The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-12

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Fslrmoat letter in the Baltimore American.
became temporary sojourner in thil
romantic little city, county seat OF Mar
ion county, West Virginia, day or two
since, and was pleased to learn that it wa
the place OF residence OF Hon. F. II. Pier
point, the heroic old wsrGovernor OF Viz
ginia, as pure an old patriot as our country
claims-a grand old Republican, staunct
and true, and the father" of the new, bu
prosperous and promising, young State o.
West Virginia, State which found III
birth in the elimination OF "a revolution
within a revolution" during the dark
days OF The rebellion. Although advanced
in age, Governor Pierpoint is still a robust,
active, restless and energetic gentleman,
and exhibits the liyeliest interest in pass
ing events, although he has retired from
public life and devotes himself to an ex.
tensive law practice. His residence is
away up among the bills, on the western
suburb OF the town, overlooking the city
and the river near by, and giving gor.
Seous land view all round. lie is the pos
SCISSOR OF a fine estate, owns coal mine
or two, and is an influential and univer.
sally respected citizen. Having been
favored with an introduction to him, your
correspondent, with characteristic journal
istic curiosity, sought to get at
HIS PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS.
Realizing full well his marked Republi.
can procliyities, and his unusually ex-
client judgment, as shown by his past
eventiul career, inquired with no little
ofinterest:
"Who is the strong man before the PEG.
pie for Presidential honors, Governor"
"Knotty question, sir, said he. There
are many good men before the people on
our side. Washburne is a good man and
a true Republcan-one who has been un-
varying in his loyalty to principle. He
Is a'saie man in every sense. Sherman is
another man Of high merit. He has
proven himself safe public servant.
Hayes, too. has proven himself a trust
worthy official. IT'S true he has done
some needless things-some injudicious
things, during his administration; but, all
in all, he has proven q safe mani and
there's Blaine (brightening up)-no better
man has been named in the race. His
popularity is not merely sectional, but is
trnly and literally national"
81 infer, then, that your first choice
would be Blaine. Wherein does his
greatest strength lie, think your"
"Well, in the first place, sir. Heis nv
hrst choice, and WRhburne would be- nv
second. Tpreier Blaine, though, because
OF his strength, and | desire 10 see INV
party win. Sherman Is strong, but there
has been entirely too much Ohio in the
Presidential chair. She has Just had one
President, and has been favored with
many, very many, leading appointments,
executive and foreign, until l don't won.
der that Edmunds should have said, you
couldn't throw brick in Washington
and not strike an Ohio man.
"You think, then, there Is some sec.
tional feeling, do your
"Undoubledly, and very naturally.
The West and South have been highly
favored, and must confess that cannot
see how the East rests content at being so
long ignored, But Blaine, repeat, Is not