The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-09


men being purchasable commodities in
politics. Certainly no man ever received
more loyal support than President Arthur
received from the colored rasn. who come
here for him., 1t was needless to argue
with them. They had come for Arthur
and they were going to stay with him
while he had chance. They were nearly
all on that side, but that takes nothing
from tho msnliness Of their behavior.
NO DARK HORSE POSSIBLE.
This was e,nphatically not dark horse
Convention. The Arthur men and the
Blaine men were from the first opposed to
any way out Of the woods that pointed to q
man who could not be considered as fairly
in the field. The Logan men and most OF
the Sherman men, who were at heart for
Blaine, were Of like mind. The George
William Curtis-Carl Schulz independ.
ents, who rallied around Edmunds, would
have taken up any man, however obscure,
to beat Blaine and Arthur. This indie
pendent clement wss s'rong enough to de.
feat the choice OF the National Committee
Tor temporary Chairman, for on this it YVES
able to make great combination, but
there its power ended. ..
To illustrate how strong Was the opposi-
ton to dark horse, anl able to state on
suthority thst il the time had come when,
Arthur being out Of the fight, Blaine had,
needed that help to nominate him, the
NEira statesmen would have received the
help of the President's friends from New
York city--determined men, practical
politiciaup, who did all that men could do
for their candidate. Ai:er this you will
not be greatly surprised to hear that Mis-
sissippi, which never gave Blaine more
than Two votes, her sixteen other 60
ing TO Arthur, would have gone eolidly to
Blaine rather than to dark horse. 1--WE
are tired of dark bcrses," said Lynch to me;
and ex-senator bn,as said amen. It was
the came with other strong arthur delega.
tions. The independents OF New York and
New England tried dark horse dodge With
General Sherman as the man, but the Ar
thur men and the Blaine men smiled and
vent on. The sentiment YVES too strong in
favor OF Somebody.
Z lN4: THE sEcoND PLACE. y
Before the Convention met the second
place was conceded to Robert Lincoln.
Everybody thought he would get It, be-
caupc everybody eaid he would. How did
it happen that bis boom was 90 suddenly
and completely aattened QUIZ 1t was un-
derstood that he would not accept the
place. But that was not the Tesson. His
State did not present him. That wao not
the reason. There wss one feeling per-
vading that Convention =-t to have the
strongest ticket ever presented by the Re.
publican party, head and tail Of lirst.iate
material, either man ct 10 be President.
illinois wanted Logan. The Convention
Ssatei him. Would he accept2 That
was all. Like the greart big man that he ie,
John A., Logan vas not above taking the
second'placo with the Grst American Of his
time. Gresham WAS spoken Of as 3 TUB 10
the Arthur whale, but the Arthur men took
Logan as isat as they could yet on thor feet.
Logan was an inspiration. II the ticket
could be strengthed Logan Strengthens 1t.
s;e$ "ppzINEss INTERESTS" d
Those "busine:s interests" which came
on from New York TO daEzle tie conyen-
ton soon discovered tba! they had no more
weight here than q ay on cart wheel. II
they did anything Tor the President they
did him harm. Delegates who are not en-.
gagged in Wall street or in the impor,ating
trade resented the interference Of their
theatrical display. There were good
many plsin b,iainess men in the conyen-
ton who were not yo!ing that ticket aud
they did not take kindly to the sirs OF 50.
perior authority thst the "business inter-
ests" vera putting on. A New York
map, j himself largely engaged In
business enterprises, ssid to me: "The
New York men who favor Elaine repre-
Gen. vastly greater buainess interests ihau
these gentlemen, but they are not import.
era and Wall street specnlRtors. We can
raisa for Blsine all the money that will be
needed for legitimate expenses." I had a
cha. witha Chicago businea5 man repre-
senting one ol the larses. houses in It's line
In tho world. Ho eaid:- "Nine tentho o!
the husinesa men Of Chicago are for Blaine,
and the eame Is tr4e Of the great North.
west. We cen raise all the money that We
shell need for campaign expenses" It vas
my good fortune to tslk With q vory
intelligent workingman who Is prominently
identified with labor intSsee'a, I'll the
business mem OF New York won't con.
tribute" said this wnrkinsman, "the work.
men OF the country will. They love Blaine
and know hs is their friend. 6 Yes, and
we'll raise money for him from men who
have voted tho Democratic ticket up to
this time" Ithiuk We SHAH 10. be EN-.
barrasscd on this sco1e. We don't aead .
"bas'l" to carry Blaine through; I am con.
ldent that a "'bar'p' cannot defeIt him.