Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-10
MILK IN THE COCOANUT.
The Reasons for the New York
Suns Malicious Attacks
on Cleveland.
Some of the "Inner Circle" His
tory of the Famous Battle
of Big Bethel.
New Jersey Democrats Not Talk
ing Much But Preparing to
Deposit the Ballots.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 9.-[Exclu
sive. Cleveland has gone fishing with the
manuscript ofhis letter of acceptance in his
pocket.
The Wise and Unwise.
He has talked but to two men about his
letter-Tilden and Randall Shortly after
his nomination, he asked Mr.. Randall to call
and see him, that he might give him point.
Isn't it strange that he didn't send for
Watterson, who, not long ago sent Pennsyl-
vania and Mr.. Randall to the devil2 Such
fellows can only thrive in places where big
majorities abound. They would run close
district The other side would always be in
ammunition.
A political party does we'll to keep
fool killer. He should be turned loose
every two years at least
The Milk in the Cocoanut.
The editor of the New York Sun, Mr..
Dana has never been, from the outset,
friendly to Cleveland. His opposition is,
however. based chiefly upon personal
grounds. Shortly after the election which
made Cleveland Governor by such an ava
lanche of majority Mr.. Dana made rec
ommendation to him which, it seems, did
not receive the attention Mr. Dana thought
should be paid it. The Governor having
made rule that in all cases of appoint
ment to place, each applicant should stand
on his own bottom rather than on the posi-
tion or influence of those recommending
them, Mr.. Danas candidate was not sue
cessful. Although of eminent ability, Mr..
Dana is given to vindicliveness, and he has
memory like an elephant.
1t is not surprising at all that he should
have very friendly feeling for Gen. Benz.
Franklin Butler, for they are bound BY old
associations, dating back to the rebellion.
Aud Lang Syne.
expect that there are but two men who
know the inner history of the battle of Big
Bethel and those two are Dana and Butler.
At the time of that celebrated event. which
has passed into history, much the way But
Ter wanted it, Mr. Dana was the managing
editor of the New York Tribune, and if |
am not far at sea, the Tribune was the only
paper that gave narrative of the battle,
and Dana was not the man to go back on
Butler. Shortly after the war made an as
sistant Secretary of War with duties in the
field and saw much of his old friend who is
now the candidate Of the Greenbackers and
AntimUnopolists Cleveland made up his
mind to get along without the Sun and the
Sun has been telling him that he cant.
The paper is very dangerous adversary on
account of its immense constituency.
Placidity.
Said New Jersey Congressman to me
last night: 81 have Just run over from
home and find everything as quiet here
as there There are a great many people
who will vote in way which neither you
nor l can forsee, quiet people who don't
talk much but whose ballots will count just
as affectually as if they were dropped with
the noise OF thunderstorm. think there
will be a good deal of voting outside the
party lines on both sides, but most voters
don't want to be known as scratchers, so
they say nothing for fear Of being called
'kickers. There is large number of this
sort in New jersey
Maryland Politics and Railroads.
With the nomination of Fred Talbot, the
Democrats will have completed their ticket
for Congress. Nelson, of Frederick county,
has been set up against McComas in the
Sixth district He will find that all the
glory of battle is in going into it. The
western portion of Maryland is hostile to free
trade, and the people, like their neighbors
over the line in Pennsylvania, cling to busi-
ness men in Congress, going in for fast
mails, claims, pensions and such. McCo-
mas, very bright young man has done so
well in these directions that they will keep
him in the house indefinitely.
With the assistance of President Hood of
the Western Maryland railroad, one Of the
most successful men Of this generation, the
people in the Cumberland valley and Wash
ington county have the Baltimore and
Washington papers before dinner. The mer-
chants of HagerStown get their mail shortly
after breakfast.
'Blue Mountain House."
Presto ent Hood has built a hotel on a
spur of Blue Ridge Mountain with pros
pect Of having a larger number of guests
than the Greenbrier White Sui phur Col.
Durkee, United States Marshal for the
northern district of Florida, tells me that it
is the most delightful place in the world ex.
cepting the Catskills. Secretary Folger has
been trying for some time to get week at
the hotel and hopes to succeed before the
season is over.
Even in the hotel line there is a growing
tendency to protection of the home indus.
tries. Why should we be dependent upon
the foreign market for fresh air and recrea-
ton any more than We are for boots and
shoes? The only class who cultivate the
foreign markets are the females who cant,
even with money made in a gin mill, find
bidders on this side of the water. But pos
sibly the expectation is in our favor,