Show ALL WANT t I ROOSEVELTe Delegates to Philadelphia Convention Insist I c That New Yorker Shall Run t i With t McKinley 1 I I to Governor Issues a Statement Which Though it Thrusts Aside the Crown in Words is Regarded as a Virtual Surrender to the ConventionThereis However a Bitter Fight Against Him Convention Convenes Tomorrow Philadelphia June 18 Tomorrow on t the fortyfourth anniversary of the I day on which Gen John Ck Fremont was nominated by the first Republican I convention held at Music Fund hall on Locust street In this city the national I na-tional Republican convention will assemble as-semble at the Exposition building inVest in-Vest Philadelphia Here amid the I swelling memories of halt a century and In the presence oC men who saw the bloodstained clouds lie across the sunrlEcn party the Republicans meet In the high tide of their glory to name their national candidates and nominate tho platform for the coming campaign BUT ONE CHOICE FOR LEADER The cymbals of a conquering army never clashed with more vigor than they do hero tonight Amid the thousands thou-sands of warriors thcrel la hu tone choice for leader His face Is engraved on banners It is framed in llowcrs and I In ivy on the wnlls it adorns the windows win-dows of the shops and looks down upon the swarming crowds from every conspicuous con-spicuous place McKinley again will lead the graybeards and the young men In the November battle Banners arc dipped fore his portrait and the mention of his name arouses enthusiasm enthusi-asm WILL SHAKE THE BIG HALL r When Senator Foraker concludes his peroration In the convention on Wednesday a storm wild and tempestu ous will shake the great hall But that outburst of enthusiasm will be only the forerunner of the pandemonium pandemo-nium that will reign If Roosevelt should be named to stand bealde him In the coming battle STAMPEDE FOR ROOSEVELT The stampede In his favor started yesterday threw the town Into delirium It swept through the delegations who had come with favorite sons to present like a prairie fire The booms 1or the candidates of other men collapsed like shells when It struck them SECRET NOT HARD TO JJIND I The secret was not hard to Und It was Platt and Quay whose object was Ito I-to humiliate Ilsuma and claim victory They wielded no magicians wand The secret lay down in the hearts of the Republicans of the country Roose velts name unlike that of other candidates I can-didates Instantly struck a responsive chord In the popular breast Jt cap tuied the heart of the convention It mattered nothing to the rank and Ole that Hanna and Allison and Grosvenor ol and Thurston and others felt chagrined and strained every nerve to stamp out the lire 11reOYN TOWN IS ROOSEVELT MAD It mattered not that even Roosevelt and his friends poured water upon It Their efforts were as futile as hand grejiades against a conflagration The people would hear of no one else They I wore his pictures they shouted his name They considered him today as already nominated The town was itoosevelt mad THE GOVERNORS POSITION The Governor himself was sincerely anxious to avoid the nomination Some of the friends of other candidates em bftlered by the havoc his sudden acceptance ac-ceptance created with their favorites chances were heard to Intimate that he had been flirting with the situation from the first He appealed to them to stem the tide and they did what I they could reinforced at every point by Hanna and his lieutenants Gen Greene in his behalf even called on the delegations and in his name asked them not to support him But tho temper of the convention was undeniable undeni-able SURRENDERS TO CONVENTION Human nature has Its limits so at 1 oclock this afternoon after a day of tcrrllc pressure from both sides Roosevelt Roose-velt issued a statement Though It thrust aside the crown In words It was regarded us a virtual surrender to the convention The inside history of the struggle which preceded Roosevelts announce men t the secret conference of Planna and his friends the Joint conferences with Roosevelt the persuasion appeals entreaties and even threats were said to have been used will make a chapter forever memorable MANY STORIES AFLOAT Every sort of story was afloat It was said that Hanna served notice that Roosevelts candidacy although it would have been eminently acceptable at first put forward as It was by the enemies of the Administration did not now meet with approval and that the light would be carried t < the last ditch Roosevelt was said to have been told by his friends that to yield would bo to stand In his own light us a candidate for President four years hence the VicePresidency was a graveyard from which he would never be resuscitated His place they urged was at the head of the ticket In New York again this fall In the last proposition Roosevelt Roose-velt concuiTcd TALK OF PLATT EMISSARIES On the other hand Il was said Platt emissaries argued that to turn his back on the manifest wish of the Republicans Republi-cans of the country would be to forfeit his right to the future support of the New York organization and the Republicans Repub-licans of the State would look elsewhere else-where for a candidate for Governor Of curs there are those who are always uncharitable enough to attribute attrib-ute sinister motives to Platt They intimated in-timated that IIP desired to kill two birds with one atone eliminate I Roosevelt Roose-velt from New York politics and humiliate hu-miliate Hanna for his uncomplimentary criticism of Woodruff Gossip among New Yorkers oven went so far as to suggest that with Roosevelt transferred to the national ticket Woodruff was already agreed upon as the candidate for Governor oC Now York Roosevelt had also other advisors who Insisted that It would be suicide to dopllncr the nomination TRYING TO STEM TH13 TIDE All day long Jfannas efforts have been directed to tlllt rebuilding of booms Wrecked yenterduy In the Roosevelt Roose-velt tornado Ml SOUP have been encouraged en-couraged to 1nlll in the race and not without son unrv The < nomination Ipr 3lcQPrcdiaenL ui three dgy Jt1rl I I 1 Much can be accomplished In that time by shrewd hardheaded political leaders lead-ers The delegates are nil desirous of carrying out thePresidents wishes and if the intimation once became the con vlcdon that McKinley himself would prefer another candidate the popular choice would be abandoned PLATT IS SHREWD Mr Platt very shrewdly decided that the New York delegation should not formally Indorse Roosevelt It Is said I that Roosevelt insisted upon this Then If he were nominated it would be said that the nomination was forced on him But while the New York delegation delega-tion refrained from Indorsing Roosevelt Roose-velt Platt is said to have passed tho word to Quay and the Pennsylvania delegation to continue lQ fan the flamesJOYS JOYS OF THE HOUR All day the delegates and the crowds were abandoning themselves to the Joys I of the hour From dawn until midnight mid-night the air never cease to throb to the pulsations of the music and the streets constantly reposed the steady tramp I of feet of marching clubs parading I i with flying banners Tonight the j throngs were enthusiastic with delight A GREAT PARADE As prelude to the event with the flash and scream of rockets and the glare of Greek fire turning night Into day SOOOO organized Republicans marched through tho streets amid great enthusiasm The crowds overflowed the sidewalks I until the procession seemed to force Its way through the packed mass of humanity hu-manity as a strong vessel ploughs her courso upstream through packed Ice in winterTHE THE DAYS PROGRAMME Although the work of the convention could be compassed within two days tho national committee has arranged three days programme with one session ses-sion of tho convention each aThe nights will be filled with receptions l smokers entertainments at tho clubs and openair meetings tomorrow the sessions of the convention con-vention probably will be brief It will be called to order by Chairman Hanna and Senator Wolcott the brilliant Colorado Colo-rado orator us temporary chairman will deliver his keynote address A call of the role and the announcement the standing committees with the perfection per-fection of the permanent organization I will dnyTEDDY wind up tho proceedings of tho I |