West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-22

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compiler of the B. d O. Red Book,
which has become the standard po-
iitical text book of the country, is
now engaged with large force of
assistants in preparing a special
edition Of the Red Book, which
promises to be quite a unique
Ching in political literature. 1t is
to be issued under the taking til
tie of How Twas Done: The Po-
4itical Revolution of 1882"
Within the most artistically en-
graved covers by the American
Bank Note Company will be en-
braced the official results of the
election just held, and arranged so
perfectly and intelligently that the
yeriest amateur in such statistics
cannot fail to comprehend them.
The figures will be given on State
ticket and on Congressional ticket
in separate tables, the former by
counties and the latter by counties
and districts, In both tables COM
parsons Will be made with the
vote at the last preceding election
in each State, the returns o. which
will be given in full in order that
the understanding of the situation
may be complete. In States where
the Congressional districts have
been changed since 1880, the dis
tricts will be shown as now consti
tuted, thus demonstrating what
the result would have been two
years ago had the same counties
composed the districts then as now.
independent, Prohibition and
Greenback figures will be given in
addition to the regular Republican
and Democrat and in each county
the vote of each party will be shown
with majorities, gains and losses,
both years, together with total vote
of county, Congressional district
and State. Statistical tables will
also be included in the book, show
ing upon similar full and compre-
hensive scale the vote for Presi-
dent in 1876 ard in 1880.
In no publication of like charac-
ter are such clear and exhaustive
tabular statements attempted as in
the B. & @. Red Book, and the
forthcoming special edition will
eclipse any previous edition in ex-
tent and interesting character of
information furnished. Included
within the remar ks accompanying
the returns will be the details of
the changes in Congressional dis
trlcts, the Congressman elect, and
the unsuccessful candidates in each
State, as we'll as the members of the
next Congress complete, and the
changes in that body as compared
to the last Congress. Much other
data will be given, and in the way
of a thorough understanding of ex-
actly "How Twas Done" it would
be difficult to imagine a more in
teresting and reliable source of
explanation than will be this new
edition of the B. & O. Red Book.
Like its predecessor, it will be sent
without any cost whatever to all
who make application for it to C.
X. Lord, General Passenger Agent
B. G. O. r. R., Baltimore, Nd.
The Red Book is as a matter of
course an advertisement of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad, but it
combines SO much Of general inter
est to the public with compare
lively so little about the road, that
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The B. & O. Red Book is by
heavy odds the handsomest political
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being always printed with exquis-
ite taste on fine paper and bound in
the best manner. 1t certainly is
worth the little trouble occasioned
in writing for it, and it is hazard
ing nothing to predict that the new
special edition devoted to the cleo
ton which has just taken place
will be pre'eminently the text book
of 1882.
AS there will doubtless be an
immense demand for the book, it
would be we'll for all desiring a
copy to write at once to Mr.. Lord,
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