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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-09-21
WHO Is He?
vinsex Asks Conundrums and the Re-
porter Passes.

yinsex Asks Conundrums and the Ee-
porter Passes.
A correspondent, forgetting to sign his
name, and calling himself "Vindex," writes
the following:
81 am an independent voter, and attend
nearly all political meetings. At all of
them l hear talk OF the 'workingman.'
Please tell me who the 'workingman' is.
You ask hard question, Vindex, very
hard one. The New York Sun says Ben
Butler IS a workingman, poor horny-6sted
workingman. But Ben is evidently not the
kind Of workingman you mean. The scholar,
puzzhng over some abstruss question wasting
the midnight oil, vet brushing the morning
dew, losing sleep, health, life itself-he
works hard, but he is not a workingmau.
The newspaper man, toiing while. the world
is asleep, racking his brain, running his
health, and undermining his constitution
well, he works pretty hard, but he's not q
workingmsn. None Of these are working
men, because they do not have to have
special laws for their protection, because
they wear bHsters on their brains and not
on their hands. Your question is puzzler,
| ViudeN and we pass
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-09-21
West Virginia and Ohio To Decide
The
GREAT PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
Special Reports from Leading Points
In the Two Important States
Facts Set Forth as
They Exist.
THE NATION PATIENTLY WAITING
Sor the Drift of the Tide at the DC
tober Election.

In this issue Of the SUNDAY REGISTER IS
presented to the public mass Of intOrma-
tiOn bearing upon the political campaign
now drawing to aelOse in West Virginia and
Ohio. The dispatches are in every instance
from intelligent sources, and in the main
We believe them to be candid statements Of
the actual condition of the two parties in the
respective sections represented. In West
Virginia q substantial Democrats victory
ia foreshadowed; while the drift Of opinion
in Ohio is to the belief in a Republican
triumph.
Bv this time next week we hope to have
letters and dispatches from much larger
number of counties in both West Virginia
and Ohio which will thus enable US to pre-
sent q pretty complete photograph Ofthe con-
diGon Of the two parties in both the October
States. Every issue Of the SUNDAY REGIS-
TER will contain a similar mass Of informa,
ton ur,.l he election day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-09-21
A BOOM FOR BLAINE.

Last Evenings Demonstration in New York
Blaine and Arthur Review the Process
sion.
New YoRK, September 2O.-Mr. Blaine
received large number of calls at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel to-day. Mr.. Elkins an
uounced that the serenade which had been
set down for last night would take place
positively tonight at the Republican Ma
t,onal headquarters, No. 252 Fifth avenue.
Carpenters were employed to-day erecting a
platform in front Of and on q level with
the parlor floor of the national headquar-
ters. From this platform Mr.. Blaine and
probably President Arthur will review the
procession. Senator Hale and Postmaster
Manly. of Maine, Chairman Jonas, S. b.
Elkins. Senators Chaffee and Hobart, Sec
retary Fessenden, and other members of the
National Committee. General Edward Jar
dide, Commander Of the Veteran Corps;
General Anson G. McCook, Collector Rob
ertson, Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
and Ex-Governor Mccormick, Of Arizona
viii also occuty positions upon the platform.
The procession tonight was very large,
and the crowds which lined the streets to
witness it enormous. The innumerable as
sembly district clubs, legions and batteries
formed in the west side streets up town,
and at $50 the line moved down. Fifth
avenue. The scene from the reviewing
stand at the Republican National head
quarters, where Mr.. Blaine and his distin-
guished companions were assembled,
was magnificent. AS the head
of the column swung past deafening cheer
burst from the line, which was taken up
by the crowd on the sidewalks and contin.
ued almost without interruption for half al
hour. Mr.. Blaine stood uncovered AMI
Bowed His Thanks
repeatedly as the club marched past The
formation was generally in platoons Of six
teen, and many Of the organizations march
ed with the stesdiness of veteran troops
and gave signs of great pains on the part o
their officers. Many OF the uniformsI~efe
very fine. About 10000 men tool
part in the parade After the column had
marched past Mr.. Blaine made short ad
dress, in the course of which he warmly
thanked the people of the city for the Ioya
welcome extended him.
Il is said that Mr.. Blaine's visit in Nev
York has already had an excellent effect
During the last twenty-four hours tn
amount Of money forwarded to the Natiops
Committee has been larger. 1t is stated, tha'
that received by them during any oths
oeriod of three time the length.
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OHIO.
PORKoPoLIS POINTS.
Republicans Active and Democrats Quiet
Gen. Logan's Work.

Republicans Active and Democrats Quiet
Gen. Logan's Work.
CiYcINxATI, September 20.-The existing
political situation in Ohio has features that
are perplexing to both parties. One thing
in favor of the Republicans is that the drift
is to their side, and that makes organiza-
ton easy Heretofore there has been more
enthusiasm in the way of torchlight process
sions and there has been inefhciency in or
ganization. The leaders have seen this aud
are now pushing the working organization
to perfection. There has been no lack OF
ward clubs The Republican organization
commenced st the bottom. C!ubs were
formed early all over the State with mate
rial for systematic and efficient state,
county and precincts:organization.
The Democrats exhibit
No Signs of Organization,
and little of enthusiasm. They have but
few ward clubs organized and uniformed,
and have made scarcely any demonstrations,
which places them strongly in contrast with
the Republicans. There is a general i'm
preston, and it is nowhere so strong as
among the Republicans, that the Democrats
are thoroughly organized, and that their
policy will be to waste little or nothing on
mere displays, and to hold in reserve a large
part of their funds for use in the week pre-
ceding the State election, which will be held
on Tuesday, October II.
The greatest present drawback to the
Republicans in Ohio is too much mere en-
thusiasm. The important thing that me-
nances the Democratic party in Ohio now
is the tariff question.
General Logan
and the local speakers have been talking
tariff in the mining and manufacturing re-
gions with apparently great effect. The
great number Of men out of work in the
great cities, in the mining regions and in
the pOtteries of eastern Ohio makes protec-
tive tariff a Sharp and protective weapon.
The Prohibition party in the State, as well
as national, politics is likely to cut very
small figure in Ohio. The Republican
party is not at all concerned about the
danger from that quarter. Butler has made
no showing thus far il Ohio. Among the
lsboring men there is
Apathy to Cleveland,
and of aversion to him. The same, in q
smaller degree, may be said of the Irish
voters. These two elements constitute the
chief uncertain quantities in the present sit
uation. Should there be a marked differ
ence between the vote cast at the October
election and that cast for President, it will
be safe 10 attribute it to these two uncertain
factors. Surface indications. such as those
reported above, are the only ones to be had
in Ohio. Neither party has entered the
theatre Of war in force. The Democrats
have arranged to have Hendricks. voorhees,,
Carlisle and Randall to come from outside
the State, and they rely much on the activ-
ity of their nominees for Congress. On the
Republican side, present arrangements for
outside speakers contemplate Blaine and
Logan, ". W. Curry, of Indiana, and s. j.
Foran o. Chicago.
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KANAHHA COUNTY.
Fnth sides Claiming IL With the Chances
in Favor of the Republicans.

Fnth sides Claiming IL With the Chances
in Favor of the Republicans.
CHARLESTON, ". Va, September 2O.-ln
lis ;hc future Capitol of the State and the
home Of the Democratic nominee for Gov
.rrcr. Iolitics has become decidedly hot
To aid he readers ofthe REGIsrER in form
:rg a iudcuent of the probable outcome
II this canvass 50 far as Kanawhs county
e, concerned, / will give them d few figures
,s elect, rs during the recent past. In
so Nr. Tilden received 1888 votes and
Mr. Raves 2,l2l, being q Democratic ma
.ority OF 7l2. AT the next general election
in 1850 there we're three candidates IN the
field for Governor, Mr.. Jackson, Democrat
Sturgiss, Republican; French, GreenbacS-
L.sbor-Reform. The vote was immensely
increased over that Of 1916 and was divided
as follows: jackson, 2,26l; SturgisS, =
Sl3; French, 2,llS-total 6,222 against
1851 in 1916, being an increase IN four
years of l,26S. The Democratic vote fell
of jT2, the Republican vote 27S. The re-
mainder went TO the Greenbaekers, whose
vote was 2.lls. While Mr.. Tilden carried
the county BY clear majority of Tl2, the
majority against Jackson was l,700. At
the Congressional election in lSS2, Mr..
Kenns. Democrat, received 1855; Mr..
Butteric Republican, 1929; Mr.. Reynolds,
Greenbacker, $50. ThecOmbined vote against
Kenna being but j72 as against loo, at
the Guberuatiorial election two years before.
On the 18th Of May, 1883, a special election
was held in this district for Congress. Mr..
c. p Snyder was the Democratic candidate
and Judge J. II. Brown the Republican
Greeuback- Fusion candidate. The vote
stood, Snyder 1890; Brown, 2,459; anti
Democratic majority, 469. The total vote
was but 4,499, against 6,222 at the Cover
nOr's election in 1880.
1t will be seen that at no time since 1876
have the Democrats had a majority in
Kanawha county The people are thorough
" aroused this year and full vote will be
cast The population ofthe county has con-
tinued to increase since 1880, until
it will now be possible to poll fully 1900
votes in October. Both the tariff and the
reassessment issues have injured the Dem,
Ocrstic prospects to some extent and tend
ed 70 help the Fusionists. However Of
the 572 Democrats who voted the Green
back ticket in 1880, nesrly onehaf have
returSed TO the Democratic fold, and Mr..
Wilson claims that he will receive mum
Der Of Republican votes. He thinks he will
carry a majority Of the votes OF the county,
while the Republicans claim, with good
show of reason, that they will carry the
county by from 500 to 700. Some OfTthe
local nominees on the Democratic ticket
will probably be able to pull through. but
if thev do 50 it must be BY trading, which
VII be freely reSOrted to by both parties
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eREENBRlEs COUNTY.
A Very Large LatAnt Vote to be Brought
Out.

OaA
LEwIssURs, w. Va, September 20,-PO-
Etcal matters are pretty lively in this old
county of Greenbrier, but as our vote IS Of
a pretty stab'e Characteristic floating pop
ulstion being small-snd the county being
partly one-aded in politics, things do not get
as hot as in many other sections Of the
country. Both political parties seem to be
well organized in this county. and the lndl
cations are that full vote will be polled.
We have in the county about $500 voters;
vet, owing to the fact that nearly two-thirds
OF them vote one way, the whole vote has
not heretofore been pOlled. Another
thing which decreases the interest
and enthusiasm of some Of our
people in political contests in this State, Is
the fact that we feel We are made sort OF
"appeudage" 70 Charleston. That aspiring
city furnishes the candidates and we are ex-
pected to furnish the votes to elect them
Of the 5000 voters in this county, but
1888 attended the polls at the special Con
gresSional election in 1888, and but ,32l
voted at the State aud Congressional cleo
ton in October, 1892. Yet away back IN
1876 Mr.. Tildeu received 1869 votes and
Mr.. HAYES 6l3, making total Of ,2S2. 1t
is undeniable that many of those who have
absented themselves from the polls have
actuated BY feeling of indifference, to say
the least. to Democratic success; and Re
publican leaders claim that when these
men do come to the polls they viii
or many Of them, show their
dissatisfaction BY voting the Republican.
LaborReform ticket. But the best posted
politicians on the Democratic side insist
that a full vote means a largely increased
Democratic msjority. The latter are claim
ing LOGO majority, while the Republicans
will sot concede more than from 500 to
TN0
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FOREST CITY FACTS.

The Situation in Doubt To-day, but the Re-
publicans Will Probably win--Uncertain
Factors in the Fight.
CLEVELAND, O., September 20.-If Ohio
goes 10000 either way in October, that
settles the State for November. A victory
by less than that figure leaves the question
still open, and will continue the struggle for
q month longer At the present writing,
neither party can claim the State as won,
although the natural advantages seem on
the side of the Republicans. There are two
uncertain factors to consider, the working
men and the prohibitionists, and we're they
out of the way it would be safe to say that
the Germans hold the
Key to the Situation.
The saloon vote Of last year and the year
before was with the Democrats. 1t will be
theirs still, especially as the Democratic
leaders have pledged themselves more ear
nestly than ever to cause an upsetting of
the Scott liquor tax law by the Supreme
Court or a repeal at the hands of the Dem
ocratic Legislature next winter. All fac
lions in both parties have buried their diff
ferences for the present, and the supreme
resources of each party will be used TO Sc
cure victory in October that shall have a
moral effect on the general election in No
yember. From this date the leading speak
ers of the country will be seen on Ohio
platforms, money will be spent and the inner
wheel of political machinery set in motion.
The Prohibition Party
in its best days has gained only $4,000
votes in Ohio, and it will do we'll il it Sc
cures one-half of that this year The
Prohibition leaders estimate 10000 at
least, but their figures are too high. The
Butler vote is the most important factor,
and the Republicans say it will take from
the Democrats enough to offset all they lose
70 st. John, but the Butler vote will have
little effect OH the State election while the
Prohibitionists have their full ticket in the
field. Briefly summarized, the situation
now is this: Both sides claim victory,
and each has undoubted confidence If
the election were held this week, the result
would be quite even, but the Republican
chances win grow beyond much doubt.
The Republicans will gain the October cleo
ton bv ten to fifteen thousand.
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GEN. GOFF TALKS TARIFF
To the Brooke County People-w. II. Hearn
on the Stump.

10 the DTOOke SOunty IeOplo-"s n hSdAh
on the Stump.
WELLsnuRG, September 2O.-Gen. Goff,
accompanied BY his manager Col. Hugh
Sterling, arrived here at 2:3O o'clock to-day
and proceeded at once to Bartha's Hall,
where he spoke to coo people for two hours.
There were many Democrats and a fair
sprinkling of ladies in the audience. James
Hervey, Esq, acted as chairman. Small
visiting clubs were in town from Mingo,
Bethany and from the surrounding country,
but the crowd was not as great as was eS-
pected.
General Gof' spoke with his usual vigof
and sustained his reputation as an orator:
The greater part Of his speech was confined
to the tariff question. He repeatedly said
that he did not wantthe votes of men unless
they indorsed his past record and promises.
W. H. Hearne, Esq, Of Wheeling, spoke
tonight to a large Republican gathering.
He made a thoughtful speech, which was
we'll received. The Republicans raised
pole 100 feet in height including gas
pipe extending from the top, on which the
names of Blaine and Logan are placed in
burning jets.
Tonight there was large Democratic
meeting at Fowlerstown, where addresses
were delivered BY several Of our local ora
tors.
Last night MesErs. Sommerville, Bradock,
Turner and Ridgely addressed Democrat
ic meeting at Palmers school house.
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MARION COUNTY.
A Well Organized County on Both

A Well Organized County on Both Sides.
FAIRNOSr, W. Va, September 2O.-I pre-
dict that Marion will be discovered to be
the best organized county in the State.
Each party has made complete poll Of the
the voters, and if they could tell how the
doubtful will vote and also how many
would fail to attend the polls, the managers
of each party could now foretell the result.
But there is the rub. There is goodly list
of doubtful voters this year. The county
will be close, on the State ticket, and di-
vided county ticket will be elected.
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GROWING BEAUTIFULLY LESS.
Pig Iron Production Reduced Nearly L
Per Cent in One Month.

Pig Iron Production Reduced Nearly IL
Per Cent in One Month.
The monthly statement of the condition
of the blast furnaces of the country, which
was received yesterday, shows that although
the proposition for a complete suspension
for month was not fayorably received,
there has been a very decided restriction OF
the output during last month. Seven an
thracite and FIVE bituminous furnaces went
out ofblast. A comparison with the state
of trade on the lst Of June shows that in
the three months 33 furnaces have gone ont
of blast The weekly capacity of these was
1924 tons so that the restriction OF the
output was almost Ia per cent. OF the whole.
The weekly capacity of all the turnaces In
blast at present is SIS, 1872 tons. Only nine
of the Ii furnaces in Allegheny county are
in blast. Their capacity is 1880 tons per
week.
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Three River Steamers Burned.

CNcINxATl September 20.-At 2:l5 this
morning the light house tender boat Lily,
rhe steamer Morning Mail and the large
upright river boat Bonanza, caught fire
while at the Falton docks. The origin Of
the fire is unknown. 1t started in the Be-
nanza, and in less time than it takes to de-
scribe it, that beat was total loss, together
with the Lily and the Morning Mail which
were lying adjacent to the Bonanza. A
large number of other boats were in dan
ger, but they removed before they caught
FIRE. The Bonana was an Old boat probably
worth 5000 The Morning Mail was worth
$4,000. The LILY was small vessel, prob
ably of $4,000 value. No efforts of the
captain and crew could prevent the destruc-
ton of the government boat. The insur-
anee has not been learned.
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majority of l46, and a plurality over his
Republican opponent of 2O3. The Repub-
Hcans here believe they can wipe this ma
jority out this year by polling largely in
creased vote. The total vote cast at the
last election was but 2,l32, while there
are not less than $3.50 voters in the
county. Mr.. Gibson is entirely confident
of being returned to his seat in
Congress by handsome majority.
DIR. Barbee, like himself, is an ex-Con-
federate, as indeed six out of every eight
candidates for Congress in this State are
Gen. Goff, of the First District, and Mr.
REYNOLDS, of the Second, both Republicans,
being the only Union men in the race on
either side
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MASON COUNTY.
II Is Usually Republican Except on Local
Candidates.

IL Is Usually Republican Except on Local
Candidates.
FT. PLEAsAST, ". Va, September 20
Mason county is claimed by the Democrats
this year. but am compelled to say it us
ually goes Republican on State and Ma
tional candidates. At the last election,
Guthrie, Fusion, for Supreme Judge, car
ried the county by about 400 majority, and
the majority against Gibson, for Congress,
was quite as large. Hayes carried
the county over Tilden in 1876,
by 472 majority; and the majority
agair st Gov. Jackson was little over 500.
The vote in this countyis a pretty steady
one, there not being many "6osters among
them. In 1880, there were nearly 1900
votes polled, which was within ten per cent
of the entire vote Of the county at that time
That is about as close as We can come to
casting the whole vote. There will be some
increase this year, but the Republicans will
get as many Of them as the Democrats.
Some of our local candidates will be elect
ed but the Republicans will have hand,
some majority on their State ticket.
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The yery Funniest.

The funniest episode Of the week occur
red in south bound on the street railway
yesterday. A German woman weighing in
the neigbborhood Of 400 pounds boarded
the car which was crowded and wedging
herself up to the door TO put in her fare, losi
her balance By sudden jerk Of the car, fell
crushing bonnet lady had in her lsp on
one SIDE Of the car and destroying baske'
of fruit and large watermelon occupying
the bottom Of the car. The attraction oI
the victims together with the commotior
raised was great fun for the tail enders in
the Car.
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field and Weaver netting 81, while in 1882
we cast for CongI essmen 2,064 votes, giving
Goff plurality over Good of l2O and Goff
and Shinn over Good of l57. Our entire
vote win be increased to 5000 this year,
and both parties claim the chief bene-
fits of this increase. The
Democrats are better organized
than the Republicans, which is in our favor:
The three counties Of Lewis, Braxton and
Gilmer cast 4,2ll votes for President in
1876; 5.37l in 1880, and 5,O27 for Con-
gress in 1882. This year the aggregate
Vote will reach fully $500. Tilden's aggre-
gate majority in the three counties was
i.25l; Hancock's, T99; and Good had 1863.
Ii will be observed that, from somebody's
management or mismanagement our ma
iorities have been running down since 1876.
Is this the case all over the State? / have
not examined the figures in other sections.
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DAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 21. 1884.

making speeches, but mingEng with lead,
ing Germans, an element that always stood
by him on the old honest money issue,
and he is having some effect.
Logan's visit to Northwestern Ohio IS re-
ported by the Republicans to have done
them good, and they are banking much on
Blaine visit. Blaine visits Mrs. GARFIELD
taking in the leading points on the Western
Reserve, and then Southern Ohio and the
Cincinnati exposition. 1t is conceded that
it will help the Republicans out of their
present apathy, and tend to get out their full
vote. 1t will, however, be impossible to
eliminate the temperance question and
other State issues from the campaign, and
these will no doubt defeat the Republican
State ticket.
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CABEIL COUNTY
Evenly Balanced in the Political
Scales.

EVehly Balanced In the Political
Scales.
HUNTNGToX, W. Va, September 20
This is place where politics can get as hot
as it can in any other section Of the State
outside Of Charleston. Up there the men,
women, children, negroes and dogs are al
politicians. Both parties are compsetly
organized in this county and
each have their polling lists
complete. The Democratic lists show
majority Of ESQ over their Fusion allies,
while the Republicans claim that small
majority is 70 be found on their side Of the
ledger. At the last election Mr.. Gibson,
Tor Congress, who is q resident Of the
county, carried it over both his Republican
and GEeenback competitors combined By 3