The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-19
THE BUCKEYE STATE.
THE COMING STATE CONVENTION.
Tho scheme Fixed up to Divide the spolis.
Provided Hoaaiy is Elected > The
ptohibitlan Party Fraud why
celdefwood Won't sqasal.

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CoIuMnus, August 1s.-A very few Of
the Democrats have arrived in the city as
the advance guard Of that convention an
ncunced for Wednesday aud Thursday.
The time is too. near at hand to suit the
tricksters, who are still tinkeripg away in
vain endeayors to patch up a slate for In
dorsement by the assembled delegates.
Governor HoadlY has, apparently, sue
ceeded in carrying out his scheme to se-
euro o denomination. Els inst maneuyer
was 70 havo himself interviewed In the
East, when he stated that he would de.
cline denomination. Hcstill talks about
not wanting to run for Governor again, but
this Is only 10 divert the attention OF the
opppsition, while the Governor Hpits on
| his liands for o stronger hold on the
Democratic. rope, which Is being placed
around the neok of the party ty Mclean,
Hoadly, Conversej 4 Co. They have q
deep laid scheme TO retire Lieutenant
Governor Warwick, and bag the offices
for the benefit OF their firm. This, oi
course, is conditioned on the success OF
the party in October.
Recent appointments In this State show
that Hoadly and Converse have string
tothe Presidential office making machine 4
and succeed In saiely pulling their favor
testhrough. They propose tho nomina.
ton OF Hoadly for Governor and Converse
for Lteutenant Governor, while Mclean
| Is to be the candidate for United States
Senator. Mclean Is to adopt the tactics
iRaugurated by Hoadly, who mas peen DE-
clining O denomination while ms 4ientsn-
ants have been constantly at work IN his
interest. Mclean will persist IN saying
he Is not an aspiration Senatorial honors,
while his paid hirellpgs are indussriously
candidates for the General As.
semtiy. In tie event oi Democratic sue.
cess he would hsye enough members
Epledged in advance to get The caucus
nomination for Senator. This part OF the
programme is 10 he carried out by the tn-
stinted uso Of money,as was done in the
selection ola Senator in the lete coal OIL
Legislature.
THR DEAL PIxEp ur.
Hoadiy,ii elected, willresign, and Con-
yerso is 10 become Governor. These are
the considerations upon which Mclean,
Hoadly, Converse & Co., have pooled
their issues, bat it not to besupposed
that ohio's Governor is 70 90 unrewsrded.
| He was TOO busy 10 take official ccgnizence
of the death OF GenesAl Grant until more
| than.a a weeks time lad elapsed, bat his
engagements WessR0t such Gs 10 prevent
| Min iron looking atter place for himself
Hoadly Is to have for his share IN tlls
deal the FIRST vacancy on the United STATES
Sup.cme bench, II being exptcsed THAI
Justice Bradley will retire IN the near
future. a,
THAT this Is tho plan agreed upon W
| Tho tficksters does not admit Of denbt,
| but there are obstacles which may pre-
yent its opnsummation, chief among Which
lis the refusal of Warwick friends 70 con
sent To such an arrangement. They say
That HoadIy's denlinatial is 9 slibtartnge,
lby which he syeiss to have the IpmiHa.
! zion rendered him on a 'silverI platter"
Tie present Lieutenant Governor does
not piopoge to step down and out at the
dictat;on OF tho newly organized firm OF
would he leaders without a vigorous fight
The unaerhanded mapipripiors who do
| the dirty work for their bosses are cudg dgel-
inc Their brains over the refusal OF War
WICK to do their bidding, but SO far hsye
failed 10 adjust the matter satistact orlly
10 Themselves. However, ono ot the del
spates to tho State Convention from this
comfy assured the correspondent iAiis
afternoon that II would all he fixed before
| Thursday morning, and that warwick
wonld have to 20. j,
THE iact that Mr.! Warwick ran several
Ethousand votes behind his ticket in 1883
lis being used against him with some effect.
This win be worked for all there Is ~ u,
and there are az the present tlme sttong
probabilities that the machine inanagefs
may accomplish tho defeat Of WafSlck,
and succeed In placing Converse on the
ticket for second place.
a pogatE G&NR,
Hoadly is playing . double game, and
his friends hope tosecure for him a unanis
nous Endorsement, bu. in this they will
be disappointed, The mossbaoks have
been aif,prised Of the designs Of the new
Ikid combination, and say they will be
able to stile any attempt to tender a
unanimous nomination, and some express
fhe opinion that he will not be able TO se-
cnre an ndossemapt from the convention
\ al slis THE lid combination are endeay-
arinr Ia eonyeythe idea that Hoadly has
M opnositio hut there is no Disgusting
i tbe iact That trouble is anticipated in totc-
4 ing this down the throals OF the delegates.
Az an evidence that the party managers
4 ara in MT water over the mix in which
they fad themselves u may ne stsseu
II that another attempt Gas made to-day 70
4 get JndRe Thurman to accept the pomlnaa-
4 ton under certain contingencies an
4 article in the EngtiiEfr stated that ne haa
Y telegraphedi o friend IN Cincinnati nus
willingness TO make the race II tae poml-
tinstion Eate tendered him: me Judge
was asked TO confirm. this, but his reply
shows conclusiyely thst no does not IN.
tend 10 he drawn into the egnt Gtu MAKE
a iruitlcss effort 10 save The men who have
an ners;stantly fought hin in the pest. de
1 lssid. SIi] Ave not saidfor Snttan 70 any
inerson % that i would accept guberpatoriss
non,ination: nor would j accept IT. do
not rndaryaius the Office. To be Cover.
NOR al Ohio is q dishnCtion that would
!. honor any man, but 4 want no Office what;
ever 'e.
] Congressman witkIns on the sttaattou.
CnicAeo, August Congressman
Beriah wilkins, OF the Sixteenth Ohio
District was at the Pacific yesterday. He
islon his way home from Q six weeks
vacation In the Northwest. II am eoiag
Iback =! said he toa Tribune reporter last
4 night ato,takea q hand In our State Com
lyenton.H
1Who will be nominated r. n
aHoadly, without doubt" z
s.Will he be elected?n
tsItis to early too speculate. Indeed, J
|, lhaye been away 90 long that 4 don't know
!. lust what the atuah ion is in Ohio. for
!. 1.-Two weeks while i was in the Ycllowstone
4 ParkI did not see Q newspaper. Ihe