The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-05
The following is the vote by town
ships in 1867, the vote taken being the
highest cast for each office:
TotaI........................lUs5

ub lOllO"lu6 NOAG5 Cu5S ~
the workingmen's ticket" for the
House of Delegates Clay. 4: Union, 4;
Centre, 8; Webster, "A; RttchIe, Sos
In ClHy the Democratic vote fOf Dele
gates is the sume MS that for SenatUr-
50 that these 4 must belong to the Re-
publ cans. The sHme is true iD Union.
To C-utre three of them appear 10 have
vUltd III. DemocTsuc ticket for Senator.
IL ~ ebr'eI 8 appear 10 have done so;
in kI,yhIe uJne. Sixteen of these 6S
" ,hInE,neu woes are therefore Cast
f.r.u, D-uIUctAtIc .IukeI, except iOr the
Ii USE al Delegates. rnirty OnS appear
L. u.Ne voItd The Repubncan ticket,
wan tue sUme excepIun; aud 81 up.
pear Jiot to have voted nj All fur uuy'
tuine Uu. tneir own ticket for HOUSE.
We UeIi,ve IT correct TO say that So OF
tue IS were Republicans. Aiding the
vote thus anAIy zed TO the totals above,
we have total Union vote l. l47. Demo.
cratic l.sl5i whole vote 2,962; Demo
cratic majority 66s.
The whole vote in October, 1867, was
1lS5 less than the whole vote in 1864,
and 1914 less than the whole votein DC,
tober 1866. --...l-
The Democratic vote in October 1867,
was 1913 less than In 1854, and 40 less
than In October 1866.
The Republican vote in octoberdS67,
was O92 less than in 1864, and 9S4 less
than in October 1866.
1t is seen, therefore, that while both
parties polled much lighter votes last
year than they had previously done,
the democrats brought out a far larger
proportion of their votes than the Re-
publicans. Let us see irtheir majority
Is icorrespondingly as much larger as
the Republican vote Is less.
The Democratic majority in October
1867, was 624 greater than in 1S66-the
Democratic vote was 40 less. The
Republican vote in October 1867 was
93i less than in October 1856. Take
from this the Democratic loss OF 40. and
we have the net Republican loss of 624,
which is precisely the Democratic gain.
This shows that in the vote cast there
were no changes from the previous
year and no other Rccessions to the DEM
ocratlc vote. While the Democratic vote
was 40 less, they had relatively larger
majority because the Republican vote
was still relatively less than theirs. In
other words their majority increased
524 not because any Republican chang
ed over to them, or because of any other
accessIons, but simply because 524
more Republicans than Democrats
stayed away from the polls. 4,
A comparison of the vote of October
1867, with the vote OF 1854, makes a
still more favorable exhibit and It is
fair to consider 1t, for the presidential
vote of 1864 affords better basis than
the vote OF State election for estimaI-
ing the vote for President In November
The Democratic vote of 1867 was 1893
less than the vote of 1864; the Republi- ]
can vote was 992 less The Republican
decrease was. therefore, 700 more than
the Democratic decrease; and yet the
Democratic majority in 1867 is only
637 over the Republican majority In
1864; showing Democratic loss OF 282
on the vote actually cast last fall, as
compared with the vote in 1861. In this
ratio. II the same vote had been cast in
1867 as In 1854. the Republican gain
wosId have been 1866, or 235 maiGti Y.
To recapi,ulate: The whole vOle last
year was nea.ly 1900 less than in 1864,
and nearly 1 $50 Tess than In October.
1866. The falling I'll WAS in the vote
OF beth parties. The Republican alb
sente.s numbered more than double
the Democratic abseuIees. AS compar
ed with the vote OF 1866 the excess of
Republican over DemucraIic absentees
ls'be precise measure OF the relative
increase of the Democratic majority,
A compared with the Presidential vote
o, 1854 thersfWasAn actual Democrat.
ic i'sS nj nesrly 8 per cent
Tn, REGISTERED vote OF the county in
o@1oer, 1866. was somewhere between
200 and 4 500. We have not the exact
figures at hand. We presume it did moi
vary greatly from this last fall. It is
almost certain there are FROM one hun, 1
dred to two hundred mon in the comfy
who have never been registered, There
were in October, 1866, about 500 man
registered who did not vote, aud at least
100 unregistered. The number of I'M.
registered was doubtless still greater
last year and Is greater now. But II
We add 600 TO the whole vote OF octol
Der, 1865, we shall come somewhere
near the actual voting population OF
the county. OF these ak hundred 1t Is
very safe to say two.thirds are Repub.
licnna and IL thau nnr, he 4. 49, =.