Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-12
A CONVENTION COAXER.
Chicago Feels that the Demo-
cratic National Nominating
Meeting Must Be Held There
Also.
Correspondence OF the Register.

CHICAGo, February 2.
Ii seems but yesterday that Cincin.
natl was oyerrun with Republican pa
trlots, who were listening TO the magic
OF lngersolps eloquence, and laboring
even as the mountain to bring forth a
mouse. And no longer since the Dem
ocrats were sSeltering at St. Louis aud
prOclalmlng that reform is necessary.
And yet the whole thing is to be done
over again in about four months, and
We viii soon be amid the noise OF the
captains and the shouting, seeing the
wires pulled and the puppets danced,
and maryeling what is to be tue out.
come. Eighty, so Tar of then, has been
reached IN the remorseless progress OF
time, and the four years seem but SO
many months. All the excitements of
the quadrennial election are to be
experienced airesh. Stumps will
he mounted, heads broken, torches re-
burned, Threats split, and enthusiasm
awakened Just the same as il Presldcn-
tial contest was thing unheard OF be-
lore. Heads that are cool now will be
red hot by November, scarce knowing
how they got so, So subtle is the politi-
clans art OF working up a canvass; so
ardent, when aroused, the partisanship
OF human nature. That Chicago is the
proper place for holding the national
candidate naming conventions OF all the
political parties is fact which has been
recognized and acted upon by two of
those institutions. The Republican ma
chine will be set up here on June 3rd.
The National Greenback- Labor party,
alas the party Of the horny-handed,
alas the Dennis kearney and Ben
Butler party, have decided to hold their
national President making convention at
Chicago on the 9th OF next June. Ii
now only remains for the third great
political party with which this country
Is blessed to fix upen Chicago as the place
tor Initiating it, crusade 10 capture the
White House" As the apostles who,
with the weapons Of moral righteous
ness, proposed to capture the heather,
all set out from Jerusalem, so the parties
who, with the weapons OF political un-
righteousness, propose 10 capture the
White House, should set out from
Chicago. There is hope of triumph in no
other starting point. Ii must be obvious
that Gu cagO is the place of places.
Cincinnati is deficient in hotel nc
cOmmOdatlOnS and railroad facilities,
and is so entirely provincial that 1t in
sists unreasOnably upon the Ohio mans
bearing of all the hOnOrs. 10 Is diili-
cult To induce people. even such rs are
politicians, To visit ST. Louis. IL is
hotter there in the convention season
than anywhere else on the face oi the
globe, and the liquid inspiration
necessary To- the proper conduct of
nominating convention Is even
worse than that which is iihcitly manu-
featured at Cincinnati. In both cities
named the newspaper press Is SO pro-
yinCial and unenterprlsing that the del
egates would have to telegraph To Chi
cUgO tn learn the result OF their action.
Perhaps il would be better that an in
teryal should elapse between the hold
ing OF the conventions, but both could
he accommodated in Chicago at once,
one in each end OF the exposition build
ing. The delegates from all over the
union would have to come here any
way in order To make start Tor any
place. They might as well stop right
here and transact their business.
BOoms can be- launched in Chicago Un
short notice, and the facilities Tor meas
uring and comparing them are unsur-
passed. All creation could be ied here
at moments notice, for Chicago is the
greatest grain aud live stock market in
the world. As To the other essential, the
abundant distilleriCS are now running
perfectly straight, with product that
would warm the cookies OF a kentucki-
ans heart, make New Englauder fore
swear rum, and Westerner fight his
weight in wild cats. As to the con
struction OF platforms, it Is notorious
the lumber market Is the best ON the
continent. Democrats may come with
assurance OF warm welcome. This II a
Democratic city. Carter Harrison's
luur mayurl eagle will shrek Tor JOY,
and Carter himself, who has u national
reputation, will Guido himself as a genial
host. There is no Democratic organ
here. but that doesn't matter. The
Convention will be reported rcTbdi,m,
and what more Is wanted? The south
crner should come here with his shot
gun and see how inCOnsequentlal that
weapon is lie needs the example OF
northern civilization which Is to he seen
al its best in Chicago. Tie will learn by
a glance at the manifold industries OF
this city that there Is something
far more profitable IN liie
than hunting his cOlored brother
with a hreech.ioader. The Republicans
have no MAYOR to welcome them, but
they have the county officers at their
com naud. Their presence will encour-
axe their brethren in the gigantic under
taking Of Wrestling this great city from
the claws ui Carter 5 eagle. They came
hrce in 1860, nominated Lincoln and
won. They were here in 1865, nomlna-
ted Grant and won. They will come
here IN 1850, and II they cannot do any
thing else, they can see the greatest city
on the continent
Chicago has no candidate to oiteT.
LYMAN Trumbull has been mentioned,
but hr lives in the ncighboring s0rer-
rigntv ul HYDE PARK. Mr.. Washburn
has been mentioned, but his residence
i, ON the North Side, aud he declines To
be a candidate. Chicago will then he
entirely disinterested. Ii will be a lair
field. and no iayOrs. Every boom shipped
hlthrr will becarciully unpackcdand dis.
ulayed 10 the best advantage. Chicago
will hurrah Tor everybody. Its moto
Will be- the eminently Iudlclous one:
NAV the best man winl IL will send
IoWn it, blessing on Republicans aud
democrats alike. The weather Will be
made To- order, the hotels viii be hos
pit,bl, and not uyercruWded, the lake
i,II rinple. the river will be- sweet AS
= he'd of violr,s, the boulryards will
bloom. and, II all Of the candidates are
here, one OF them Is sure to
win. Chicago is the place OF places
Bring ON your conventions. p
Twas Mutual