Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-03
SENTIMENT CHANGING.
There Seems to Be a Growing Feeling
That Cleveland
is BY FAR THE STRONGEST MAN
The Democrats Could Nominate for the Presidency
The Free Silver Movement Has Not Gained
Anything in the SOuth-A Strong Fight
for Tariff Reform Must Now Be Made
spse,aI Tsleoram % lhs Reqt..er.

WASHINGTON, Arsil Eff Senator Nor
gan is really trying 20 smoke Mr.. Hill out
into the open, as most people suppose, the
Junior New York senator is very unfortu-
nate in having man after him who is un-
tiring in his efforts 10 do whatever he un-
dertakes, and who is relentless and with
little mercy when ne believes he is in the
right. Morgan is one OF the old-time mem
bers of the Senate and one Of the most in
teresting figures 10 that body. Because Of
his being Southern man, and now past
that age which would admit Of his ex-
pecting something in the distant future
when all sectional feeling has died out, he
has no political. ambition beyond his pres
ent sphere But 10 the Senate he is one of
the two or three recognized leaders; man
TO whom younger members OF hisParty
show the utmost respect, gDd " opse ad -ice
receives consideratiO On IL Me party cOun-
cls. He is q gresl stipulstor OF proprie-
ties, with keen sense OF what IS honor
able, manly and upright. and as keen dis
gust for all things that seem low and cum
ming Courage 10 him means something
different from what the average politician
understand by thai term, and he is not apt TO
permit political or personal consideration
to divert him from, n course which he re-
CARDS TO be proper, While his manners are
as gracious and courteous as manners of
man can be, his ,,0de of ethics is rugged
and iuflexible.
In a general sort Of a way, Senator Nor
gan is understood 70 be friendly TO Cleve-
land, though it Is rot believed that he is
particularly apyiSgs o.4e way or the other
about Cleveland's domination for the Pres
idency He ana Gle. Gland are very differ
ent in manner and hace different methods
OF dealing with ma but during Cleye-
fna.a out r.
sympathy betwee.' them growing out of the
admiration each us for man who has
courage to be fra. \ and open. Morgan is
not a politiciariiD The sense that the term is
usually applied, I'd. therefore, it is net at
all probable thj be is moved in this matter
bv any desire Advance the interests of
apv particular rAndidate. More likely il
is The result ge rally of his impatience at
the disposition \ doddle with questions
that should be net squarly in an open
fight
The Southe' men arc all greatly
troubled by thu lirc party alliance move
ment. and they ,,re coming to appreciate
now that a mistake was made in not meet
ing the issues ssuarei when the movement
first started inltead Of temporizing and
trying to concilhte the alliance leaders. A
good many of them have come to the con-
clusion that while the mistake made then
cannot be corrected, better results will
follow their makhg tne light now and max
ing il earnestly A ~ su be obtained ~
further tenporizfhg. SIR Morgan has <
very strong thlrd-party sentiment to COM
bat with in his own state; but, OF course,
no one can do more than merely guess at
how he may meet it or what relations his
present move may have to that subject.
While Mr.. Hill is an acknowledged
hp fDn n aQ
pigmy beside the Alabama Senator while
standing on the floor of the Senate chamber.
The Senate is Morgans S field of action. He
is an ideal Senator of the old school,
master of senatorial oratory, the personih-
cation of senatorial dignity, ana the pos
SCISSOR Of an impressiveness of manner and
the power of speech which would make him
a very unequal adversary for Mr.. Hill. If
he really has any desire 10 make the New
York Senator feel uncomfortable, no one
can doubt that he will do il, unless Mr..
Hill makes a run Of it and keeps out OF his
way.
The wheels are going around very rapidly
in politics here. In the revolution, one
cannot tell how long he will stand upright
upon his feet, or how soon his legs will be
thrown out from under him with a violent
motion which will leave a great deal of
doubt as TO how he will light. But little
time ago and things had begun to look very
gloomy for Mr.. Cleveland, and many even
of his devoted friends acknowledged sadly
that they thought there was but little hope
for him. while mis- enemies CURLY declared
that he was not in it. Now things are re-
versed, and for three days there has been
great booming of the ex-President The
disappointment of Mr.. Hil's Southern trip
was the first thing to begin the restoration
40 GlarnlQnn nnnrlP
the defeat of the silver bill has made them
bold and confident. So now, they are de-
claring that he is decidedly lin 1t, making
use of the phrase familiar TO the wicked Hill
men. And now, for little while, IL is
Cleveland. and yet again in little
while and no one knows what 1t Will be.
There is no great sound of battle; theirs is
no claster and tumult; but there is some
very hard fighting between the political
forces, which is silent in its intensity. The
most significant things in the contest, are
those which do not come fully TO life, and
which are not much talked about by those
who are acquainted with them. The SUD
den change of sentiment now noticeable, is
not the result of whim, nor is IL merely an
impression evolved from the endless up
and down of gossip, which cannot be fol-
lowed through all its vagaries. There Is
substantial basis for IL, however enduring
it may prove Men who but the other day
were CRYING Hill! Hill! Hill are not, Of
course. ready TO come out openly and con-
fess that they have had change OF heart
or that there have made miscalculatlon
of the sentiment in the localities which
they are supposed TO represent 1t is from
what they say in private among them
selves, when speaking without reserve, that
a Judgment NAV be formed as TO the true
r. Of them
have been most enthusiastic IN their talk
of Hill. and who were responsible for
whatever boom he has had in the south,
and also for his tour through that section,
have now given up all hope Of success OF
their plans, and the very fore
most among them confess that the
southern trip was a failure
and that is vain to talk Of success for a
Hill movement in the South. Men whom
I meet every day,-not small politicians
but representative men.of their sections,
who but a short time ago firmly believed
that Mr.. Cleveland's nomination was an
absolute impossibility, say privately to-day
that they think that the whole thing has
changed. and that il is Hill who is entirely
ont of the race. These are men who DO not
want il so: men who are opposed to Cleve-
land. and whose fondest hopes were rested
unon Hill. / have means OF knowing that
some of the foremost southern men not in
Congress, who were party TO the Inaugural
ton of the scheme 10 press Hill TO the
front. have practically abandoned hope
Some o. the anti-Cleveland congressman,
who have recently been on visits TO their
own States, have returned 10 declare tnat
they find the Cleveland sentiment too
strong for resistance, and representatives
of districts where the southern Hill boom.
is popularity supposed TO be iourishing. are
receiving many letters from persons upon
whom they have been in the habit OF rely
ing for information as 70 the state OF popu-
lar feeling. assuring them that IL is worse