The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO. ive SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ADMINISTRATION TO PUT FORTH ITS OWN CANDIDATE TO DEFEAT ROOSEVELT t Yet Seems Certam,I However, That the Convention Will Be Stampeded to New York’s Chief Exec- utive. f the Popular h Rider Declining ination for the idencu Lacks racteristic Vigor, His Admirers ye He Will v = URAT HALSTEAD, | Correspondent f The Cali. y ac- “THEODORE ROOSEVELT. WILLIAM $ MCKINLEY 4 / in the 1ed to Bir g returned the d 11 at he was conte matter in the nd achusetts dele- gation to do \\h t they saw fit. gation will do ge situation s to be detern row. Govern the situation, it would not be sur- nomination Governor ment was into H a’s room before he gave it out to the newspapers and was there read. There were present C besides Senator Hanna, Corne- lius N. Bliss of New York, Sena- 1nr Fairbanks of Indiana, Henry Payne of Wisconsin and sev: y (‘.(11 others the prominent members of the Reme tional Committee. It was then that Senator Hanna gave ont the word that Long was the man the administration wanted. The Connecticut delegation, who is im the dele- do the man Roosevelt’'s state- Senator taken Vice President of »'s sincere frie h de- an Na- es and he fight into the latter course | the decision to cor his which name ention, conv g which had been counted upon to | pHOTO I—— BY BELL REPUBL!CAN STANDARD-BEARERS FOR BetiethotiotiototiohiotoRotoNotiotoholiotioRoe R NetotiothototiothiotioQ| B * . PROSPERITY THE KEYNOTE a| & * - ¢ OF THE PLATFORM. 2 B + e @ ADELPHIA, June 18 —Considerable opposition is developing to some of the planks of the adminis- :.1 ’_ n of the platform brought to Philadelphia by Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith. It g | '.- hat thisdrait will be indorsed in the main by the committee on resolutions and the convention, ! A t there will be a lively fight in the committee over several planks, and as is the case at every con- o | ¢ vention, the committee will be besieged by advocates of ‘crank declarations of all kinds. 1 PA will be the keynote of the platform. The revival of business and general improvement in the o | 3 e country will be attributed to the restoration of confidence following the election of McKinley g @ Iment of the pledges of the platform of 1896 by the enactment of the Dingley tariff law and the ¢ $ v. There will be no difference of opinion in the committee or in the convention as to g - f h of these laws. The party will be put squarely on record by an indorsement of * st und;\rd as established by the new law. ) R e e B B B e It B B B B B e ] with the rest of the New and delegates in solidly sup- | in | find some way for him to avoid |bosses with only hold-over ma- taking the nomination are now |chine power, is seeking rehabili- porting Long, determined in cau- | shouting that he certainly will be | tation. 5 cus not to do so. Their first| {nominated whether he wants it or| It appears that a majority of choice for Vice President is|not, and that Mr. Hanna has not | Cahformas delegation are in fa- Roosevelt, despite his letter of‘the power to stop the comen--\or of some Western man for declination. tion. In brief, the question to-|Vice President, but they will un- | Another State that will \ote‘mght is will the arch consmra—‘douhted]\ vote for the adminis- for Roosevelt early in the roll|tors, Quay and Platt, be able to wtratxon s choice. call, if there is a roll call, is Colo- | defeat Hanna? ; CHANLER MENTIONED. rado. Senator Wolcott of that| They are more than ever situ- | W Yorkir Erdohith Son! tha Deno- State, who is to be temporarv,alcd to sympathize with each cratic Vice Presideency. chairman of the convention, said | other and to need each the as- 'Klel:nmfi\;ntfg«11;52‘13&3%;—22&mz‘;" o-day when told that Mr. Hanna | sistance of the other. Platt, as a | was asked to-night whom the Democrats had declared himself in favor of | hoss whose power is threatened | K:‘;fls 2‘::?":;; r{er;)rlle‘d‘:ce hEmipL Long that Colorado would vote {by a rather mugwumpishly fu= [ o koW It Wil he a Remociat. and for Roosevelt and nobody could |clined Governor, who is a hcro, | not Towne. I have heard a number of persons mentioned, but of all I have heard | spoken of my choice at present would be | William Astor Chanler of New York. He stop it. {among other things, feels the ne- |1s very popular and was elected to Con- A very curious turn in the | cessity of getting a fresh grip | &rsss from,2 :&;’;‘:‘c‘,e?}f{w‘fiifi :,j;‘}’a“};; sentiment here has been on the national admmxstranonJ‘,‘,:“h:‘;“‘,‘,’,‘;“‘m:,;ig o ol e Bt S that some of Roosevelt’s friends \\holfi' his power is to be preserved. were doing the best they could to Qua), now in the category of ex- would add great strength to the ticket I do not believe any man will be nominated who: has oceupled such an advanced posi- tion on silver of A. J. Warner of Ohio.” | mittees and are visiting all t headquarters. They want the support of everybody, and are working intelligently. Hanna's friends are also at © - | Long’s candidacy is really sh | one is asking. I"declared to-might that the Gov- | ernor’s statement made no differ- | ence. i Talks With Four | Hundred Men Dur- ing the Day Before the Opening of the Convention. 1900. DOLLIVER MEN WORKING HARD They Seem to Have Hope of Yet Defeating Roosevelt, HILADELPHIA, June 18. —The Dolliver men to- night are working with des- perate activity. While the Roose- velt boom is in the drydock, they are trying to get far out to sea. They have organized into DEMOCRATIC PLANEKS. Sixteen to One Ratio to Be Reaffirmed at K“P"‘S City. of life. Roosevelt really out of is the question every He ing signs But is it? This Quay says no. “The convention knows that he did not want it,” he sai “It also knows he was too good a soldier to decline. Pennsylva- nia will stay by Roosevelt until the end.” The nomination of Mr. Odell is likely to be combated by Hanna, who, defeated in his de- sire to get Bliss, is now turning to Long and who, failing to get Long, will take even Dolliver,