Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-09

MEN YORK Aus pHean
circles afe greatly aRtate op he
question Just II present, xao VIII III
sbs eapdidasa fDr governor 81 this
state n ths republican ticket There
4 ~ iack III candidate. possibse Ala
Impossible INT II W. asy 10 foft
$50 ufca uaoas ire selection VI tae
conseatlon ela fat Il VA under.
stood for spHe months that Ptesisat
Roosevelt faspred the nomination III
asaeFetafy 4 war, Heo. because tie
latter II d general fasarlte In This
state and would arav naf only 4 faii5
republican hi blt possibly qaits.
= number 81 democratic sutf FFal.
The very beginning Governor ofe
opposed tbe selection pf NE Roo. IN
must not ~ imagined that Governor
Odeli has any personal objections toI
Mr.. Root or does not consider him i
strong candidate his objection ID AZ
Roots candidacy was due 20 The faet
that be feared ne former secretary of
Wal would become too great i pill
cal power In the state and would sopu
endanger the leadership ana political
power which Governor odeI Ii nov
enjoying and which hc Il guarding
with great jealousy. The governor
felt quite confident that oven i mae1
weaker candidate than Mr. Root would
be reasonably sur Of election and hat
Il would. therefore. not ieapordlze ne
success q tho republican ticket rsA:
faIl. should he sacrifice Mr. Root III
his political ambition.
More recent events have changed
TIE political situation and prospects,
70 d considerable extent. The nomina
ZION Or Judge Parker and the fact that
~ has taken d decided sand In favor
of the gold standard. have weakened
the chances % the republican national
ticket fn this state and make Il I'm
peratise 10 do everything possible 10
a~txrnEthcn the republican ranks. The
Republican leaders have corne 70 the
conciusion TINT the snccess Of the ma
tionai ticket demands the strongest
possible support from tho state ticket
and that. for that reason. the nomina
ton III the strongest possible candl
date Is necessary. That strongest
candidate, Il ~ generally admitted. Is
e~ssecretary Root.
Tho e~xlgencies ~ the situation be
rame 81 apparent after the famous
telegram. that Governor odell
decided % submit % the inevitable
Ind support the candidacy 81 Mr.
Root. Everything would have been
plain sailing after that. were Il not To-
he fact that ihe reckoning had been
made without the host IL had alwafs
taken for granted thai Mr.. Root
vas a candidate for nomination and
| seems that nobody took pains vi
lscertaln his views on the subject
/ appears from statements BY ~seyersl
republican leaders who are ID ci,se
ouch with the former secretary n
tha, h Il not willing ID be a en-
Iidate FOR the gubsrnatoriai npnina.
Ion and there II a great deal 81 mys
talk Of a letter which ex Sec
etary Root Ii said 10 have written
D Governor 0deil, positively declining
he honor ~ becoming the republican
andidate for governor. Various ri
lors concerning that letter are III Ell
but nothing positive III
norn, N Governor odell declines to
rake The contents VI ths letter pub N
= Leading republicans are stll in Y
npes that the united persuasive pow.
~ of President Roosevelt and his
.ptahanta hi the campaign will final
succeed II changing the mind II
L. Root
William AatUr chaHief, the i
ia traveller. r the lateat D 4
ME llst w candidates M !
ltofiai nomination uf ihe aeme
sket ne laa Informed Ms
Al ne would accept the nomination
lould III offered HI him and th
lly question a0w Fl. whether
nranttpn wlh ne f IA male
fer Mr. Gaanief has d good poII
al record and many influential
mocrats afe II ffe opinion Thai he