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favor of Fairbanks and not of Hit.
FORCING FAIRBANKS HAND.

| FORCING FAIRBANKS HAND.
Senator Cullom of Illinois said:
There are many delegates in Illinois.
and in other States also, who do not
favor the attitude taken by Senator
| Fairbanks and prefer that the place
/ should go to a man who will show a
little more appreciation of it. Illinois
| has a good man in Hit, and rather
| than let the thing slide TO Senator
| Fairbanks in an aimless sort or way
| we have decided to push the fight FOR
| Hit as strongly as possible.
The continued silence of Senator
Fairbanks as to his pleasure regarolns
! the Vice Presidential nomination was was
the base of the vigorous movement
toward Representative Hit. me
opinion was strongly expressed at the
gathering of the Illinois delegation
! that at least until Senator FalrpahKs
announced himself there was no rea-
son why an active campaign 1or hllI
should not progress. Each deiesdte
was commanded to go forth ana nustie
for Hit. Graeme Stewart, the limos
member of the national committee,
was nominaIly put in charge or these
! endeavors. While the work OF the
| day has not been compiled INTO
J single report, each worker neard from
has encouraging news for the Hit
! BOOM
! Delegates generally express the view
| that Senator Fairbanks should lndlcate
his desires one way or the other. IN
the absence of this indication and with
positive assurance that Illinois is serl-
Gus in the Hit candidacy, many state
delegates seem willing to march un-
der the Hit banner.
! The members of the Rhode Island
delegation arrived this afternoon anu
opened headquarters in the Great
Northern Hotel.
I've expect to play a negative part
in this convention" said Charles Alex
ander. one of the delegates. I'VE nave
no especial candidate for Vice Presl-
dent have not considered for Whom
we would vote and have no planKs LOT
the platform.
The Missouri delegation announced
that the name of Cyrus Wallorlose OF
St. Louis would be presented for wee
| President.
Although all the members of the
Kentucky delegation had not arrived
tonight. John w. Yerkes, Commission
or of Internal Revenue and one OF the
| delegates from that State, said tnat
! while no formal meeting had been nelu
! q majority of them were faVoraole 10
| the nomination of Senator Fairbanks
! for second place.
NEW YORK'S ATTITUDE.
| The present position of the New York
! delegation with respect to the Vice
Presidency was stated tonight by SEN
! ator Depew. At first, he said the dele
gates thought it would be pictur
| esque thing to nominate Cannon, but
| inasmuch as the Speaker would not
| have II and Senator Fairbanks would,
[ they would declare he said, for Fair
banks.
With one exception, the New Hamp-
| shire delegation is for Fairbanks. Sen
| ator Burnham expressed confidence In
the ability of the remaining members
| to bring over the anti Fairbanks dele
| gate.
The Massachusetts, delegation arrived
! with an idea that f1itt would be the
| candidate, but after the delegates had
| been here a few hours they decided to
wait until tomorrow before announc-
ing a preference. Several delegates
said that the Illinois people seemed to
have got to work rather slowly and
that it would be wiser for Massachu-
setts to withhold action.
PRESIDENT HOLDS ALOOF.
Another meeting of the Illinois dele
CATION is scheduled for tomorrow,
when the Craftsmanship question will
be settled Both Senator Cullom and
Governor Yates are aspirants for this
honor.
Several personal representatives of
the President, who arrived to-day,
made an emphatic declaration that the
President was positive in his determi-
nation to express no preference re-
garding the selection of his running
mate. Both Senator Lodge and, Secre-
tary Root said this to all the delegates
who approached them on the subject.
Speaking for themselves. the close
friends of the President say they do
not doubt that Fairbanks would be ac-
ceptable to Mr.. Roosevelt, but they are
not willing that the Presidents name
should be dragged in to assist the IN
diana Senator's nomination.
Through an envoy of several North
western delegations who called on the
President several days ago and in
their behalf expressed a wish to sup
port the man he preferred, the Presi-
dent has sent word that while he ap-
preciates the compliment, he will
leave this entirely to the convention.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
has come out for Fairbanks and thinks
that sentiment in the Northwest is
crystalliZing on the Indiana man. An
effort is being made by Senator Fair
banks more enthusiastic supporters to
have an Alabama delegate nominate
him.
Senator Allison said o-night that the
Iowa delegation had not as yet dis
cussed the question of the Vice Presi-
dency, but that 1t would hold meet
ing tomorrow to decide what action
to take. He would not state his own
choice. Senator Kean of New Jersey.
however, was outspoken in his sup
port of Fairbanks
The delegates apparently are giving
comparatively little attention to the
platform. The prevailing opinion is
that the wishes of the President should
be largely consulted on that point and
the impression goes to the extent of
believing he has indicated his views
to his particular friends. That Sena-
tor Lodge has drawn up the principal
resolutions of the platform is gener-
ally conceded, and all doubt as to
whether he would be chairman of the
committee on resolutions has been dis
PEELED by the notification which Acting
Chairman Payne has given the Sena-
tor that he will be recognized to make
the motion for the appointment of the
platform committee.
IT have not word to say about the
platform" said the Massachusetts
Senator as he dived to the bottom Of
the most capacious valise that ever
came to Chicago. Il can't say word"