Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-05
SENATOR LOGAN.
4 IEdouSirGIy the Leading Candidate In
the field at This Time,

inc AFAN 81 AhAF
O2r .ac, looms up distinctly, and this is
thal Senate, Logan is now in the lead. For
Two years hr has been hard al work snap
sirg his policy. gathering in this, and fortt-
.fyiug that. Originally Stal"ait be has
luansgsl 10 break away from the New
Nork slalwar; faction without leaving Of
tfense behind, and 1t is probable that mo-
ment will come in the COnyeu.,On when
this will be worth to him nearly half the
seventy two votes Of the Empire State.
lie has studlously placaf"t the Half Breed
and SlLtilleutal, or Garfield elements;
anG, VILE using all the strong parts Of the
Stslwart method 4 his canvass. sucl As Or
canization, disc pline anG the relentless eH-
sction OF tesl.y from al DEPENDENTS, he
has avoided the o,isCionshlH features Of
Stalwart work, which raised 50 much in
diguation four years a.o. y to this time
the Camerons, ConkiirS and Grant have
been in the background and the suspicious
Layy lJUSJi q sdV 'O- evidence that the
mUCh-learet 500 were coming once mJre 70
the front under anew banner.
BIS Popularity.
Thus Col, tUl' ! L owing out his advance
.Co!ps, tie a, ute General has succeeded in
trswip- into 1is re'iuUa msny who would
+, cEU IS n- 10 his front, anu IN getting on
q .e4.y rtJw, y''b almost all Other ele-
Ilerts OF lis party. He Is not looked upon,
erye by ia,lry few, IS machine St4l
Rsrf. a I'Urh -ider over the district right,
.t,t IS a leader, and gAll1ot bold one, too;
PubiuUUs and seltlOying Z iS trGe, hu'
Re hHl Western and wholesome. nike
~ lue IL Is lot living upon popularity
PAL ing sDd early vanished, upon fond
n uemtrsuCC- Dt vh"t might have been; he
Is not in the sunset OF his popularity, bat
Do its very height. Never a miStrusJ II or
unpopular man, never was hs 50 pOpulsr
b now.
Coming dowa to the ep-aClicalities Of pol
rlCS, We lind General L0gan's strength to
be in the fact that he alone, Of ali the
prominent candidates for the Republican
domination, Is likely 10 20 to the Conyen-
non with great state in solid array at his
back. ltis understood here in Washington
tEst 81 lesg; forty OF the fOrty-tour dele
Fates from illinois W n De for Logan, and
illinois is the fourth State in the Union
These two score or more OF votes from his
ONu State are 10 be tie nucleus around
NJ hlch victorious host is 10 gather. Other
a oAEc A.al Nil.Al Iau Itiles OUT ILLINOIS, IS
IeNTeCteG to be the old guard that knows
not how 10 surrender Logan unto defeat.
A Long Way in IhC Lead.
Logan is in the lead. There is no stone
with vote under iJ be has left unturned.
-ie has been tireleSs ami sieepless, and hs
keeps three clerks answering letters abICt
pensions, bounues, and pub docs. The
danger to his cause is that about the time
he reaches bis greatest vote, say 80 TO 800,
the hands Of Cameron, Grant, and the
okotten borough South will oe discovered
-behiEd the curtain. Then the cry OF
same old crowd" will sscend among the
rsfters of the Exposition Building, and
ihere vii be = running hop skip and lump
tby the convention to somebody in the
Garheld fashion of four yesrs ago. Chief
emong the men who are looking forward 10
thsl supreme moment with fond hopes of
psing the successor Of the late lamen,ed,
Nr. Blaine, the author.