Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1904 — Sixes Up the Governor's Scheme. [ARTICLE]

Sixes Up the Governor's Scheme.

Walter Wellman, writing to the ReCJid Herald from Washington, seems to niz* up about right the mare’s, nest in Indiana politics Governor Durbin elaim-d to have discovertd Wellman says: How easy it is for an ambition-, politician to ove.piay baa been strikingly shown during the p-tai fortnight. Not long ago Govt-moi Durbin of India; a came to Wnailing ton and called at the White House. He brought with him a long faoa and a tale of woe. He told the President that serious danger theatened in ludiena. Tbe Hanna movement was gaining great headway there. Something must be done to stop it or tne President’s interts's would suffer severely. Then there was disaffection in the Republican ranks, and the situation would have to be taken hold of energetically if Mr. Roosevelt hoped to carry the state at the next November’s elec tion. To all this Mr. Roosevelt, listened with open ears, but with closed lips. He was on his guard. He said nothing He merely murtered "Humph!” and "Is that so” and "Well.” If tbe truth must be told —and it should be, even if it doesn’t sound very pleasant to Governor Durbin and his friends —the President was juM a trifle suspicious. He suspected that ail these omrbous warnings covered a purpose, and be made up his mind be would wait for the true inward ness of tbe little game to disclose itself. He did not have to wait long. Presently it became hs plain as the nose on a man’s face that Governor Durbin was deliherauly , trying to "throw a scare into” Mr. Roosevelt, and that the one sovereign remedy he had in mind for all these ills tbe bonne of Roosej velt was heir to was the nom’na- ■ tion of Governor Durbin for Vice President. That was the sure and the safe wav to defeat the machinat’ons of the Hannaltes in hoosierdom and to make sure of the I electoral votes next fall Naturally,. President Roosevelt 1 does not like this way if playing the game. He does not think it in accord with the rnles, and it is safe to say that if Mr * oosevelt and his friends are to have anything tossy about the vice pr»si dential nomination that honor will not go to Governor Durbin Indiana. ..mLI what 1 color Irjl 1 Al A nr