The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-05
NOTES ON THE COavEsTIox
Gathered From tho Reports OF the vari
ous Newspaper, -UElSIel.g

Vahuefou kEoW INC hepOFW OF t0e tnfl
It ous hewspapern. 5tSL'lgi
Gen. Hawlsy's name will be presented
to the Convention by Mr.. Brandegee.
Tom Ochiltree, Of Texas, is on hand To-
Arthur. He does not Say quite the Fam,
thing as Flanagan, but his ground Is, "Le
we'll enough alone. May not be very deeI
philosophy, but 1t Is good enough for mi
under the circumatarces."
There were "omens" connected with III,
trip OK the Maine delegation. One Of th,
sleeping cars was entitled Little Rock,
and the engine that drew their train from
Buffalo bore tho fatal number 800, The,
have the rooms that Garfield and biI
friends had in 1880. But the worst thin,
Is the "cut" which the Blaine mansgerl
are said to haVe administered, in sayin,
that all they want OF Maine Ia her twelvI
votes. gi-=i Isl, z.7 isioi 4 81
One Of the reporters says he found on G
W. Curtis table card bearing the figures
"S40, 200, lO0,l Is, u. 53," and that h,
wrote aKaips:, thtss figures the uamfs O
Blaine, Arthur, Edmundp, Harriaor,,"S "a!
tering" and Logan, respectively, and reat
the entries to Mr.. Curtis. 5"Well, nov, !
siid that gentleman, with a disnitied littl
laugh" show didy you discover that? shoul,
not wonder il that would bs the result 0
the fl:at days bAllotiug." lss tlsi /
It seems that tho colored brother VIII
personated Delegate Pleasa ants, Of Virginia
sough, to work the managers OF the dill
leient forces with bogus telegram to III
effect that his only COW and highly ce
teemsd mule had been seized by the she,
III, and that Sl70 wss necessary to regail
them. His game was suspected in som
places, but, alas mot everywhere; and tn
''mule and GOVT story Is the standing jok
Of the OCCASION. iits,f,gs
There are some "men in motley, anon
the outside forces, and among the "Uniol
Republican Club. al Philadelphia, VIII
arrived with white beavers and long era
coats, a military band and msrehA
They are on band "for !un." A Philadel
phia magistrate In the company Is said t
have remarked as they started, '..l'm jue
going along to keep 'em straight, and In
going TO have hearing every morning a
10 o'clock and Its $40 or 10 days Tor ever
man that gets tull." Y ~ pttfffs,
Clayton being asked how no accounte,
for his delsat, said: II represented Blaine
and they oil combined against me. ] VIZ
the lrst to be slaughtered, and my yote O
SS7 means Blaine's actual strength" ~"
"Will Blaine be nominated?a' wasa Fixed
Certainly he will. Twen.y.seven NOR
votes will give him the nomination. Howl
Kansas, Ohio and louisiana gave. vote
sgainst me which will 20 for Blaine. Sill
Whatever may be the result, Arthur vii
not be nominated" ;s!3 is.i7si x
Frederick D,uglas, said: "Ol couree "
come up hero to Chicago to do some pollt
Ical work. l ike all tho Presidential can
didateH thus far mentioned, but like Ia
gan best. He has only chance, ! Gdmi,
There arc plenty 'oi cats, but only on
mouse, you see. Il On the iirat ballot Blain
will get not below, 800 votes, and may ID
more; bis strength may surpriso us al
Arthur will get not far short OF $50 on th
| lifst ballot. Then there will bo prcbahl,
two or three ballots more before any esaen
tial change occurs. Then there will be
break, ! think, and the choice may thB
; 80 to Blaine, or 1t may 60 to Logan, but
think it will 60 10 Arthur. Tho ..colore
delegates, as soon as they feel that Arlhu
. has no chance oi nomination, arc apt
} break up. At heart the colored people /
the South favor Logan, though from gra!i
J tude they are Tor. Arthur. Ny marriaQ
has not taken away particle OF my irn
ence with the colored men, and certainl
shall take the stump; In the summer an
fall " "a ~ 4'4. 4 HlHl Nrrlr -