The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-05
vote Of Massachusetts in the National Re-
publican Convention, and that Il cannot DO
helped either" 9'ih .TEmIfvl t4i'EI.y,l
no SHOW FOR ARTHUR, q ]. .l4T.I

| FsrHs s- - - IHi
Since that time lave not ATTEMPTED L
interview any one. (; l 70 about the city
listening to. tho talk Of ths town ready (
note down anything that serves to show
tho dtilt Of public preference presidential.
ly.. 1t is an amusing and often b o. very
tedious recreation, | assure you. The
Federal oliice.holders generally favor Mr..
Arthur, ol course, for under the pressn,
regime they know where their bread and
butter comes from. But even they iraukly
confess that hero III Massachusetts Arthur
has no show outside Of themaelyes, and
they are an os,rac;zad class here, but little
moro respected than ed many walters or
stevedores., 4 Down on the docks, about the
shiEs, l heard tho rough fellows there talk.
ing more OF Butler than OF anyone else. In
the street car I'oitenl overhear soms ele-
giant old fellow and a specialized lady pause
loug enough in their, learned discussions
about the relative meri,sot piny and Plato
to ask in q nervy way "'Whom doos Mau.
rShashooaits iavah ,isw th' ,next tum faw the
Pwezidences?" Judge Elmunds or Sec.
Wetawyss Sheman"a II elided for Harvard
euphony) Is the Uniform reply. Then tho
conversation continued ss follows: "Yaas
Either OF them comes OF good blood"
GOOD Now Fngland STOCK" njoins the
lent family" ,,.l&2 =. ~ nis, s1t7.li 's9Pl
q "Mis,ah Dslaine,n y "AIadam," says the
old gentleman, as he rests bis gloved hands
on q Gold.hesded cane, and elevates his
chm BIZ inches higher than the level OF his
COLLAR, "Alistah Bslaine. Madam repeat.
ihgi. with dignity aud fcr rhetorical ilact,
"eanGot boast Of the blood that the She.
mausand Edmunds possps5."', 81 .e.lI
S5With u quick. shake Of her three gray
car!s,' and a nervous aour:shol her fan ex-
preasive of .her contempt mo, sah,n5 re-.
joins the old lady, "Mistah Belaine's an;
eeetrial line may be traced up to- Here
ake broke out Into q loud laugh, which she
strives 70 Contfol," but Gannoi, and tho old
esntleman's yisibilitits 5 arc SO excited that
he shakes his glasses off his nose, and he
and the oll lady hath stopping sq6ickIy at
tho same time to pick them up, strike their
heads together 40 hard thasnfor a,moment
the world wSa threatened with q greater
destruction OF knowledge than followed the
ot the Alexandria Library.
TIE remainder Of the ride is consumed in
mutual explanations and apologies for the
ludicrous accident, and your scribe uuior-
tunately lost a great chapter Of political
Information. 7s1.j "a, ,t4.eIs,f.ilbt' Sl n.
BLUE BLOOD AGAINST DLAINE.
.tSoberly, / lad all the blue blood-and
there is lots Of it here-hot against Blaine,
and as warm as its aristocratic temperature
will allow for Edsnnnda.t z q! q ssiF'A5t'a
stih, rslicent, grand, gloony and pecg.
liar es they, are, ! have learned this much
here, that this society il divided into two
greet classes, mutually deapisiDg each 9th.
er--the Blue D!ools and Red Bloods, the
former by divine right running the ma
chine politically, and the latter too timid
TO asserttheirright Of independent thought
and expression, and following the orders OF
the privileged c!sss with dumb unaues.
tlon!nS Obedience. | am going to leave
this town tonight dwelling inn'lhe past II
is eac5ed city. ITS people are all Tos.
shippers ci greatness, but it is gleatnees in
the grave. |. has such lofty notions oi
itse!f, and is 80 proud OF it's prominence in
literature and art that it will not conde.
scend to come down 10 the work.a.day
aliaira OF our buoy and practical time
Once it was the mother OF Presidents, blu
now it is r. doing grandmother and its
illustrious Presidents care!in the dust, and
it is engaged in constant worship at their
shrines. Not even in ancient Athens was
there more general worship Of idols III IN
aefs. Lying as tAey DO ~ 4 ,deY,,Ynyn Il
they Would but glance e..up from theif books
they might see still in tho aeshf stateems ID
aa worthy every way IS werec the two
Adamscs, Webster and Sumner, men who
have done vastly more iof tho American
Union thaH It way In ulpif power to do;
still they disparaye living greatness and
mumble IN many strange anuent tongues
the praises Of heroes inithe grave. , II
DwELLEGs AMONG THE ToMsg. Il
They dwell among the tombs OF the past.
They regard all the great men OF to-day as
smpty and absurd, unleas perchance 1T
May he one who CAN boast OF ancestors
who came over in the May Flower. n 3
,Dsdaining to taks any part lin politics.
claiming the reverent and tleteren,ial at.
tention and obedience of the other States,
rs Of divine right. Massachusetts has thus
fallen into political dotage and decay, and
her voice once 50 potent in natioual coun.
ellis now is heeded but little more than that
ot New Jersey or Cincinnati. bi,i 1'!iiE} ;,
And when she goes, like one in dream,
into tue convention next juue, dem and
ing that the milliona Of this continent shall
ra'ify her choice OF blue blood in candi-
date, and finds that the worship Of the
past has no influence there, but that the
men oi tho present are in demand, and
moro but the bes. oil them can tipd place
iatheir thought she may cast her vote for
Edmunds il she will, but it will feet the
result as little at last aa il she had cast It for
Cotton Mather or Miles Standish T. ,iliS|
EDADADs AND BLAINE. VI
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Why Mic',lsnn Republicans are fearfnl
OF lllG Latter.
DErRoIr, MlolI., April lin three OF the
Congressional dis!ricla in this Suite tho Re-
publican Committee, have called district
conventional to. elect delegates to the Ma,
tional. Convention at Chicago! IN there.
M pipy aivht fioi into thn al ~ horntoforo