The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-11

4. isl as received the returns indicate
,sr Bsp Wilson, notwithstanding his
,,.nsnious cut down in this county, will
b,y. iuIy A, large a majority as he had in
,Ss and. We believe, larger. 1t will be
v,a TIA; TYLER county that gave Scott
..,u,jonty in '7G,and was counted on for
nh, that many Tor Hubbard, now gives
wilson a small majority. 1t will also be
IN tia, wetzel looms up with an in
r.s,i Democratic majority. We
h.y. only partial returns from Ritchie,
lot We rcsume that the Greenback
k,st there. rs in Doddridge and Harrison,
-urs % the benefit OF Wilson. And
soaking Of the Greenback vote, it will be
syasei that in Tyler the Republicans were
bsuatally sold out by the Democracy.
u, after dropped Bassell and piled in on
Tison, bu, the Republicans stuck and
asuck.
I,isnpored that Writ gave Wilson 326,
Reaan.s 10. Wood go, and Calhoun $50.
ne i.st IS clearly an error, r,unless the coun-
rIo.ed unanimously for him, as in 1876
tculr gave him 2lO majority, and only
d i! sold 177S votes.
nj. no, improbable that Mr.. Hubbard's
a,lOrties will be confined to the Panhan:
4. counties of Hancock, Ohio and Mar
HLl. While the falling of elsewhere
srra.ly,o he regretted, for the sake Of
he issue involved, yet we are glad that
Is vote shows tina; in this part Of the State
lie Greenback mania does not prevail to
ry material extent. And especially do
r TX. pride in the fact that here in
Tberling. where the iron business is so
-u,t depressed, thepeopIe were not weak
ssngh to iosuppose that it could be revived
symperiugwith the currency otthe coun-
T The voters of Wheeling have read and
aoushi more upon both sides Of the finan-
"a sus than any community in the
Sat, md they understand the question
Ieaer, and their vote OF Tuesday shows
Ae direction Of their conclusions. That
athe feature of Tuesdays vote that gives
especial qualification. Col. Wilson came
h.r several times during the canvass, and
Pketwioe but he did not get a chance,
anOppOsed, as in other parts Of the dis
rt 10 indoctrinate the people with his
Teiors half truths in regard to the fnan-
oe IAd business OF the country. He was
sIpsei and shown up, and his one-sided
statements supplemented by other state
Hsais that completely neutralized them.
Hal the same exposures been possible
nser county in the district the result
T'ali have been Col. Wilson'S defeat
Hte*s 10 Congress not as the represent
slys Of an intelligent popular verdict, but
dl a!sled sentiment. OF sentiment
LII he b" played upon by raising expec-
iEioa' ihA, will never be realized. He
fS induced hundreds of people to sup
i"s that he has programme in finance
Hai aiEill tting about prosperity. He has
saie them believe that the currency has
irsa contracted from fifteen hundred mil
Su'doVnio seven hundred millions, and
tSIsd them to look for a re-expansion to
SE amount in the event of Democratic
s''os'N especially his own success. This
the son OF humbuggery that
A ID ;udiously disseminated amongth
lt9Feind as in alltimes Of public distress
is aas to1ndgreat numbers ofvotersready
"Ot dpTei. In year from now, when
FNas payments have been resumed, and
Ven the country is gradually building NJ
'slsolid foundation, many of these peo'
fe vii wonder why they were ever weak
f'oasa to tS taken in by Col. Wilson'S
perverted statements and sophistical argu
ntlu :