The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-06
THE FACTIONS
DEVELOPING IN THE DEMO-
CRATIC CAMP.
A Bitter Contest Waging Over
the Vice Presidency,
While the Question of Straddling
the Tariff Issue
Or UnquaIiiedly Endorsing a
Free Trade Administration
Is Proving u Snag That May
Wreck the Party'S Hopes.
WattersOn DenOunces the Strad-
die Plan in Plain Terms,
And the Truce Between Scott
and German is Declared Off.
Proceedings OF the Convention,
and Interesting Gossip
Concerning the fractional Fights
That Are Brewing.
Is Proving u Snag That May
Wreck the Party'S Hopes.
WattersOn DenOunces the Strad-
die Plan in Plain Terms,
And the Truce Between Scott
and German is Declared Off.
Proceedings OF the Convention,
and Interesting Gossip
Concerning the fractional Fights
That Are Brewing.



s,,tIql Di,prirl 10 the Mitligencer.
Sr. Louis, Mo-, June 5.-The special
correspondents are complaining that the
convention gathering is not maker OF
news. The sailing is too plain and easy
50 far as the main issue is concerned.
This will account for their running 80
largely to what the craft calls clog.
wash. The local press is padded almost
to bursting with varicgated nothings.
So il is that the newsman finds his oCCu-
nation almost gone. This accounts also
for the fact that instead OF claiming
themselves up in the rOtunda OF the big
hotels, for fear that some important
thing may escape them, they scatter over
the city to try the novelty OF the
cable cars, and, in the case of delegates
and altcrnatcs, accept the hospitality
of the citizens committee and do the
town in open carriages, rs those OF the
West Virginia delegation did this morn
ing,
HusrLING FOR TICKETS.
There is the usual discomfort over the
distribution Of tickets. st. Louis people
only get 1000 tickets for their contribu-
ton Of $4,000, and they say $40 a piece
is too high. Then there has been tan
gleoycr tickets and delegate tickets is
sued to persons not delegates. who were
given general admission tickets or none.
The West Virginia delegation had hard
Job Of getting straightened out and Mr..
Davis had to come to their relief with
some OF his best figure work and II slice
of his own fifty tickets. The West Vir-
ginia headquarters were overrun with
West Virginians about 100 West Vir-
ginia friends OF delegates, friends OF
friends, and so on, to the fourth genera
tion. They wanted tickets, and ladies
in the city having chance acquaintance
in the delegation wrote for tickets. A
former West Virginian resorted unsuc-
Ccssiuly to all sorts OF diplomacy to get
ticket. WOrsted in the contest he
gaspcd that "Ile wouldn't care SO much,
but he had ticket for himself and his
wife wouldn't feel good il she didn't get
one Many hungry souls went away
to try it on some other delegation III
hope OF reducing the surplus" West
Nirginians have done us well us they
could for friends from the State, but the
twelve delegates had but eighty-four
tickets for themselves and alternates.
BITTER CONTEST.
The fight for the Vice Presidential
nomination supplies Republicans with
abundant ammunition from within the
party" Gray's friends are busy getting
il into the heads OF delegates that Thur
mans head is almost quite gone; his
mental condition being such that II his
physical state were rs robust us it is
weak he would be assuredly out OF place
on the ticket. As for his own State,
they say the Mclean crowd would GER
tainly knife the whole ticket TO get at
Thurman. When they talk to Southern
men they remind them that the culogy
Of Jackson, Of Mississippi, on JEFF Davis
drew from Thurman the critical com.
lnCnt that Jackson was 70 d-d old
fool"
Thurman's friends are not at disad-
vantage in nthe controversy. They bring
up scores OF lndanans on the ground to
testify that Thurman would be stronger
than Gray in Indiana. They arc using
against Gray the bill OF an Indiana edi-
tor OF $50 for writing certain speeches
for Gray. They point to McDonald's
opposition to Gray and say that the
followers Of "0ld Saddle Bags" ought
not so TO be hnmiliNted. The fight
could not be more savage II it were be-
tween men of opposite parties.
VOICE PROM TEXAS.
A heated Gray orator was haranguing
the multitude in the rotunda Of the
Southern Hotel when Texas man, who
could stand Il no longer, Ereamed:
"T.ook a'herc, Mr.. Indiana, we're
n.gettin' tired OF this. Every time you
must have the second place on the ticket
or You threaten to kick up n row. After
We give you that we have to give you
100000 TO carry your - - State.
Down our way we're beginning to think
you're stronger for Doodle than for De-
mOcraCy."
1t was a Thurman crowd. The Texas
man had made himself Il hero, and he
was led oft be stimulated for u further
effort.
The Thurman demonstration in the
convention was n little disappointing. \
bandana handkerchief was raised on
Ohio's banner. For few Minutes the
bandanas were raised rapidly among the
delegation amid the cheers Of the crowd
Then there was lull, and it appeared
That only eighteen delegations had taken
Il straight. Tennessee straddled by rails
ing Gray hat and decorating it with I
red bandana and black handkerchief
The explanation seems to be thai
Ncw York did not raise her bAndani
and other delegations thought after tba
Thurman was not the administration
choice. New York had not unturlet
It's Colors because II was thought unde
slrable to make demonstration in tina
quarter that would make 1t seem n
though Cleveland were in fact dictatinI
TO The convention with regard to tn
second place. Thurman is gaining II
The face Of positive assurance from III
diana that no can't live four year
longer.
THE TARIFF sNAG.
The only surprise in the Committe
on Resolutions is that German was abl
to make 80 good fight against the Al
ministration free trade forces. MollG
nan, the West Virginia member, vote
iOF Gnrtnun N no.,,,, ga.-,,.,l,, r