The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-21
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Boom Getting Into
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Hoosier's Friends Planning to
Make Their Candidate the
Republican Standard
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New York, Feb. 18.--The political
| centers hereabouts are all worked
up over an article in Sundays. Sun,
the wtsest Of all, political journals,
| in which was laid bare, perfectly
bare, the Fairbanks boom. 1T is
high reading, fine reading and says
the Sun: =, - = :
The Republican national commit
tee is to- assemble in Washington In
/ december to name a time and place
Tor the national convention of 1908.
Already Seattle has put in a claim
FOR the convention, and st. Louis,
kansas City, Pittsburg, and Chicago
nave spoken up. Well known Re-
pupltcans who were In town yester-
DAY from Washington said that this
convention promises to be the most
| interesting since that of 1888, when
benjamin Harrison of Indiana was
nominated only after bitter, strug-
gle. Harrison's denomination In
! 1879, although opposed by powerful
Republicans, was practically a fore
gone conclusion, and President Me
k1nley's nomination in 1896, and
, denomination in 1900 were an easy
task, as was President Roosevelt's
| nomination in 1904. But with half
| dozen eminent Republicans cam
d1dates for the nomination in 1908
| the seyerest sort of contest Is ex~
pected. For months past friends of
different candidates have been at
work In their interests, and most of
their plans have been arranged in
New York city and Chicago:
The Fairbanks people, 1T was
learned yesterday, don't want Harry
s. New of Indiana to remain acting
chairman Of the Republican national
committee after December. The
friends Of the Vice President are
we'll aware that Mr.. New does not
favor Fairbanks's nomination. Sen.
| ator Nathan Bay Scott of West Vir.
ginia and other friends of Fair
banks, have within the last few days
renewed their talk of opposition to
1 r.: eseW sAS a Esasd sof the committee
@fff Bar I'd any
contests TO be settled in the conyen.
tion, and some of the Fairbanks men
believe 1t to be essential that they
have control Of the national commit
tee which organizes the convention
and the preliminary roll of dele,
gates and practically selects the
committee ON credentials Other
friends Of Fairbanks, who were in
town yesterday said that they did not
believe that the ce-President con.
sidered it good politics to attempt
to unseat Mr.. New in December or
by any evidence Of activity to bring
about a lineup in the committee,
Alaska will send two sets Of dele
gates to the convention, one Of them
for Fairbanks, and there will be a
notable contest in the Southern
States. Possibly there will be con-
tests even in Indiana, the Vice
Presidents own bailiwick. Support
ers Of the Vice-President who do
not think 1T advisable from the pres
ent outlook to precipitate q lineup
in the national committee at it's mo-
mentous meeting to be held. in De-
cember believe that quiet work can
be put in between -noW-and that time
on the members Of the committee.
The efforts to bring about the
Vice-President's nomination are eng
ineered by Senator Hemenway Of In
diana, who took the Vice-P Presidents
seat in the United States Senate;
Charles G. Dawes Of Chicago, Comp
troller Of the Currency in President
McKnley's first administration; D.
G. Reid and w. D. Leeds Of the Rock
Island Railroad Company, and Ed
ward II. Hartman Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company Mr..
Dawes is now In Florida, and the
story yesterday was that in, return
for his work for Fairbanks there
Is already practically an understand
ing that Mr.. Dawes, if Fairbanks is
nominated and elected, is to be Sec
ratary Of the Treasury. Considera-
bic interest was expressed when 1t
became known that Mr.. Reid and
Mr., Leeds Of the Rock Island Rail-
road Company were working in con-
junction with Mr.. Hartman Of the
Southern Pacific Railway Company
in behalf Of Fairbanks for the reas-
on that the masters Of these two
railroad companies have not been
partiGu tarly friendly, but on the
contrary have been in direct opposi-
ton tn each other This opposition
was explained, though, to be q busi-
ness opposition, and the conjunction
OF the three railroad masters per-
tainS only to their present political
activities.
Some little attention was given
yesterday in the discussion to the
candidacy Of Secretary Shaw. While
the Fairbanks mon, recalled, that the
State Convention OF Virginia had al
ready declared for Shaw, and that
he had promises Of delegates from
Florida and North Carolina and one
or two other Southern. States, Gov.
Cummins Of Iowa was practically in
control in Mr.. Shaw's own State, and
1T was not at all improbable that
Gov Cummins would turn uD in the
convention as full hedged candi-
da:e himself. In any event the
Fair banks nann1n said vnatnrdnu