Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-04


convene with a majority Of its dele
give careful consideration TO the
claim that MIR. Roosevelt would not
make strong and winning candidate.
II may be said that the number OF
these men is now very small. Here
and there might be one who thinks
a miracle may yet be worked. but
practically speaking. the nomination
of the President is conceded by com
mon consent. There may be in the
and OF talk To the effect that some
one else will have TO be named If the
party Is to make sure OF victory, but
the best judges of national politics be-
lieve these mutterings gradually viii
disappear, and that long before the
convention ASSEMBLIES II will be seen
the President has a majority of the
delegates instructed for him.
The Republicans who have not been
ination are forced TO confess that dur
ing the past few days the evidence OF
the Presidents popularity among the
masses of the voters has become too
strong to be disregarded. From all
parts of the country have come reports
that the rank and file of the party are
earnestly and well.night unanimously
for the President. and wholly unwIll-
ing even to consider the possibility OF
the nomination of another candidate.
The fact of Mr. Roosevelt's remark
able popularity in the great west ard
northwest is at last entering the con
sciousness of public men here and
producing the natural result OF break
ing down the last vestiges of open
hostility to the President.
1t was admitted by everyone that
the news from Illinois was almost de-
cisive. Up to this time the men who
have been arguing in favor of unin-
structed delegates and 'free-handed
convention" have laid great stress up
on their claim that the great states
of New York. Indiana. Illinois, New
Jersey and Connecticut, which are To
be the battle-ground in the presidential
campaign. probably would send unin-
structed delegates to Chicago where
lHty Woulu ilSltHtu W Dy
the representatives of states and sec
tions in which there is no doubht as
to the electoral vote. But here is the
news from Illinois that on account of
the overwhelming popularity of the
President the politicians of that
state. the representatives of the ma
chine" included, are all for Roosevelt
and that uyfl1 hn
to instructions. The news from New
York is that President Roosevelt is
quite sure to be the choice of all the
delegates from that state, and that
they are to be instructed. Great eff
forts have been made to spread the i'm
preston that Indiana is for Mr.. Han
ma. and not for the President, but the
hest information obtainable here is
that in his speech in the house a day
or two ago Mr.. Lands of Indiana cor
rectly voiced the overwhelming senti-
ment of the Republicans of his sec
ton, when he said they were enthu-
siastic for Roosevelt Observations
have led to the conclusion that no pub
lie man ever was more popular with
the masses than Mr.. Roosevelt is at
this time with the people of the Hoos
ier state This popularity is not con-
fined to the Republicans, but many
Democrats declare their admiration
for him and their intention to vote
for him unless their own party puts
up candidate just to their liking
1t is, therefore, only reasonable to
conclude that the plan to have the
battle ground states hold aloof from
the Roosevelt movement and raise
the question of the Presidents availa-
bility practically has gone to pieces
already.
NEW YORK, Feb Holding the
market in the palm of his hand, Daniel
Sully, the cotton king, opened the
market this morning from to 16
points lower on the old crop, and 10 to
IL higher on the new. Intense excite
ment prevails in the pit again today
and traders are anxiously awaiting
the elimination of the bull movement
Sully and his friends freely predict
20-cent cotton.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-The com
mittee on arrangements for the Repub
lican national convention were called
together today by Senator Scott. chair
man, for Feb. and 6, when all the
preliminaries for the Chicago conven-
ton wiil be settled,
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. "A
manufacturing company of this city
has made a vest from bullet-proof
cloth which will be sent to the Pres
ident for protection against assassin
alton.
LONDON, Feb, king Edward
and Queen Alexandra drove through
the streets of LONDON today TO visit
parliament where the king in the
house OF lords read his customary
speech from the throne, He empha-
sized particularly the progress of the
spirit of arbitration between Great
Britain and other countries.
The opening Of parliament was
magnificent function notwithstanding
the depressing weather. The cortege
was drenched and the eight cream-ccl-
ored Hanovarian horses. bearing the
king and queen were somewhat drag.
gled when they reached Westminster.
but once there the ceremonies were
quite regal All the foreign minister's