The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-14
LOOKING TO INDIANA.
THE FEELING THERE FOR HARRISON.
Why Some Of the "liooiisrA" Favor the Senator
for First plaes-lils Tsnpsraaes R,eord-A
Warning 10 BpsAksr Carlisle General
/ Political Paragraph Of lAtsEsAt.

-e'~t eASSAhNnI AoASu ~. AS"Any
met q prominent 1ndianaian Just returned
from Washington, where, Il Is understood
he has been looking up the prospects o
Senator Harrison for the Presidential nom
inalion. He ia very sanguine Of the Sena
tors success. lie reports Gen. Harrison Al
IN excellent standing with his Senatorial
colleagues, for he is, says he, that sort Of 9
smooth, cautious gentleman who antago
nizes no qne unnecessarily and Is nevs,
coarse, abusive or familiar-a real gentle.
man OF tho old school. ..,s.,. ,tpsse,
| asked him what In the name Of common
Sense he cdtld see in Gen. Harrison that
could not be found in a larger degree in
Mr. blaine, or indeed, beside, the name
that there ia In him anyhow to commend
him to the National Convention fol the first
place on the ticket? ...,-. l.g.3a
lie did not seem offended, but simply
smiled and quietly replied: ,:1l..,.
| Senator Harrison, or as we out here
prefer to call him, General Harrison, has
many things to commend him to public
favor beside the name"
"A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME!"
That he loves the honored name Of a
great President is no dis,redit to him, any
more than a like circumstance honors
Nj. Secretary Lincoln. Besides this Gen.
Harrison Is q scholar, an orator.. patriot
soldier. and strange as It should seem that I
mention 1t among his recommendations 10
public favor, he Is devout christian and
. teetotaler He never drank a drop in
his lie, sir, not DROP - ,.i K. ~
Ny friend ia quite a temperance man,
and there found WIS bis great reason for
standing up. for Gen. Harrison. On in.
quiry here find very many who allege the
same reason for advocating his claims,
though among another class find that they
ground their objections to him for that very
cause. But the main question is, "Can he
carry 1ndiana?" On this there is great
diversity Of opinion. The man who can
demonstrate to the National Convention
bis ability to redeem New York, Ohio and
Indiana from Democratic bands, and place
them in the pyramid Of Republican States
g the man We are all looking for the wide
North over with lighted candles, gas Jets
ana coal OIL lamps. %, .'.','- - '.'
INDIANA DOUBTFUL. -., ...-..U
l must confess l do not ind that con-
idence Of the ability Of the State to be re.
claimed that expected to hear before /
returned from the East, where have been
all winter, and where every Republican
you meet talks OF Indiana going Rspubli.
can, OF course-easy as dropping of un-
hewn timber. 1t will be found no easy
task to carry Indiana, and the more hear
the Republicans talk it over the more the
necessity becomes apparent for the great
council Of the party in Chicago to look well
to its candidates and their standing before
SELECTING one. Indiana is naturally Dem.
ocratic State, and all the world knows it,
and II Gen. Harrison can restore it to the
column Of Republican commonwealth,
either az presidential or vice presidential
candidate, so mote it be. Gresha.n's big
boom died a.borning and hear little oil il.
In certain circles Of the enthusiastic friends
of Gen. Harrison the choice runs decided.
ly for Lincoln f)r Vice President. l confess
that l have heard the Harrison. Lincoln
combination spoken oi everywhere,
FROM NAHANT TO MuNCIE
by as many Republicans as l have heard
proclaim themselves for all the other COM
binations combined. 1t is glittering and
attractive ticket, 10 be sute, and all the Old
Line Wings, the Black Republicans and
the soldiers are, especially delighted with
it, as who indeed might not be? -
But every Presidential candidate must
have his boom bottomed on something
larger and more enduring than the name
be happens to bear, II be would see his
boom last much longer than Jonah q gourd.
The solid, thinking leaders OF the party
will not run wild after name, and when
the sober second thought reaches the Con.
vention, after the iirs. rattle OF the drums
and blare Of the trumpete, it will be iouad
that the man with The record most in har.
mony with, the deepest convictions Of the
party at large, the one whesa lie best
illustrates the principles out OF which the
party sprung, and whose public acts and
utterances are the best illustrations Of its
glorious career, will be the choice Of the
Convention. ii H. jS "l7.. ~ u 81