The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-10

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NOT Very Mueh Oh Boom ~ Yet.
WASHINGTON, November S.-As soon a
1t was known here that Tilden was over
thrown In New York, there was q system
attic attempt made to start "Bayart
BOOM" The Southern element prsdomi
mates in the ranks Of the Democratic party
here, and Bayard, by reason Of his South
ern ''leaniugs" before, during and since
the war, is the fayorite among that class,
To be sure, he lost popularity last spring
when he opposed the Warner Silver Bill
and the extra session Of Congress, but he
has recovered from that and Is now the
choice for President OF seven out OF eight
Of the Southern men here. But opp0si.
ton comes from an unexpected quarter.
South Carolina does not take kindly 10
BaYard. A writer in the Charleston Neus
says:
Mr.. Bayard was q supporter OF the pass.
age Of the Hawaiian treaty, the object Of
which was the free Importation OF rice
from those islands. He supported that
measure, which was considered to be a
fatal blow to the rice cultlvators OF the
South "a measure which was then, as It is
now. deemed only preparatory to the free
admission OF that cereal from the whole
world; to take of the tariff now existing
on foreign rice and admit 1t in American
markets free oil duty.
II Mr. Bayard is OF that opinion, Tit Is
apart Of his political doctrine, and il he
intends to carry out that principle by the
exercise Of executive influence, he will
have for his opponents, II nominated, by
the Democratic Convention the great mass
OF the rice producers Of the South, and al
lied with them those who are connected
with the success Of that production, We
would be madmen, indeed, 10 assist in his
election, when his success would render
our plantations valueless. And will saw
that in close States like South Carolina
and Louisiana the determined opposition
OF comparatively moneyed and infiuen.
tlal class would be more than apt TO turn
the scale against him; and it would be
well for the Democracy to bear in mind
when they, are assembled in convention,
thatit would be wisdom to nominate one
not antagonistic to aportion Of the party"
The writer says further:
We still believe in the rights OF States.
That this is confederation OF independ.
ent States, not a centralized republic.
That we owe our allegiance 10 our State,
not to the general government. That we
are not q nation. That although secession
was crushed, it was not ialsehood that
bowed beneath the iron heel, but truth
We believe in our State being benefited
by the public money, and il South Caro-.
lima can obtain appropriations for the de-
yelopment OF her internal resources, and
tariffs for the fostering Of her agricultural
industries, 1t is our duty to obtain them,
even II opposed to those political opinions
we held as slaveholding people.
1.-THE Bayard boom continues, the oppo-
sition OF the rich planters Of South Caro-
lima will be serious matter, as the loss OF
that State in q Presidential contest would
be the loss OF all. The Democrats now
only count on New York and Indiana in
addition to the Solid South, and the loss
of a single Southern State would be ire
parable. Whether the Bayard boom
swells into nomination or not, it is the
general opinion among Democrats here
that the New York result Tuesday is a
death blow to Tlden. Bayard, Hendricks
and Hancock are now at the front, while
Tilden is assigned to a back seat.
Unpopular as Tilden has become here
lately, however, he still has friends who
swear by him, while others swear at him.
These friends say that Tilden can carry
New York, and is the only Democratic
Presidential candidate who can, and that
1t is Tilden or nobody in 1880.