The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-07
MRS. CLEYELANDS POOR HEALTH
Concerns Him Much..-If hc With.
draws Whitney will DO His Lcsatcc.
Considered tho Most Available Dem.
ocrat..lIlainc Moro Popular To-day
Than Evcr..-Evcrytling Is for Him.

ana the most scientific medical care,
she has failed to regain her wontcd
health, and those who are nearest to
her are approhensiye that siio will DO
IN invalid for q long timo to come.
"iou may put 1t down as certain"
said this informant, "that unless Mrs.
Clavcland's health mends tho ox.prcsi.
dent will refuse to enter tho political
arena next summer, even II the nomina.
ton should CONT to linn without Il
struggle. lie has become exceedingly
devoted to his wife and the baby, md
has declined innumerablo invitations.
that no might spend his evenings with
them"
WHITNEY HIS LEGATEE.
To a few who arc aware OF the cx-
Presidents feelings, the question OF his
~rcsiduary political legatec Ia always a
matter OF discussion. Cleveland will
never raise his hand to aid Governor
Hill, and ClGveland's friends will do
eve less. With Cleveland out OF the
race, and such u possibility il by no
means remote, tho coming mar from
New York state Is believed to DO Will
liam Collins Whitney, tho so.called
father OF the new navy. To-day Mr..
Whitney is the most influential Demo-
crat in New York state outside, OF
course, OF tho ex-Presidcnt. Whitney
is powerful in Tammany Hall, for the
reason that he il regarded as "the
kings confidential advieer," III other
words, he is known as Richard Cookers
iuCtotum. lie is about the only man in
the metropolis that Croker dcigns to
call upon.
He has political aspirations. IIe is
not friendly to Governor Hill in the
broad sense OF tho word, and his re-
lations with Mr.. Cleveland are not so
cordial or SO intimate us formerly.
With G~ovcrnor-clect Flower, however,
he enjoys n friendship that has existed
for nearly twenty years unbroken and
unmarredby . single misunderstanding.
FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF GARFIELD.
Mr.. Whitney is playing the Brer
Rabbit game nowadays, and is laying
very low. lie has managed with rare
success to keep aloof from all party and
%factional differences, and behaves rs
Garfield did at the national convention
OF 1850, as the general conciliator OF all.
He has done better still. He has pulled
the many OF the largest, strongest and
most important wires OF the Democratic
party OF New York during the past year
without revealing his identity. There
is not 4 Democratic leader OF promi-
nenco in the state who is not, aware OF
Mr.. Whitney's subterranean tactics,
and who does not suspect that when
the contest in the national convention
between Hill on II side and Cleveland
on the other begins, that Whitney may
not be sprung upon the convention rs 4
compromise. One who knows Whitney
well said the other day:
UNLESS there is n marked change Tor
the better in Mrs. Cleveland's condition.
don't believe tho ex-Presidcnt will
permit his name to 60 before the ma
tlonal convention. In that case, Clevc-
lands friends will be allowed to act in
dcpendently, rs they please, for Grover
Is the last man in the world to dictate
to his followers what they ought to do.
The original Cleveland men will never
touch Hill. l believe il Hill were ON
mated for tho Presidency thousands OF
good Democrats would treat him rs
thousands OF good Republicans treated
Fassett this fall by refusing to go to the
polls.
REFUSED TIE SENATORIAL ToGA.
whitney would not labor under any
OF the disadvantages OF either Cleve-
land, Hill or Flower. lie has been al
lied with no faction, he has made no
cntangling alliances, but sails on his
own keel. He refused the United
States scnatorship. He could have had
it without the asking. It is true TINT
Governor Hill suggested that an in
demnitY OF 100000 TO the Democratic
State committee ought TO accompany
the nomination, but that amount is u
mere bagatelle to a mar OF Mr.. Whit
ncy's wealth and financial resources.
Nor will Whitney ever again accept Il
cabinet position. He is playing politics
now with only one end in yiew-the
presidency"
Would he not accept tho second
place ii it were offered 10 him?"
Under no circumstances. Whitney is
sagacious enough to perceive that with
three candidates from New York, Clevc.
land, Hill and Flower, tearing the party
i'll fractions to secure candidates to the
national convention, u strong unknown
man. one whose name has not been
banded about or who has not created
enmities bylcaning toward or aililiating
with any ono OF the prominent con-
testants, will stand q better chance be-
fore the convention than any OF those
who have gone deliberately to work to
capture delegates.
WOULD RUN on Growers PLATFORM.
'This is Whitney's game, and it is
good politics. He could make the fight
on tho Same lines rs Cleveland and
would appeal to the patriotism OF the
country Tor the services he rendered in
building up tho new navy"
Tho Republicans OF tho Empire state
continue their policy Of impassiveness.
That the delegates to tho national con.
vention will so instructed for Mr..
Blaine is universally acknowledged,
provided tho secretary Of state says the
word. His friends are in control OF
tho party machinery and tho enthusi-
asm to-day for him is greater in the
state than has been seen since the stir.
ring days OF Henry Clay. Indeed, men
with recollcctions assert that Blaine's
popularity far exceeds that bestowed
upon the mill Boy OF Slashcs." What.
ever hostility to Blaine existed in New
York. and at one time, it must be nd.
mittec, the feeling was intensely ran
corous, was buried in tho grave with
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