Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-12
LETTER FROM HANCOCK
COUNTY.
Review of the Late Campaign
Its Local and National Bearing
The People With the Demo-
cratic Party-Interest In the
Letters of "V. ""

FAIRyIEw, November Il.
Editor OF the Register:
have tried to be becomingly des-
pondcnt upon the result OF The thirty
State elections OF Tuesday last; rs that
seems TO be the mental quality III
fashion with such Democrat newspapers
and other authorities as have had the
fortune to meet with since that day ol
dubious events. But, try rs / may, |
have not as yet been able to effect 'erg
Respondent mood. An honest respect
for such common but dispasslonate
Judgment as ] have been able To retain
prevents it. The late campaign was an
intelligent, thoughtful and earnest one;
and the result, substantial, though mod
crate az they are, whilst not meeting the
full eXuberance Of anticipation, ought,
indeed, to afford more enduring and
proiounder satisfaction to the deliberate
Democratic judgment than should 4
victory pushed to greater extent, won
amid the blaze and hurrah OF unthlnk-
ing excitement.
4 collateral result from the late cleo
tons, which is of great Importance, l.,
the demonstration that financial and in
dustrial reform, ii they come at all to
save this country, must come through
the Democratic party, and that the
cndeavOr to build up Il third party IL
but the short road To the ruin Of every
aim that that party has i'll view.
But as to substantial results, what?
Well, firstly: OF all the people OF the
whole country, their voice, as uttered
through the ballot box repeats the same
tones and words us were spoken two
wears ago, when they made their
choice by majority of more
than quarter of a million of votes
but were defrauded OF it by the single
vote OF n corrupt Judge OF the Cuited
States Supreme Court. The people OF
the United States are with the DemOcra-
CIV, and by an increased majority. Then,
oil the States of the Union, Il ma ority Of
the governors and governments are
ours. Congress, too, both Senate and
/ House, after the fourth OF March, are
ours, reliably and solidly.
But then is not the next Presidential
election most likely t. result in no
choice by the people, and are We forti-
fled against an emergency of that kind?
Let us see. We cannot, think, hope
much from California, which is yet to
vote. We may tie our opponents in
that State, as at present, and III that case
the vote in the House. by States, would
stand 10 Democrats. Is Republicans and
California; Il tie and therefore Il null
". In that case, there would be no
election: Tor the Constitution requires 4
majority OF al the States. The same
result would ensuc should the Rcpub-
leans gain majority OF Congressman
in California. What then? Why, the
Senate would choose Vice President
from the two highest candidates, and
being Democratic, the Senate would
choose Democrat. The Vice Prcci
dent thus chosen would then. by virtue
OF the Constitution, become the Prcsi-
dent.
There is still another adverse event to
anticipate. Indiana's Congressional
delegation will stand Democrats to 6
Republicans, and Greenbacker de In
Matvr.) The latter in any ordinary
contest, would be with rs. He stumped
PENNSYLVANIA for the Democrats since
his election. If, however, there should be
three Presidential candidates before
Congress. the third one being Il Green
hacker, diStinctivnly, the great PROBABLE
itv would be that Della Martyr would
vote Tor such candidate The only con-
sequence of such Il state OF affairs would
again be as in the case last stated-nO
election by the House, and the election
hv the Senate, of a Democratic Vice
President, who would become Prcs-
dent.
Thus, take thc most unfayOrablc view
OF the contingencies of the future, and
the Democracy are not at all likely to
be wOrsted in the next Presidential CON
test, as, through favor OF fraud and cir
cumstances. they were in 1876 The
first probability of the election of 1880
is, that as in Is, We shall carry 4 ma
ioritv OF the electors. In that case,
having both Senate and House, We shall
have it in orr power TO make an honest
count, and the election will not 90 t.
the House But ii it should, the situa-
ton would there, rs shown, be all in
our favor.
look with great interest to the i'll
turc letters of your correspondent "N.
V" Ii he shall seriously give consider
alton to the inn urtant questions of lcgiS-
lative amendment as promised by him.
land is worthy, oil the endorsement that
your headlines to his communication
give him, which | doubt not. and shall
give us the result OF his thought and
investigation, he will have done great