The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-15
Mr.. William N. Whaley As a Factor In
Second District Politics.
THEQUESTIOnIS WILL WISE COME DOWN
Wise, Anti.wiac, Democratic and
Gold Democratic Opinions AN 10
the Results of tho Nomination
Political Notes Meetings Past and
TO Come Mere md There.

4 IL,
and yesterday opinions of every hue
| could be heard on the street and In the
! oHices OF the various business houses
and law tenements.
At the Sound Money" Democratic
headquarters could be found n large
| amount OF undisguised and sanguine
enthusiasm. and the remark was more
IMAM once Yentured that Mr.. Whaley
would be elected. Some even bets were
made that the Republican candidate DR..
Wise. would now withdraw from the
| ileid. This phase of the situation was
discussed at some length with II num-
Der or the gold men, who advanced as
reasons for the Doctors coming down
mat Mr.. Whaley was a compromise can
didate and would, in addition to uniting
both factions of the Republican party
in this district, poll the entire strength
OF the gold standard mcn--a combina-
ton which. In their opinion, would be
sufficient to down MIR. Young easily.
Asked as to whether it were not ex-
pecting too much OF the Republicans to
take down their regular candidate after
al! the fight they have had to keep him
| up Tor the sake of clecting Il gold Demo-
crat the reply was invariably to the
effect that DIR. Wise was not the ''regu-
iar candidate and that his nomination
owed It's legitimacy to the National Re
publican Committee. which was in
nuenced In Its action by MIR. John S.
| wise. There were found gold Demo-
| Gratis, too, who argued that DR. Wise
| had more political enemies in Iepubli-
can ranks in the Second District than
he mad friends, and that Mr.. Whaley
| would beat him any way, so the best
| thinS he could do was to gracefully
hand over his hopes. chances and OPP
| portunities to his Democratic friend.
| Col. Lamb was sought but was not
| III the city. His representative at Re
publican headquarters, however. dcclar
ed most emphatically that DR.. Wise was
| -come-abe down." that the idea was
absurd and that all talk to the contrary
was the result of blind ignorance of Re
| publican intentions or 4 Super-abund-
ance of enthusiasm.
Among the friends of Candidate
Young nothing was heard but express
sions of the kindest feeling toward Mr.
Whaley. He was invariably compli-
| mented as gentleman of honor, brain
and fine business capacity, but. at the
same time. his nomination is generally
considered in regular Democratic circles
as y fortunate event for the regular
candidate 1T simply keeps the Repub-
isan ranks split" say they, takes the
sola standard vote, which would have
gone TO DR.. Wise, and does not to any
appreciable degree. effect the Young
vote. 1t lessons DR.. Wises chances a
good deal, but does not throw the
strength that IL taken from Wise to n
place where 1t will count Mr. Whaley
Wise up. 1t is doubtful If he could with
MIN out of the race entirely AS il
STANDS now Mr.. Young has the solid sup
port which he has been counting on.
untouched, while the force opposed to
him is irreparably split into two sec
tons OF nearly equal size There never
nus been any doubt of W. A. Young
election, but If there had been this 'emer-
sency nomination would dispel 1t for
ever"
| In
perlencing sort of political seasickness
due 10 the extremely uneasy seas upon
which they are trying to sail They
are suffering from a nausea of mixed
emotions. While it is generally believed
mat they will support Mr.. Whaley al
most 10 II man. they do so with feel
ing OF sadness and longing" and an un-
Punishable impression that they have
wandered into strange lands and taken
up strange idols. They have been
i"rced I" take down their own candi-
date: they wont vote for DR.. Wise and
Mr., Whalcy looms up in the shape of n
iast resort If they want TO vote at all
ordinarily, perhaps, they wouldn't vote
ut all. but in this election. where every
BODY Is voting. they can't afford to be
out of the fashion.
Mr.. a. II. krisc. president of the CITY
National Bank. stated that he consider
ed the selection of Mr.. Nhaley a most
fortunate one. "He is a. strong man
and VIII rally tremendous vote to his
support" he said.
Judge Thomas II. Wilcox said that he
had not thought at all of the nomina
tlon He had heard, however. that Mr..
Whaley was put up with the under
standing that he was TO receive some
Republican support.
A prominent banker. who declined TO
allow the use of his name, stated that
Whie MI. Whaley was II good man and
apie, yet there was not the slightest
nope OF his election unless DR.. Wise
comes down. And even then" he
added, II think IL too late now TO do anv
good. The co.ored vote would have to he
educated up to the point OF supporting
even n sound money Democrat. and tho
time Is now all too short"
A prominent Democrat said: eff DIR
Wise ever gets the idea that his friends
have tried to sell him out to the gold
men he'll stick in the race till the cracI,
of DOOM
y number OF other gentlemen were
interviewed, the majority Of them de-
Ginning to permit the use of their names.
and expressing opinions as various as
their personalities in detail. but I'm fact
amounting TO this: The gold standard
men believe they have made a good
move and are confident that DR.. Wisa
VIII be taken down. The silver men
stand iirm in the conviction that Mr..
Young will go through in a rush, and
are rather jubilant over Mr.. Whaley's
nomination, saying 1t strengthens their
chances.