The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-23
THE OHIO CONVENTION.
What tho Republicans Of the Buckley.
,.a.H H. state will do. -#.

THE OHIO CONVENTION.
What tho Republicans OF the Buckle,
ID state will do. sE
CLEVELAND, O., April 2oo.-Three.fourtl
Of the Northern Ohio Republicans indor
Governor Fosters declaration that Arth,
could not carry this State. M X. .#
Ono Of tho brightest and NEST observir
Republicans in this section Is Mr.. J.
Kennedy, Of the Cleveland Voice. He hi
spcnthis wholeliie in tho Western Resery
} and knows every man In 1t Of public not
from Constable up. AS a correspondent
oil the New York Times. he gave 1t az h
judgment that the Western Reserve woul
not support Arthur, and he went into d,
tails to show why. Tho Times, to thol
oughly satisfy itself, sent o trustworth
special out here. After looking over th
ground carefully and dispsssionateiy, b
arrived at the same conclusion as Mr.. Ken
nedy had. Governor Fosters declaration
was made subsequently,. ...
Yesterday Mr.. Kennedy said: at Is shigl
time thst the politicians understood th,
feeling OF the Republicans Of Northern
Ohio. They admit that Arthur's admins
tration has been clean and q good one
Further than that they will not 70. WI
look upon him as an accidental President
The memory Of Garfield Is tho most pro
lound public sentiment to-day in the
Western Reserve. Arlhur's coquettiug
with Conkling, Garleld's most bitter enc.
my, has been condoned. Can Arthur's
friends ask more2 To ask US to cleo,
Arthur President is too much. personally
know that the men behind Payne's Presi.
dental ambition are anxious that Arthur
shall be nominated. They will then 70
before the Democratic Convention and
with confidence claim that with Payne
they can carry Ohio. So they could,
Arthur is the weakest nomination the Re.
publcans could make. l feel confident
that three out of every twenty Republicans
would either not vote at all or else would
vote for the Democrat II Arthur were nom
in8ted. In my present State OF mind l
myself would not vote for Arthur"
. .f ALL FOR BLAINE. g-
S'The above is not an isolated expression,
picked out purposely to adorn the tale Of
Arthur's unpopularity in Ohio.
2 Not very long ago that staunch but con.
servative Republican paper, the Cleveland
Herald, 'editorially said: "1he Garfield
Republicans Of the Western Reserve are
against him Arthur to a man, and would
rather vote for fair.minded Democrat than
for Chester A. Arthur. II no such Demo.
crat was nominated, they would blast his
chances by staying at home"
1here ls passionate pathos in the loving
loyalty OF tho Western Reserve Republi.
caus 10 this memory OF Garfield, There ia
nothing like 1t in American politics. az.
cept the devotion Of the ex.sIuves for the
name OF Lincoln. The people OF the West.
ern Reserve can never be Democrats, but
their Republicanism is exceedingly seuei.
tive. They will admit to you that their
ground Of opposition to Arthur ia bnt a
sentiment. But sentiments make and de.
stroy empires. IaII~-
Accepting the above statement OF politi.
cal feeling to be correct-aud I am eure il
is-the wonderful enthusiasm for Blaine ali
over Northern Ohio, and particularly in
the Western Reserve, is easily explainable.
1t is not newly.wrought-up enthusissm
It is net the flashing Of forked lightning,
playing iantsstically in the political sky.
1t isnot ssries Of explosions, the result Of
carefully laid mines OF powder, connected
by fuses controlled by the chief engineer
OF the B!aine-booming brigade. But it ia
as natural as the love Of a son for his dead
fathers true and tried friend, -,
In the Western Reserve Blaine ia looked
upon as the legitimate political heir Of Gar
field. -"
On Saturday the reporter had talk
Will 4 delegate 10 the Nineteenth
District Convention, held at Warren.
last Thuraday. The Nineteenth IL
Garfeld's old district. Il il the ~
'holiest oil ho!ies" OF tho Republican tenn
pic, it return a larger Republican majority
than any other district in the United
States. Living as ho does in Cleveland,
this gentleman was somewhat prepared to
see strong Blaine sentiment a. Warren.
But he Gays the intensity Of the feeling
him. To but incidentally refer
to the name OF Blaine was to arouse en-
thusiasm, and to name him outright set
the convention wild.
a MOIST EYE.
A moist eye for Garfield and cheer for
Blaine always 80 together. Blaine's per.
sonal magnetism" 80 much aneered at,
sends an electric thrill coursing through
the veins OF Western Reserve Republicans.
Many good Republicans arc panied at
the anti.Arthur mutterings they have
heard sullenly coming from, the Weutern
Reserve during the last few months, and
they fancy that their authors are misan.
tnropic, morbid, grudge.cherishinp old
grangers, who never get beyond their or.
chards and dairies.
This is grave mistake. Cleveland is
proIOuncedly anti-Arthur, I have onlv
heard OF one prominent Republican not a
Federal office holder who wants Mr.. Ar.
thur TO be nominated. That exception is
Mr.. Everett, the well known banker, AT
the district convention uhe Twenty.tirstl
on Saturday, there was not one known
Arthur delegate. For candidate to an.
nounce at the primaries that he was an
Arthur adhcrant meant sure defeat. .Poat-
master Jones and the other Federal Office
holders made desperate attempt to pull
through some Arthur men, but they failed,
Postmaster Jones Gays he is satistied with
one Of the datrct delegates 10 the Chicspo
Convention, Mr.. Hord. There is probably
good reason ior believing that that MI,
Hord would prefer to see Arthur or I'd.
murds President rather than Blaine: but
he has bowed 10 the almost universal be-
lief here that Arthur is an impossibility,
and he has une4nlvucally pledged himself
to support Blaine as long as there is any
chance OF his nomiLation.
A REPUBLICAN NOTWITHSTANDING.
The ELECTION Of Mr.. Hord 90 delegate to !
Chicago hiss stirred up much enthusiasm
Al -