The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-10
THE LIVE QUESTION
BIFoRE THE PEOPLE or THE LAND,
How hs Blaine hsn arc GsitlAs In Their Hori
Ahead Of Sherman In Ohlo-Arlha.'a Pops.
L % larity Among Southern Republican,.
.,al Polntsrs from Different Sections.

but not the one you name. z tSMl
John Sherman Ia our man. This boon
recently started up on the heels Of the one
the Democrats started for Henry B. Payne
It is feared that Payne might carry Ohio
over any other but John Sherman, who ID
now TO Ohio what Garfield was four yeara
ago. the immediate rock and pillar Of He.
publicanism. When Garfield iell John
Sherman assumed place In the affections
Of our people, Heis even popular with the
Germans so badly disaiIsc,ed last year, for
he has always besn too large and liberatto
engage In any Of our local squnbblesPo
temperance, &c. But, Of course, John
Sherman cannot be nominated because he
is from Ohio. That 10 enough to kill any
man In the eyes Of many. Is, - ~
~ "A BLAINE nooM.5 ST:s
Blaine stands next. The Blaine men
were never 30 active before. Sherman Is
doing nothing, and his friends are standing
out Of the dght. So the Blaine men are
getting in their work fixing up delegations
favorable to him to the State Convention.
These delegates will elect the delegates to
Chicago, and II a majority Of them are for
Blaine, why, OF course, the State Conven-
ton at Cleveland will declare for Blaine
and send solid delegation for him.
A Blaine man yesterday told me that he
bad been in eleven districts and talked the
matter over with Republicans. lie said II
was we'll underptood that John Sherman
was asking nothing and 60 the Blaine men
had clear field and no opposition. He
felt sure that the State convention would
declare in favor Of Blaine. asked him
how Fosters friends regarded the matter.
"O," he replied, THAT is easily answered.
All we have to do ia to endorse Fcs.er for
Vice President and go it, the Chicago
convention demanding his nomination,
and he will easily get there. To carry
Ohio in October wa must have Charley
Foster on for Vice President"
ALL blaine EVERYWHERE, ah5,,
But don't you think il you fight the
Sherman men they will fight back 2" I in
quired. Slight" said he, 'lhere is no
fight about tit is Blaine, Blaine, all
Blaine everywhere, and no Sherman about
It. We are not antagon!zing Sherman, for
he is regarded out Of the race. At least
bis friends aay he is not candidate, and
they are doing nothing. Four years $50
they fought US in every district for sher-
man delegation TO Chicago and nearly
shipped us out. But we got enough Blaine
delegates to defeat Sherman even il we did
not get Blaine nominated" At this nv
friend laughed with evident delight In.
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vance over their certainty Of taking a solid
Blaine delegation with them to Chicago.
1t is tue that while they do not speak
disparaglngly OF our great Senator, nor in
any manner give oHense to his friends, vet
it must be confessed that many OF his most
ardent admirers are not a little ru fiji ID gt
the impetuosity with which the Blaine
men bave ewooped down in the old Buck.
eye Commonwealth. lE +
DEMOCRATS TREMBLING IN THEIR B.ors.
The Democrats are trembling in their
boots lest John Sherman be the nominee,
for The moment he is nominated Payue
will bid a long farewell to all his prospec
tive greatness, and Ohio is sale and sealed
for the Republicans next fall. This ali adj.
NIT, even the Blaine men themselves, Yet
they say as Sherman Ia not seeking The
nomination, and has left the field uuoccn.
pied, they see no reason why thew NAV
not move in and take it befors the Arthur
or Logan men get their work in. This has
a measure Of reason and fairness in Il. too
and many OF Sherman's most devoted s,Ip.
porters actually find fault with him for
abandoning the State to Blaine. They saw
he ought to have boldly announced him.
self candidate, and established Bureau
and travelling and advertising agencies in
Ohio like Blaine, and they claim that bv
adopting that course that he could easily
take solid delegation to Chicago. s..:.
One Of the Payne men came down here
from. Cleveland yesterday and l had a
pleasant chat with1him at his hotel, IIHo
inquired ofme very eagerly all about Sher-
man, and seemed not little pleased when
l told him that my honest opinion was that
Oaio would ,show:up strong for Blaine in
Chicago { asked HIM what; effect that
would have. on Payne's candidacy ?8;siiIE7
THE EFFECT ON rAysEs CANDIDACY.
"EGect n he said why it will settle it.
II you are right, Payne will get there. It
all depends on John Sherman. II he il
the nominee Mr.. Payne has declared that
he would not accept it under any circum.
stances, ior he, like all the rest OF us. knows
Sherman's strength In Ohio Tilden ia the
only man that can beat Sherman in Ohio.
and he may be dead long before the elec.
tion-is two thirds dead now" 3,.lls5 s.I,o,
Thus It goes wherever INQUIRE. I In
New York John Sherman ia said tn he
much stronger still, and his SUCCESS with
the fHances has made him the fayo,ito
candidate OF business men ALI, over the
country. That he would carry. Ohio in
October-that is, that his name on the ticket
would assure Democratic defeat there-no
one. who hears these Republicans talk could
Tor moment doubt. Yet d" John Sher.
man is not candidate and cannot b. pei.
suaded to move his little fuger to secure a
delegation in, Ohio, his goose is cooked. 9 :,
PEAssYLvAN1A po1N re- RI, ,t:s
Primary EIcctionx-A steady Drift Tor
r James q. Blaine. Is. ~.
Special telegrams to the Pittsburgh Dis
patch show the following primary results
and driit OF political opinion in several
important counties: YER +f2 "A q. 4,
Brownsville, Fayette county-.The pri.
maries Saturday resulted in perfect boom
for Blaine. They demonstrate that he is
the choice Of this section first, last and all
the time. si8 ~ ,5. - ~ !.
Beaver, Beaver county.-The Republican
county COMMITTEE met on Saturday and
decided to hold special primaries on tho
e9sh 10 elect delegates to the State Conyen.
ton. a COMMITTEES o. conierees were ap-