The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
LINING UP FOR THE
Big CONVENTIONS
AT CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS.
NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF Ex-
CITEMENT AMONG REPUBLICANS.

A Lively Time Looked for at st.
Louis Though senator Bailey Says
Ii VIII BE an Orderly Convention.
ParISer's Nomination Probable ana
the second Place Between Mar
shall Field and John II. Mclean.
German Supposed to He Writing
the Platform.
BY R. NJ. Larner.
Washington, June 11.-Within few
days there will be an exodus from
Washington for the Chicago conven-
tion, where Mr.. Roosevelt will be
formally put in nomination for the
presidency. Stirring events there are
not anticipated, none the less there
will be a large attendance of officials
and onlookers from Washington. The
corps of newspaper correspondents,
nearly all of whom are trained men
in national politics, will leave Thurs
day and Friday, but few go on earlier
than that to attend the hearings of
contests before the National Commit
tee. In this journalistic contingent
will be one or more representatives Of
every large newspaper in the country.
At the convention they will be joined
in many cases by other men from the
home offices, who will look after the
doings of the local delegations and
like matters of news of a local char
acter.
There likewise goes out from Wash
ington early in the week a corps of
expert telegraphers, many of whom
are specially skilled in handling politi-
cal matters and nearly all of whom
are swift in sending dispatches. These
telegraphers, who have had long serv-
ice at the Capitol in sending political
messages, know the newspaper corre-
spondents and in more ways than one
are better able to handle newspaper
messages. If it is a matter of inter-
preting a bad handwriting-for not all
of the correspondents are able to use
typewriters or to dictate to typewriters
during a onvention-these operators
are the best in the business. Then
they have nearly all had experiences
in facilitating messages during the
confusion of a convention and in util-
izing the wires to the utmost
Compared With other Conventions.
From the Washington standpoint,
the Chicago convention promises to be
less interesting even that the Philadel-
phia convention. -Four years ago there
was a struggle to force a very lively
citizen from New York upon the tick
ct. 1t required two or three days of
shrewd manipulation by the veteran
politicians of the Republican party, to
accomplish the task. the progress Of
which furnished material for few
interesting dispatches. That reluctant
New Yorker is now President with
pretty nearly clear track ahead of
him for four more years in the White
House by an election in his own right.
There is bound to be less zest in the
selection of Vice President at Chi
cago. 1t looks as though Senator Fair
banks would be the man, but no one
can say there will not be something
of a tussle of popular interest before
the thing is settled.
It is almost safe to say that the con-
vention will not pass off without some
excitement. When 1000 delegates get
together In national convention there
IS no telling what some delegate or set
of delegates may attempt that will
prove diversion. The pro-
gramme cannot be absolutely
all arranged in advance and
1t is the unexpected that makes
the outlook interesting. President
Roosevelt VIII remain in the city while
the convention is in session. All the
important details OF the proceedings
viii be communicated 20 him imme-
dlately. When the committee Of the
convention comes here 20 notify him OF
HIS nomination he will be ready with
a ringing speech on political questions,
which will command the attention OF
the country.
Getting RsaSy for 81. Louis.
Bvery DsmecEat in and around Wash
csaslnssd On seventh Psss.