The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-06
THE lNDEP ENDENTS,
THOSE Atsr4ar,c POLITICIANS
Hhs Mysr Know What They wAnt-Ths Peiiy
Spite fh'y SHOW whtn Th,y Dol'i Cat VIA,
Their sucs', Fsrs Souls Sish ror-rhs
Secret Of The rOiitag DuIiatu,

when 1t tells In favor ot The RepubAcal
candidate. raE, ,5.,
Mr.. Blaine Is one Of The many untortu
nate people who have fallen under ths Gis
pleasure Of the 7imes; but still the habit O
giving place 10 Intelligence in a newspape
Is one no. easily overcome, and We hs Y,
through the Times information shown,
that Mr.. Blaine will, in all probability
carry Louisiana.
Now, the State Of Louisiana has had NOR,
than ils share ol III ction from the grea
American institution known ~ rings, anc
there has been god deal OF history mis-
written II those rings have been confinet
to either Of the political parties Of th,
country. The present ring la possession O
the city oil New Orleans and State O
L'uta,ana js Confederate Democratic, spt
ID perhaps as corrupt and de,potic an or
2hnlz ilion as the country las endured
There is strong disposition on the part O
The Oppressed people to break thsir chains
and the probability 10 that the populsrit,
OF Mr.. Blaine affords a leverags thst vii
enable them to do 1t. Our Irish fellow
citz.ns in New Olleaus, az in other part.
oil the country, incline 10 Blaine, aud the,
are people who arc heard when they
assort themselves, and 1t will not do tC
shake the sho'gun and the bull. whip a,
them on this siu6 Of the salt water. Tit
sudden peril Of the Solid South in L,uisie.
na is especially interesting, because there il
streak oil coal oil in the personal polite;
oil the sovereign State at the mouth OF the
mississippi, and the combination Of reform
trs, who have q pecunisry interes: In pos.
sessln2 the administration for 20 thutiC
purposes only, had at an early pariuu in the
Cleveland campaign branch lilice in Now
OflaaRs.- . :
We may observe in this connection tha,
the situation in West Virginia is one that
the Republicans recognizes az promising
There isa lair fighting chance in at lsas
two ot tho Southern States for the Rspubli
cane, and the Solid South, broken in one
place, goes to pieces like glass house.
TIE IRISH pIaAFFxcr1oN.
The fact that an IrIsh diestfsctio with
the Democratic party in New Orleans re-
aponds 10 that in New York is Of the wides,
scope ot Significance. One does not need
any longer to discuss the question OF the
cause Of the revolt Of the Irish vote sgains;
the Democratic. party deapotism, but
all good politicians must take the fact into
account. Whether the Irish feel that the
Democrats have treated them as political
properly or are convinced that the Rspub
lican policy is the one most hateful 10 Eog.
I In n opH nal lnt,I lot koI tr a.
lions OF, British trade aud pref, is imma-
terial, the truth that 1rishmtn are declsr.
ing their freedom from the Democratic
party and going for Blaine and Logan, is 10
ps dealt with, and the history ot the march
of the Irish ont OF the D ,mocrstic camp
may be discussed with advantage BY phi.
losophers in the quiet time that will follow
the election Of the Republican ticket.
Il is not clearer that the British press
fsvors the election Of Cleveland, and ia
only persuaded to restraint on the subject
by TIA fear that thsir open advocacy would
damage the eavse they have ct keast, than
it is that the Irish press is for Blaine, and
is not restrained from saying to by any
iine.haired policy whatever
When, two months ago, it Eas manifest
at Chicsgo that the positive Republican
choice for the Presidency was JAMES G..
Blaine, and the current in bis favor ran
stronger with each passing hour, there
were Two propositions urged in opposition.
The itst WAS that there was no possibility
that New York could be carried for Blaine,
and the second was that the Germaus were
all agsiDst him.
1t has turned out that there never has
been Republican candidate for the Pres.
idency who had, 80 long before the cleo.
fion, so near certainty OF carryins Now
York as Mr.. Blaine has at this moment.
The Republicans in all the rural districle Of
the Enpirs State are Tor him with une1-
smpied uusnimity and warmth, energy
and confidence, the whole forming may.
nifcent mass Of enthusiasm. The Rspnb.
lican districts OF New York have been for
Blaine for President ios ten years, and
they are for him when Ut last he comes bs-
fore the county fairly nominated for the
great flee. with realizing aensa that they
are in the enjoyment oi high privilege.
lr.,.1 CLEVELAND FALLS FLAT. -
In the city the nomination OF Cleveland
and Hendricks fell fat, and hus been SO
heavy a weight that it makes s.holo in The
ground. Tammany is not in the field. The
Irish are net any more gazing in the Demo.
cratic direction. The wolkingmen are
sure that, no matter in what position he
may be placed, Grover Cleveland will
never do them justice, and the point 10 bis
course as Mayor Of Buffalo and Governor
Of the Stste 10 substan,iets the assertion.
Notwithstanding evil progncstications the
German Republicans are for Blaine and
Logan, and the Democratic agency in stir
ring up the agitation Of the question oil the
prohibition OF the liquor business is timely
for their confirmation In good work. The
German press il ps strong for Blaine asit
ever wsB for a Republican candidate for
tho Presidency. So thr drst developments
are that We have New York as csrtain fol-
Blaine as Pennsylvania, and not only do
the German Republicans abide with uB, but
the lrsh are becoming rapidly R.publi.
canizsd. ~ - sts..
ltls not often that more than this has
been accomplished in the same tins.
Against this showing We have the Rspuh.
lCau ds,dection represented by few lam.
nus men and newspapers, and this the pol.
iticians, who do not want to be rash in their
estimates and want somsthiug to fall back
upon, ere styling the unknown quantity. II
may be conceded th1t the WEIGHT oil phsn.
toms con not be definitely ascsrtsined be-
fore naturalization and not always alter
ward, and the false prophet may be a.vsd
il ne can retreat into an unknown country.
The 10 uierence Heemsto be fair that the gen
tlemen who represent the Independents
will bs as impracticsble botors the pso
plo st large as they uefo ineiisc...
usl 10 the Republican National Con
yention OF Chicago. They say, as
elhers did, that Blaine was :. the
candidate OF greatest iorce. and that bis
nomination was inevitp ble II there was not
a combination Of the field quickly arrang.
ed. 1t was clear from the beginning tha,
the only means that offered chance ,o
beat Blsiue wss the employment Of the
strength mustered in the name Of Ed.
munds to plsce some other candidate in