The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-13
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The Nation and IIarper's Week.!
JOIued in Debate.


,- once more in good and regular stand
Inc ia the church. The memberswete
ali around US with grave and revereni
air, aud, though We perceived several sus'
plciouS characters among the assistant
pastors and deaeoas, We. Thought, SIC
could we'll afford to keep silent about
theu, as they would De sure TO withdraw
ghen they saw that 'treiorm within the
party" had actually begun Bat this
Vas The last We saw Of Mr.. Hayes, Or the
last We heard OF the platform and, the
letter, from any authoritative source, I'M
M lew days before the election. The
proceedings which took place in the Re
publican church simply illed uswith
aaazsment. Little was said about re-
form by anybody, and the suspicious
looking deaCons and assistant pastors, In.
stead Of Withdrawing, got out packs Of
.oilsd cards and began playing Seven.
up" and swearing Justify at the icy
rebels" and offering TO thrash any.
body who interfered with them.
Perceiving Mr.. "Zack" Chandler in
the pulpit, "tGlling stories" and chewing
tobacco, aud exercisingthe functions OF
q chairman, ws asked the bystanders
whether they really meant TO. say that
'zack7 was a reiormer, and learned that
DO sn'tmuoh Of retormer, ;bHt, was a
good fellow, had plenty, Of m onsy, and
knew how to run the machine;;" and
then they laughed, and punched US ip the
ribs, "a II We, TOO, must enjoy the joke.
to.Mr. Wheeler, The, nominee
for the Vice Presidency, we, asked him
when the exposition Of Republican doc
,rine was to begin, and he said he would
begin Il now himself, and "Zack' there
upon raped for silence; and We heard,
to our alnazement, that the campaign was
not about civil service reform, or cur
rercy, Or pacifcatiof at all-that i was
\ continuation Of the civil war, and that
NO had all to vote as Il We were actually
on tho battlefield. Seeing Mr.. Blaine,
who appeared hooking vigorous and &C.
tive, We asked him what the campaign
was about, and he said entirely about
outrages" on negroes, on which subject
ls had reams Of evidence. Inquiring Of
Mr.. Boutwell, il this was true, he said
very gloomily that Il was not half true
enough. Here the editor Of the New
York Tunes came up, and declared that
he whole thing really turned on Tilden's
income and the condition Of the once
smiling village Of Bradg's Bend, and be-.
came very violent and -abISiVey Mr..
Blaine then added that, now that he
thought Of II, he must say that the cam
palsn was really about Southern claims
ios damages during the, war, which he
pu. down At $4,000, 100000 and which We
should have to pay at once II Tilden was
elected. This delighted the, whole CON-
pany greatly, and they all shouted,
Claims, clnfnS!% at the Top .sOt, their
voices. ..'
ourselves whether, II in July Last We had
been invited to support Hayes on'a plat
form composed Iexcipsiyely Of outrages,
claims, Tildens income.tax, Terra Gtaute
and Bradys Bend frauds, danger TO the
public credit and nocturnal Fstumption,
with Chandler, Blaine, Motion and bob"
IngersOll as head preachers and. mana.
gers, We would have consented, and we
found We had no ditfculsT inSasing, De.
cidedly, no. Weshould never, have had
any hesiIatioa about 1t. "A matters
stood, wedid the best we could, We pro.
tested against tie eouraa things were TAX.
ing; We reminded Mr.. Hayes Sand his
friends that this was a reform campaign,
and that, though he might doubtless
mean we'll, aud was not going to commit
himself to the hands OF bad men, lie must
not tax too severely the -faith-and.pa-
Iisnec Of that really small body OF indie.
pendent voters 10 whom, Il elected, he
would owe his election.
We DO not know exactly what Mr..
Hayes ought to have done, because we
DO not know what he did do. But we
think that ho might IN some manner
have saved retOrncrs from The fintoiera.
BILE modification Of having either to
pretend not to see Chandler at ths head
Of The canvass, Or 10 pretend that he was
Aptoper pOrsun tn be there. In short,
without going any further, retoruiers
found themselves called upon, within u
month Of the opening Of the canvass, 10
Include ,I il their support Of the Rspuhi
ilrau candidates appreciation or Chand.
Ter, Morton, Blaine, Cameron, and all
!he group, and general torgetiulness o.
tae past, and trust 10 Mr.. Hayes personal
a'TneSs, Of which he refraincd from
making any exhibition, t6Tpr6teCt them
1I'n't the consequences Of their folly or
dishonesty. The only upright course
seemed TO us to 10 10 continue, in Season
Iad out OF season, to call attention to
!astsal causes and real aims Of thesr Ss
'9ta movement, and at the same time
give Mt. Hayes as much support as il
H possible TO give a man whose polit.
%A' surroundings were in the main bad.
''%a Hi'TerS Weekly 10 Reply.l Q M
4a' nomination Of Mr.. Hayes, takeni in
'OOaes''On with the political history Of
.as year, showed that the reform element
"a The Republican party, which we, at
east think to be the only hope OF reform
'9IAs country, had obtNiusd au, ascend.
'aSy which promised In agrcst measure
10 control tho administration, and which
~ ~ therefore, to be supported heartily,
; ;'SI The promise might be more surely
.s.ulIed' II Is true that prominent lead.
,", men IN high position, took an active
gt' IN ne campaign, and that their Off.
IA portion gave them a prominence
.MSa' In the natureot the case, could
' Ios Oe welded. But il ia NO less true
va, sDI men men IKE Mr.. Schurl, DR.. Woolsey,
. .SS o'aSta Of tho May conference, with
s ,;sss o. ltn distinguished but no. les
ID. T 'luI ooa SSap0Fabts tpsp; wereSalEu-bp
Ia N I ~ ?, all over the country, speaking
~, =" S sos great and true Issues, and, only
~ ~ conspicuous becau,e Of no oil.
i III W. called "rslOrm,S The practical
s my !i was to be made between ti,ss6
DO Nv, VIM l6e element in The Republican
I'd T ks '0I n which they spoke, on one side,
o,S, ne HtSPceF atiG. paFIy et,larES on, the
S SSSt. nttwal GiS1med thal i il ssSS X
Do, Ta NE reform Repuhli eanSi could So
EisnTk eanIs"!he group and that The