The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-15
MR.. ATKINSON TALKS.
Why no will not DO O Candidate for
Delegate to Minneapolis. y
WlTHDRANSlN Mr.. HARRIS FAVOR
a Frank EsIrcssion-..Iiis Idea of tho
Presidential Sltuatlon.-.Unolo Jerry
Rusk would be n Pretty Good Noml.
nee, but he Will not Get it...SIcISin-
Icy next Time.

A rcportcrof tho INTELLldEScER called
upon Mr.. G. W. Atkinson In regard to
his alleged candidacy for the position
OF delegate to tho national convention
from tho First Congressional district.
In reply to tho reporters inquiry Mr..
Atkinson said:
chad thought OF being in tho field in
friendly contest for tho position you
have named but I.havo made up my
mind to draw out OF tho contest alto.
gcthcr."
"Will you nanio some OF your reasons
Tor such concl psions?"
Eyes. First Of all, and most impor-
tant, Ihavo largo number OF friends
who arc wanting 10 40 10 Minneapolis,
and haven't tho heart to antagonizo
them. could hayo been q delegate
years ago, but some good friend turned
up who seemed 10 desire 1t worse than
| did, SO gave way to him. / have
never been delegate 10 national COIL
vention and perhaps never will be. My
party has often honored mo with posi-
tons that carried with them emolu-
ments as well as honors, and almost
without exception tho men who seek
the position OF delegates to the national
conventions are men who refuse to nc
ccpt m office withcmolumonts attached.
I have always felt and still feel that such
men are entitled TO first choice to 60 as
delegates to national conventions; con-
sequcntly step down and out this
time in order that that class OF my
party friends may have clear field SO
far rs ! am concerned.
Another reason l will assign is the
friends OF Mi. Hart, OF the iNrELLlGEN-
GER, have suggested him as suitable
man to send as a delegate ut largo to
Minneapolis, and had / continued in
tho race | fear my candidacy would de-
feat him and possibly myself as well.
Some think two Wheeling men cannot
be chosen this time. This may be true,
and furthermore l feel that the leading
Republican paper OF tho state, whose
publishers do not seek an office with
pay attached, should have the right OF
way from Ohio county. Mr.. Hart. like
myself, has never been delegate to q
national convention, and would like
TO see him 60 Fearing therefore that
my candidacy might antagonize him, l
chceriully step aside that he may have
no antagonism from friends OF mino;
and now that l am out, l hope my.
friends will stand by him, and that he
hn oh Ialn IN Of l.,
without opposition"
"What about the Mckinley boom?"
Really, 1 don't know very much
about it. j don't think that Governor
Mckinley. will allow his name to be
used as n presidential candidate thi,
year. Keep your eye on him for '9G.
he will keep on growing with tho Nc
kinlcy bill, and by the year mentioned
both will be on boom that nothing
can sidetrack. The great law that bears
his namc will by that time have proven
its advantages to tho country at large,
and that alone will place Ohio's gov
ernor in the front OF the procession for
'96. That will be his time, and not this
year" ~
"Who do you think will be nomi-
nated?"
Harrison, ii he desires it. Since the
great Commoner stepped aside, the
drift is strongly towards the President.
lie is great and clean and deserving,
and public sentiment seems to be
strongly for him to have q second term.
1t does not seem possible for any one
but Blaine to successfully contest it
with him.
"Uncle Jerry Rusls would make n
great candidate, and could be elected
almost as easily as Mr.. Blaine, but he
can't DO nominated Don't mention it,
though, ii you please l mean for you
to leave out what I have said about
Uncle Jerry. Have you read what tho
farmers are saying OF him all over the
country? He seems to DO their ideal
Tor the Presidency"
"Thcn Ilnay say that you arc mot in
it as q delegate to Minneapoiis?" 4
Yes. Putt plain and strong"
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