The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-25
IT WON'T WORK, GROVER.
A Deep Laid Scheme to Catch
Foreign Votes all Fixed.
A VERY DRAMATIC EPISODE,
Which was to Take Place but May
be Declared or Because 1t is
Given Away-Mr. Brice's La
test "shrewd" Move.

Special Dtsputeh to the intciiigneT.
New YoRE, Oct. 24.-The latest tricE
to which the Democratic National Com
mittee has had to resort materialized
to-day and it partakes OF the character
istics of supreme charlatanism and
dramatic bufEoonery. 1t is the result oi
long study on the part OF the political
stock jobbing Of Chairman Brice, and .oi
careful coaching and suggestions from
the White House, through the ever fer
tile private Secretary Dan Lamont. 1t
has been in rehearsal the past two weeks
and the principals are SO well versed in
their parts that the performance, it is
said, will go off with the precision OF
clock work and the appearance OF spon-
taniety. Chairman Brice lies awake
nights not only concerting schemes for
squeezing the poor office holders and
the enthusiastic and wealthy Demo-
cratic partisans, but in formulating
tricks to play upon his wide awake and
vigilant adversaries who are kept con-
stantly posted US to his innermost
thoughts almost and arc therefore, ever
ready to
DEMONSTRATE TIE DISHONESTY
OF the Democratic manouvres. 1t has
been SO throughout this campaign and
every dirty and dlsreputable scheme Of
Brice, Barnum, German and others has
been promptly and efTectually exposed.
In this latest attempt to turn voters 10
the Democratic party Chairman Brice's
nickle plated methods have been rein
forced by White House resources, and
the combination thus effected hoped to
secure joint which they could not
reach by any other means.
II is stated tonight from the very best
and most unimpeachable authority that
the President has lent himself to this
little trick and has consented to become
chief actor therein. He is to reach New
York on Friday, probably for the pur-
pose OF reviewing the business mems
parade on Saturday. On arriving here
the President is to be rendered formal
reception, at which there is to be speech
making, and on this occasion will be en-
acted the new comedy "Burchard Re-
yersed, or, Cleveland's Defence Of the
Foreign Voting Element" 1t will be in
one act and will be performed at once
ny SPECIAL REQUEST.
1t appears, says my informant, and he
is ofsuch high standing that his state
ment cannot be gainsaid, that President
Cleveland is to be addressed by well
known gentleman, who, in the course of
his remarks, will extol the Presidents
Free Trade policy in tlattering language,
and who will then suddenly begin a
fierce attack upon the foreign voters.
He will have uttered but few
choice sentences on this subject
when Mr.. Cleveland, well rehearsed in
his:part, will take his cue, and turning
upon the speaker and striking the most
dramatic attitude OF which he is capable,
in sharp tone and peremptorY manner,
well stimulated for the occasion, CON-
mand the disguised Burchard to desist,
saying: "Stop right there! will not
allow you to proceed in this strain, etc.
Then the President, taking up the theme,
will proceed to make the most Of his
situation and will continue in laudatory
terms OF the foreign element who WELD
the franchise.
THE PRESIDENTS HOPE
is to turn to his personal advantage an
episode of the previous campaign and to
appear to show that he will not permit