Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-02
SHERMAN SEEMS SAFE.
Feels So Coed Over the Prospect
of His Election That
e HAS BEGUN 10 THAW OUT,
Id Wore a Smile Upon bis Grim Old Fisags ALI
Day YsSterday-Ths Forakeriies are in
Despair and are Now Threatening
harrison for Using His IndB-
elce Cor Sherman.
Special TslssrGm to ne RsQis.sr.

COLUMBUS, o., January Around
the Sherman headquarters at the Neil
House to-day there was rather more
hilarity and happiness than the mere
thought that IL was happy New Year
would be likely to cause.
Everybody was In happy frame of
mind, aud even the usually chilly Sen
atOr wore a continual smile and had q
hearty hand-Shake for all who came,
Early this morning several kilograms
were sent from headquarters to Wash
ingtOn reading;
1T will be Sherman and Laylin,
meaning, of course, that L. c. Laylin,
Of Huron county, would be the caucus
nominee for Speaker OF the House and
Mr.. Sherman the choice Of the senator
ial caucus.
Laylin has been recognized all along
as the Sherman candidate for the Speak
ership and this means the complete de-
'eat OF the Foraker men. That
the Foraker men realize that
they are defeated is indicated
7 by this pitiful attitude. A dispatch was
dictated for the United Press in the
Foraker headquarters, in which PreSi-
dent Harrison was threatened with de-
feat for permitting the administration
influences TO operate in Sherman'S in
terest, and for filing Columbus at this
time with federal oitice-hOlderS TO work
for sherman.
At 8 o'clock this evening Mark A.
Hanna, Of Cleveland, headed big dele
CATION OF Cleveland business men TO the
! Senator's room where he introduced
them as Republicans so anxious 10 see
E him elected 10 the Senate again that
they had come down 20 see il done. The
Senator responded briefly, saying that
Cleveland Republicans always saw that
what they wanted done was done, ana
now that he had heard them say they
wanted him elected 20 the Senate again
he felt sure he would be.
To the REGISTER correspondent who
asked his view of the situation, he said:
'sNo, do not want TO be quoted in
an interview at all, you have just heard
what said 10 the Cleveland gentleman,
you can make something out OF that
II should be said that at the Foraker
headquarters, they still claim htty
votes sure, but 10 is easy 10 detect the
tone of despair in their voices as they
make their claims.
Ex-Governor Foraker made charac-
teristic speech to the ra6ble In the no.
tel this evening, BE said Senator
Sherman had said he would engage In
no unseemly scramble for the Senator
ship, but ne judged he had changed his
mind.
I'VE have to fight, said he, mot only
Senator Sherman's friends In Ohio, but
they are here from all over the nation.
We have to fight all the way from Baby
Mckee 20 Grandfather's hat, as l said
once before aud now repeat.
s,But we have had this fight thrust
upon US; we did not go around before
daylight hunting it, and we are going to
fight TO the end"
He assured his friends that he was
confident uf success and knew whereof
he spoke. Some one here cried "Hurrah
for Blaine and Foraker" and great
shout went up that prevented Foraker
from proceeding for several moments.
When IL subsided he paid few COM
DIiments TO President Harrison but said
he believed the people should have
change when they wanted IL, ana II
they should nominate Blaine he would
be elected ani would give the crandeSt
administration the country ever saw.
REPRESENTATIVE Dicks, Of Cincinnati,
went over tonight from Foraker to
sherman.
The doubt surrounding the position
of Mr.. Thomas, OF Stark county, whose
nomination is said 70 have been due to
the Foraker influence, leads many per-
sons TO believe that the gentleman'S
actions are due to the influence Of Major
McKiuley, and that the Governor-elect
is lending a hand in a Quiet way against
Governor Foraker.
This story was promptly checked To-
night by Mr.. Cox, FOraker'S Cincinnati
manager. "This report does injustice
10 Gov. Mckinley" said he, land
want to saw now that Mr.. Foraker aud
Lls friends do not hold Mckinley re-
s,opsible for Thomas actions. We
believe the Governor has maintained
throughout a position of strict neutral
itv and he should not be hastily accused
of interference. He has been talr ana
frank and has taken no part
This afternoon a delegation OF CleVe-
land citizens headed by Mr. Bradner,
called upon Mr.. Foraker in body ana
assured him that he had many friends
in Cuyahoga county and that ne "ou'o
receive the support of at least portion
of their asSem0lymen.
The Senatorial caucus VIII not oe
held until Wednesday next, but there's
NO doubt that the contest will be prac-
tically settled long before that, ana
tbat the caucus will be but n mere for
nal affair.
r. Is generally conceded that Hon.
t.r,es y Neal. OF Butler county, Chair
-, ~ the Democratic Executive Com
--,tttee. will receive the Democratic
caDcns nomination for United States
Senator.
THE OLD GANG