The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-22

( Blaine State was doing as Wen as At
r could for Sherman in convention oil
Blaine men. o.,
Bosworth, of fRhode Island, one OF the
Young men OF the convention, delivered
in good style fairly written Allison
second. Bosworth's thin voice was as
: well heard us anyof the big horns OF the
convention, and he did not abuse it
, Bosworth sat down with
AN ALLISON wAE.wHooP
ringing in his ears.
Frazier, who opened the ball fol
Alger, came into the convention a re-
puted Character" suspected OF being
capable OF almost any oddity on short
notice. He is a short, stout, big round:
headed man with fat jaw, small
moustaChe and reddish face.
"What's the matter with Alger?" was
his opening sentence.
Hes all right" came with quick
ness and force which suggested re-
hearsal.
Then he said that among the poor
people OF Michigan the name of Alger
came next to their God. of went an
Afger war-whoop and series of
PROLONGED YELLs,
shouts and hurrahs, and Frazier made
two or three Intellectual efforts TO go on
with the performance. Nobody seemed
to think the speaker meant to be irrev-
ercnt, but from polished speaker 1t
would have been SO.
He dropped u &. A. r. suggestion that
was thought pretty good, too. Frazier
was the first speaker OF the afternoon
who had no manuscript. He wouldn't
have known what to do with it if he
hid. There was too much free and easy,
TOO much fire in him. He plead for the
nomination OF a soldier and business
man, and he developed n surprising
Alger feeling in the crowd. 1t was the
most effective speech up to that time.
His effort was us lervid as the
ALGER RED NECKTIE
he wore. He believed every word he
said and believed it way down. 1t was
shrcwd, too, for he brought back old
Zacl Chandler, and "Black Jack" Logan
to second the nomination. As Frazier
wont to his seat, many New York dele
gates stopped to shake him warmly by
the hand and then the galleries wanted
to know once more whats the matter
with Alger?" Being satisfactorily re-
ccived, the followers Of the red necktie
grew calm.
WALKER BLAINE
has been n fixture Of more than ordinary
interest today. He sat in the first stage
gallery on the right OF the chair. 1t was
noised about that he had a part to play.
This was no less than the production OF
letter number three, which his father
is supposed to have contided to his tiial
care to be thrown in ii his nomination
shall appear imminent. This letter was
to clinch Blaine's dGclination. Walker
Blaine did not look as though he were
loaded with so heavy shot. His mind
seemed intensely concentrated on al
charming and rather original fan drill.
FORAKER HAS "KEPT 'EM GUESSING"
since his performance tonight. Before
he could get fairly started there was
theatrical display in flowers of his Con-
federate flag utterances. 1t was big
and costly thing, and it didn't mean
Sherman by jugful. 1t meant Fora:
ker Who conceived it and who paid
for it? The round OF applause was for
Foraker. His speech for Sherman
brought out more applause for Foraker.
The speech was in his characteristic
vein and he was in his best form on that
line. He hammered with his clenched
fist, and cut with his tongue as though |
it were steel pointed cat O. nine-tails.
Every blow brought blood. He ham
mered and he cut Cleveland and the |
Democratic party. He did it as though |
the day OF judgment had come and he
had been ordered to administer the last
punishment. The convention looked on
and admired the powers Of
THE horn FIGHTER,
but there were many cool heads who re-
GREETED that the dashing young Gov
ornor went so savagely to his work.
When he had used up Cleveland and
the Democracy, he began to belabor
Presidential aspiEants and TO make the |
convention smile at the expense OF the |
tlowery man from Minnesota. He ran
n knife clear through Depew. New |
York men looked ut each other with |
big interrogation marks. Hiscock shook
his head regrctfully. Was For
aker irving to make friends for Sherman
in that left-handed way? Was he etrying
to demonstrate beyond speculation
that he had no sympathy with the So
called Foraker boom, and doing 1t by
making himself so offensive to certain
delegations that they never would back
him as dark horse? Ex-Governor
Foster smiled. Never line broke on
McKinley's marble countenance. Fora.
Ter was crematinG the mortal remains OF
sherman and leaving for Mckinley rs a
dark horse track clear OF Ohio men. |
translate it all to mean nothing more
than that Foraker couldn't lose point
10 snve head. He entertained the
house with every sentence, and | be-
lieve he would ratheT hgye held
THAT MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION
than to take his chances for the White
| House. He delights in just that sort OF
intellectual gymnastics. At the end OF
Foraker's speech came fifteen minutes
of howling, cheering, flag and fan way
ing, and while all this was at its height
the great assemblage broke out in
''Marching through Georgia. The Sher-
man men were delighted.
NI.ook there, said press man, Char
lev Foster kissed Foraker" But this |
did not see. Foraker's friends said the
convention was putting the Foraker
boom squarely on its ieet-if booms
have feet.
Down in the West Virginia corner
While was frantically waving a flag, and
Peterson, having 20 fig, waved his ian.
Then. Hubbard fastened 2 flag on pole
and White gotto work with that SONG
OF all this was for Sherman, some toE
Foraker The big meaning was, the
American flag against the snutl-soiIed
bandanna OF the Democracy. 1t was a
great scene, but its meaning went be;
yond men. There was not an additional
vote in it for any aspirant.
Hampton, OF Virginia, n muIatto, sls-