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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-17
BUTuER'S BOOM.
An Attempt to Bring Him Before the
Chicago Convention.

An Attempt to Bring Him Before inc
Chicago Convention.
WORCESTER, Mass, June l6.-COl. Noah
A. Plympton, chairman Of the Democratic
State Central Committee started West last
night on five weeks tour in the interest
of Gen Butler. The Massachusetts dele
CATION will 90 to Chicago solid for Buffers
nomination, and they will take with them
volunteer delegation Of 200 prominent
Democrats to lobby in his interest. Col
Pympton. in an interview yesterda:, said
that he was going to Kansas on private
business, but admitted that, incidentally,
his trip will have considerable political sig
nilicancc He is hopeful of Butler nomi-
nation by the National Convention, and
saws there are great many liidcn delegates
elected in various parts of the country who
Tildcn being out of the way, will prefer
Butler 70 anv other candidate. Col. Plymp-
ton SuihS at the auti-Blainc movement
started in Boston. He SAYS he lett the Re
publican party 10 get rid of such men, and
if they are coming into the Democratic
party and attempt to dictate its nomination
he (Plympton) will feel like getting out.
The Democrats have frequently entered into
alliances with
Boiling Republicans,
notably in the national campaign of ls72,
and always with disastrous results He
argues that if Butler is not the Democratic
candidate, the Democracy will lose the
active support of thousands Of AnG-Mon-
opoly, Greenback, and Labor Reform votes,
some of whom will naturally be attracted to
Blaine. He contends that the Democracy
cannot afford to throw away the he p of
100000 votes of this sort for the sake Of
securing 10000 dudes in New York and
Massachusetts. The Democracy four years
ago lost the vote of Indiana and with it the
Presidency, by their folly in Ignoring the
claims of the Greenback votes. The Green
hackers of Indiana were ready to turn their
strength over to Hancock if the Democrats
would consent to support De LaMatyr for
Congress in the indianapolis district, but
English would not consent, and disaster
followed Plympton claims that the Demo
Gratis cannot afford to nominate Cleveland
or Bayard. or anybody acceptable 10 tn"
au;i-Blainc Republicans, and that only with
Butlcr - success certain.
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IA aggressive campaign IS what the West
l.--;a.. Democrats have marked out, and
.... a~y going to have 1t.
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Tu.aA are no sore heads in the Ohio
,.r.y Democracy this year We are
.:.,' WEE are harmonious and as chock
. 10. lit ~ a ten-vpar-old wild cat.
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Il don't feel wellr' The stomach is out of
o-der: neglected, this means chronic dys-
nensia. You should take Ackers DyspeP-
sia Tablets and avoid this terrible disease.
Sold by Edmund Booking and c; aenke,
meIler. druggists, Wheeling, ". Va, and
and F. P. thinner, Bridgeport o.
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TN. presence Of a number Of prominent
@:u.0rans in the city suggest, the posi-
...y Of another Fusion caucus Perhaps
:. |. .. ..-L-..rN cnrtaranre
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\ SUGGESTION: Might nor better place
f,r th,. music stand at the open air concerts
r selected
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ia. ciry.s expenditure for the open air
...r.> was amply repaid last evening in
.....a- faces and happy hearts.
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Tuy initial Open-air concert was grand
,.rc.~s. It Is the beginning Of better
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"a a.,r rIa, our Democratic friends
.-...g the State will initiate Ohio
.. .p example, anl pa, first class local
-..... me. s.M-
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Tus head Of the Flower barrel is said to
.. ou. and the dust is flying all over the
Ean;.r STATE.
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Trr Wood county Grccubackers have
fused With the Democrats on the local
--,rrt
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Tnk Electric Ligh, Company did a hand
... thing With the free illumination last
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-17
A SENSIBLE ACT.
jaime HaIIett Kills Himself for Loves
Sweet Sake.

Sweet Sake.
MIYNEAPoLIs June l6.-This afternoon
at o'clock James Hszlett, while seated az
a table in the garden in the rear Of Booths
versnda, on HennePin avenue, in company
with his nephew, c. Spencer Pratt. drew q
revolver from his pocket. placed il behind
his right ear, and blew out his brains. He
was 50 years old, and a native Of Nev York
city, where be has relatives, HearriYei here
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Lieut.. Scans, who has been pushing the
Flower boom in his Southern tier, ventures
the assertion that his chief may have per
hapS 2iO OF 80 delegates in the conven-
ton Should this prove to be the case,
then. iudeed,would the machine be smashed,
II is against all the traditions of the Demo
cratic party TO allow its machine to be
smashed in Presidential year.
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>.>,roR BAyNRp famous Dover speech
81, ,,. found ON our third page.
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r,.r. +, no rcceliug tide to the Demo
. -g-.s tidal wave.
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then came to light. They are on record
and can be found by any on that wants to
discover them"
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y,.rogY in the air, Don't you scent
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wrc,r them up. Success is ours.
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EX-SENATOR MCDONALD.
He Knows a Thing or Two of the Tat
tnnel Man.

CHrAGO. June l6-Ex-SenatOr and Mrs.
Joseph +. Mcdonald of Indiana arrived in
the city Yesterday and registered at the
Grand Pacific Hotel The Senator appears
in robust health and good spirits. Unlike
other prominent men who have been men
toned as possible Democratic candidates.
Mr.. Mcdonald when questioned expresses
his opinions freely on every political ques-
ten. He and his charming wife were bid
ding adieu to Joseph Chesterfield Mackin,
Who had called to pay his respects, and to
numh,r Of reporters.
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his opinions freely on every pputlCaI Que>-
ten. He and his charming wife were bid
ding adieu to Joseph Chesterfield Mackin,
who had called TO pay his respects, and to a
number Of reporters.
BIninr.
One Of the reporters asked mc. said
Mr. Mcdonald. If Blaine would receive a
large Catholic vote. asked why he should.
as Blaine is not Catholic. lie said that
IL had been stated that Blaine, in infancy,
WIS baptized in the Catholic church. Then,
said |. Blaine must he an apOstate, Tor he Is
no, Catholic now. APostates are not held
in favor by any people, and they
arc deSpiscd bv the Irish. But why
should il be expected that Blaine would get
more votes from the Irish than any other
Republican? He never did anything 10 de-
serve their gratitude When Blaine was
Secretary Of State American citizens were
arrested in Ireland and locked up SIMPLY
because they wcre citizens of tins country.
No charges were preferred againS; them
y,t they were imprisoned rs long As the
Errlish authorities liked. Did Mr.. Blaine
raise his finger TO stop this outrage on Am
prican citizens? No. Though appeals
were frequently made TO him,
He Ignored Them All.
Is tha, the foreign policy that the Irish are
called vgOu not only to admire, but TO sup
nnrr the man that pursued It? One OF
these cases. which was brought TO Blaine
notice which vas fragrant outrage on the
rigbts of American citizenship. vas that OF
Nr McSweenev, of San Francisco. tie
vas a citizen Of this country for tweuty
wears. and in California, where he resided
most of the time, was highly esteemed. lie
went to Ireland. leaving his family here, to
transact some business. and while there was
arrested and imprisoned for eighteen months
He was not charged with violating any ia"'
for such an accusation could not be snS-
,aiped. vet he was confined in prison tor
a year and a half During his incarcera-
ti6n numerous appeals were made IN hts be-
baIf N Mr. Blaine who was then Secretary
oC STATE and Mrs. McSweeney even wrote
HIM . PERSONAL letter Yet this gentleman
With a vigorous foreign policy never inter, r,
80 and moor McSweeney was kept IN lait
mill the English concluded that they had
detained him long enough, and
Let Him 60.
Ncsweenev's case became known IN this
1or, ~ when Blaine declined to interfere IN
b;s case the people of NeSweeneys adopt,
Il a c;,v called on their Congressman ana
,,--e5 them to bring the matter before
,be House Of Representatives: senator
Voorbees 70 in the Senate, long before Blame
vas thought ofiu connection with the exc he
.ab,;csn wa s..U Nomination. introduced reSoi1-
i;oo directing the Secretary OF State 70 sue, 10
~, u - The House all the correspondence 10
M g.l' McSweeney case. The resolution was
- ~. and the facts which | have reia'ea
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-18
THE OHIO SENAT0RSHIP.

The Senatorial struggle in the Ohio Legis.
lature ends in the triumph of Payne over
Pendleton, the former receiving 4S votes in
the Democratic caucus, to II for Durbin
Ward and only Is for Pendle,on. This
shows the sincerity of the Democrats IN
their anti-monopoly war-cry and the use.
lessness of placing any trust in their pro-
fessions of reform. Mr.. Pend leton's prnci.
pal fault was that he was the author of a bill
for the elevation an publication Of the civil
service of this country Mr.. Payne's prin.
cipal recommendations we're that he is the
representative of the great Standard oil mon.
opoly and has barrel estimated to contain
several millions. 1t is said that his election
pany, or both, seventy thousand dollars. Ex-
Senator Thurman Gpologized for Mr. Pcnde
tons civil service bill by abiding to it in this
fashion; ''ln the course of long public
service he happened to make mistake. Il
But the triumph of Mr.. Payne, Mr.. Thur
man denounCes as political cut-throat
bossism, inaugurated for the benefit of close
party corporation or syndicate"
Henry B. Payne's political career has been
neither long nor distinguished. Indeed, he
has run for an elective Office only
thrice. Ia 1857 he was a candidate against
Salmon p, Chase for governor of Ohio, and
was beaten. He happened to get the Con-
grcssional nomination in the Cleveland dis.
trict, and to have as an antagonist an uu.
popular man, in the famous tidal wave year
of 1874, and was washed up into office like
SO many other Democratic candidates, by a
majority of 25l9. lie served two years in
the House, and tine best statement of the
record he made there is to be found in the
fact that he was beaten for reelection by
1878 majority. Only this and nothing
more. MIR. Payne is now in his seventy
fourth year, and is native of New York
and graduate of Hamilton college
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MR.. HEWITTIN TROIBLE.

The dyspeptic Mr.. Hewitt is in trouble.
He introduced in the House, December 10Th.
resolution calling upon the Government to
secure reasonable delay in the execution of
OD0nnell's sentence to enable the President
to ascertain whether he was citizen of the
United States and whether he was tried and
convicted according to law. The resolution
was introduced by unanimous consent and
was passed without dissenting vote or OBJ
lection. Last week it was stated that after
Mr.. Hewitt offered the resolution he called
upon the British minister, Mr.. West, and as
sured him the resolution did not mean any,
thing and would amount to nothing, where
upon Mr.. West telegraphed his Government
at London not to be alarmed, that the reso-
luti n was only intended for buncombe. This
being published, Mr. Hewitt dcnounc d the
whole thing a fabrication. He made friendly
call upon Mr.. West shortly after Introducing
the resolution, but it was merely returning q
similar civlity. While at Mr.. Vests con-
versation occurred in regard to the matter in
which Mr.. Hewitt took the ground that an
American citizen had been on trial for his
lie in foreign country; that as an Ameri
can citizen he was entitled to fair trial, and
it was the duty of thi. government 10 see
that he hal such trial. Further, when an
American citizen had been convicted of
crime and had been sentenc cd to die, and
the time elapslng between the sentence and
the execution WAS so short as to prohibit a
proper examination OF the record to ascer-
tain if the trial bad been fair, then it was
the duty of the government to ask for an ex.
tension OF time Great Britain made q mis-
take, Mr. Hewitt thinks, in refusing to grant
the request for such an extension, and the
time will come when the action will be re-
GREETED. O'Donnells confession has left no
doubt as to his guilt and the justice of his
punishment, but this fact does not alter the
principle involved.
All this reads very nicely; but unfortu-
nately Minister West reassers that Mr. Hew-
1T did call on him and tell him that the
| O'Donnel resolution was introduced TO fore.
stall a stronger and more warlike decara-
ton; that his conversation with the New
loIk Congressman induced him to telegraph
to his home government that the resolution
was buncombe and meant nothing and that
MIR. Hewitt also showed the resolution to
Republican Congressman before introducing
it, with the view of having objection made,
is also adhered to-all of which leaves Mr..
Hewitt in position that is to say the least
unfortunate. The foreign affairs committee
of the House Of Representatives has taken
notice of the charge against Mr.. Hewitt, and
has begun to inquire as to the effect produc.
ed by Mr.. Vests despatch to the British
foreign Office; and the end is not yet.
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HOW FAR WILL A DOLLAR co.

Not in the sense of linear remote ness
from the original possessor-for this is well
enough known, by everybody, to be an inf
mite distance-but how far will dollar go in
its purchasing powerl This is question
which is always pertinent, and especially SO
at the opening of new year, when every
good citizen pays such of his accumulated
bills as he is able to agree WITH and makes
the most pious resolves hereafter to always
pay cash down, and get the worth of his
money. A dollar is the unit of currency
around which group all the multiples
and fractions of individual and fami-
" expenses consequently, to determine
the exact market value of the dollar
is the best way to regulate and determine the
expenses of the coming year. How much OF
certain commodity will dollar buy THAT
is the question. Not how much will seventy
i've cents, or two dollars and eleven cents
buy, but how much will one hundred cents
buy? One hundred cents will usually buy
more, proporlionately, than any other def
mite sum Of money. II is Il convenient unit
OF value to which to apportion salable guam.
titles Of general merchandise. A house
holder. who pays Dash down on the spot.
can get, for instance, a convenient quantity
Of sugar for one dollar, which is also the
maximum quantity for the pricc-that is, he
he would not get more for two,
three, four or five dollars together
than he does for one dollar expended
the same number of times. And 1t is so
with ali kinds of articles naturally and
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that, afer all, is the handspring Of success.
A Republican form Of government should be
for the beueft of the people, and the fact
that the Republican party has always stood
by the people is the best guarantee that it
will be successful in the next campaign with
proper nominations. 1t may take somewhat
of pull in come localities on account of past
local distractions, but | believe that these
will disappear If anything like the right
spirit is manifested in the convention.
In New York. for instance, there has been
perhaps a more emphatic expression Of this
condition of public opinion than in any other
State, and in Pennsylvania next We will
carry New York without doubt, if the par
ty 10 that State is united, There are the In
dependents, sometimes called the Half
breeds then there are the friends OF Mr..
Conkling, called by some people the Stall
warts then there are the Republicans, who
| stand upon the broad platform of TIE party
men who are influenced by no personal
preferences, but are always at the post of
duty when the party calls. Now If these
elements get together and go into the cam
pagn heartily, no matter who Is nominated
in the opposition, there has been no one yet
named who, on the expediency platform OF
the Democratic party, can carry the Empire
State The great machinery of this govern.
ment, affecting as it does every interest OF
commerce, business and manufactures, is
too serious thing to be placed in the hands
OF a class of men controlled by the tradi
tons of an ancient oligarchy, the animosities
of conquered rebellion against the best gov
eminent on the face of the earth aud The
scheming OF political leaders who apparently
support every current sensation which seems
to point them to the acquisition of the spoil!
of office. The government of the UniteC
States is not an institution to furnish office!
for the mendicants thrown to the surface by
the upheavals, mutations or accidents o.
politics. There are plenty of meritorou
citizens who would honor the service by
| their presence, and | think that the best citi
zens of this country, and that means ma
jority OF the people, are not ready to try an.
: experiments in such serious matter as th
, administration of the affairs of the govern
, ment. The duty Of the Chicago conventio
will be the selection Of candidates to fit tn
party and not an effort to make the party f
the candidates. Then there will be no diff
Guilty about the rest Of the work, for ever
member of the party will throw all his yea
into the contest and we will have an old
time victory"
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The New York dailies are largely occupied
with discussion as to whether there is any
necessity for protecting the Adirondack for
ests in order to preserve the mountain
streams that feed the river Hudson, upon
which the prosperity of the Empire State so
largely depends As there appear to DC two
opinions on the subject, it mag be well to
note the fact of which the Army and Macy
Journal reminds us, tina. the harrenness of
the 1ierras Frios of Mexico is ascribed to
the indiscriminatc war made by the early
pres, and other trees which covered the land
in the days of the Aztccs. whether in the
future the grand plateau is to he brought
under cultivation says Mr.. Howard Conk-
ling, in his recently published work on
"McXico and the MaXicans," "wil depend
chiefly upon the restoration Of at least POI
ton Of the forests with which 1t was once
clothed. The annual rain fall in the city of
Mexico is estimated by Humboldt to be fifty
| niue inches, while in San Francisc) 1t is only
twenty, and in the city of New York is but
forty-five inches. Yet, denudcd as the i'm
mcnsc plain has been of its timber, the copi-
Gus rains, which chiefly fall during four
months of the year. are carried off by the
mountain torrents, leaving the country
parched, except where it is made fruitful by
IRRIGATION "
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Personal AND POLITICAL NOTES.

c. d. Gilmore, lawyer of Washington,
has begun suit against Hon. Carl Schurz,
ex secretary Of the interior, for the recovery
Of damages for disbarring HIM from practice
before the interior department lie claims
$500 900 for damages.
Hllario Balsam, the young Frenchman
who wanted to initiate Captain Webb and
swim the whirlpool rapids at Niagara last
August and was prevented by the authori-
ties, says he will make the attempt carly in
the spring. He will lie neither balmy nor
hilarious when he completes the job.
Archbishop Cor,igan is back at New York
from Rome. Hc says that all the discus
sions and deliberations Of the American bish-
ops were on the spiritual improvement of
their people and more etfectual church dis
clpline in this country and that they were
unanimous on all the conclusions arrived at.
He declares with emphasis that ''ncither the
Irish question nor any political question what
ever was even 50 much as mentioned"
Mr.. Parnell occupies Il unique position in
the House of Commons. He is rather dis
tnguished looking Jelly cool and unimpas-
slOnCu ana mas nc dllldCtl'l! NuICtl utlOuSs
to the mysterious. Nobody can tell what he
is going to say, an Inc usually SAYS the
UNEXPECTEDLY II is true, as the London
Journals say, he does not use rhetoric and is
not eloquent His parliamentary force con-
sists in the wise like grip he has on fects and
principles, and the language, clear cut as
the edge Of a razor, with which he presses
and sustalns them. No nan leaves the
House while he is speaking. Members rush
in and crowd the benches.
\ London despatch announces that Mr..
Frank Goulston, the amateur oarsman, who
had been supposed dead for nearly seven
wears, has been discovered alive. He was
the stroke oar for the London crew in the
Philadelphia centennial regatta in 1876, and
after returning to London lost large fortune
IN spcculati1us and then suddenly disappear
ed. 1t was reported and believed that he
had been capsiz ID in his boat and drowned.
1t now appears that this was a ruse and that
he has been working all these years as deck
hand on Grimsby fishing smack. Some Of
his London friends rtcently discovered him,
and Gl5O0 has been subscribed TO purchase
him superior fishing .vessel 1t is said that
the Baroness Burdett-COutts will appoint him
admiral of her fishing fleet in the Grimsby
waters.
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without Any Moral.

ID troll Free fftss,I
A Coon who was being chased across
Field by Dog caught sight OF Fox and
called ont
Pray rive me your Advicein this Moment
of PERIL
Certainly" replied Reynard. My Adj
vice to You is to Climb a Tree aud Escape
the Dog
He then Disappeared within his Burrow to
remark to himself that some Folks never uld
know when they were well oil
A few days later The Coon, wh) had bare.
" Escaped with his Life, was doing little
Cipherng at the foot OF tree in the Forest,
when the Fox came tearing along nj $50
gait, his tongue hanging out his eyes as big
as onions, aud the llabtual Lecr on his phlz
faded into an Expression of Deep Concern.
"uelo what's the Matter with youi'
called the Coon.
81 am Pursued by Dog, and can't run
a mile further. What shall do
My Advice is that you dive into yonr
Burrow and escape him, said the Coon.
lie then slowly Climbed to limb and re-
marked to himself that Il Fox who was Idiot
Enough TO Travel around the country with,
cut carrying his Burrow on his back would
sooner or later come to some Bad End.