The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-14
SOME FRESH FACTS
REGARDING THE|Nkw CANDIDATES.
Kelll'a Pelslitsnt Struggle Against Cleveland and
Ills Ressoas Thsrsiors-Tho Trsathsry Of il,nd. Z
rieks Toward n,aAld Likely to Lose
la1laaA-iisaxy G.s ysry Narrow Esesps
Special COrrtspoKlenee Of The Eniellionetr.

. Ha| |e@sAkJ uts FsfJ HstS0W h9esPo
:, Special Crrtponlenee otthe Tnieiiioeneer.
Democratic enthusiasm Ia neither 8
profound nor 80 wide spread at the nomi
nation Of Cleveland and Hendricks as tn
|. honeyed assurances Of Daniel Manninl
had led oil branches Of the Democracy I.
think 1t would be-. The fact Of the matte
is the nomination Of Cleveland WAS made
on promise to pay. ut will be "a more
pronounced repetition Of the history ol
1876" urged the calculating Manning
"That.year We; nominated Tilden as re.
former, and pointed to his extinction oi
Tweed and Tammany influences in support
81 our claims. Kelly, the successor oil
Tweed,. inyeiRhed againat Tilden and op.
\ posed bis election. Ths.-ssiorm fever;
however, had injected the e'country and
! Tilden was elected in the opinions Of most
Of us. This year We urge the ssme plea
and present a still stronger man, a man
with more satisfactory record ior your
consideration"
On the other hand John Kelly came into
the city OF Chicago late, accompanied, II Ia
true, by a large following, but with great
modesty retired to his parlora in the Pal.
ner House, where he was visited by thou.
sands. 10 all he had the pame story to
tell: "Tae nomination Of Grover Glove.
land is iAimical not only to Democratic
SUCCESS but l2nch more 80 to Democratic
integrity I'M New York. New York with
the exception Of the city Is Republican.
When we get all OF the vote out we haye a
majority Of forty. FIVE thousand, These
men are largely OF the laboring classes,
These Voters have been ,mor.al|y offended
by the discriminating acts Of Governor
Cleveland. He refused to cut down tha
hours OF labor Of car drivers and employees.
He refused TO make travel reasonahle IN
the elevated roads Of the city. He has
gone out OF HIS way to offend not only the
Catholic Church but also oher denomine.
tions. have talked with the thousands
affected by bis irjudicious yetoes. and I
cal say thst they will not support him. 4
I4ft}l DEEP ROOTED HATRED. 4, u ~
The antipathy to Cleveland is deep.
rooted. Much too much 50, in my opiu.
ion, to be easily eradicsted. II is not con.
fined to New York, but to the majority Of
all the Eastern and Middle States. There
are telegrama from all the great cities and
from towns in which large bodies of man
are employed. Read them. They ara
protests agalust Cleveland It ia nothing
10 me. Make your own selections.
Manning soon discovered that tho logic
OF facts was telling against him and. his
principal, and be resorted at once to other
tactics. He divided up bis lieutenant b and
sent them from delegation to delegation
with instructiona tonotily them that it had
now COME to a point for Democratic Ma.
tional Convention to assert itself. ~,
Tammany Hall is to be the National Da.
mocracy, let it say SO; il not, let us throw
|lt!overboard and resume our pristine iden.
tity. II We are beaten, let 1t be on this ia.
sue. Kelly bas defeated US before and can
only do 30 again." .,55.I -. -
THE SECOND scHEME.
Manning followed up this address by the
publication Of thousands Of dodgers bear.
ing the motto, "ou nvme and tell your
people that Kelly ownsyou." The scheme
worked beautifully and every stste had itg
contingent Of Cleveland claquers. It
failed, however, 10 do its perfect work
among the friends Of Bayard in the South
and in New, England, and OF Thurman in
the Weat. They deepised not Kelly and bis
methods the less, but they wanted one or
the other Of the Senators the more, and It
was not till the very last moment that the
very impetus Of the Cleveland boom car.
ried them with it.
.s' q! THE SECOND DILEMMA. 16
To hnd proper person who would con.
sent to trot with Cleveland on, the of side
was the next problem that presented itself.
There was no dearth Of animals, but which
to choose was the puzzle. Carter Harrison
was willing to try 1t, but his reputation as
a blathezskite and demagogue and his nm.
fortunate second Of Cleveland handicap.
ped him, and be was not given second |
thought Mcdonald, sold out and BETRAYED
by 1acariot Hendricks, refused to think Of
IT.; Henri Watterson was out of the cues.
tion, the South had no contingent; Rose. !
Grams Tor physical reasons was not avail |
able; 1t would not do to 60 into Ohio and
to ~ further east than that would ha |
ridiculous, and arc t]ection on the resources |
Of the West. A geam Of hope presented |
itself in the appearance of e1 Senator
Henry G. Davis, OF West Virginia, He
had been 8 Union man during the war.
had been good mediocre United States
Senator, had good "bar'l" and was gan-
orally available. >, New York was
well s pleased with him. Wallace
Of Pennsylvania endorsed him, Ohio and |
Indiana Expressed themselves IS satisfied.
At the last moment, however, Indaua con.
cluded that. something must be done Tor
her. and meeting Of the four States named
above was called on Friday afternoon in
the Palmer House. u!!end,icka was fxed
upon o. the man. Hendricks refused 10
think Of it. He was told that pa the "actI
| of God" had incapacitated the original
double team from trotting sgsip, and the
act OF the people had subsequently con-
travened tho promotion Of the "otf hoes"
OF the original team that animal must of
necessity how to the will Of God ard elso
to the zoe popun and trot second spsip,r He
refused but said tioally that he would do !
90 1t unanimously elected. This election J
Wallace OF Pennsylvania consented to |
bring about, and he did it as has been did. |
orihed: The claqua was again fixed up |
and this time Hendricks WAS not LETT. I
rlcKurs ON TIE WAY HONE.
Tie West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio
and other delegatlons left af II o'clock Fri
day night fcr home, the 1sTRLLtaEsoxR
correspondent accompanying them. There
was nothing to- encourage sthe hopeful
Democratic en- route. When davliuht hro,,o
1t showed up the magnificent plains Of |
northern Ohio. smiling and groaning under
the weight OF one Of the grandest wheat
haryests tbst eyer bowed to a sickle. !, The
corn looked more promising than eyer bp.
fore, the Rras, lay in heavy swsths on a
thousand fields, and the plenty that pre.
vailed at all points augured badly for Demo.
cratic success In the third State in the Union |
wv hat a fylnrfo~o I