The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-20
In IN. THE I INTERIOR.
RES r Observation-Disclosures ELECTION

''IfU.iF.Ef| " HN. u I. Vs.. .UIHHaI y.
The Congregational Contest Relatively an
Absolutely In this District-Tho Records
OF tho Two Mon Contrastsd-New, !.
from First Congressional District.
!, Correspondence Of the Iniellioa,aer. .5t3t sh
i WEST UNION, Oct. lS.--West Virginia 1
It's nttermost settlement is absorbed |,
elections and election returns. Men VIII,
have not tasted wheat bread for years no
"hetted' a five dollar gold piece In q quar-
Ter OF century walk clear across til,
mountains anxious 10 hear the news"
rode IRON Wheeling to Weston lust Thu 8
day, and at every station from dozen tc
3oo men were congrcg.ted. AT few Of
these stations the train stopped, and tho
first question was: "Did Windy ret
there?" "llow much was his minority ~
The measerness Of tho information that
day ywasasource OF misery" 10 tho most Of
them,and borrowing some uninanufactured
tobacco (nativo Of coursc) they would
return to their seats on the platform and
await tho arrival Of the next train. Not
IN twelve years has popular feeling been
wroughtupt 10 such n degree Of excitement.
The conmunistlc haranguc and intemper.
ate utteranccs OF Mr.. Wilson, l lind
attructcd the attention OF the restless
classes to him i'll nearly every county in
the State. The same features had an
exactly opposite effect upon the more
sensible and conservative people in tho
same counties. In Wheeling know Of 4
number OF instances where Republican
workiilSlnen were inveiglcd into voting
ior Wilson, allurcd by his gauzy plati.
tudes on the subject OF labor. Interrorat.
ing them rs to any substantial proofs of
his regard for them or their Interests not
one OF them could instance single tunpi.
bic proof OF it. This illustrates the secret
OF Wlndy's popularity. Had West Vir.
ginla people hesitatel and analyzed The
utteranccs OF this man no such results
would have followed last Tuesdays
election. 56T Z r ), = :
AN IDEAL DEMAGoGrE.
lie is your ideal trnlasosue.. When.
ever opportunity offers he leads popular
clamor against any measure, no difference
how sensible or plilanthropit its scope.
His whole life has been bundle Of in.
consistencics. In his early manhood he
abandoned the great majority of his
nativa % conniv .s mf 1Hai, "Mo WE'VE from their
intcrestsofthc Conirderacy and he iu Himself seI
went to Massachusetts, to lp:ke,arms and
n'isslies u lor tlielr destruction. Accepting
!" posi'toh III inc Baltimore y Ohio shops,
MHele ,;s iTt years nc earned su Gslstencc and
a1hIt o tIe 'neal's 10 prosecute MS studies,
nc l,e lelI !! only 10 become tue most blatant
eas,uy Go.nc.a .;e corporation mas IN the State.
liz ;E'pOla''ons uat nnu moheyed men have been
,ias pet DIVERSIONS. LIS speeches and
..,o,is ,.an,t ,Ia.o ~ oone us much 10 retard the
savMsn VI lhe State as any one deterring
n.'uvn,o H.. n. ~ ~ tlis deleat Was anticipated
~ ssoats u Democrats With feelings OF
~. ~ sigu'ese5 salislacton. These were oil
~ H. .'1c 4 pe!ter class OF the party. In the
mG t;,h iu,se Democratlc counties OF tho State
!, WIN tng single exception Of Jeilerson) his
VOC, volo ieil on wonderfully. In berkeley
ros,,t u was ns that a.'tGktd 'uase ck and the
of h;s t;cca. 40 t.s I f,iSK ran oo votes ahead
1rnd We hah;.l Ss wy ~; ":ison hearly one hun
Wouna u ".'u ~ uoa,, ,,is .'cket. IN Elaylor. in
b;n3 onI 4" neay ne.tiy every county 10 iell be.
pras;Iant;oi io.ltlg put tl'e momentum OF
- 1s'tAsN''"' ~ cAe''e'''ch1 saved MN.
- u FUSION AND ITS RESULTS.
A superficial glance at the rcsults ~
fusion in tl,;s State !, b,r,,y .o,,at..ts
AZ. ,.., = '.".r =. ~" 'N"'s,s'ac.oiy.
S''ae 'uoN, ''''sH, no"eSes, aaofos some little
solace 1or the unnatural alliance. In
HARRISON county, Judge Maxwells home,
the, slender majority of III is a mean
po'osy r. i,m y, ooei county Tue Efforts OF
succeeded in lnrrs ,,e"rec @ ~ IN obe1t;
In Kanawha county u large proportion Of Of
the Greenbackers kept the terms Of the
fpaIS, frs;apm noni ~ ta.nan sne sfohghoid Of
to tho Democracy - In MI 1he ,t1li1eu .n,ho.
Grecnback counties the results were in M m
instance commensurate. with the promises
made. The question Of Grecnbackisn,
however, IS finally settled. Hereafter the
party can have only a small proportion OF
It's old followlnss. The definition OF tho
Status OF Its dollar by the highest judicial
authority in the country gives it no ele-
ment OF cohesiveness and, its 5disintegra-
ton is inevitable. It is true that the
"tail.of the head" of Grecnback- Labormay
serve to protract existence for time, but
il it does it will be as labor, not us
Greenhackis,n. ? . |ss;'' ~ 49, \
The results OF coalition have in the NO.
gregate been in favor Of Republicans
collsterally, however the Democrats have
been the bencficiaries Of the fusion, MS
they got back some Of the impecunious
who went out "for less work and more
money! .5..,} 8 i
T. tn THE ScoSGprss,oSA1 coSrrsTs
3Rlo;no, T,n1 clo,ol,n1 80 .r,n,, ~ !. Z. - q
in the next State contest. Everything is
subordinated to the details OF the Con.
yressional contest. In thc first d;s,r;ct
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