The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-25
TIE nAINR ELECTION.
How Will the state Vote In November
Views ola Marshall County soldier.


MARSHALL County, Sept. "a, 1880.
Editors lnlellisCucer. ,,
Politics absorbs everything as the time
for the State election draws near, and the
Republicans OF Marshall county were
never better organized than at present.
They have got their "mad up" since the
news from Maine, and they will show in
October that they mean business-just the
same kind OF business, only done IN u dill
iereut way, az was meant from 1851 to
1866. There has been much said about
Maine, as 10 its effect on the result in the
October States, etc. Perhaps the opinion
Of one who never made politics much OF
study will not amount TO much, but
still with your leave will give 1t. do
not think that the result in Maine ought
10 influence the national ticket at all. The
causes that brought about the result there
are entirely local and cannot have
effect outside OF the State. Many causes
conspired against the Republicans there.
From the best information obtainable,
the business boom which is making good
times in nearly every section Of our broad
land, has not struck that far.oT land as
vet. The great interest OF Maine is ship
building, and 1t has not as yet felt the
boom. The Greenback party has gained
very strong hold on many Of the people
there, and strange as it may appear, these
are nearly all Republicans. The Repub.
lican party there, as IN nearly all States,
where one party holds the power for
many years in succession, has been run
too much In the interest OF ring, and this
has driven many from the party. These
may be called soreheadR, but they never
theless vote Just as well and as hard as
anybody does.
These with other causes have conspired
against the success OF the Republican
party. The great mass Of the Greenback
party in Maine are bitterly opposed to the
triumph OF the Democratic party, and in
November thousands OF them will vote for
Garfield, who voted against the Republic
can party ut the late election. Garfield
will doubtless get the electoral vote Of
Maine. Now, the plain duty is to go to
work. 1t ssilent, solid work we need and
must have. Every Republican who has
the least particle Of influence must use that
influence for the success OF those
principles we believe to be eternal.
Gan we expect anything OF
West Virginia. Can anything good come
out Of Nazareth? Certainly It can. We
may not carry the State, but we can so re.
duce the Bourbon majority that it will pre-.
pare US to join the Republican column in
November. We do not naturally belong
to the Solid South. All our interests are
with the great North, and II all our noble
hearted voters would vote their honest
convictions, aside from party, we would
give handsome majority even In October
Tor the great party and principles OF
freedom.
Torchlight professions, great demon
STATIONS OF the masses, and firing Of can
non, may do some good, but It is quiet
work, II any, that influences the careless
voter. Let this work be made effectual.
The great hope OF the Democratic party
Is that the soldier vote will be given to
Hancock. How any Union soldier who
still loves the principles for which he
fought can for moment think even Of
voting the Democratic ticket is more than
can imagine. We as soldiers cannot
vote for the blue when we see that it hides
the gray beneath 1t. / have yet TO find q
Republican soldier who will vote for
Hancock. .