The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-28
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The Next Election Ia West virginia.
The KunnWhu GTccRback IAaVus-lI. :. WRlksf's
paper
Several slalwart organs in this State are
demanding q straight Republican ticket
next year on q al aight Republican plat
form. From the recent exhibition In Ka-
nnwha county, We had inferred that the
"bitter.enders'' would unite with the
B0urbonR next year, and that the Green
hackers would have q fusion to fight In the
State, as they Ind in this Valley. United,
or in detail, IL doesn't matter, tho Green
hackers will beat them both, and carry the
State next year. The sturdy gentlemen
whp insist on falling with the flag will be
accommodated.
It may appear very mysterious aud fool
ish to Mr.. Walker that the Republicans
should think Of nominating u Republican
ticket, but IL will hardly strike other peo.
pic rs unnatural or unreasonable. A party
that has pOlleh over 1900 votes in the
State is likely 10 have some organization
and some political principles worth con.
tending for, and We do do not see why
they shonld he expected to play second
fiddle to an organization that is in direct
conflict with tho financial views OF the Re.
publican party Of the country. AS to the
GrCenbacken being strong enough to
carry the State over the heads OF both
the other parties, the idea Is ridiCul.
ons on its face. The Greenback strength,
outside of the Kanawha Valley, Is no.
toriously less than it w0s last year, and in
the First and Second Congressional dis
tricts it amounted to about 5000 last year.
The situation Of affairs has radically
changed since then. Specie payment
then prophcsied to be impossible) is
M accomplished fact, and another year
Of good crops has turned the United
States into the position Of soon becoming
u great creditor nation. We have u larger
volume OF money by virtue Of specie pay
ments than We had before. We have
added the whole gold and silver OF the
country TO the paper volume, and the ag.
grCgOtG is not less than a thousand mil
lions. 1t is thought by many that the
present boom in business is largely due to
the tremendous volumeo OF money, and that
we are really in danger Of a very consider
able re.infation Of prices owing to this
fact. This amount Of money will increase
steadily, rs gold is now flowing to this
country from Europe and the products OF
our mines will remain at home. Why
therefore should q G~reenbaCker be a
GreenbaCker any longer? The Repub.
Iican party has certainly given him oil the
money the country needs, and whatever
value is in initiation is accruing day by day.
We take it for granted that the Republic
can party will be thoroughly organized
next year-more thoroughly than for some
time past-and inasmuch as Mr.. Walkers
allies expect TO run q ticket, and the Demo-
Gratis expect Of course to run ore, the
chances Of Republican success are not by
any means forlOrn. On the contrary, they
are very encouraging. Stranger things
have happened in this country than the
success Of the Republican party in West
Virginia next fall. II the Grcenbackers
poll $4,000 votes We shall be reasonably
sure Of winning, II Foster is elected
Governor of Ohio by n large majority the
Republican party of West Virginia will be
enthused at once to commence the work
Of organization for 1850, and the Demo-
craCy will be correspondingly discouraged.
Their Encouragement will tend to make
the G~reenbaCk organization almost exclu.
sively Democratic, and eliminate from it
whatever Republican strength it may have.
Let tho impression once get abroad that
the chances are decidly with the Rcpub.
leans next year for the Presidency, and
the party will be powerfully strengthen.
ed throughout this State.