The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-05
AN AnTnuR MANS ARGUMENT. ,

while Indiana was In good position tc
secure recognition On the ticket, there
were still other principles Involved in the
selection Of candidate than mere Local
ones. He ielt that large number o! dele
Rntes wero pr, sent whoae constituency ex.
pec.cd them to voice the sentiments Of Tic
Conventions which elected them. Presi
dent Arthur stands before the country
backed BY leading business and conner.
cial intereets, snd his rene mination is a
matter o! moro consequence to Indiana
and to The country at large than is the
selection Of any favorito son Of tho uoosiei
State. He was opposed 10 lndianR't
attempting to put a candidate in the field
30 long az there WAS any hope OF nominal.
Ing Chca.er A. Arthur.
A third delegate In 4 rather vehement
manner protected against the Endorsement
OF Senator Harrison rs "a iavori.e son.
lie felt that were other men In the STATE
who were entitled 10 receive the homo,
Of the States indorsement inlly as much
ss General Harrison. To begin with, he
was opposed to changing iron, his original
purpose, which was not to present the
claim ot any man from the State while
pfeaident Arthur, was In the race; then 4
the time should come when 1t would DE
necessary TO choose dark horse, he would
want the Indiana delegates 10 consider ,,e
claims which Judge Gresham had .or their
indoreeinent. Judge Gresham is in ne
sense candidate)g ei5 faithful and time
to Prcsidcnt Arthur and It would be upinsi
10 him to ate mpt to indorse auy oihe,
man as the choice of the State while he or.
cnpied the posltiou which he did st pres.
ent 3 = ass,. SO, 50 .t:3aEa,
a BLAINE DELEGATE CONES Ut SAILING,
Then Blaine man Rroas and entered
his protest to pledyiHg tho delegation tc
any home csrdida!e.E He Claimed thai
nineteen Of the delegates prcacnt had beer
elected as Blaine men, thcse yo.sa had
been counted on by the nlalne managerr
were wanted badly and he didn, propose
that they should be thrown away on an,
isvorito sans. II usrrlson plned lor III,
nomination let him linEar on The cute,
portals, a dark .horae, ready TO be called OF
when II was found impossible to e.ec! III,
"P.rmed knighi;' but Just at Present h,
lelt that the great State o, Indiana woult
exist and continue on the even terror OF Ii,
way even II favorite son wcs no: leadin,
the Republican hosts on to victory. H..
/ A delegate from the eou.hcrn pa!t OF tht
State made n lew strong remaIks syainel
dark horse:;" ho didn't believe In Them
hs wanted man who had been before III,
people sufficiently long for tho III to bo ac
quainted with him. Il lie thought that Har
r:son occupied that position, and II Indian,
made bold dash Tor her rights l,s could
be chosen. He wanted the solid vote E,
Indiana to 10 for Dsnjamin. NJ ~
just about this tinB hail do.sn GENTLE
men started in to talk at once; there wa
considerable confusion. and iinslly al
o'clock, a. II became evident that 20 cor
clua,on eouI! bG arrived al then, a reces
was decided on, md the delega,ee, nd
l9urned 10 meet at the Same pace at
O'Clock. '4i%s. I3it55 t55s]iiF -.
~ AFTERNOON SESSION. - I.
Promptly at i o'clock the room va
cleared ol everyone but the delegates. Th
session lasted over three hours. A lsrs
crowd visited impa.:ently outside the .lool
but when the delegates were let loose the
all seemed to be Of ono mind In two n
spec.a, viz :: they wese'bcnt on getting ou
Of tho room and to the supper table q
lively as possible, and were also post s,et
each and every one, with pcritc! nor
idea oi tho proceedings Of their meeting.
As near - could be gathered the reasio
. wss ol q lively character, and ns a emell ,
, sulphur still pervadod the room when
, press representative entered, Il Ia fair 1
presume that the Harrison man We,
. proiuse In 'heir eloquence. General Jani
o. Veasch vas chosen Chairman. I. Saver,
Of tho brethren proceeded to give tbs
Individual views, representing the inte1es
OF each OF the different psopnaitior
= which had heen placed before Ii
= ! delegation. FinallyifGE.a + regolu,io
: was introduced that General a Harr
!, son be urged as the unanimous choice ,
|, Indiana. Objections were raised to ,h
! ! resolution, and sitor IN informal show ,
!. hands, which evinced that Harlan :,
: but two majority, his managers .rnol,Is IL
= !, to abandon the effort TO 9b..ad II. , isIer
! ton In advance, and che reaolution '', e, =
/. Withdrawn. l2,..-.5 :. -,5..F,.''' W
i A resolution was introduced .,a, n
meeting adjourn until 10 o'clort m
morning, but before Il could be actsd m
Q motion to adjourn .wnl carried win a bn
o yAh, and the delegates broke fny e. jao