Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-04
NEW YORK.
REVIEWING THE GREAT BATTLE
FIELD.
Opinions of Leading JOurnals-SOme Of
the BIunders, and the False Issues
Presented-Grant and Tilden
Lugged Into the Fight
NEW YORK,
The Herald on the situation.

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solemn duty that under our free insti-
tutiOns can devolye upon citizen. The
canvass has been eager and spirited.
The discussions of National affairs have
rivaled in interest and variety what We
see only in our Presidential campaigns
What is called the "off year" in politics
is generally dead year. No party polls
its full vote, and the Indifferent class of
voters, who only go the polls in times of
emergency, remain at home. Several
conditions have conspired to give
special zest to the canvass. 1t is con-
tended that the result will determine
the fortunes of Mr.. Tilden as Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency.
| The Republicans feel the influence of
tine abnormal and overshadowing per-
sOnality of Grant, and those who are
the officiOus and Ostentatious friends OF
the General argue that the vote OF New
| York will more or less determine the
possibility of his being a Republican can
didate for the Presidency. To this we
must add the eccentric course of Mr..
Kelley, whose ambition has driven him
into an attitude of rebelling-we may
almost say OF against the
Democracy. In other words, the
fortunes OF Mr.. TiIden are supposed
to be involved IN the fate of
| Mr.. Robinson, and those OF General
| Grant i'm the success of Mr.. Cornell.
| Mr.. Kelly fights for his life. At the
same time it seems to us that there is a
| good deal of humbug in these Considera-
tions. IL Mr.. Rob nson is beaten it will
be said that the revolution against Mr..
| Tilden is so widespread that he has lost
| his hold upon the State, and that TO
| nominate a man who is sure to be OPP
| posed by a powerful section of his own
| party will throw away the State. Mr..
| Tilden has passed out of serious cOnsid-
| Grafton as a candidate for the Presidency.
He has steadily dropped since the last ell
| ection. To blend his fortunes with those
| of Governor Robinson is to give him
an importance which does not be-
long to him, which, in fact, he has
| thrown away-and TO do the Governor
a great injustice. The Democrats should
| not be moved from their allegiance by
any such callOus reasoning. Let them
vote for Robinson or against him Who'll
| lv upon his merits as Governor, and
look upon the introduction OF Mr.. Til
| den's name as a part OF the humbug and
clap-trap OF politics. The canvass for
Mr. Cornell is largely affected by what |
| is known as "the Grant movement"
| This is peculiar phenomenon. The
| towering personality and illustriOus
name of Grant are made Use of by a CO. |
terie of desperate political managers for |
no other purpose than to revive their |
fallen fortunes. 1t is said that if Mr.. Cor |
nell carries the State it will because |
he is the special representative o! |
General Grant, the personal candidate |
OF Mr.. COnkling, who is the friend and |
champion of the eX-President, and so |
said to have no higher political am
bition than to see the General reelected. |
This does Mr.. Cornell injustice, and |
is one Of the humbugs of the canvass. |
The introduction OF the names OF Grant |
and Tilden is, We repeat, the humbug
and clap-trap of politics, and degrades |
the canvass. Mr.. Kelly holds a unique |
position. He is not serious candidate
for Governor. His campaign is one of
vanity and revenge. We have no fears
as 10 what the people OF the State will
saw on the subject when they speak
through the ballot box tomorrow"
Kslly's Suicide
sun OF Monday.
John Kelly is leader who does not
propose to lead anything but the defeat
of his own party. He is undertaking to
deprive his own party OF the power they
now hold. The Democrats are now in
full possession of the Executive Depart
ment of the Government of New York.
John Kelly is trying to deprive them OF
this. and to install the Republicans in
| their place. He is a General whose
| highest ambition is to lead his own
| tr0ops TO ignominiOus defeat, and sto
crown the enemy with victory. Now,
| when man who has been a leader de-
| liberately makes up his mind TO court
| defeat and ruin, il seems almost time
| that different man were looked for to
| fiji his place. If John Kelly is deter
mined to descend into the depths OF de-
| feat, let him 90 down alone. Who
wants To follow him? Now and then a
/ silly man commits suicide; but shall a
great organization show themselves
pack of fools by following such an in
| sane example?
A Non-Committal Republican.
| Tribune of Yesterday.
Election week opens with every at
tack on the Republican candidates al
ready broken down. No one now pre-
/ tends that Mr.. Cornell is not an upright
citizen, well qualified by business and
| political experience for the Governor
/ Shin. an ardent Republican from the
! foundation of the party, and man OF
stainless personal character. The
charges AGAINST Mr.. SOule have not been
sustained. The very evidence before
/ the Canal Committee is shown 10 dis
nroye their first haSty arraignment,
and the Journals which assailed Mr..
| Soule SO vehemently at the outset, have
now practically abandoned the attack.
| Against the other mem berS OF the State
ticket there has been no opposition and
/ no attack.
From the Editor Of the World.
The open alliance of Cornell with
| Kelly to surrender the taxpayers TO
Tammanv is driving decent Republicans
by thousands To the support OF Robin
son. The commercial future OF New
York. attacked by Sherman IN the inter
est of Chicago, arrays the mercantile
classes against the Stalwarts. kelly's
local nominations have angered his own
adherents. RobinsOn's disclaimer of re-
sponsibihty for Tilden has encouraged q
strong support from the Independents.
The signs to-day are all favorable for a
plurality in New York and Kings sutfi-
cient to counterbalance the Republican
vote i'm the interior.
w. II. HURLBUT.
Both Sides Confident.
NEw YORK. November i.-General
. Grosyener and Col T. c. Campbell, OF
Ohio. arrived from the interior OF the
State. where they have been rendering
efficient service in the Republican cam
paign. The eve of the political battle
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