The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-07
WHAT IL TIlOUGIIT Ar WAsHINGTON.

The Pennsylvania ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Iunmce Of the Struggle At Harrisburg
SIR. Don CamcFOn's Reign In the Hal
aimee.
WASHINGTON, February 0.-The long
siege at Harrisburg is thoughthere to have
an ugly look for Mr.. Don Cameron. It
means revolt, stimulated by Mr., Gamer.
ons despotic conduct in the third term
contest last year in Pennsylvania, and en-
Conraged by his defeat at the Chicago
Convention and the evidences he there
gave Of a certain nCspacity to manage and
yet on with men. "Don drew the strings
Too tight in our State last year." said q
Pennsylvanian. "Ile Ia q clever young
man. hut he has nothing OF his fathers
srL OF Hnding out what the people really
want aud making his point by going and
doing 1t. lie treats the people Of Penn
spyania rs though they were
lot Of Irish RAILROAD laborers whom he
could order about and discharge II they
grumbled. He forgets that he cannot dis.
charge the whole OF Pennsylvania, but l
fancy the State will some day discharge
him. The old man seems to have given
him up for a bad job. Old Simon has gone
South in the midst OF the struggle you see.
"Why does Don stick TO Oliver? Well,
partly because Oliver has been a money
raiser for campaign purposes, and they
say has a hold on Dom but largely ! sus'
peCt out Of pure Cussedness or inability to
give up the notion that he must have his
own way. think you'll find that the
Grow movement means q change Of dyn.
asty in Pennsylvania. Grow himself is
not good political manager; but there
are men behind him who have as much
gtit as Don Cameron, and who mean 10
show him that he does not carry
them nor the State in his pocket,
/ think the matter looks 30 badly
for him just now that lie might, In
despair, come to some compromise, but
they say up in Harrisburg that he believes
his standing with Garfield depends upon
imposing his will on the Republican party
in Pennsylvania, But the Grow men
probably see that their hopes from Gar.
field also depend on their sticking, and 30
far they are very solid. The belief gains
ground in our State that Garfield wants
the Grow men To succeed. He probably
does not care particularly for Crows sue.
cess, for he can take care OF Grow II he
should drop out; but have no doubt my
self that Garfield wants Don Cameron
beaten. There orc good many signs
looking in that direction.
"Yes, saw hereports that Garfield had
offered Don the War Department, and that
he had refused II; but advise you TO take
no stock in that story. Garfield will not
take Don Cameron into his cabinet II he
can help himself. Heis much more likely
10 take Wayne MaCVesgh."
These are the beliefs of well In
formed Pennsylvania politician. Nothing
known here C0ntradiCIs them. Still there
isau impression among the older polite.
iRus hereRbouts that Mr.. Cameron will
succeed. They hint at bargains with the
. Democrats, and recall the old stories that
when Simon Cameron In 1874 found the
Legislature Democratic he was Bhrewd
enough 10 make the Democrats elect Wal.
lace, the man he wanted, instead of some
other man inimiCAl 10 the Cameron inter.
ests. They belive that In the long run
Young Mr.. Cameron will find way to
twist the Democrats In the Legislature to
his purposes, and that this anti.Cameron
revolt will be crushed out. On the other
side, there are good many Pennsylvan.
isis who say privately that the Cameron
machine is exhausted; that the Republic
CanH in the State are ready TO welcome
with q shout It's overthrow, and II Mr.,
Don Cameon is beaten this time bis pow.
ef IN the State politics will be completely
broken.