The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-04


Can be Reachcd--Talk Of Going
outside the Party for Candidate.
OMAHA, NEE, July S.-Amid the
booming of cannon, tho waving Of flags
and under the inspiration OF patriotic
oratory the national Peoples party con.
yention will celebrate the natal day OF
the republic tomorrow by nominating
an independent candidate for President
Of tho United States.
1t will be putting away of the old
and a taking up of the new. The habil-
iments of the older parties will be cast
aside by tho enthusiasts that have en-
tered into tho new, and, donning the
parbs Of apostles OF rcform, the crusade
against the tyranny OF capital, nonop-
oIy and plutocracy will be valiaatly be-
"Tho spirit of 177O" is the iayoritc
motto ofthese latter day reformers, and
much OF the inspiration OF the hour is
gathered from the frequent declara-
tons of the leaders that in the peoples
wrongs OF to-day is a parallel to the
grievances of l776 against which our
ioreiathers rcvolted, fought and won.
And, go, in revolution alone can these
wrongs be righted, but the revolution
Of to-day is to be wrought by the ballot
and in the campaign that Is to come.
Who is to be the candidate baptized
BY to.mOrrow's convention as the na-
tonal leader OF tho new party, no one
can possibly predict. There arc many
leaders in the new party but none so
old or tried as. to be unanimously ac-
accepted by the various industrial or
ganizations that make up the great
allied armies Of this reform movement.
Only one man would be uncomplain-
iugly accepted by all, and he Is not
member Of the new party. The great
jurist Of Indiana remains the popular
lavoritc, and although he has stated
that he would not accept the nomina-
ton on any platform, Gresham is still
tonight the candidate of an aggressive
faction which insists that he will &c
cept the nomination il 1t be rendered
him and that the success OF the party
demands that he be named. There is
every indication that, despite all that
may be said by Judge Gresham or his
authorized representative. his name
will be presented to the convention by
his admirers and an attempt made to
force his nomination in tho enthusiasm
Of tho hour.
THREE MEN LOOM UP.
4 Three men loom up conspicuously to-
night as candidates for the Presidential
nomination, aud all those are members
OF the now party. They are Gen. Weav-
or, OF Iowa, Senator Kyle, OF South
Dakota, and ex-senator Van Wyck, OF
Nebraska. With Judge Gresham out
Of the race, Weaver and Kyle will lead
on the first ballot, and the strength Of
Van Wyck lies in his peculiar populari.
ty as compromise candidate for gov
ernor Of Nebraska. This heis very like
ly to be ioi the asking and with the
great strength OF tho party in that state
Van Wyck feels confident Of his ability
to carry Nebraska.
Gov, Pennoire, OF Oregon, Is much
discussed by the free silver men, and
the Pacific coast delegates are caucus
ING on tho advisabillty OF supporting
him solidly. He was elected governor
Of Oregon on free silver platform and
denounced the Democratic platform
this spring and stumped the state for
tho Peoples party candidate. Senator
Stewart, Of Nevada, and Gen. A. J.
Warner, Of Ohio, are also prominently
mentioned by the silver men, and John
F. Willitts, OF Kansas, national lecturer
OF the Alliance, and Paul Vandervort,
Of Nebraska, are also suggested by their
friends. There is every probability
that at least dozen candidates will be
5atlottcd Tor in to-morrow'a convention
as tho list of favorite sons will be un-
usually large.
FOR SECOND PLACE.
Very iittlo attention will be paid to
the vico presidency until the head OF
the ticket is selected, but half dozen
or moro prominent southern leaders
nave been mentioned in this connec.
ton. Senator Morgan, OF Alabama,
Congressman 7. n. Watson, OF Virginia,
Ben Terrell, OF Texas, General Field, OF
Virginia, "Cyclone" Davis, OF Texas,
and President Mcdowell, Of Tennessee,
arc all in the list OF possibilities.
The peculiar complications over the
tl,fesidency may result in contest over
The report OF tho committee on rules
tomorrow morning. The report embod.
les now tangled scheme OF voting by
which, II adopted, nomination for tho
mead Of tho presidential ticket, is almost
certain on or bofore the third ballot.
Elsh: there is the trouble. Friends Of
carr horse candidates and fourth aud
lIih choice men who have contemplated
Of made in generous trades for the first
lew ballots are in disgust at the pros
pect that tho return favors which they
mad hoped or bargaincd to be delivered
IIser IN tho SamO are made impossible
should Tho scheme carry. Even tho
stronger favorito sons who might win
on one OF the first three ballots Rre dis.
uusI!ul Of suddenly sprung plans with
me workings OF which they nre unta.
millar and which would probably no.
limos OF baltic.
The feeling that q sinister design is