Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-18

r oIninoIs 10 name TWO prominent Amer
s who did not favor that policy.
tfericans, said Mr.. Carnegie, were not
posed to deal with Lord Salisbury, who !
been bitter enemy of the Republic
I'm 1t was combating slavery. He de-
red that the fisheries treaty would
!, Ter be ratified.
isHREShAM'S BOOM A FIZZLE.
n ere Is Anything Bot Harmony in the
N Indiana Delegation.
elCHICAGo, jane 17.-A special sent to an |
stern Independent Republican paper
rs of the Gresham boom:
4 The talk of the day is that the Gresham
7 ON is at an end Yet Gresham will
fobably have from 75 to 100 votes on the
kst ballot and will stand next to Sher-
Dan, unless Blaine should loom up into
ore strength than is anticipated. The
Harrison talk has been much more vigor-
Jus than heretofore, but this may be also
aid of Alger, a portion Of whose barrels
GEMS to have shed its beneficent Influence
Upon a number of Southern delegates Of
,Olor.
!, Allison stock is not quoted as high as
yesterday, as it crops ont that the hand
,.ome Senator will find it very difficult to
hold his delegation intact for him for even
sne ballot Iowa, like many other States,
q so strongly for Blaine that the delegates,
izuowing the sentiments OF their constitu-
.ants, are growing restive, and it will not
De surprising if some Of them take the bit
lin their teeth and run away with the Alli-
ton applicant. Bot it is fact that any
pue uuprsj JUDGED really recognizes, that
what is true of Iowa, is true Of many Other
delegations. Michigan, for instance, l.
said to be solid for Jere Rusk, but two oi
THAT delegation declared to me to-day thai
lif they feel next week as they do now
Rusk could
GO TO THE OLD NICK
and they would 90 to Blaine The mos
influential member of the delegation sait
that he and every other member was TO
Blaine, aud that if any considerable mum
ber of votes were cast for Blaine on th'
first ballot, it would be almost impossih
to restrain the delegation from jumping Il
him in body.
A great majority of everybody seems t
have no d OF the wires of Blaine battery
and find such current of magnetism
going through them that they can't let g
The arrival of the California delegatio
to-day, its reception by the Young Men
Blaine Club. its march through the streets
with its "Wah-Hoo- -Wah-Dirigo, Dirig'
Wah Hoo Wah, B-L-A-l-N-E,
shouted out at every square, in response
cheers for Blaine, actually added nothin
To the Blaine sentiment, did nothing
fire the Blaine enthuslasm--in fact, man
of the friends of Blaine rebelled again
this display and noise. 1t looked like
effort TO create artificial enthusiasm for
weak candidate. 1t is the feeling that u
nomination, if it comes at all, should
the outburst of a pent.up conventio
held in bonds by the exigencies OF inscti
politics to vote for candidates who are
it's choice, but at last let loose by an
ability to agree on any of these candidate
THEY WILL SCATTER.
In accord with this feeling, tn
there should be no previous appearance
an attempt to work up Blaine sentimel
: the Maine delegation has concluded to
frain from any mention OF their idol. l
members will cast their votes hither q
wonder among the candidates, and II tn
> can restrain themselves will IN no
? countenance the enthusiasm which W
1 undoubtedly be aroused at the mention
. Blaine's name. Yet, Notwithstanding q
reserve, the delegates stood upon the p
tico in front of their headquarters at
z Grand Pacific and cheered themsel
q hoarse as the California delegation marct
if past, with its blood-curdling whoops.
Yet in the presence OF this evident
g tremendous sentiment for Blaine, ma
10 keen politicians who are not at all anita
+ nistic to the Plumed knight, assert col
a IDENTIFY that he will not be nominal
n the convention will respect what is
J. IDENTIFY his sincere wish, and take anot
g candidate, but, abandoning Blaine, u
is also abandon New York, and indulge
IS the feat of constructing Repubh
" victory without the assistance OF
in Empire State. Colonel Thomas NJ. Bay
" is one of these. He thinks to take d
" rison, of Indiana, and Phelps, OF \
ID Jersey, these doubtful States would
d won, and that New York might
sibly be won also, but in this calcula'
IT. all cognizance Of the Paclhc coast
be omitted. The palpable fact that Bis
en- is the only candidate who can counte
70, THE POPULARITY OF THURMAN
IL on the Pacific slope is ignored, yet
&C those most sanguine calculators upon
en- cess without Blaine admit, IN the 8
Oh breath with which they make their pecr
10 addition, that Blaine is by far the
" popular man in the party, and they
N s.-mped with the question: "rhen
"a not noniisata hiuY"
The poor argument that Btaipe's WI
" w ought to be respected do not hold wa
u ns They say that they don't care what BIZ
~ ~ wants, If the party wants Blaine, nei
NO ~ he nor any one else has the right to n
>, the least negative.
OF course all discussion Of the Bl
~ matter is looking beyond the first intel
os oo ing manipulation of the convention; be
w Blaine must come the slaughter of
o." other candidates, and that goes on mel
!, at the various headquarters. NotW
~ standing the almost absolute certa
ne that not one of the candidates now 1
on toned will be nominated for first pI
X the fight between them is as bite
though the choice were sure to he conf
10 to their circle. The Tribune this NOR
60 startled everybody by an elaborate ar
An which asserted that at q meeting last e
ou ing of the Gresham and Harrison leaC
rs as the latter had decided to recognise
,as THE SUPERIOR POPULARITY
IL of Gresham and vote for him on the
of ond or at least on the third ballot. "
mt inquired of George o. Davis, the CT
a am manager, in regard to the truth Of
.te story, he said with q sneer that he bell
,e, the Harrison men were coming to
Ct senses, thus leaving the impression
Is. there was truth in the Tribune staten
tie but when, q few minutes after, met
to G. New, the boss Of the Harrison bC
he and made similar inquiry, New repl
in "Please saw for me to all correspondent
al papers, that every line Of that Is q -
q, and that the man who wrote and pub
,e- ed il knew it was q lie. The Associ
in Press, as well as the Tribune appea
r n