the denomination Of
the President or would attempt It."
There has been a good deal of talk In
cloak rooms and Hobbies in the past few
days of possible detection in Psnnsylvania.
It was limited that the delegation from the
keystone state might be left uninstructed.
That is not the present intention Of those
who are in power in Pennsylvania repub-
lican politics. That question was threshed
ou. some time ago. 1t 10 known that inter-
ests hostile to the President went to certain
men who are influential In Pennsylvania
and who are supposed to be antagonistic
to President Roosevelt and asked them to
apply pressure on Senator Quay which
would force that leader OF Pennsylvania re-
Dublfcana into at least a neutral DositfOn IL
not one antagonistic to Roosevelt.
THAT might be done," was the reply OF
these gentlemen. so It Ia said. "Quay
might be forced into that position; but he
would set up such holler that you could
hear him all the way to California, and 1t
would do more harm than good"
The Ohio Situation.
The Ohio situation IL attracting consider
able interest among politicians. The Stars
dispatches have pointed out that In Ohio
1t is a fight solely between Mr.. Foraker