Show ROOSEVELT SELECTS SENATOR d Washington Nor Nox S It Is the opinion in inn Washington that as a result o of a long Iong conference at the White hite house today between President Roosevelt Roosevett James Wadsworth Jr speaker of ot the New York state assembly and VII Wil liam L Ward Yard national commItteeman the man wIno who will be SUppOrt ported by b them next January to succeed Thomas C March 4 09 as United States Stat s senator wilt will be Elihu Root of Clinton N Yf Y the Present Pres nt secretary of state either ither Mr Ir Ward nor Speaker Wadsworth would discuss the matter maUer but it is known Imon that the secretary is not adverse to accepting the candi I acy providing he is assured there is no opposition to him president I R ee personally favors Secretary Root but Speaker Wadsworth today sa he e had received assurances from the president that he ho would not In Inin in the selection of oC the th next senator When hen Secretary Loeb was lId d whether ther the president had given this assurance he declared that 1 T r as no use u c for the president to Interfere leaving the inference that rt n 1111 tt r already had been settled ry Root today toda declared he h had made no announcement that i f uld lId be a candidate and nd that he could not discuss the th matter He Head lad hd ad ome Om from the tine presidents office Mr Root said that he had written ral letters on the subject of the but In none of them had iad h w ne said he would be bea a candidate |