The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-28
THE WAY OF THE WIND
SHOWING ITS DIRECTION
Sherman Supposed TO uAvs Drawn on tic TTael
and Lst the FIELD for Blaine An tx.
prsfsion Of RssIxnAiion TO tbs stats Of
Affairs by ono Of bis Near Friends.
Special Correspondence efhe EnxtliDa,ctr.

Special Correspondence ofhe fntttfOencer. y"
MANsFIELD, o., March 27.-Probably nj
statesman living can boas! Of more cult
yated and Intelligent constituency In his
own town than John Sherman. Some o.
the largest Drained and best informed pub
lic men in Ohio live right here in Mans
field around John Shermans home. In
deed Mansfield Is one OF the foremos.
towns in Ohio in respect Of birth, wealth
and intelligence, a city Of thrift and enter
pr'ss,, And among the brighteat mcn OF
the place l cannot lind one who Is not an
admirer ol the great Senator from Ohio.
-Four years ago the Uniform hope and be-.
lict here was that their ilustrious towns.
man .Sould reach the Presidency. And
even now nothing would please them bet.
tor. But whenever the subject ia men.
toned, l can see a shade Of disappoint.
ment in their faces. They feel that Sher-
man hes no chance whatever, and are not
GLOW to express their regret that i -.
SHERMAN CANNOT DE NOMINATED, ID
and Ohio Is practically surrendered to The
Blaine forces; and while all this is true, It
ID just es true, too, that in no town OF its
sizs anywhere can Baine count more
friends than right here in John Shernlan's
home. The fact confessed on every hand
that Blaine leads all the candidales-even
In Ohio, does not prejudice his ceso in the
least among John Sheinan's closest friends.
They accept the situation with good
grace aud with no apparent chaprin or
modification. The general sentiment here
vas well expressed Today by ons Of John
Sherman's nearest and most con iidential
business friend, when he said to me: ~
can assure you that all this talk OF enmity
between Blaine and Sherman is the merest
nonsense. There is nothing Of It. / know
that while Senator Sherman would not re.
fuse the great prizs himself, that next to
being elected P,sident himself, nothing
could gratiiy him more than to SEQ
Is! BLAINE swoRSIN."
"We shall move neither hand or foot 10
deprive B,aine Of the support OF the Ohio
delegation at Chicago"
l then inquired If there is any secret al.
lance between Blaine and Sherman, to the
effect that II Sherman cannot reach the pei
simmons himself that he will join his pole
10 Blaine's, 60 that the latter can knock
them. =, .r /.
At this Mr.. sherman's friend smiled aud
shook his head negatively. "No," said he,
mo, said be. "that is equally absurd with
the enemies stories. There is aud can be
no alliance, offensive or defensive, be.
tween John Sherman and Blaine, for the
best reason in the world, as you will. find
before long, and that ia that Sherman has
has nothing to swap, and anyhow,
u ONO IS roR. BLAINE,
and will be 30 strongly at Chicago. Let the
newspapers say what they will, james Gt
Blaine hes the bulge on oil Of 'em, and
will get there, and don't you forget it."'t I
This coming from gentleman high in
Senator Sherman's confidence, and one
who has been cloaeted, to my persona,
knowledge, with Sherman within The past
week, is significant straw. 1t is no. the
hasty expression Of one blinded with preju-
dice for Blaine, but Of one who WIS promi-
nent lour years ago urging John Sherman's
claims at Chicago, and who to-day would
risk his life to make John Sherman Presi-
dent, but that he sees 1t is irresistible for
Blaine and cacnot be reversed. 4