The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-14
.. Io., OF Ohio County for
IHe many Years Past.

4, ,jsroI the largely increased vote 0'
=. ~ .onntv on Tuesday last it is matter
4 interest TO look over her vote " re,
-.J,J in our tiles, for the last quarter oil
~, ,.a,ary, beginning Sish the Pfe'iden,
-, ,o,. Of November, 1852. At that I.
=, ,-,,,i,n ,fen. Scott Vas the Wing candi'
',',"ys a.. F,,nElin Pierce the Democratic
'.Iil,,e, and John Z. Hale the Free
Sil candidate. There WAS no Free
III IA ,.,.y in Virginia at that time,
y, l.,,, a, electOr, il the field. The
,,,. aol, Scott l,i5s, Pierce 1885,
r,.,Ioa .,SS.
IA 1886, James Buchanan was the Dem
.,,,,s candidate, Millarl Fillmore the
,-.,i.,n and Wing candidate, and Jno
= fremont the Republican candidate
N, yo,. stood a. follows: Buchanan l.
9. Fillmore ] ,lG5, Fremont los. Total
1s,9O5.
n 1860. John Z. Breckenridge was the
.9iuee Of the Southern wing OF the
Democracy, Stephen A. Douglass OF the
y,,,bs,n wing John Bell, Of the Ameri'
an and whig party, and abraham Lin
gla OF the Republican party The vote
eood a. follows: Breckenridge 9l4
Douglas, SIS, Bell 1889, Lincoln 76S
To,al vote of the county 3,597.
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln vas the
,aaiid4te OF the Republican part! ior
selection, and Gen. Geo. 8. Mcclellan, o.
lie Democracy. The latter stood 4 Union
rnstal on the Chicago peace platform
y, up by Tilden x Co, bat in accept
.r,.he nomination, ".pit' upOa the plat
.,ta 10 use the words Of Horace Greeley,
,,l former OCCASION. The vote In this
ssaa,y stood as follows: Lincoln, 9,lSs,
Mcclellan, 2,OOs. Total vote, 4,l47.
Ia 1865 General Grant was the Repub
Iican candidate for President and HOra'
ito Seymour the candidate OF the Democ
..ry. The vote stood, Grant 2rS29, Sey-
zOar 2,49i. Total vote, 4, ,s26.
lalSi99, General Grant was the Repub
.isir candidate for reelection, ant
E9tss Greeley the Democratic candi
!le. The vote Of the county stood a
oloS; Grant 2,467, Greeley 2,57s
onlyo;e, 5Oi5.
Ia 1876, on Tuesday last the vOt'
Sa Is follows: Gof' (Rep.) $3.50
NrsAsm CDsm.) 3,6s9. Total vote, 7,Oss
TIE ra.iO Of voting population to th'
Thsle population is Sc, down by statisti
aIsa,boriiie. As one to six. According
TO this ratiOVe ought now to have AZ,
AoE population, whereas the esti
al.dPOpulatiOn Of our county for 1876
Urpotisd to the West Virginia Senate
llt winter, ia 3S,925. Our actual popu
idoa ia 1870, according 10 the United
Sa;ss census, was s,S9l, and our vote il
hat "a, Jacob and stevenson) was
We. Multiply 1909 by . and il
F's 1854, which shows that the
'Hio laid down by staticiaus Is reliable
Iaa icing so, it remains for those who
think that I,Os9 honest votes were polled
ia this county on Tuesday last, to shoW
iAl'Ts have Il, ,534 people in the county
o1pide the city, or else more than $4,000
.aihe city. By the city census taken this
far We had only $1,000 people in tht
ay, and the fact that it was in the cit,
AT the heavy increased vote was pOllet
sFets the theory that the country i. re
'Pou'ible for it. 1t would seem a, il oul
aQDty population should now be owe,
900, or as If our vote OF 1859 OF
Iaesiay ia mystery to be yet sati,factO
rilrexplninAJI