The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-11
THE BIRTH OF A BOOM.
THE WAYS OF A coRREsPoNoeNr.
how 10 Pat. Ia Tine Ga Days uAsn News hsearee.
How the Boom for John sherman for the
n Gabsrn atoriaI Nomination stArtsd-Big
Z iRs.ults from Small B,sIuaIsys. 30

| From Our Special Correspondent
i WAsurSoTos. ID. o.. April l0.-Nowl thai
nearly ali ~ ,ba s,o,asr,en bavo lleit the
ECs",.,, ~, -, ~" - ,,..,.".L
NaplM olty anu Ile lew eisuhguisneu per
eonages who spend the winter in Washing
Iton still remain over, waiting for the sea.
son n, onen n, ,bs nnr6erons warm wsa,he,
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watering places, uley nave NUS ese ~ W
than 10 discuss politics. Asa consequence
1--we hear day ip and day out The political
n,roh no b;,;,;oo u, tbh ys,;ous S,a,ss. tho
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mus. pfopapie fIesiuen'.ai pt'l eanu'uA't' Tue
quaNtles anu Prospec'S OF 'ne several CON
teslaps ior the ispeakership oi the next
pemoefalic nouse OF hepfeseh'atiVes plS.
sectea. 9o 70 me capltsl any pleasant
a, Isrnoon q ~. ana ! slt an aonr "a eitner the
| GIerE % Of the House Of Rspressntatiyes @ % 81 one ms
can hear discussed the political situation
present and prospectiye-of the whole
country. Sit an hour in any OF the hotel
Hobbies, the sole topic OF conversation Il
politics. Go into one OF the Bureaus on
Newspaper, Row after the "boys" have
made their round in the Departments and
lone ca1ghayethe Presidential problem dis.
cussed lost as intelligently as'if the Ma.
Itional Convention wero to meet next
week, instead Of next year, and the pros.
Epects oi This candidate, or that as spirant 10
1.-The Speakership with as much assurdnce
and confidence as II the contest was in
MAY, instead Of in -Noyamber and Decem.
Iiber next. Nevertheless these constant dis.
eussions, though carried on only for time.
killing purposes, are always instructive,
land leave their impression, and frequently
they are productive OF great political re.
lsults. gtiJH1H HH 'iI3Sl o. VIE
.uvpu.s,s pooN ron eovrpxop ~ ou,o
IN - .-S,'TItS .,G,jit"Ss'S !.
& lake lof instance Tue present poon ior
Senator Sherman for the next gubernato'
Trial candidate Of the Republicans in Ohio.
Iiit was started bv a Clerk of thu Treasury
n"'1,.'. "''1 - ~ 49,, ~
pepars'tens, anu oiie u 'iie oo's oh ie"s'
paper row. The staple subject-poliucs--
was being discussed,w when the newspaper
scribe in aueshon, asked, tue Treasury
Sa ,honsb, wonl3 be the Psnmbl;can ca nv ~.
didate Of Ohio next fail, when, as usual,
the merits OF Attorney General Nash, Gov.
foster, amos ,o ,ioTnsenu' s. Den puttsr"oran @
ausr @ e'pb FipaiIy tbs Treas,,ry I CIerh-sSho sns
Ilby The way, rs a resident Of Muskingpm
county, Ohio, and an ardent admirer OF
iona snetiansPUSks S.t, q aI hlin. dHen IN
@bo tbe Democracy wonld mt M against
Sherman, should events so shape them.
selves as 70 bring Senator Sherman out as
the Republican candidate. All at once 1t
seemed TO strike the able correspondent az
q good theme TO write upon, and the a. c.
at once communicated his ideas to his
companion OF the Treasury Department.
Both thought it q good proposition, and
that night, news being scarce, the two pre-
pared a special dispatch and the cores.
pondent telegtaPlled It to his paper. :,
Later In the evening a correspondent
attached to u Boston paper dropped IN the
office iofs the correspondent inst referred
to and asked:
"Whatareyou sending off to night, Jim? ?
declare haven't u line" iE
I n o,,vrv ,,, y,us
"AAn =" n"''
"oh," answeredJim, Il maven tlnnch Oh
Anything. ] have just written and tiled a
nolit;caTi AGREED. { that's about all. except
nj. ...t.,Sb, IUIi
"na. 10 VI. 'ne ,, '"''"s1'
what III" asked the Boston man ca
gerly. - 5.
.,Mby the Ohio Republicansare going to
..M; w. ~ Si,o,,no, tn.' C:ovornor All ;u
futi 'onh o1ief''ian ioi' >o'e'no'' az" ~
that event Pendleton or Thurman VIII DO
put against him, and ] tell you II will be n
mpaign In which tie fur will be made TO
| hy;, answered Jim, ,inditierently.
l<SThen he proceeded to tell howAh "got
on" the item. lie gotit from an Ohio Re-
publican, warm personal friend OF Seua-
tor Thmrman's. He adds that delegation
1.-THE Republican members Of the ieglsla-
so" coNsrI. % NJ sherman m the snbiect
Of bis candidacy. lie then goes on to
explain! how,if he carrieso on asuccessiul
campaign IN ONO next isil' SHERMAN %ili oe
nnm;ns,io, ~ % n '1SSi IL tbsn he be was in 1850
He has nothing to lose. II be goes into
this campaign and is defeated, why he is
leit Just where ne starred: sstlil s, Sasioaf ,
Hn | ,bs az o,Ser NJ hand az II SeshonId Sescne Ohio
rom the clutches of' the Ohio Democracy,
why he viii be most formidable candi.
date for the Presidential nomination In the
next Republican National Convention.
And SO our friend Jim ra,tles OH aud
"6lls up" the Boston man, who goes out
and writes a dispatch and puts in even
more embellishments than did the father
of The item. The Boston man communi.
Gates the news to the correspondent OF a
Chicago paper, who also appreciates how
very dull the news markets., and for some.
sans sans subject. The Chicago correspondent
retails ths information 10 representative
Of a Philadelphia paper and by that IN cans
The item pets A good start. -'-f'
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TIR EDITORS TAKE IT UT.