Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

ond place would solve many vexatious
problems connected with the filling of this
position. Much Is made Of the fact that
Mr.. Dolliver is acceptable to the admins
tration. e,
Hope to sIdetrack DoIIiver.
On the other hand, the. Iowa friends of
Senator Dolliver on account of their antip-
athy to the reopening Of local antagon-
isms. are doing all they can to influence
the senator against the favorable considera-
ton of the proposition to nominate him.
On account Of these and other complications
the Dolliver candidacy may be expected
to attract considerable attention during
the next few days.
Regarding the announcement that Frank
B. Kellogg is a candidate for the vice
presidency, Mr.. George Thompson of the
st. Paul Dispatch said:
1t is not so. 1 nave personally spoken
with Mr.. Kellogg within the hour. l know
that there will be In the convention a large
number Of warm personal friends and adj
mirers of Mr.. Kellogg, who would be de-
lighted to see him receive the nomination
and who may in their zeal make state
ments of this character, even going so far
as to name Mr. Cotton OF Ouluth as the
one selected to make the nominating
speech. Mr.. Kellogg said to me that he
realized a growing sentiment among those
in Chicago at the present time for a west
ern man, but If a western man is desired.
he believes there are other men more
available and who will add more strength
to the ticket, as, for instance, Senator
Dolliver. Mr.. Kellogg has not authorized
anyone to announce him as a candidate or
TO nominate him.
Henry Taft, brother of Secretary Taft,
arrived today and took apartments at the
Auditorium Annex. Asked to mention his
! favorlte candidate for the vice presidency
he replied automatically that he regarded
all the candidates mentioned as his friends
"and among my lntimates.' He said,
there are no less than eight candidates
from my own state of New York"
Thu bulk of the New York state delega-
ton arrived about noon at the state head
quarters at the Auditorium and included
state Chairman Timothy l.. Woodruff
Speaker Wadsworth OF the state assembly
Majority Leader John Raines of the enate
State Committeeman William Barnes, jr.
Of Albany and William L. Ward Of West
chester, Congressman Serene E. Payne
George r Maltby and others and most OF
the republican state senators.
State Chairman Woodruff, who is ,affec,
tionately known as Little Tim" was &C,
companied by his wife. They arrived II
the midst of the current gossip about q
vice presidential boom for Woodruff, but HI
himself received mention Of It with reserve
II don't know, boys" he said, lets lool
around and see how the land lies befor,
doing anything hasty.'
The New York delegates declared toda!
that they knew before they starto,
that there was no possibility OF inducing
Governor Hughes to accept a vice presiden
tial nomination In any event. He mad
his position clear or that point some tim
ago.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew, with a pri
vate party. arrived about the same tim
as the state delegation.
Sir Moreton~ Frewen, the eminent RritisI
blmetallist. who because OF his interest Il
the silver question:. spent much time Il
this country during the campaign Of 1895
is among the foreign visitors at the con
~vention, While disavowing any hope O
influencing any expression by the conven
ton favorable 10 a double standard, MI
Frewen expressed confidence in the earl
revival OF interest IN silver, and he pre-
dicted that the next silver movement wi
come from the eastern seaboard and no
from the western states.