The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-27
Mr. HANNA IS AFTER II.

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quite evident tina, Senator Hanna Is out
for the republican presidential nominal
tion. The organs supporting the presi-
Dental ambitions OF the gentleman
from, Ohio are becoming bitter In their
fight AGAINST President Roosevelt. and,
as the latter has a very large follow
lowing, there promises to be warm
contest in the Chicago convention.
The western public all along has
been led TO believe that MFR, Roosevelts
nomination was a certainty. Months
ago IL was announced that enough state
organizations had declared for him TO
insure his nomination. The president
assumed the popular attitude on all
the great issues arising since his in
eumbency. and in almost every public
utterance has discussed the encroach-
ments of the trusts. The president has
created at least one new republic on
the western hemisphere. and the nation
has reioiced in its liherty-loying fash
ion. Frauds have been unearthed at
Mr.. Roosevelt's instigation, and IL can
be ,ruthfulIy said he has endeavored
to be the friend Of .the people," Mr..
Roosevelt is an accidental president"
but. having become the executive head
Of the nation. he has acquired practic-
ALLY all Of the power which comes to
an elected president.
While Mr. Roosevelt is the choice OF
perhaps the majority Of the rank and
file Of his party. because Of his rather
independent political course, Mr.. Ham
ma has the formidable support Of that
equally as important cIass-the manu-
facturers. It's one thing to designate a
manufacturer trust" and quite an
other to make him believe 1t. There Is
= decided difference Of opinion as to
this. Campaign funds must come from
men of means, and IT is said OF Mr..
Roosevelt he has not endeared himseif
to them by his frequent antitrust
declarations. on the other hand. SEN
ator Hanna has discreetly refrained
from dil+timed reference to the financial
interests OF the country, which would
lend him unstinted support, HIS pop
MARTY with the laboring classes has
lately been exemplified, and all in all
he is regarded in many quarters as
the man to whom the nomination
should go. F4
OF the newspapers which are out for
the Ohio senator the Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune is most persistent
This paper regards the purposed nom
ination Of Mr.. Roosevelt as danger
Gus experiment, and 1t roundly scores
the manner in which the presidents
campaign is being carried on. In an
utterance entitled mo Rough Riding
over the Republican Voters" the Com
mercial Tribune refers to Mr.. Roose-
velt as "the professor Of the school OF
mug wumpery," and that, ito have the
republican voters think and deliberate,
is fatal to the candidacy Of Mr.. Roose-
yelt." The Tribune has all along been
opposing the nomination Of Mr.. Roose-
yelt, and during the past two weeks
has denounced what It regards as the
-indecent haste" in the selection OF
delegates to the national convention,
Discussing a local issue which has
been fully reported in the Associated
Press, the Tribune says:
sewe regret that Senator Foraker
should have lent his influence to any
snap convention calling or to any at
tempt to interfere with the regular
course of party organization. We hope
that the reports he has done so are not
correct. He has every reason to trust
the voters OF the party, and surely does
not desire to commit them to hasty
decision upon so important matter as
the selection of candidate for presl-
dent of the United states. He may
desire the nomination Of Mr.. Roosevelt
but he certainly knows 1t would be "a
tai at the election, II this nomination
should be the result OF the work OF q
clique of oficeholders or against the
wishes of the majority Of the voters
Of the party.
"There is no need Of undue haste
NO one seems to be in a hurry save