West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-07-09
THEGREAT CHICAGO CONVENTION
Is ALL THE TALK NOW.
Dissatisfaction Over The Nomination
OF Hobart, Who knitted The
Blaine Ticket
The President Has no Mercy on Pcu
sion Criminals.
rom our regular correspondent,
WASHINGTON, ID. c..

the oHllotlng at Chicago is over is n
matter OF doubt, but it left
Washington IN healthy condition
and its friends were indulging hopes
OF success. Ex-Congressman Be.
rlah Wilkins. of Ohio, and one of
the proprletors of the Washington
Post, is one of tho chief boomers.
Mr.. Mclean is proprietor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and has i'm i.
portant business interests in Wash
ington, where he resides most of
the time : But he, Of course. re.
tains his citinzenship in Ohio.
RHln
President Cleveland has no SYM
pathy for men who are convicted of
violating pension laws. lie refused
applications for pardon for three
such convicts just before he left
Washington for Gray Gables. In
the case OF Paul A. Marcellino, he
wrote on tho application for par
don : "This convict was guilty.
apparently Of nearly all the crimes
and frauds denounced by our pen.
sion laws. He seems in every way
possible TO have cheated and swim.
died ignorant pensioners and i'm
posed on the Government. The
punishment meted out to him was
all welldeserved, and I cannot
yield to the unthinking and irro-
sponsible appeal for his pardon. /"
For Andrew j. Rocks the President
wrote "This convict personated
dead soldier, and through this
mems procured pension and rob.
bed the Govornmont. lie was
Justly dealt with by the Court, and
should suffer oil the punishment
awarded to him." and upon that
OF 5. o. w. Brandon, who was a
pension attorney "Denied / am
unwilling to pardon those who in
violating our pension laws. over.
charge applicants for pensions for
the services they render in substan-
tlating their claims"
I'M
The more that becomes known
about Hobart the more Republican
dissatisfaction there is expressed at
his election by Hanna for the seo-
ond place on the ticket. At first
it was thought that his obscurIty
would cause him to be accepted
without protest by the rank Of the
Republican party, but since the
newspapers Of the country have
been throwing their searchlight
upon Hobarts record there is a
regular Republican howl ali along
the line. They may not be able to
force him of the ticket, hut IL is
certain that had they known az
much at st. Louis as they do now
that the Blame Repu blicans in that
convention would never have al.
lowed Garrett Hobart to be NOM
mated for Vice President, and it is
doubtful whether Hanna would
have asked such thing Of the con
yention had he known that Hobart
not only bolted the nomination OF
/ Blaine, in the 'S4 campaign, but
furnished considerable part OF
the money to pay campaign ex-
penses Of Ben. Butler, whOserunntne
was factor in the election Of Mr..
Cleveland. The Blaine Republi.
cans we're not any too we'll disposed
towards Mckinley anyway, and
now that they know the part pllycd
by Hobart in keeping their idol out
Of the White House, nobody need
be surprised II thousands Of thom
knife the whole ticket IN November.
BAGE
Chicago is the Mecca towards
which thousands Of good Demo
Gratis are now travelling, and to-
wards which millions moro are
looking with deepest interest. The
veal or woe Of the Democratic par
ty, not only for the present cam
pa'gn, but for the future, will be
determined by The convention which
meets in the windy city next week.
As far az Che most important plank
in the platform 10 be adopted by
that convention is concerned the
matter ID already prscficallv set