The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-06
:A!I:NlIHEE,lD.)!lT0R'S OPINION
oF THE DEMOCRATIC SITUATION.

q AN ! HEtl!D)lTORSSO SOPlNl0N
OF THE DEMOCRATIC SITUATION j,
Whsrs tho. Bst,ls win Naks The Hot..s.-rA
! Ssat's to b. Coats,t.d-1lldtn Not ia
;. the Rar-rhs Available nsa Ia tAs y
PAr.y--rAs Tariff Qs.sllos. 4 #
NV YonK, March 5-The Herald hal
an interview with Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer
editor Of the Horld. II n, =
"Where will your biz efforts be needed
most y asked the reporter: & .Fs tSj
I'm Ohio and New York. We shall do
the beat We can in Ohio, Of course, and very
likely will carry It, bu. We do no. need #.
live lose Ohio the Presidency still lies in
New York. I think we can carry Ohio.
Last year a majority Of .l5, 900 was cast, in
practically the largest poll aud against dis.
advantages. with a prudent platform and
a good candidate the Democrats may carry
Ohio even in October" iissi igslINiaigl
you saw Mr.. DAna's significant utter.
ances In tho Herald about Mr.. Tilden?,
"Yes, But Mr.. Dana likes to say odd
things. He is good man, weighing 200
pounds, but lacks 'stsying power One
day he is one way and another day he is
another. He Is a charming man, but too
fond Of change. To-day he predicts This,
tomorrow he predicts that. Il ia hardly
ialr 10 him9 to take one opinion, however
Grlghtit muy be, In reference to Mr.. Til.
den, when a hundred ,time1 and over be
has expressed the idea that it was iolly
and id,ocy TO think OF Mr.. !Tildsn ior the
Presidency, 4 II ". Z Nh 5isr'1i..-
(which opinion do you accpp! p" Gl
THE latter. y Mr.. Dana must know bet.
ter than to seriously forward such an idea
He understands very well that Mr.. Tilden
is not candidate, and know 1t also. y :7g
2"Why ?''' 8 4 VI
3Gi.'"'Mr: rilden aaid s. to me, and he, is
man Of truth and honor and doubtless said
what he meantn ~ 7{i;5.' 80 3.i.t..i.
ss"When ?"SS4 y Il. X Il
"Not long ago." s4i 5SS:5 :,i5a
,{l S{i,; SAME OLD STORY. ,tt-fi557--9
2""But, after all, suppose the convention
does act AS Mr.. Dana believes it will ?ss1,ia
ut would be the same old story Of ,Ho
ratio Seymour over, again, ,swho raid, you
'rtmember, that; he,would rather see him.
self in his ccflin than be nominated again
for the Presidency. You see what it would
Involve, IN recalling Of the delegates after
they had separated and gone 10 their
home" II; L ~ ia; } !; ,si,1 IL
ls"No, but the idea Is that they should
Nominate Mr.. rilden and wait uutil he is
heard from before further procedure. nii51
"Oh, well that il hard to say. One thing
Ia certain, the nomination will be made
with special reference to Ohio and New
York. They are the battle ground States.
II Mr.. Ti!dsn should be nominated, It
would be spiritual as i, were for. some one
else, rs in the case Of Andrew Jackson,
who declined a third term on the ground
81 age, but had his best friend, Van Bu.
rem, nominated. 's5G 71Gs
l!stt M tILDEN FOR PAYNE.
SIN that event who would be Mr.. Til.
den's choiceP"". B89SS'S gB.s ,gs s sjsS :ssS.
s"Ithink Nj. Payne. Thus far the prom.
inent candidates are; Flower and Cleveland
In the East, Payne and Mcdonald in ths
West. ! know that Mr.. Tilden hes always
been strongly t.of the opinion that Payne
was q very available man. In 1870 MI.
Tilden desired Payne to,be upon the ticket
with him instead Of Hendricks, but that
was impos3ible, and it lis well known that
inflSS0, after. Tlden's letter was read, the
Tildent Newly ork votea were cast for Payne,
as,against Hendricks nomination, 1t YVES
them we'll known that Tilden was OF the
opinion tliat Ohio could have been carried
insl876 II the same effort had been made
thst,was. made in Indiana. lie thinks that
Ohio can be carried now.h'
( AZ X M'DoNALD A q, Cd NAN.
"What do you think Of McDonald?"
ci"McDonald is a good man and would
make good candidate, but be is not 50
strong on The tariff as Payne Il; besides
that:h Is a lawyer, aud q business man
would be much better. y -: II y = q .,-lj
y "rben you irecognizs the tariff es a Gig.
nificant feature in this campaign2'
Certainly l do. But ! think the prohi-
bilion or; temperance question will also
play most important part" NJ: z ~
;t"Do you think the tariff row will hurt
the Democracy?" f 5s 4; 81 ..fi fs
1t depends on Congress. It is much
better, that bad blood ana blnuders should
come out now than later on, when it might
work ilreparable harm! Alter all, the dis.
senslons in the party. are greatly exaggera.
ted; They are confued aHost entirely 10 |
leaders and rivals. When the party Is
called 10 the polls it will Gus. a solid vote.
The! troublesl and dissensiunB are amorg
the: o1isers-nnt among the men and
messes, who are ever loyal 10 their party,
patriotic 10 the core and vote in eolid pha.
lanx on election day regardless Of -preoed.
ing a ,arrels.n Il 1-5'': n
4f.f The, New Line 20 the Wet. ssya
CnlcAdo, March 5-lt has now developed
that the new trunk line between Chicago
and Norfolk, Va, is an Erie enterprise, the
Jewett enterprise being at the back Of It.
This Is no more nor lees than tho Black
Diamond system, which has been stirring
up such q lively rumpu9 in Southern Ohio.