The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-28
The Result in West Virginia.

From the Cincinnati Ga1ette) yEt
There Is no doubt about the defeat OF
Mr. Camden, the regular Democratic can.
didate for Governor In West Virginia.
Precisely how large the majority for ia.
cob Is, we do not know, but It Is large
enough to indicate the disorganization Of
the Democratic party in that State, and
TO warrant the belief that Grant will carry
II In November.
In paragraph published the other day
we briefly adverted 10 the importance Of
this election and the significance a Demo.
cratic defeat would have. The result Of
the election has not affected the correct
ness OF our statements. What we said
then, we repeat now-the State IL
one which Republicans could, but
Democrats could not, have afforded 10
lose. A Republican defeat would have
signifed nothing but that the Democrats
had saved their own. II would have been
like a Democratic deleatjn Massachusetts,
1t Is only the foolish candidacy Of Greeley
that has made Republican victory there
possible That has introduced such di.
versity Of opinion into the Democratic
party, has 30 separated men who fought
together in other campaigns, that an
independent candidate has run against
the regular one, and beaten him.
Mr. Camden was nominated by q Dem.
ocratiC Convention regularly called, and
was supported by the entire party ma.
chinery. Mr.. Jacob, the former Govern
or, man Of good repute, and who had
given satisfaction In the discharge Of his
duties to all but knot Of Office holders
and politicians, conceiving himself III.
treated, announced that he would run as
an Independent candidate. The former
was understood from the first to be Gree.
leyite-the latter one Whocould not accept
the leadership Of the man Of Chappsuus.
We are aware that the claim has been
lately set up that Jacob, as well as his
opponent. was committed to Mr.. Greeley;
but the claim was only trumped up when
It was found that Jacob was likely to be
elected. In West Virginia, where he was
known, he was supported as a straight.
out, one who would not enter into the
"unholy alliance" who looked toward
Louisville rather than Cincinnati and
Baltimore. In this view he was sup.
ported, while Camden was voted for BY
the Greeleyites.
The Republicans made no nomination.
Their strategy was Of the same sort as
that OF the Democratic managers who
thought they saw in the nomination Of
EGreeley an opportunity to break up the
Republican party. The game has worked
much better in West Virginia than II did
in the case OF Mr.. Greeley. The Repub.
lican vote, backed by the boiling Demo
cratic vote, was sufficient to elect
Jacob by majority that Is claimed
at the time we write 10 be 5000.
We have the authority of no less a per.
son than Mr.. Camden, himself, for stating
that this result means the disruption,
complete disorganizstion oil the Demo.
cratic party INVEST Virginia. Two weeks
ago, in conversation at Cranberry Sum-
nit, he remarked that the election had a
significance which was not to be over
estimated. II he was beaten in the ap-
preaching election, he said, Gen. Grant
would carry the State in November. Es.
pecially would this prediction be verified
II the Louisville movement should
develop strength. The reason for
this statement is plain. There Is a
good deal of dissatisfaction in the State
with Mr.. Greeley, and it only needs that
this dissatisfaction should be made pub.
lie, as has just been done, to cause his
Democratic supporters to leave him.
They support him now because they
think that thus only can they achieve a
success. Convince them, as this election
must, that their hunger will not be an.
peaSed even after they have eaten crow,
and they will prefer to starve in company
with Louisville.
Probably ten thousand Democrats cut
of voting Democratic population OF
about 10000 voted on Thursday Tor the
man whose name was identified with the
cause OF anti. Greeleyism. We have no
doubt that when the next contest comes,
this number will be largely increased.
At the election in 1871 there were polled
81 1858 votes, oi which &c, ,22O were Demo.
cratic and 27,6SS Republican. Ten
thousand votes either transferred from
Greeley to the Louisville nominee, OF
withheld, will give the State to the Re.
publicsns who still stand by the old
party.