The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-13

YESTERDAYS ELECTION J
The Contest for State, County and
District officers.
Scenes at The City and Country Pre-
clncts Yesterday.
The Situation in Ohio County Undo,
cided by the Latest Reports.
now TIE DAY OPENED.

There vas enough moisture in the at
mosphere in ,his city yesterday morning
to lay ordinary dust. II there was not
enough 10 allay the dust OF controversy
over The State election. The early birds
who flew oul at daylight with their claws
full Of tickets 10 catch the first worms
which should emerge at the various poll.
inv Eplaces, as well as The late birds who
stsid up all night for the same purpose,
found every indication OF damp election
day and mourned over the prospect OF
twelve hours exposure TO the rain OF
Heaven, which, as the poet tells US. falls
alike upon the Just and unjust" and VETS
them both. helivery ,siable hacks. pro.
yided by generous candidates, wherein
the luxurious voter loves to disport him.
self with his feet on the front cushions,
CAME out at daylight with their placards
pinned on tight curtains, and their drivers
clothed on with profanity and gum coats.
AS the morning wore on, however, the
sun came out at intervals, and before noon
il became apparent that whatever other
disadvantages candidates, might, labor
under they were not 10 be interieted with
by the weather.
The WORKERS.
It was common remark among old OBJ.
servers OF political contests here, that they
had never seen the polls manned as nu-
merously land efficiently by the candid
a,es and their friends as they were yes.
,erday. Long before The heavy voting
began, the various precincts were fully
equipped with ticket-holders and advo.:
Gates Of the different political parties, and
numerous individual candidates had
special employees at work with instruct.
ions to give away the whole wagon ii
necessary 10 save the dog under 1t.
As the crowds were swelled by voters
yhe fingered after depositipg their ballots,
and by loungers who loRied about TO ven
lure attenusted predictions and exchange
pauzy Information as to the exact state OF
tho case, the spaces in front OF the win
Iows lacked like mass meetings, in which
sveTv attendant was the orator Of the day
coinmissionedt to te.l bis neighbors whet
ought TO be done and MOI TO forget 1t.
There was comparatively little c'unken'
ness and but little Quarreiing, collisions be-
ing few and far between, aud in caseH
where opponents abused each other they
seemed 10 do it moie In SORROW than in
anger There were few instances where
liyal workers cast doubts, upon each others
ancestry and spoke OF each other as di'
yiuely condemned falsitiers, but these
were rare. and the speakers seemed to
speak 10 a Pickwickian way. The can
yaseers books we're well banded and the
promptness with which the bulk OF the
| nd al
cleaned, epoke well for the industry OF
those who gathered and checked It, as well
ss for the interest ielt by the voters in the
result. y 4 'H-
TICKETS AND TICKETS.
There was enough variety in the tickets
offered 10 satisfy the most iastidious re-
ouirements. From the straight ticket
aud no mistake" Of each political party,
down to the omnibus collection, which in
cluded everybody who had ever been mem
toned, or had mentioned themselves for
an office, the list ran through almost ev-
ery possible combination. There were
tickets with Republican head and Dem
ocralic tail; tickets in which these cOudi-
tons we're reversed; tickets whose spinal
yertebrn were made up from all
political parties, and tickets into whose
stomachs the most homogeneous elements
had been injected without the
least consultation with the bal
auce OF the snatomy. There
we're tickets made up on the eclectic sys-
tenn like thoee Of the F0rtStritS Pdrti and
the Labor Reform AsSOciatiOn, " herein the
names OF candidates supposed to enter
tain liberal views concerning German Gus
toms aud who were opposed to prison con.
tracts, wers inserted, to the exclusion aud
disgust OF others whose regard for beer was
only eQualled by their opposition to the
present Penitentiary system. And lastly,
tlere were numerous tickets, the result OF
individual enterprise, wherein the names
Of single candidates were morticed into
the framework Of an opposition structure
80 deity that 1t required keen observation
to rdetect the iUlntura. And all these
tickets were offered 10 the unsupplied
citizen with a persistent generosity aud u
generous persistency that was refreshing
to contemplate.
WHERE THE FIGHT WAS TnlcKEsT.
As rule the fight in this city and
county was made more particularly over
the sheritalty, and the legislative tickets,
although there were precincts where the
contests over commissionerships and
other District trusts, overshadowed both
the State tickets and the more important
county offices. For the sheriis place
both the Republican and Democratic can
didates brought TO the contest host OF
personal friends who gave their time and
means generously, 10 advance the inter-
ests OF the candidate OF their choice. Mr..
@, P, Brown, the Democratic candidate,
had the advantage oil a longer residence
and larger personal acquaintance in the
county than bis competitor and the addi-
tional advantage, II advantage 1t was, OF
having done considerable work in years
past with view OF reaching the place for
which he was this year nominated. As
against these, Mr.. Geo. II. Parks,who was
nominated by the Republicans for the
Sherifaliy, brought more united sup.
port OF bis own party than that furnished
bis opponent by the Democracy, and
notably active and earnest canvass among
the voters OF the county Of all shades OF
opinion. ...,.. 49,.
As for the Greenback candidate for
Sheriff, Mr.. l. S. Muth, his original back
ers seeu TO have been fused TO consider.
able extent into their original elements
when the fight got hot, and on the Sheriff |
ally question, went over to Parks or
Brown, as their former political assoGia.
tons or subsequent inclination suggested |
There was considerable cutting and |
slashiDg on the Legislative ticket in which |
the country candidates seemed TO suffer |
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