Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-13
The Result in Ohio

becomes finally matter of public bias,
and the class that gives the decision by its
presence at the polls or its absence there.
from, has not yet given clear evidence OF
its intention. -
In the first place, as to Judge Hoadly
He has already stamped his personality on
the campaign in such manner that ne Is
recognized as the leader as well as the
standard bearer OF his party. He has de:
yeloped remarkably as a politician, and
has given such evidence OF nerve and grit
as 10 warn the malcontents that they can
expect only war on the raisingof rebellion.
Naturally, this has had wholesome effect
in the line of harmony in the ranks.
The Politicians
feel that If Hoadly wins they are safer on
his side than against him. while II he fails IN
this test year of power there will be little
hope for any of them in the next decade
The contest for the nomination was close
the convention stormy, and naturally some
bitter things were said, but after a lew
DAYS Of thought and knowledge that IN
all the trouble Hoadly had said ana done
nothing that coald be used against him
personally, the directors dwindled down
wonderfully and the party practically
wheeled into line. OF course, there are
Democrats who oppose Hoadly, but they
are not one-tenth the number of those who
bolted Mr.. Bookwalter. The most notable
instance so far developed is that OF Allen
w. Thurman, a political lightweight who
has small mental or moral force, and whose
efforts are somewhat diminished by the
TACT that his distinguished father has given
in a formal adherence to the ticket.
General Ward
and a few of his immediate followers are
disgruntled, and will give but an outward
fealty to the cause, but their presence VIII!
be hardly missed, and the only result OF
their course will be to place the seal on the
already dead Senatorial hopes to which
Ward gave life during the bitterness OF his
convention speech.
A confession of the truth, therefore,
makes Judge Hoadly the nominee OF his
party in an unusual meaning OF the word,
and such opposition as now exists Will oe-
crease as the warmth OF the party spirit
begins to permeate the masses. Hoadly
has set out to make a brilliant campaign,
TO force the fighting from he start, and to
show the world that all these years OF study
and labor have been in the broadening ana
cultivation OF natural ability that his
loudest opponents have never dared 10
deny him.
His Chief Danger
is in the saying of too much, and the con-
test is so close that some unluCky phrase
may be used to his serious disadvantage,
as was the case with Judge West in 1871.
He has q lawyers tongue, and is liable to
look more to the immediate panel before
him in the stating of his case than to that
larger Jury which must eventually review
and decide. No attempt has been made to
iniure his character or misread his career,
and the only charge dug out OF the past
against him is that he changed his politics
10 suit his moods, and that his presenta
ton of the Cronin case found no support
in the Electoral Commission. The attack
made on him because of his alleged iniidel.
ity has fallen flat, and can bear no fruit to
his disadvantage. 1t has been shown that
he is member of a Unitarian Church, and
no one denies that he is moral man-and
in the temper OF the
Religious World
to-day little heed will be paid to an attack
that can say nothing worse OF a man than
that he has advanced beyond Calvnism
and .dogmatism. Hoadly says that he is
not an intdel, and his presence in church
that confesses q supreme God gives color
enough TO his statement to ward oil attack
from that direction. So it may be set
down that no considerable body OF men
will refuse to vote for lloadley on religious
grounds.
mand, the Democratic leader has an advan-
tGge over his opponent. Judge Foraker
from the start labored under the diSad.
vantage of appearing rs the selection of
certain party leaders, rather than OF the
natural impulse of the party, and the
prominent part in party management
which Gov. Foster will be compelled to AS
sume by his membership OF the State Exc
cutive Committee and by his personal nee.
esslty of carrying the Legislature will
compel him, however unwillingly, to tear
the brunt OF the real party leadership.
Foraker's Youth,
inexperience in politics, comparative lack
of means, and the conditions surrounding
his nomination, dp not push him ahead
into the full activity of the fight, and such
progress as he can make in gaining the ad-
miration OF the masses will come despite
these disadvantages. So much OF him as
has yet been learned by the public has
been 10 prove him an able, high-minded
and clean handed man, who deserves well
OF his State, ard whose administration, il
he is elected, would be able and incorrupt.
One thing is already settled, as to the char.
acter of the present campaign. There will
Se little mud throwing at candidates, and
although the
Struggle May be Intense
the whole contest Will De carried on lTOm
a higher plane than has been the case in
many years of the past. The real fight
will centre around the liquor question, and
all other issues are being dwarfed by the
shadow of the Scott Taxation law, and the
question OF fsture legislative procedure
that it involves. The result depends large.
" upon the settlement OF several ques'
Tons, any of which would be difficult to
| answer to-day.
Randalrs Determination.
PHILADELPHIA. July l2.-Randall asserts
| that be will go before the caucus for speak
er, and is not q candidate, directly or re.
| motely, for any other Office.
Jay Gould's Notice.
NEW YORK, July l2.-The Post says: Jay
Gould gives pubic notice that in conse'
| quence of the inconvenience to many
| holders Of Western Cnion Telegraph stecks,
| by reason of the malicious and ve1atious
suits, he has arranged with the Mercantile
| Trust Company TO advance TO all such stock
| holders the amount OF their dividends
upon the assignment OF the same to him.