Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-07
wAI1eRsoNs PROGRESSES,
He Talks On the Presidential oatloek
In the Future.

new YoRK, June 6.-Among other ques-
tions a reporter asked Henry Wattefson,
who is at present in this city, what he
thought of Mr.. Hendricks nomination Of
the ticket Of 1876.
~ don't want to talk about Mr.. Hen
bricks, but you can put it in the strongest
Language you can command, that under no
circumstances will Mr. Tlden be candi.
date next year. This can be relied on as
certain as any fast in history. No power
on earth can make Mr.. Tlden q candidate.
He would not take the nomination II the
Democratic Convention were unanimously
to proclaim him its candidate. I am not
speaking for Mr.. Tilden in any way, but
my relations are close enough to him, to
make the statement that he is not, and will
not be q candidate in any event IL is not
worth while to come from Kentucky to
New York to say this, and it is so certain q
truth that il seems
Almost Absurd 20 Utter It.
Mr.. Tilden's friends in the West and South
are shaping themselves for an entirely
different set Of circumstances than would
arise from his candidacy, and steps have
already been taken by his warmest friends
with entire inconsistency to his being, by
any possible chance, in the field"
But does not Mr.. Hendricks interview
indicate q possibility that he had con.
suited Mr.. Tilden?"
"Mr. Hendricks never had any conf.
Dental relations with Mr.. Tilden. There
is nothing IN their past relations which
would justify the belief that Mr.. Hen
bricks expressions were the result OF any
Concert OF Action
with Mr., Tilden. don't believe Mr.. Hen.
bricks has seen Mr.. Tildren since the cell
ebrated interview at Saratoga in 1876"
Have the friends of Mr.. Tilden any par.
ticular candidate"
"The distinctively Tilden element are
not massed on any particular man. Now.
Mr.. Dana and myself are both friends OF
Mr.. Tilden, but we pull at cross purposes
in the party. have not seen men like
Mr.. Manning, John Bigelow or Msnton
Marble who are regarded AS close person.
ally to Mr.. Tilden, and have no idea how
they stand"
WHO is the leading candidate among
"Mr. Mcdonald
is the msn spoken Of universally. II
kentucky were TO speak 10 morrow, he
would he named without dissenting vote.
We remember the contest OF lsSo, when
Mr.. Mcdonald could have been named,
had he consented. ! went 10 him, backed
by competent authority, during the early
hours OF the Convention and told shim he
could be made the nominee il he would
say the word. Mr. Mcdonald replied that
he was in Cincinnati as the friend OF Mr..
Hendricks and he could not be q caGdi.
date. This was in the presence OF Sena.
tor Voorhees, don't know anything
about the indianapolis negoiiations."
sTakng into consideration the result in
lNsO, when the
Prominent. TariHWas
what will be likely TO be the outcomc mex.
year"
You might as well forecast horse race.
tie verdict of petit jury, or the caprice OF
a woman. No mans opinion is worth
anything. ] think the campaign OF $50
was Pennsylvania campaign. II was run
by Wallace, Randall and Barnum, all pro-
tectonists, who run away from their plat.
form, and let the Republicans force the Is.
sue The platform Of 1850 was the same as
1876, and il it was beaten 1t was because
the issue was mishandled.'I
Senator Beck, Of Kentucky, when asked
tonight to talk Oh the situation, said his
six.years term in the Senate had just be.
gun and he was born in Scotland, there
fore he could not be expected to take an
active interest in politics just now.