Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-19
BOOSTING BUTLER.
Effort to Make Him tho Presi.
dential Nominee
On the Democratic Ticket-The South Said
to be All Right for Him Buffers
AlRanee-RepubIcan Candi-
dates Scarce.
CENTRAL CAPITAL INTELLIGENCE.

CENTRAL CAPITAL INTELLIGENCE.
7 WAsHINGroY, March 1S.-There is no
| question what General Buffers position is
concerning the nomination for President
| by the Democratic Convention. He will
secure il il he can. He, or his friends, for
him, are doing all they can to make it sure.
Whatever may be the surface indications
there is a good deal going on beneath. The
| ing over details it can be said that the re-
suit has proved better than either Butler
| or his friends expected. The South will
| have no candidate. OF the batch of Demo
| Gratis who are candidates in the North not
one will be able to take any hold on the
Southern Democratic leaders. Before Con-
gress adjourned considerable effective work
had been done among them in Buffers be-
half. Beck, Joe Brown, Gordon and even
/ Senator Butler, besides considerable num-
Der of other representative Democrats, gave
| favorable tokens.
Make yourself right in the North and
| We Will DOl ODleCl, Is tue SUBSTANCE
| what the Southern leaders say.
Buffers methods, it is understood, will
| be circuItous and characteristics not unlike
| those by which he became the candidate Of
| the Democracy for Governor OF Massachu-
setts. His friends are already able to say
| that in nearly every locality Republicans
| in scores will support him. With the
nomination once secured il is felt that no
| doubt will exist Of his carrying not only
T..
! mia and Ohio will, from the first moment,
| be on the list Of doubtful States. Virginia
would go for him and not Southern State
would falter. So much is said with conf
dence. II is probable that more has been
done in Buffers interest and that his
chances for becoming the Democratic can
, didate are greater than many suspect.
Some of his friends express confidence
which nothing short Of pledges Of support
far in advance of anything appearing on
the surface would justify.
BuIIer's Alliances.
The Sprague independent movement in
Rhode Island receives its inspiration large
ly from Gen. Butler The idea is that in
pendent movements in general necessarily
make capital for him, for, mark it, when
the time come they will be for Butler for
President. Such movements in suudry
places may be looked for. The times are
favorable and the friends of Batter main
tain that naturally they will tend to a com.
mon point, and the General for their
apostle.
Something more definite than hints are
abroad Of the understanding between But
Ter and Malone. Whatever may be the
exact truth, it is certain that Buffers pro-
motors eagerly and confidently claim Yir-
ginia for him should he be the candidate of
the Democrats
Itis curious to note the relations between
Butler and leading Republicans. As TO
Grant, Conkling and other Stalwart lead
ers occupying back seats, ii is claimed that
they will offer nothing serious to Butler II
he gets on the track. Few persons can OBJ.
tain more from Arthur that he can pOSsi-
bly grant than Butler. The General never
comes TO Washington without having q
quiet hour and frequently cosy dinner at
the v hite House. II Arthur and Butler
have a mutual liking they deceive each
other. and neither thinks he is deceived or
is deceiving.
Republican Candidates Scarce.
Among the Republicans there are
dozen half-hatched Presidential candidates
in state OF suspended incubation. When
Congress broke up the leaders of that par
ty felt that there was but single peg to
hang a hope on-the mistakes of the DEM
ocrats in using their power in the next
Congress. Since last falls tidal wave the
| Republicans have not talked half so much
about the presidency as they did before.
Gradually has the hope of carrying the
country again, except in the single contin-
pency named, died out. John Sherman
| some time ago gave it as his deliberate
| Judgment that the Republican party
| had won its last victory. Mr..
Blaine took to literary pursuits
| because with him expectation had
ceased snd the future had nothing in
store for him, excepting in the event OF
| Conyulsion, of which there were no signs.
| No intelligent Republican in Congress or
| from any quarter has since last fall pre-
| tended to perceive prospect. The halt
| hatched candidates consequently died from
| a suspension OF incubation. As general
| fact Republicans concern themselves
| chiefly about what the Democrats may do,
/ and are oftener heard speaking OF the new
departure' than the affairs Of their own
| party. A full third of the Republicans
| who voted for Garfield stand ready and
i even anxious to embrace movement OF
| that kind. A majority OF them would to.
| morrow vote for Democrat not specially
offensive for his past history.
| II is we'll settled as anything can well
/ be thst never again is the Republican par.
| " to march to battle under the great
| chiefs who were the last victors-Grant,
| ConkIing, Cameron, Logan and Others, all
of whom feel that they have fought their
last battle and won their last victory.
| Among Republicans in Congress and
those assembling in Washington during the
session this belief frequently found ex-
preston. Nothing resembling the cour-
ageousness of four years ago has anywhere
been seen since last falls Republican over
throw.
| Arthur Has Given Up.
Arthur, if he ever had the thought Of be-
! ing his own successor, long since gave II
up. Probably never before had the White
House so weary a tenant as he is In this
respect he is probably the sole exception te
all previous occupants. How il might be
with certain impossible things otherwise
may be conjectured. The White House
has shadows which sometimes deepen into
g'Oom. At the present moment such is the
case. The President is i'll. The President Il
supersiIious beyond the average OF men
From the first hour he took the oath 1t ha;
been q fancy with him that he would moi
live out the tenure of his office. II an
glad, said he, when he was informed that
Senator Edmunds had taken the oath as
President Of the Senate. I'm glad, for
should die before my term is ended, the
country will have q good man for Presi
dent" Intimstes have not little to say o
Arthur's superstition. Ii is not proof Of
superstition, but of good sense rather, ths
he believes he is the last OF the Presidents
of his party. Reserying always the mis-
I takes OF the Democrats, which only caE
preyent, this is the inevitable consequence