The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-16
- ,,. pemocrats Wish the Repub'
we v" "a SomIuate for President?

a.. nemocrHts Wish the Repub
we ~. "" 10 Nominate for President.
T.5o NO, see any paper that maniiestt
Nv. '" isteres. in the Grant boom than the
G.sao,ti o,,i Enquirer, the leading Demo
.-i ..,,i. n,Dst Of Ohio. 1t has no difficulty
.Is'l, as,l.Ier in dgurins out Grants nOmina,
~, s-,' H., can easily distance Blaine and
Ss.nIu r., combined, and it has no doubt
~, Nj \. yiII be nominated on the first bal.
b. r. Al Ali opposition to Grant is pooh
Do,bsI - BY the Enquirer as really of no &C,
..,,t s Il Is rejoiced over the result in
T.,tpsky and Missouri on Wednesday,
,.d ma, 10 the trouble Of editorializing
4. ma station as it now stands, in order to
INV that the Grant boom is moving re-
!sl...ly On, couqueriug land to conquer.
n. Enquirer speaks iOr.the large ma.
,,it,of Democrats when it thus attempts
tsb.litle the opposition among Republi-
An, to third term. No observing friend
of,be Republican party can fail to dis
s,,.rtba. there is the greatest anxiety at
M, tine among Democrats to see Grant
nominated a. Chicago. They hail every
accession TO his strength in the conyen-
tiou With as much satisfaction as the most
ra.ut third termersthemselves. No per-
sr. will be more reioiced to be able at
l.ngth to count up enough votes to nom
mate him. Conkling is not more anxious
ar the figures.
SOE Why should this be the ease? 1t is
,S because there is any change Of feel
I,,uu the part Of tue Democracy towards
taut |. is not that they want to see
lin President again. Far from 1t. 1t is
s1ply because they are thoroughly con-
yi.ced ,ha. Grants nomination will be a
srbrlni in the Republican party from
the start, and they expect to profit by the
Generalization aud alienation that will
rsul. tumit. They know that there is
"a organization in New York called the
Republican Independents or scratchers,
Vhohave declared against Grant, and who
will. AZ in the case Of Cornell last fall,
nlke |. their business to divert thousands
d ro.es from him II he is nominated.
Thsirpurpose to this end has been distinct
y announced, and they will take the field
ig,irst him from the start. This organiza-
ton is deeply hostile to Conkliug and his
machine" and they regard Conkling
and the third term as convertible terms.
They will therefore strike at both.
The Democracy know that this is the
situation in New York, and 1t is therefore
with great satisfaction that they look for
ward to the possibility Of Grants nomina-
tOu at Chicago. They rejoice with the
Eaqffd over the result in Kentucky and
Missouri, and affect to believe that Grant
swell on his road to a certain nomina'
ton.
Guntis able thus far to count 1856 votes
ia the convention Counting New Yorl
and Pennsylvania solid for him) and il
viIlnquire $40 to nominate him. We are
not able to foot up the necessary number
for him. The pressure on his behalf ha.
nOE pretty well expended itself, and re
action in the North is at work
declared for Edmunds
yesterday, and in all New England
Giant can count but two votes
And yet these are the States that are re
lid on to elect him II nominated. Only
one State has thus far instructed for hin
'hlt IS reasonably sure to vote for him l
dominated, viz: Pennsylvania, and 1t is
Blaine State at heart to-day. By th'
power Of the Cameron machine 1t wa
EFtnched from Blaine, and 1t Is by nj
means certain that the bogus expression
thus obtained at Harrisburg will not b
t.Snked at Chicago by large number o
delegates. who will assert their right, a
they did at Cincinnati in 1875, to yot
their true sentiments.
The Democracy are aware otthe Reput
Lean situation in New York and PennsyI
vInia, and therefore they naturally desir
TO Zee Grant nominated. They expect I
re a great recoii from his support, nc
ouly in those two States, but also in ohit
lnd they hope to reap a rich harvest {
votes from that recoiI.
ForeEarued is forearmed. The Repul
li1n party can not plead ignorance Of Ii
Possibility Of great disaster II they shl
their eyes to the dangers oltheir situation
and do that which their enemies, aboN
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