The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-27
out West was liable 10 objection, and the
bill discovery would much facilitate mat
ters and make an early trial possible.
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,Sblo THE OHIO CONTEXT. 10 te
The Interest Felt In Inc Cincinnati Con
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WAslINGroS, May 25.-After all ol
fh6Ahanss protests and;declarationB thai
he will not DO candidate for Governor
under any circumstances, certain parties
hSre DO not fullygive up the idea Of max
ing lin The staddatd.bearer. Certainly
they do not cease to urgcit upon him, MOI
has he ceased 10 decline. J. G. Thompson
does uutlyet yield. He says that II may
happen that the Convention will homt
nate Thurman and speedily adjourn,
leaving the Senator with nothing to do
but to accept, It is adroitIy urged upon
himt hat, 4 he accepts, makes the race aud
wins hs%ill carry the Presidential Con.
veatiOnn6ktyearby storm, in fact ;STilden,
Hendricks, Bayard and the rest will be no.
where. He has been assured that Il lie
puts himself Ut the head oi the Ohio De.
pocr9cy and wins The, victory the Presi-
dental nomination viii drop Into, his
hands like a ripe'apple. This View Is gen
orally held, even by those who are not
specially Thurman mem They say that
II he has the courage and political strength
to go in and win this fight, he will be the
coming man Of the Democracy beyond all
question whatever. The situation Is con-
ceded to be peculiar, and in such shape
that Thurman can make ten strike, and,
with victory in Ohio, win the Presidential
nomination. But still Senator Thurman
remains proof against temptation, and
says (when he says anything about III that
he will not be o candidate.
II he should run and win, the advant-
age OF his position would be all that his
friends claim; but II hO should lose, the
reverse OF the proposition would be true,
and the number Of available Presidential
candidates reduced by one.
Republicans here manifest no anxiety
on the subject, aud one OF them expressed
to your correspondent the views Of all
when he said that he didn't care
two cents whether Thurman ran or not,
But as to the Republican ticket, they do
manifest concern, claiming that the "send.
oil " OF a good and popular ticket is half
the battle. The hope Bgenerally express.
ed that Foster will take the second place
on the ticket, aud thus unite all the ele.
ments in the party.
Representatives Butterworth, Young,
Garfield, UpdegraE, Townsend and Neal,
will leave for Cincinnati tomorrow night,
to be on hand at the, Republican Conven.
ton. Representative Mckinley started
for Ohio'to.night, and wilfbe IN Cincin-
natl Tuesday. Every Republican member
will be in Cincinnati on the day Of the
Co4yenton, with the possible exception
Of Monroe 1G E}t-F {, [ftE
The feeling running very high in favor
oil Sherman for Governor, as it becomes
more and more likely that Thurman will
be forced to accept the Democratic nomi-
nation.
There are many indications that the
Democrats are playing Il deepgame in this
matter, making il appear that Thurman
will not be candidate under any circun.
stances, aud thus begnile Republicans into
putting up weaker ticket than they other
wise'would. The feeling among lsepubli.
cans here is that II the Democrats are to
have Thurmanthe RepublicausmHst have
Sherman. This makes q perplexing stu
alton for, the, Democrats, as theS want to
secure Thtnman's promise to rnii, and lead
the Republicans to believe that he
won't r6n until after the Cincinnati.I
Convention: In fact the Washington
branch of the Ohio Democracy are IN a
dilemma. For days they have been caucus.
ing and consulting as to the best means Of
killing off Bishop, whom most OF them be-
lieve to be "a weak candidate. Late last
night n numberof Democrats arrived from
Columbus, amongt them Senator Carson,
and although they arc reticent,; from all
that can be learned, they are laboring at
the problem. To-day they were in con
with Thurman and Ewing, The
pressure upon Thurman seems almost ir.
resistable, and there is strong probability
that he will accept. The Democrats, how
ever, do not want him known as candi.
date until lafterthe Cincinnati Con yention,
They hope for the advantage OF weak
Republican ticket.
The National element enters largely into
the calculation. They generally object to
Thurman, but favor Ewing. The impres.
sion is growing among Democrats that
tney cannot carry the State unless the
National and Democratic vote can be
united. An attempt will be made to get
Ewing to agree to second place on
ticket with Thurman, ii the latter accepts.
LATER. = Senator Thurman declares
that he cannot be a candidate, but it is
generally understood among his friends
that il nominated he will accept. A great
effort will be made to make the ticket
Thurman and Ewing, as it is the general
impression among Democrats that such
ticket would catch more votes than any
other they could nominate.
LATER-lt can be stated on good author
ity that il the Republican Convention
nominates Sherman, land the race seems
likely to be made on National issues),
Thurman will be nominated By the Demo.
Gratis, and will accept. Several prominent
Republicans have been in consultation
with Sherman tonight, urging him to ex-
press u willingness to accept If the nomina-
tion is rendered him with unanimity, but
he adheres to his resolution not to be a
candidate.