Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-25

sure Of his facts to monkey with an edi-
tor. The New York World the other
day published an interview with Mr.. S.
o. THOMAS, an old soldier, who had
seen Gen. ALGER in Detroit at the re-
cent G.. A. K. reunion. He told the
World that in conversation with Mr..
ALGER that gentleman had given it as
his opinion that ''BLAINE is certain to
be nominated. Here is the interesting
interview, which, by the way, the World
required Comrade THOMAS to write
himself, so prevent any possible error
by reporter:
General, you are generally supposed to
be a candidate for the Presidency, as you
were in IS. Are youin factl"
81 answer frankly am not. 1t seems to
me that Mr.. Blaine is certain to be nomi-
mated, and that it is best for US all that he
should be-"
"But it is stated frequently from appar-
emily credible sources that Mr.. Blaine IS
not candidate and would not accept the
nomination if rendered him by unanimous
] vote"
''There is no foundation for the state
ment. Mr.. Blaine said to me personally
I that he was a candidate, and the false
statements regarding mis- health cannot
I effect the ultimate result"
"Then yoWthink ne is not very SICK
nanl''
mot at all. He is. in measure, hypo-
chOndriac on the health question, and east
/ " influenced by the remarks OF his friends
on his physical appearance, but In reality
as sound as any man of his age can be,
with as active & nervous-sanguine temper
ament as he possesses, and the amount OF
mental strain and over-tensiOn incident to
his position occasionally. Rest assured
there's no oar in his case physically"
Concerning yourself, General, would
you in case Of Blaine's nomination, take
second place!'
mo; man that is after first place does
not want second. am for Blaine first.
last and all the time, without secondary or
other consideration"
at has been reported, General, that in
case of Secretary of War Proctor being
elected or appointed to succeed Senator
Edmunds in the United States Senate you
would be offered Proctor's place in Presi-
dent Harrison's Cabinet. Would you ac-
cept!"
mo, sir; I have not yet reached that
political point in party affairs when
under President Harrison. No man can
fortell the future, but the words l have
uttered are, in brief, in accordance with
the facts in the case, as l understand them,
without reservation"
Naturally, this interview raised
rumpus. Then Mr.. ALGER came out
and denied the whole thing and accused
the World of lying about him. AS a
rule people do not recognize their own
words when they are put in cold type,
and it is a very easy thing to deny an
interview that has no other foundation
than spoken words. So General ALGER
swept the whole thing away by gen.
eral denial. But the World happened
to have something besides spoken words
TO go on. 1t had written words in the
shape of letter from Gen. ALGER to
Comrade THOMAS, which it reproduces
in fac Sinlilc 1t reads;
X. A. ALGER,
Detroit, Mich.
Confidential.
july 9th, 1891.
My DEAN SR:-I thank you very much
for YOUR esteeme0 fs.-,o- sN91ssassed IN me
here. While I know nothing OF LnO
ture. il now seems TO me that Mr.. Blaine is
certain to be nominated, and that it is best
for Us all that he should be. appreciate
more than can tell what you say. hope
shall retain your good opinion and that
shall be able to see you this fall or winter.
Shall you De East probably during that
time! Sincerely yours,
r. A. ALGER.
COMRADE S. o. THOMAS,
400 Kearney St,
San Francisco, Cal.
1t will strike the average reader that
Gen. ALGER is in a hole.
HENRY CABOT LODGE thinks the sill
yer question will be the paramount issue
of the day, and not the tariff. HENRY
CABOT LODGE is the man who concocted
the late force bill, which the American
people sat on so hard. HENRY and the
people do not seem to be in touch.
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