West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-07-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ipeelDl Correspondence OF the Argus.

was not Tor Nampbell frSt'
said member of the Democratic
National Committee, "but recently,
after looking carefully over the
field, | became convinced that
CampbelPs hold on the farmers of
the State made bim the most avail
able man. that is to say the one
who could under the peculiar cir
cumstanoes surrounding tho Ohio
campaign this year, pole tho most
votes, and now that he has been
nominated | trust that every Dem
ocrat in Ohio will recognize The
national Importance Of the election
IN. that State and lay aside all per-
sonal objections TO the candidate
and work as hard rs he knows how
Tor the success OF the Democratic
party. The adoption OF tho free
coinage plank in the platform leaves
the Farmers Alliance no excuse for
putting u third ticket in tho field,
and If they vote as they have talked,
Campbell should receive their sup
port. or course cannot say that
be will; but anyway | am confident
that VIC can elect Campbell and tho
Legislature, If all OF the Democrats
of the State can be persuaded to
actively assist"
Secretary Proctor is on one of his
periodical visits to the War Depart
ment, over which he is supposed TO
preside. 1t is not known how long
he will remain, but it is safe to
say that he will only be here few
days, as ii isn't probable that he
has any intention of breaking his
record by remaining for any exten-
ded period.
Representative Crisp, Of Geor-
gia, whose chances of being the
next Speaker OF the House have
taken such a decided upward squirt
recently, is in town this week. He
talks confidently but not boastful!y
Of his Spcakership prospects, and
has nothing but good words for
his competitors in what he calls
"the friendly competitions" He
says that whether he or one Of the
other candidates gets the prize
there will be no soreness or hard
feelings, as every one of them will
chcerfully accept the decree of the
caucus as final.
Secretary Rusk is to attend the
annual encampmcnt OF the G.. A.
X. at Detroit next month, and he
is expected to help fix up things
for Mr.. Harrison with the old
soldiers.
Look out for a break between
the Harrison and Blaine people.
1t may be avoided, but it may also
occur at any time. The Blaine
people have long suspected that
most Of the misrepresentation con
cerning Mr.. Blalno's health was
the work Of Mr.. Ifarrison's friends,
but IL was only the other day that
they succeeded in running one Of
the fakes down-the one SAYING
that Blaine had placed his resigna-
tion in Harrison's hands because
he never expected to got we'll again
and in placing the authorship
mighty close to "Ligo" Halford,
it having been telegraphed from
here by the correspondent who rep
resents tho indianapolis Journal,
the paper which "Ligc" used TO
edit, and which has for years been
regarded as Mr.. Harison's per-
sonal organ. This correspondent
is known TO be on the closest terms
with Iialford and it is charged by
The Blaineites that Halford inspired
this fake dispatch, which the cor
respondent did not dare to wire his
own paper although il was sout to
several other papers in the West.
To say that the Blaineitcs arc mad
is to draw it very mildly indeed.
/ One OF them--a man with an inter-
national reputation--has gone to
Bar lfarbor 10 lay the facts that he
has discovered about the systematic
attempts Of the Harrison crowd to
creato the impression that Mr..
Blame is % wreck, mentally and
| physically, before that gentleman,
and to imploro him to grant the
use OF bis name as a Presidential
candidate, which would Of itself
I put an cud TO tho Harrison candi.