The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-30

.boubIe Surroundings.
"a, ,JI,or Of this paper returned home
..D,,5,y from visit of two months to
T,,Sisr,ou City, where he went for the
- Of renewing and extending his
i.r,i,,,Dre with the public men OF the
',,,,r,, :, and Of watching the proceedings
Jrosrss., ,r and thereby catching as far as
.,'ssI. he drift Of political sentiment at
4, y1jOnul Capitol among the supposed
t,,,sOl y public opinion, with reference
a N, rtiisibIe and probable develop
mat this Presidential year.
ma, i, Of course, a great deal to be
,.nJ !. Washington during asession Of
ro,r,s. and every editor is the better
d iuilisiring himself with the men OF
bB,uss in the two houses, and the meth
d, d anyipg their mandates into effect
ts,oa,h he operations Of the Executive
d,t.tneuls Of the government. Wash
i,sOu. the political center Of the Nation,
,sl While it is not by any means the spot
yssr public sentiment is manufactured,
,a h /. more than any other place the
.sSian where it is gathered aud from
Whence it Is distributed. Members Of
Cssres are in constant communication
NIB their constituents, aud, as a general
rs., they only voice the average senti-
a,n. Of their constituents when they
max. They speak oiIener with reference
b ylsriug and COnciliating their constitu.
at than for the purpose Of instructing or
sngirg their sentiments.
At this time the average Congressman
!, 1t tea in the matter Of Presidential
Shis. Public sentiment is SO cut up at
Sszs between the various aspirants on
SpA ides that Congressman are very
AEy about committing themselves to the
ttunes Of any one candidate. They will
Eyou privately that this man and that
u. ought not to be nominated, and give
dsIsHt reasons for their opinions, but
Ait1evs are rot for publication, for the
r,iop, as they say, that the final drift is
',stlia, and it is an awkward thing for
l&upessman to be on record against the
,'ninltion oil any man in case he alter.
ENa becomes the party nominee. The
rtlH Congressman wants to stand in"
IiA the head Of his ticket in a Presi.
lsatil year, especially II the district is
:1& nd be should want to be taken care
1 ga Presidential appointment in case
shdeIsated before the people.
AthiIIlme most Congressman at Wash
rEou, on the Republican side, seem to
stiridsd between Sherman and Blaine
IPtsident, and on the Democratic side,
'4Teea Seymour, Hancock and Bayard.
mat aud Tiden have their friends, OF
aEne, but they are not numerous, and
ohe Thurman, Washburne aud Gar
I'D For instance. the West Virginia
sssitOa is Snti.Tilden, and pretty solid
n Thurman, but at the same time they
's very much in doubt whether,
ten al, Seymour should not and will
ah their nominee. The Ohio Republi.
ID delegation Ia for Sherman, but exactly
aFilr and how strong they are for him
had iotell. The Pennsylvania Repub-
eia delegation is all torn up between
tHeOu aud Grant on one side, aud
'liae on the other, Just as the Randall
ID Wallace Democrats in Congress from
N State are split between Tilden and
.i'SoSk. New York is torn asunder in
i'aRs way between the followers oI
'alling and Blaine, among the Repub
''n'' aud the followers OF Tilden and
'Iaonr among the Democrats.
AinO tune in the recent history OF thil
~ Try have politicians been more at {
= AtV 10 gauge public sentiment Will
ference to the Presidency than at thil
IHienlar iGncture. The prevailing sen
aent Is sgalrst Grant and Tilden a
rAin'tOn, and this is about all that car
aKt,..l 4 ~