Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-20
VOL. II.
WASHINGTON.
WORKING UP A LITTLE BOON FOR
BLAINE;
Whose Star. However Appears to be Rap
idly 0eeIining-EFOrts Of Opposing
Candidates to Whistle Grant
Down the Wind - Don
Cameron's Scheme.

W hANnANhANNn AHNNNAAAANA
considerable gossip here yet concerning
the &C ton of the Republican National
Executive Committee in electing Don
Cameron as the Chairman. The DRIFT
Of sentiment continues 10 De unmistak-
ably that ne was the choice of the
Grant men. There are two very in
portant facts, however, which should
be considered:
I. Cameron's election was the result
Of combination Of the Grant and Sher-
man strength. Cameron received twen-
ty-two votes, and was elected; but the
most Of the votes cast for him came
from States which do not give Republ-
can maiorities, but are Democratic.
>. Averiu was Blaine's candidate, to
the extent that nearly all OF Blaiue's
friends voted for him. There were,
however, three ayowed Blaine men who
voted for Cameron. OF the nineteen
votes Ayerill received land he did not
himself east Mmnesota's vote, for he
did not vote at alll, he received the /
votes oftwelye States which give Repub- |
hcan majOrities and are pronOunced Re /
publican States.
Following out the significance Oi these I
facts, II the Republican Convention in
sists that the delegates from states
which cannot give Republican electors !
shall take back seat in the COnyen-
ton, then Blaine is ahead OF the hetd.
The friends Of sherman here are awiully
confident that ne will be the Republican
nominee. His Ohio friends, particularly |
Col Brown. Of Toledo, says that the |
Ohio delegation will stand solid for him /.
through thick and thin Charles /
Grosvenor. who, after the Maine /
campaign, had a weak spot Tor |
Blaine, is now very prominent
in Sherman's interest The trouble I
seems 10 be that nobody outside of Ohio /
talks OF sherman. His strength is a |
good deal like the BristOw strength in /
lS76--it is dihused, made up OF stFag- |
Cling votes in many OF the States, and |
for which there is no rallying point. |
For this reason, other than making the /
hght interesting, sherman Is a good deal '
like a small boy attacking the TANKS OF a 7
great army with paper wadS. The f.
sherman men say the Grant boom Is I
diving ont. but the Blame men have the F.
sense 10 know better. and have no fear /
Of any candidate save Grant.
Hon. J.. Donald Cameron, the new f.
Chairman, left here this morning +
for New York There is we'll Z
grounded report here that he has set up I.
the pins 20 have the Republican Con- /
ventiOn for the assembling Of the Penn !
sylyania delegates held in February, % f.
take advantage of the existing Grant f.
fever, have the delegates first instructed T.
90 vote as unit, and then have them /
instructed 70 vote for Grant. This is ,
the plan adopted in 1876, when the del |
egatiOn was instructed % vote for Hart
anit, and through the means OF which .
Blaine was defeated. Just now the /
Sherman men are active IN circulating I
the report that Grant Is % accept the .
canal presidency, and they may be eN-
pected henceiorward 10 keep on circu- /.
lating it with a vengeance.
Cremation Gossip.
WAsHINGruN, PA, December l9.-All |
that can BE- learned of the cremation /
which took place here Tuesday Is this: I
Rev. George L. HAYS otlic.aled, and F.
after he bal performed the religious ser .
vices the body wJS placed in the rctort. .
The incinerlJiOu is over. and the gentle .
men who accompanied the corpse here I.
have left, taking the ashes with them. I
They stopped at the Fulton House /
while here, registering as "Rcv. g.. ;. /
PaysOn. InwOOd y. Y. aUt "A /
Friend" The executors OF tine estate /
OF Dr. Le MOyne are now acquainted .
with all the facts, but will not /
submit them % the public 40 present. /
They saw. however, that this Is the only \
cremation that will be allowed O. take /
place in their crematpry until things .
are arranged i'm a more satisfactory man
ner than they have been IN the present /
case. Several reports have been clrcu. /
lated, one Oi them to the effect that tins D
was the body OF Andrew Tracy, the law i
yer hung on the 4th inst. 40 >methport, .
Pa. ior the murder ui Miss Mary Riley,
who expressed the wish that his re-
mains be- Cremated. lt Is known thar i
the corpse is that Of a young man - .
wears OF aye, and that he died about one /
month since OF consumption. IL was
bv his request that he was cremItcd. /
Prom good authority IL is learned that .
he was brother Of the man who WAS .
registed as A Friend
Substitute for the Reagan Bill
WAsHINGroS, December l9.-The bill I.
reported in the House to-day by Mr. .
kenna, from the Committee ON Com F.
merce. and known rs "the Reagan bill .
was adopted by the committee a. a ,
substitute for the original bill intro +
duCed in tine House on January ID, 1875. .
The changes made from the original I.
bill are lew and for the mos, part are .
Of small importance. The most Iuu- .
pOrtant amendment proposed IL the eN- .
tension Of liability 20 vessels navigating .
rivers and inland waters, as we'll As on .
the high seas, for accidents resulting
from the shipment of dangerous articles. .
SENATE
After the reading OF the iourua, Mr.. '
Thurman said there was evidently no :
quorum present AMI mo- possibility tina, .