The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-27

TO the repeal of the resumption act, the
substitution Of green backs tor National
bank notes, there is no difference or
opinion among the delegates, and none
among the Democracy generally; snd
the distinct and emphatic uttersDce OF
these views in the platform will contrast
iavorably with the timid, COwsrdly, sub
terfuge of the Republicans, that all the
country wants in financial matters is ire
pose" Hard money" Democracy in
OHIO is thing of the past, snd the much
abused rag baby" which has so many
times been declared defunct has survived
the ills OF its childhood, and has deveI-
oped Inte rather q robust and formidable
parsonage. In regard to the
PRESIDENTS POLICY,
that is to say. his Southern policy, Dem
ocrats cordially endorse it, and will say
so 10 the platform. They endorse it, not
because it is Mr.. Hayes policy, but be-
cause it is Democratic policy, and what
the Democrats have been contendIng for
for ears They endorse it, furthermore,
not because the Republicans don't like
it, but because it is right. There is but
little difference of opinion on this point,
as it is simply reatiirming what the party
has always been 10 favor OF, the right of
local self-government in the South, as
well as elsewhere.
THE PRESIDENTS TITLE.
Equally of one mind are the Demo
Gratis Of Ohio on this polLt. While they
favor investigation to It's fullest extent,
there is not one in hundred, not one o!
any prominence tba. | have yet been
able tc tiad, that Is in favor OF disturb.
ing the President, in peaceful posses
sion Vt his office. There is disposition
10 look upon Potter's investigation rather
as farce than otherwise. As MCFad-
den, OF the SteubenvilIe Gazette, remark.
ed, i! is all "popPycock." However, if
there is anything in il, sll are in favor Of
having it come out, but in any event,
Hayes IS to be let alone 50 far as the
Democrats are concerned. The only point
where anything like contest Will occur
Is as to who shall be the Chair.
man Of the State Central Committee.
JOHN q. THOMPSON
who has been for years boss OF its ma
chinery, and whose ability as an organ
izer has been amply demonstrated by the
success OF the party since he assumed the
helm, has had ever since 1876 the bitter
emnitv OF little clique OF politicians,
whose headquarters are in Cincinnati, and
whose central sun is the Cincinnati En-
9ulrer. That paper then wsged
"a bitter war against Sherman
and license. John G. was Thurman's |
chief bscker. He came in for the un-
dying hostilties OF that sheet 1t has |
opposed him bitterly ever since, and |
there is q small but intensely active Gle |
meut that would move heaven and earth !
TO get ut John G.'s scalp, and which will !
leave no stone unturLed to Oust hun from |
his position. 1t is not likely, however, |
that anything will come OF It, |
ss John is too good i manager, and has
long ago got his work in with the dele !
gates from "the back doestrlCLs," and l. |
sufficiently solid with the rural roosters |
TO bid defiance 10 MS enemies. His |
most active and most uncompromising |
enemy is Allen 0. Myers, formerly of
the Enquirer and now clerk OF the State
Senate. He got away with John G,'s |
man in the contest for the latter position
last winter, and thinks he can overcome
the Great Chief himself
THE REPUBLICANS
do not take cheerful view of the situa-
ton, for the very good reason that they !
can't. The whole course Of theIr party |
in the State has so far been succession |
of b.unders. They blundered in the Iocs-
ton o. their convention, 10 their Candi-
dates, and most egregIously in their plat
form. They constructed n thing that the |
archi.itecs fondiy imagined all could |
stand upon, but which ls too rotten TO |
bear any of them. Their leaders are at |
swords points; tie party Is rent by fac
tlons and discouraged and demOrallzed |
bg defeat, without definite aim,
without principles, and almost without
hope. The enthusiastic gathering Of the |
Democratic hosts, therefore, is not cslcu
lated to cheer them oyermuch. They !
pretty generally admit that their chances |
of carrying the State in the fall are ex
ceeding!y slim, while il is the confident |
prediction that if this convention acts |
wisely and cautiously, IS there Is every |
reason 70 believe that it will, the Demo
crats will carry the State by 10000 ma
iority G. w. Ii.