The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-17

uRulH6L tuO TCNOWlnatlOu Oh IeuoTul
Harrison arc at ono and tho Same time
busily contradictins all reports md
rumors looking to tho nomination OF
Mr.. Blaine, while secretly and indus.
triolsly encouraging tho movement.
The opponents OF the denomination
OF President Harrison find thcir'path q
thorny one. Their difficulty Is that
they are mnking.a negative fight: their
pcrplexity Is that they have been unable
to unto, in sp.teiof all tales to. the con-
trary, upon my ono man to fight for.
They arc agreed only in their opposition
TO Harrison. Their weakness lies in
their fight against n man and for no
body. Even under these dislieartening
circumstances, tho anti.adminis,ration
leaders are tlattering themselves with
the hope that they have gathered to-
gether enough "uninstructcd" delegates
to make the denomination MI uncertain
ty, but even now they IRE. unable to
unite upon any single candidate against
General Harrison.
IT IS A UNIQUE Fight.
That such Alright could be made with
such belief in its success by intelligent
politicians against mn administration
unexcelled in its purity, absolutely
free from scandal az TO its Appoint
ments and aggrcssively patriotic in its.
foreign policy, is unique in the history.
of American politics. The opponents
of tho administration arc unable to
find any basis for criticism, and their
campaign against renom nation is
based solely upon discomfort with the,
distribution OF patronage, coupled with
the claim that it is always Il handicap
to any President to make him Il candi.
date for reelection. The claim has his.
torical basis, which the opponents OF
President Harrison are making as prom.
inent as possible. Tho real fight which
the anti-Harrison leaders in the Repub.
lican party nre making is not in favor
of any one man, but is in the nature OF
a diversion OF uninstructed delegates to
"favorite sons" and to other possible
candidates. For example, leaving out
Blaine, thereo is his ancient domestic
foe, the aggressive and oyer popular
Tom Reed, Of Maine; General Alger, OF
Michigan; Governor Mckinley, OF Ohio;
"Uncle Jerry" Rusk, of Wisconsin, and
greatest and strongest OF nil, Senator
John Sherman, Of Ohio. Z
1thas been said in the pretended re-
ports OF the so-called conference held
here last week between Senators Cam
eron, Quay and Platt that the namc OF
Sherman had been finally and %conclu-
sively agreed upon as tho a%nti-admin-
istration candidate. This is an extreme
s~tatement--so extreme that it is not
true. There has been no agreement
upon Sherman, or upon the name Of
any other member OF the field of candi-
dates against tho favorito in the race.
HARRISON AHEAD SO rAR.
Uorr;son ia et;,l for IN ~. lad ord
+boiani,. o,ost;on !. 1.ho.ha. ~; H.'L, aIu
oan - nnnn ~ Iii ~ ~.
Gard rhan ho ontaro ~ honnan.uotn,
" I'M; nnnon oi;s TI,oro eo,man &c W ~
Doubt That Ia has nIroodv ano,,uh 0Joio
aotos ;ns,r,ctoJ ~ he 80 ousn uIe
Ssy;th o,I,or ioIoratos who - sos 49,
etr,ctoJ INT n.hn hove ,rr;,to" onaI
ictter ~ h;n ~ ~ 10 ir;onds ~ usonI'
NO. h;s dn,;u;stra.;on IN mo.s afLI ~
h;nd;nn torn,a ~ co,Umard ~ :. ses.
halle, = ma;or;tv a. ~ onnvauiss
And it must not be forgotten that n ma.
.jority is sufficient to nominate. But the
friends Of President Harrison do not
themselves hesitate to admit that they
fear:
First-A raid upon some OF the dele.
cations from southern states, now in
structed for denomination by. some
such influence as that which is sup
posed to form the sinews Of General
Alger's, candidacy rs well az that OF
some others.
Second-An outbreak Of enthusiasm
for Blaine, which might result in the
nomination of tho "Plumed Knight"
and IN adjournment of tho convention
10 receive his reply.
Third-Some combination between
men who control the machinery OF such
critical states MS New York and Iudi.
ana, together with men who will con-
troll tho delegates from Pennsylvania
and Ohio and many district delegates
from other. states, as will result in en-
barrassing the wave OF approval OF
President Harrison's administration to
such an extent os to divert that senti-
ment to some other candidate,
A DEMOCRATIC IAnypIrru op pr ors
r,,, .;t.at.. J.. ~.
~ IN bomaua t.o y AZ luz par
~ 80 dV ~ AZ ~ siuap..clty itselt com
r. att = wv i ,littus.ng perPieTlty
ord co,nIarnin1s ,"pysln1n q, Psots
~ ~ pao.I. oeStIio 70
side Of his " sta,o; it would bo
equally idle to deny that the anti
Cleveland forces have made themselves