Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-07
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CHICAGO, July O. Exclusive J-Nearly
all the delegates and elacquers in the city.
and their number is thousands, attended
church this NOR; ing or spent the day hunt
ing ice-cold beer, The beer brigade was
larger by niney-niae per cent than the
church crowd I regard this as ominous
for Milwaukee beer The situation devel-
obs but indiferently. There is looSeness
and uncertainty everywhere. Lines are not
distinguishable, and if there is any organi-
zation it is so ETHEREAL that to the eyes OF
common Tll-takemine-straight people they
are not visible. There is an abundance
of talk, an over-plus Of boasting, and
deal Of speculation. All this froth ana
bubbIng is pretty to see and toy WITH out
lust now few nf us are beginning to want
something more substantial, We wan. to
get away from the ga and blare Of the
rush, and look for results. A whirlpool is
an object of interest 1t is also dangerous.
And in this whirlpool of excited talk ex-
apgerated claims and enthusiastic bluster,
there is death for more than one candidate.
He will simply be talked to death. | am
reminded Of an. accident that once befel
parrot belonging to a friend of mine. 1t
was bright, intelligent bird,
but too much given to talking,
! Sad Tale. r
| On certain unlucky day it escaped from
its cage, and after making a summer tour
round the house found itself upon the street,
| guiltless of any occupant save itself and q
sad looking dog skulking along the pave
ment opposite. Suddenly Poll with all its
sense Of mischief alert called out, Sic him
Tige" The dog pursued his way, followed
by a volley Of sarcasm from the parrot,
which ended with the old familiar 'Sic him
Tige." The dog stopped abruptly, and sur
veyed the street Nothing was in sight but
the hapless parrot With a quick 5ound he
reached the bird and the fight was on.
When the bird finally, with desperate
effort, escaped from its tormentor and
fled to the house it was minus an eye,
wing was broken and the tail had effectually
disappeared. Poll surveyed herself with
many deprecatory shakes of her wounded
head, andhOppedback to her cage Securely
perched in that safe haven she closed her
remaining eye, and remarked in a tone that
was a volume of experience, Poll you talk
too id much with your mouth" Not to
be profane Il am yes of the opinion that
threefourths of the delegates already have
talked TO blankety blank much.
IsothermIes.
Studying carefully the currents that,
warm or cold, prevail on the surface, one
NAV at least approximate the truth. The
first fact | find is that the belief that IIlden
would not accept nomination is steadily
growing. Earnest effort TO dissipate this
feeling Is being made. For ifthe delegates
generally come to accept his letter as a
GnaEty, the plan to nominate him and risk
his acceptance will be abandoned. The
probability now is. however, that be will be
nominated. The Cahfornians and Texans
are still instructed for Tilden; Priest and
other Missourians want him; Converse, of
Ohio. will be on hand to push his favorite
scheme, and so viii many others. Unless
the rules of the Convention be especially
made to crowd it out, it is difficult 20 see
how this acclamation experiment can be
prevented.
Mysteries,
Greystone and its environments is the
home of mysteries, the dwelling place of
uncertainties Tildens own possible candl-
dacy and his chOJee of a successor are both
mysteries Heretofore it has been accepted
almost as a mater of fac. that Cleveland
was of all men the most acceptable to the
Sage The appearance of his letter directed
to chairman Manning at 80 Opportune a
moment, seemed proof positive Of this. And
vet the Saratoga Convention failed 10 in!
struct for the reform GoyeraOr There is a
complete understanding and harmony be
tween the old Tilden leaders. Their object
was and is to nominate man who can keep
the tariff out Of the campaign. Men close
to Tiden, men who put up the sinewS OF
war in a cam paign are against revenue only.
The three mea Of whom anyone might seem
to be the heir of Tilden are Randall, Payne,
and Cleveland. These three men are wait
ing Fretted bv Tilden delay in choosing,
Randall, ambitious and aggressive, pushed
himself foaWard by boldly attacking
Tariff Reform.
He attempted to qualify himself for I'll
-dcns place, by becoming reformer at
Washington. He entered the race backed
hy the splendid endorsement Of his own
great State He secured the masters ap-
probation, and the opposition of a large
portion of his own party. His prospects for
the nomination became less, and 1ilden felt
that he dare not risk Randall. Payne was
too hrayily encountered with mOn0poies
and tno bitterly opposed in his State to De
thourht of Less desired by 1ildcn than
either Of them, but thrust forward by the
imperative logic Of chance, was Cleveland.
He was unbound bv views or record. he
had not talked tariff, and was put under
strict surveillance to prevent his doing so.
His selection 10 wear the mantle was nat
| ural Randall selection would have put
tariff in the preliminary CampaiEn-a thing
70 be avoided The South and the West
| fell into the trap, regarding the New Yorker
| as the model modern refOTmer. with mag
| nifceut majority OF l92 600 back of him.
| By tke time the Saratoga convention was
| reached Cleveland was believed by all to be
the man. But 10! sudden and fierce op-
| position from the Flower men and Randall
stock again goes bounding up Tilden
| would scarcely allow any premelitated !
| treachefN tO NltNclduu 'o'
| on him NAV force his abandonment but |
| his friends are honest friends. The anti
| Cleveland men have had the swing for ten |
! davs but now comes the
! Turn of the Tide.
New York will probably offer Cleveland !
two-thirds other votes. If she does he has
the best chance of any man before the Con-
vention. Ohio is warm for Cleveland |
Pavne has no strength and the Hoadly |
boom IS merely blind to block Thurman, |
Hoadlybeing after the second place on the
| ticket
There are good reasons for believing that
the men who have really made Cleveland
would prefer Randall, but prudence aud
! honor seem to bind them to the former.
Massachusetts, viii not be solid for Batter
more than one ballot. Flower will have
scattering votes at the start from quite
number of States besides New York. The
/ tendency of the German representatives Is
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