The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-12
VIII IT Be ALLISON :?
Where the Republican Contest
Is Likely to End
WITH Blaine OUT OF WAY.
s,.,,o,n,s Frankncss aud Alllson's
c,.,city...Gor Likely to Get'the
Socond Place With Either
nlaine or the Iowa Man.

Dlulit Sa
,,,.,, Correspondence Gtm intelligence.
AI w,surxoroS, D. c., April lO.-senato
,,1i.on's sagacity as a politician wa
"a,,ly " illustrated in the debate over th'
pss gssE coin certificate bill. Beck hat
,,oJe D a fluent and unquestionably bril-
Mant T,, sneech for the bill and Mr.. sher
% -"an Ind made strong reply. Sherman
,aat I hold ground for gold, and his argu'
'0on, % was by implication strongly against
.bo double unit and consequently
siIyer, M The silver Republicans were W
"nJ in arms in an instant. A hall
Jn,op low were ready to take up the banter
o0Jdo him battle. But Allison, more
% "lo+ than the others, and having more
=, .,ake threw himself into the breach
a. "nJ j became the defender Of silver and
,Is I advocate OF its interest in the pend,
;ns ~, measure, He spoke strongly and
n.;,b ~! admirable clearness, and was par
trnlar 10 pay his respects, in siedge-
hammer ] rhetoric, to the argument oil his
"rsat rival. He had not spoken ten
SSra Ssninntes before everybody caught on.
Allison was talking about Sherman
more than he was about tho pending
bill.
NH, El :, linlnmatically. II was q
snacch that read between the lines, and
ros much better heard than read. The
Iowa Senator has way Of saving space
with his left arm and coming down on
his heels as he roars out strong period,
which helps the comprehension wonder
inIIy Some Of the Smart Alecks who
attach importance to small things when
great stake is involved, think Allison
scored winning point against sherman
Al any rate it is conceded to be un::
iartmnate that the Ohio Senator should
have SO sharply antagonized silver at this
particular time. As n politician who is
seeking, with almost unparalleled frank
mass and energy, the Republican nomi-
nation LOT tIc IICsluchSli ~ az N-
yersaIIv thought he should have been
more iiscrect-that he should not have
been 80 much at pains to open an old
breach, He should have known that
his silver colleagues are tenacious, re-
sentiul, aggressive, and that silver senti-
ment is d dangerous toy to fool with.
Bnt he went his length, and MS Of old
showed himself to be easily the master
Of great subject.
Senator Faulkner spoke to me in the
most admiring manner OF Sherman g
force and directncsS in argument, though
| don't think Faulkner jibes in with
what he said. He told inc 1t was no
hardship to sit three or four hours and
listen to such dcbaters Ms Beck and
Sherman and Allison. 1t was really the
first real oiT.hand set.toO heaYy-wcights
the new Senator had witnessed.
MORE THAN \ rossiDiLiTY.
Sherman is no spring chicken in poll
tics. lie ought to know what is policy
and what is not. But he has some very
GOOD friends who think, considering AL.
lison's alcrtness in taking advantage OF
him, that he blew his bugle when the
occasion did not call forharmony OF that
kind. ltis thought that Allison did n
very smart thing, and all the politicians
are talking about it. | have heard so
much of it in my little jogging around
that there must be something in it OF
consequence. The dawning OF an idea,
always an event with your correspond
ent, carries such special interest in this
instance that il must go out before it has
taken full shape. The idea is that
William B. Allison-broad, and strong
and safe, il not brilliant; believer in the
doubIecon basis and sound finance; lib
eral proteCtionist; the favorite OF Blaine
star in the western Republican tirma-
mCnt and idol OF his State; Lincoln-liks,
rugged and plain, with billy.goat beard,
and, unlike him, left.handed; round
laced hearty, manly, not pretty by a
jugiull, honest, experienced, versatile,
levcl.hCaded, wide.awake, conservative,
biz enough for any job the country may
give him-is u mighty sight more than
the possible nominee Of the 10th OF June.
NAY re BLAINE OR ALLISON.
Republican sentiment seems to be su-
CARING down to the conclusion that the
nominee will be either Blaine or Allison
for the first place. 1t is already pretty
well settled that AIr. Sherman will have
to divide the Ohio delegation with ri
val, and he has said that he will not go
before theconvention withoutthe united
support of his State; yet it will be re-
called that he said the same thing before
the convention OF 1880, when Blaine
torcibly shared his pie, and cruelty nom
mated local rival. 1t is mistake to
count Sherman out of the fight, no mat
ter what he says. He will be out OF il
when the exclamations Of the conyen.
ton cease to make joyous the birth oi
the party's hero, and no sooner. He
has burning, unquenehable fire within
by whose flame he hopes to be lighted
through tortuous ways to the Presiden'
Cy. hisambition is honorable and he ii
big enough to justify it. He knows
what he wants, and has the candor e
ask for it. That is probably because ht
doesn't see it. II persistent asking fo'
the Presidency may be held to add virr
tue to his great merit, he deserves wei
OF the dispensers. But tlagrant seeking
for the highest office is odious to som'
people and gets the seeker unpleasant!
talked about, 1t is especially odious t.
gentlemen who want him out oil thu
way, so that they may stand a shoV
themselves. And SO busy minds an'
timber tongues are finding occupation
WILL IT BE GorF FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Its looking more and more like til
lightning will strike General Goffforset
Ond place il Blaine or Allison is thenou
inec, Hawleyis about the only soldierpo
ihcian prominent enough in the East t
run with Allison; and he has u recon
on the tariff and Chinese question
which would make him unavailable
Tariff mugwumping will not do in Ne'
York, New Jersey and Connecticut
while pro.Chinese sentiments would n
most insure defeat on the Pacific slope.
am in position to know that n conslC
lFlblp gpntinnnt 10 nnntnrinu % (iOiI d