Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-26
The Resuit of the EIectien In West
"a Virgiuia.

On Friday night, the Associated Press
dispatches claimed Republican majority
In West Virginia of from two to three
thousand. A special from the Register
Office the same night claimed about the
same majority for the Democrats. Not one
word in relation to the West Virginia eiec-
tion did the regular telegraphic dispatches
contain on Saturday. A special to the
Cincinnati Times, dated, New York city at
two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
stated that the returns received up to that
hour left little doubt that West Virginia
had gone Republican by fully 1,500. AS
West Virginia is much nearer Ohio than
New York, it is singular that no news was
HAD from 1t direct, instead of by the way of
/ New York city. 1t is evident that If the
Republicans have carried that State, they
/ have done so by the skin OF their teeth.
The following editorial on the subject from
the Wheeling wv. VI Register (Democratic)
will be read with satisfaction by every
Democrat:
i =91H4I lil THE RESULT.
| AS is always the case when Democratic
victories are gained, the returns come in
/ slowly. The very tardiness of the news is
an omen of success, and what few dis spatch-
es have been received confirm us in the be-
/ lief that the complete returns will show
that we have won glorious and decided
victory. 1t is certain that we have made
/ great and important gains. We have strong
hopes OF having obtained a majority OF
the members of the House of Delegates,
and have probably won enough to give us
a majority on joint ballot, thereby ensur-
ing the election of Democratic United
States Senator in place OF Mr.. Van
Winkle, whose term expires on the
| friends OF civil liberty have done
nobly. In spite of the utmost exertions
on the part of the Radicals, in spite of reg
istration frauds and the villainies of the
Governor, in spite of military interference
and intimidation, in spite of the demoral-
ization consequent upon the Democratic.
defeats in the great s ates of Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, our friends have stood
bravely against the tide, and, by their mag
nificent vote on last Thursday, showed
| how they can and WILL win overwhelming
victories when these influences are remov-
ed. The friends of constitutional liberty
should everywhere be of good cheer. The
time is soon at hand when the triumph OF
the principles for which we have been
battling will be an accomplished fact.
In the Judicial District composed of the
counties of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and
Marshall, the probability is. from the latest
returns received, that Mr.. PAUL will have
majority of 40 or so over his Radical COM
petitor, Judge Caldwell. s-
1t is also probable that Mr.. Walker is
elected to Congress from the First District
By from 100 to 150 majority. The vote is
SO close as to require the official
count to decide which has won- In
view of the fact that the Radicals
have been continually ignoring the possi-
bility of the election of the Democratic
candidate and deriding the chances of his
success, this is perhaps the most signif1-
cant victory upon the list. Even although
the official count should show that Mr..
Walker has been defeated (Which we do
not believe is possible,) still the destruc-
tion OF the majority by which the Radicals
have heretofore carried the district will be
of itself substantial triumph and will
greatly encourage those who are strug-
Cling for the right.
We feel certain that we have gained
Congressman in the Third District, al
though no returns from that region have
yet been received. We had advices from
that District shortly before the election,
been elected over Witcher, his Radical
competitor.
Altogether, the result is one of which the
Democracy may well feel proud and nerve
themselves confidently for the struggle in
November. We can carry this State for
Seymour and Blair as snrely as the sun
will rise upon election day. There are hum
dreds of voters not heretofore registered
that we can put upon the lists to- day. Let
us go to work earnestly, cheered by the
victories already won, and we can, just as
easily as not, make Seymour's majority five
thousand or more. See to it, ali lovers of
freedom and right.