The evening world., 1904-01-15
HANNA IS OUT OF THE
RUNNING, SAYS DURBIN.
Governor of Indiana Declares Roosevelt Is the
Only One Who Has a Clamp on the
Republican Nomination.

Gov. w. T. Durbin. OF Indiana, whc
visited the President In Washington OF
Wednesday and was reported 10 nave
told Mr.. Roosevelt that the people OIL
his State were in favor OF Senator
Alark Hanna, OF Ohio, as Rcpubu.lu
candidate for President, camc here to-
day to look over tho political situation
in this State. Since lie left Washing
ton Gov. Durbln has become an en-
thusiastic Roosevelt man again, nnd
when seen by IN Evening World re-
porter at the Waldorf Astoria lie
couldn't ind supcrlatives enough 10 ex-
press his kimiration for Presideni
Roosevelt.
ct was so close to New York. SAID
tho Governor, that l thought 10 run
over and see how things were golns
politically In this great State. In the
west, YOU know. we are looking 10
New York to win a great victory ior
us In the coming election and we are
not prepared to believe that the EN-
'pire State is going to desert the Ike
publican ranks at this important time
Roosevelt, Logical Candidate
"As far as tile Republican candidate
Is concerned, why. OF course. there is
only one logical candidate, and that IL
Theodore Roosevelt. He is a
man with an absolutely clean record
There is nothing against him any
campaign outcries raised by the Demo-
Gratis are extremely apt TO react on
them. We expect a lot of fuss n
feathers about the post-ofice scandal
and about the Panama matter. but they
cannot hurt Theodore Roosevelt. In re-
gard to the first. the President a
taken a firm course and has Insisted on
justice being melted out TO the guilty.
No man can question the d OF
the President In the post-ofice matter.
As for Panama, II the Democrats raise
that cry they will find that the people
of the United States are with the Prcsi-
dent heart and soul In what he has done
in the cause of civilization. II there
were any doubters as to the justice n
wisdom OF tho Presidents course In the
Panama matter 1t certainly must have
been removed from all intelligent and
fair minds by the fearless special mes
sage OF the President to Congress last
week on this very matter.
Like n Fish Out of water.
1--WE look for two New York men
leading the two great parties In tho
light next fall. The logical candidate
OF the Democrats is Alton Il. Parker, OF
New York. IL the Democrats nave a
period of sanity they will recognize this
at the critical moment, but the trouble
with the Democratic party at the pres
cnt time is that IL has developed a
habit OF Laundering around like n FISH
out of water when II Is called upon to
do any great thing. just at present the
Democrats are |iioundcrlng around with
half q dozen small-fry candidates trying
10 capture the nomination, any of them
apt to succeed IL tho party falls into
one OF those periods OF hysteria to
which II has treated the country re-
pcatcdly during the last eight years.
81 think the Democrats have learned
one thing. however. and that Ia that the
silver issue Is down and out. They
won't bring that up again, I'm certain.
Indiana Republican.
"In Inaiana you can be very certain
thnt we will carry the state for the
Republican candidate. III we can hold
tho liner as well as we did IN, 1896,
Roosevelt will carry the state
by the biggest plurality in its history,
1t will be a record breaker. But with