The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-11
BROUGHT BY THE CABLE.
English Press on the Defeat of Third
Termism.
How Garauld's Nomination Was Received at
Parls-cOmmlsslon for The lnterprsta.
tlon oflhs Berlin Treaty-Troubles
10 The Argentine Confederation
General FOrelpa News.
ENGLISH PRESS ON THE CHICAGO
CONVENTION.

LONDON. June 9.-In an article, thil
morning, upon the Chicago Convention
the Pal Mall Ga;ette says: at has beer
plain since the first day Of the Convention
that General Grant stood no chance OF be
ing gnominated." After discussing at somt
length the situation in the United States
as affected by the result OF the action
finally taken at Chicago, the Gasetts con
cludes by saying that upon the whole the
political outlook in America has not been
80 favorable since the day when Grant sci
out upon his elecioneering tour around
the world, an ill.adyised bid for third
term which has found It's titing catastrophe
at Chicago.
In a leading article upon the Chlcago
nominations the st. James Gatstte, Mr.
Greenwood's newspaper, says II may now
be regarded as certain that Garfield will
be Hayes successor. Still the, Gd,ette
thinks constitution which leads to such
result BY methods so peculiar has very
odd appearance, as viewed by eyes not
accustomed 10 Il. The Americans, Il saws,
are apparently content TO be ruled by any
politician who gives satisfaction to "the
wire pulleis and msnipulators" OF the
party which nominates aud elects him,
and they can hardly be surprised II this
strange and anomalous system leads, In
some great crisis, to very unpleasant con-
sequences.
The Gazette further states that, notwith-
standing the belief to the contrary which
It understands Is more or less prevalent
even among the more intelligent classes
in the United States, Englishmen have no
prejudices In regard to American politics,
and endeavor TO form their opinion oi
them from facts and accepted principles Of
popular government. In alluding TO Gen.
eral Grants defeat in the Convention, 1t
adds that 1t is perfectly ineligible, that
the proposal 10 confer upon him third
term should be generally resented by the
American people for reasons as plain
abroad as at home.
Perhaps, says the Gasstte, General Grant
may be without ambition, as many OF his
friends have claimed, but this was not the
impression he produced In the Old World
during his recent tour. On the contrary,
he seemed TO shun associating with com.
mon people, and invariably sought IN
rank himself with Princes and It had
sometimes happened that accredited am.
bassadors at courts which Grant visited
had been Obliged TO give way to his claims
for precedence. Sensible Americans had
noted these facts, and 1t was not matter
Of surprise that the influence OF his atti.
tude on his last tour had, as IL appeared to
have been the case, reduced the number
OF his friends to hopeless minority in the
convention which on yesterday decided
against his aspirations for reelection TO
the Presidency.
The Morning Post, on the Chicsg, Con.
vention, congratulates the Republican
party for rejecting Grant, whose qualiti.
cations, II says, were never OF a very
high order, and who would have been
about the worst man for the hazardous
experiment OF third term, becsuse he
had already shown signs Of adopting q
personal line Of action inconsistent with
the Presidential Office.
GARRIELD's NOMINATION AT PARIS.
PARIS, June 9.-The unexpected result
Of the Chicago convention caused great
excitement here. The New York Herald
office b been crowded all day by Amer.
leans anxious TO investigate the curious
Of the votes by which it was
reached. Nearly all Of this evenings
journals contain articles upon the nomi-
nation. They are unable to comprehend
the machinery by which the dark horse
was suddenly showed to the front and
placed at the head of the ballot. They
content themselves with giving biographi.
cal sketches OF General Garfield, and ex-
pressing their admiration Of q political
system which raises men OF ability aud
patriotism from the lowest TO the highest
position in the State.
They have seized upon the fact that
General Garfield having originally been
boatmen to furnish pendant to Lincoln
as rail-splitter. In this point of view,
the nomination OF General Garfield Is
hailed with pleasure by French Republi.
cans.