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Is Hanna Against President?

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
November
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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There are various straws which seem to indicate that Uncle Mark Hanna may not be so completely out of the presidential race as he has aimed to have people think he is. When President Roosevelt was on his long western trip at the time of the Ohio state republican convention and it was proposed to indorse him for re-nomination, it will be remembered that Hanna was opposed to committing the republican party of Ohio to Roosevelt, but upon a personal telegram from the president to the effect that he desired his friends to show their colors, Hanna yielded and permitted the endorsing resolution to pass. Since then it has been supposed that Hanna was entirely out of the race, as it was claimed for him that his word then given was final and that he never went back on a pledge. 

Now comes the story that Gov.-elect Herrick, of Ohio, has spent a week in New York and during that time cornered eleven delegates for Hanna, or at least made that many certain against Roosevelt. Mr. Hanna also went to New York and hobnobbed with men known to be actively against Roosevelt. There is at least enough in all this to set the politicians guessing. It is probably true that the New York anti-Roosevelt influences will make an earnest fight to defeat his re-nomination, but if they see failure for their pains this opposition will drop out of sight. In the mean time the president remains strong with the people. Nevertheless there are powerful influences against him and the surmounting of these, especially if Hanna be against him, will be no kindergarten task.

The effort of the administration to promote Gen. Leonard Wood to the rank of major general has stirred up a hornet's nest in the senate. Senator Hanna in the interest of his friend, the convicted and pardoned Major Rathbone, of Cuban postal stealings fame, is making a bitter fight against the confirmation of Wood as a major general. Other army officers are also against Wood because of his promotion over their heads. The result is likely to be an investigation of Wood's whole conduct of the governorship of Cuba and a bitter fight in the senate. President Roosevelt will stand by his favorite. Wood has shown himself a capable official in all public positions and he is the kind off a man the people will want proof of bad official conduct in before they will be inclined to believe the charges against him. A rascal in the positions Wood has held is not apt to be the capable and thoroughgoing official that wood has proven himself. 

President Roosevelt has reappointed on Joshua e. Wilson, a negro, postmaster at Florence, S. C., against the unanimous protest of the white people of the town. It is extremely doubtful if he would appoint a white man under such conditions. Apparently he is looking for trouble, not only for himself but for the colored race by such a policy.

The Newlands resolution inviting Cuba to take the necessary steps to become a candidate for statehood is commended to the careful consideration of the people of the island. in this direction lies the path of destiny no doubt and Cuba's greatest advantage.

Ten indictments have been found by a grand jury at paw Paw against saloon men for violations of the liquor law.

The American Federation of Labor has again put the seal of its condemnation upon socialism. President Gompers led the fight against committing the Federation to the doctrine of socialism, declaring as follows:

"I am at variance with your philosophy. Economically you are unsound, socially you are wrong, and industrially you are an impossibility. I have an abiding faith in the trades union movement, because it is the protector of today, and if emancipation comes sometimes, it must be the trades union movement that will achieve it."

Five of Michigan's congressmen persisted in their opposition to the Cuban reciprocity measure to the last and were a part of the 21 members who stood up and were counted against a measure of justice which commanded 336 votes for its passage. These give congressmen are said to have got together and congratulated themselves over having stood together in a great emergency. It is a good thing that they are pleased with themselves, for there are few others who are pleased with them.

Mormon Senator Smoot is likely to have a pretty stormy time holding his seat in the United States senate. A big fight is to be made to oust him and no less a constitutional lawyer than John g. Carlisle has been retained to prosecute the case against him before the senate committee. Smoot claims he is not a polygamist, but it is said he has claimed it was persecution of the church to prosecute men for plural marriages. There may not be any constitutional inhibition upon his holding the senatorship but there is evidently going to be a big effort to create a sentiment in the senate which will kick him out.