Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-17

Ia Is stated that new applications TOT
peus,ons are pouring into the Interior
department at the rate ol 5000 pet
month. Where they como irom IL u
mystery. Some 10000 pensioners are
nov ON tho rolls and over &o,W0
claims are pcpding. and thcsS numbers
Indicate that nearly oue.hAli the men
ouIisted In the Union army we're either
Killed, wounded OF Disabled by disease
While In the service. Il ~ certainly an
extraordinary Tact that. alter u lapse at
aitecn years. snmc sa persons should
daily discover that they arr entitled to
rclicl irom the government
TuE political calculator Ola New York
cxchangv has counted all the noSc' Ia
the Chicago convention and hgnrrS II
up that out ut IT. i66 votes GgANr viii
receive RI. SuEgNAS 40 aud GlItNE
L.. number necessary 10 uun'natc,
s,p. GgANrs majority, ~. la ORDER To
arrive at this conclusion he gives to
GRANl Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois.
Indiana. Maryland Massachu-
,rtts. Michigan, Minnesota. Mrs
suurL Nebraska. Nevada, New
Jersey. New Work, Oregon,
Pcnusylyania, Rhode island, Texas, Ncr.
mont aud " Washington. @t To SuEEMNN,
Alabama, Florida, Gcurg,a. KENTUCKY,
Louisiana. Mississippi north Carolina,
ohio. south Carolina. rcuursocv, Nw-
g,nnia aud West Virginia, "a. To-
HANS. Caliboru,a, Colorado, Connect,
cut. Iowa. Kansas. Maine. New llamp
shire. Wi~1nsiu, Afttuu, Dakota lha
tr,rt at Columbia, ldahu, Montana New
Mexico. Utah aud Wyoming. -,
aoMH REAaoNa WAY GRANT
huoutp nB NOMINATED.
A writer addresses ua a postal card.
upon which lac makes the following IA.
quiry
wuGg.l>u, ". Va. trb 10th.
p1AN S,u, Please ,ulorm the winter
Nh, Grn 4 = ,,aut /, not "a 90 MAN
lot the Presidential Char.
Nuuta. Nr..
RNrIuttvAS.
We are not iud,,pu,cd t' rcply &"
thi. inquiry Ut "RrpuhI,,u, hut Il
strike, us gr,u question that, more pr
perry, should bc addressed to the hht
Gllcr That paper ha, excited itself
ia the pact lcN week, IA gathering
together aud pr7ruttus all th' rca''us
that have been advanced t. show Why
Gru. q. y. GUNNr d, not u &c muu iur
tho presidency, aul h., therefore, thor
ouyh ls,,lrd W. ~ Mt THINK that
Republican" eau have hrru a very
Vlp.r rradvr ct hu patty pIpvr or lac
Would have brvu at uo luss lot rra4ona,
aud wuuld ,ndccj not have tailed to he
convinced Ut, the great mrroprcty oi
cSaltiug t,W,Nr To- that position.
I'm the contrary. the REUlsG1g has not
concerned itself much a. vet about the
uursl,ou at GW,Nr's htucss lor the
Presidency, bat has devoted it,,u more
rspec,ullv tn the taxi at demonstrating
a. the Republican party the m't, which
In our view h iud,spuiahlc aud ncon-
troycrtihlc. that UGNNr ~ the tittrst man
la the ranks IT the Republican party to
byrnmc ,la candidate lur the Ircs,dcncl !,
nui Il Republican r at al "pcu l."
,uuNt,li,u ~ ihtuk the following TEA.
sous will ,unicc tn show him that the
Chicago Convention cannot, u lusti'r
To- the party, Itl Co make hun the uom.
lucc.
Ervt EyJausr GW,Nr ~ l., nature
aud education a MILITARY character. With
mil,lar, methods, Which hrst su,t the
rl,as aud u,myot the Republican, party
S,cundy GE,Nr ,s the muot plastic
man in the huuds 1T politicians ut any
Who I, pgon,urut IA the HcpuGhcan
party. ~ shown hy h,S eight wears OF
scr rice Ia the executive oth,r. uud that
i, the Kind at a rty,,dvut the Gcpuhll
cans hkr to have. They tall cut with
any other Kind IT man,
Third The beading, influential pobt'
riaua Ia the Republican party prefer
UENNr as moments reelection will
verify and II he h not the nominee.
they will bc sure o. srlcct man who
thoroughly represents ,,mutlsm, and
Who may prove even wutv plant than
0R,Nr himself
Fourth The Republican, patty IN
seeking &, establish What II terms u
strong government, AMI GW,Nr Is ~.
gar,lcd ~ the mu,t suitable man to be-
at the heat ut such government. hc-
cause he ~ not aYrtsc to us,us the mill.
tary IA cholcc over the civil power, a.
his pubic carver has abundautly demon
sttatcd
Eihh, 4 th,ritrum president would
nc rrgaflcdas a trump earl Ia the game
lar "slrong government, as Il would
demonstrate beyond question that the
people Nctr being Ncaucd from the old
prmocmtic principle at rotation In
office" Ot course GgNNr II the only
living man with Whlch To- illustrate this
idea. andthcrclorc Ia indeed a trump m
the hands oi the Republicans,
sixth. The Republican party In lie
,rrmincd To secure the next presidency.
Whether they clcct him 81 not, they
expect him 10 take possession. They
thoroughly bclicyc In GRANT ior such an
rmcrrncy,
Thcsc are only low, but they are
some OF the vital reasons Why We think
GRANT is Necessity o. tho Republican
party, that he Ia the b'st hvlag rprc.
sentative OF his party that van bc named
in the convention, that as a military
character, iayoritc with the politicians,
A. r.pr,sentatiyp ui strong govern.