Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-27
TIE sIIUATIOS.

The StalWart Lash No Longer a Terror
Neither Threats, Persuasions Nor A.
peals Can NJ wa the Half Breed Heart
Cvraell Fully I'D TO Expectations
ALa,NY,N. Y. May - -Tne machine
men have been concentrating their ef'
forts to-day and bending their energies
O. the herculean task Of driving the half
breeds into camp. To their intense dis
gus, they have discovered that the par
ty-whip in the hands Of big and little
bosses has ceased to be an instrument OF
terror. The average member refuses to
quail when he sees the preparation go-
!ng on for his accommodation
or heartless destruction. He looks
around and concludes he will
ueith,r he cxeommunicated nor de-
slroyed. lie realizes that the
land that wislds the Whip
no longer apportions plunder. The
combination has been broken, and he
feels free TO act as he pleases; all the
more so, perhaps, when he believes that
will be 10 his Substantial personal in-
trrest to be independent. The other
fellow has the spoiis this trip, andth
Albany statesman, Who is no exception
ton 10 the rule, has an eye single to
business. 4 hcUS blitcd with patron
age, present or prospective. has an ire
sisrble charm for him, AMI he turns his
back upon the past wntncyer he sees
the solid advantages that are 10 accrue
from a transfer OF uT -C,iOns. The Stall
warts male bnt Halle headway, and we're
only buoyej uphy tae anticipated reYo-
luton i'm senIiueE. which Vas In Gaie
irom Roscocs appearance GA The scene.
they yeal.z-da, last ilat they had
Run up AsliAst 4 S,ouo Wall.
and that il wunl D, iu;llS - try To bat
ter il down with their heads. The
tllnty.hearte,l hall breeds would listen
10 neither threats, persuasions, nor APP
peals. Fer occe they were stubborn rs
vel as noisy. They were obstinate rs
mules and belligerent as "CorkonIan
at the sight OF an O,angemen's parade.
To opportunities they had only one
answer, "As long as Csnkling ami PlAtt
are candidates We
Will Not Take Part in Caucus
We do not look upon them rs Republi.
cans. and they can not have our votes;
and that settles it," All along the
Stalwarts have based their hops Of Clti
mate success in the belief that the hall
breeds could not muster courage enough
10 stay out OF caucus when the bosses
presented to them the alternative
of giving no tue caucus or the
party. Ca this OcclSiOu, however,
the resistance they encounter Is
different from anything they have vet
met. IL is a new power Ia them, and
some Of the thick head IA fellows can
not vet get II through them that il has
substance. The leaders have gSssped
the situation, and they know iull well
now the desperate character ct the case
they have takea.
The men who VCTe expecting that
Cornell would give COnkling
Half-Hesr;ed Support
made a miscalculat;on. He is meet
ing his Obligations manfuhy, and
in the full measure. The Stdssrts
admit that, on the face OF the returns,
they do not see a Say out; but they
have blind faith in their leaders They
are either stOlidly indifferent on the
surface, full OF biuU or savage, according
10 the way they have been ueated tor
the preceding hall hour.
Not Much Progress.
ALsI~Y.N. Y, May 2T -r"estilSarts
dOnOt show this morning. much progress
in securing signatures tor the caucus.
Id is said by those who prof, 50 10 know
that they have only foTty-ssvcn sigma
lures, and others say that they have
but thirty. five. The paper il not
shown 10 any one IN a way % exhibit
the number OF sigaeTs, 81 no one can
say how many have si.ned.
Resignation OF Editor Ksycs.
Addison A. keyeS, editor OF the Morn.
ing Express, who the other day wrote and
published an article in Eis paper cri.i-
cising the policy OF Conkling aud taking
the 6eld in behalf ot his own return TO
the Senate, this morning announces
his resignation OF the position OF editor
OF that paper.
Democrats Win Stand Firm.
There is still talk oidependinguponthe
Democrats 10 break the deadlock when
III COUc5, Duk kut iCslttAu- bCAuuNEAks Ail-
sist that they will stand irm by the two
Democratic candidates ss long as they
remain legislators.
ADamper on the stalwarts.
ALBANY, Nav 26.-The enthusiasm
of Conkling's followers has been damp
ened by the arrival OF George {. Cor
ham, the Republican candidate tor Sec
re.ary OF the Sena'e "Gorham may
prove his gratitude TO senator C)nk!ing
by this visit, said Stalwart, "but his
arrival will weaken our cause. / wish
he had stayed in Washington"
Hah-Breed VIII.
ALBANY, May 26.-Mueh amusement
was created TO day by a remark msds
by ex-SheriH D1gSett, OF Brooklyn.' He
was upbraiding a friend fer stliny un.
der Conkling eOlors, and prging him to