The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-02
TO-DAY'S ELECTION.
GREAT AMERICAN IEAp.PENcII
As the Political Power of the Day-soms
Important PolntS for Voters To-day
The Necessity OF Care to Avoid Vast.
lug votss-An Sorts of Schemes.

When the sun sets this evening the
"iaLe:ot the nation" will be deCided-Rt
east ths.fats Of the candidates will. No
election has taken plaza for years in
which a greater interest was felt by the
citizens Of Wheeling than in tho one OF
which they are now on the eve, nor iathis
interest altogether OF a parsizsn character.
It Ia apparent that the FRbsr No, 2 is to
WELD the balance Of power at the polls to-
day. and the different influences at work
make the result exceedingly uncertain,
There never was as much cross,hre voting
done Rs bids fair to be done to-day, There
are almost as many tickets in the asld IS
there are precinCts in the county, There
Ia the straight Republican ticket; the
straight Democratic ticket; the straight
PrOhibitionist ticket, minus cAndi.
date for Congress, Rey. Mr.. Pc
tss having declared himself not Candi-
date; "cltizsn'sp ticket, which is in
reality combination OF the Republican
and b smoCrasic tickets, from the names
on which the voter takes his choics;
ihs "United Labor" ticket for the
House Of Delegates, and several
other side issues among the latter
being all the party tickets, ready
''sCrstched"-shSt Is, having the names OF
opposition candidates printed in italics, as
the law provides.
THR NEED OF CAUTION.
10 view Of this multiplicity Of tickets,
Il bshooyea all voters to exercise eau
ton, or their vote may not be
counted as they intend, This ex,
ercIse Of caution Is particularly dssir able
In case voter desires to cast the "citl-
ms ticket," which has bsen hdlstriously
calculated. 0athIs ticket tho opposing
candidates names are both printed, and
voters should b. careful to erase thu name
Of that candidate for whom thsy do not
del!re TO vote.
These C,tzsn's tickets were industrious.
ly circulated yesterday, and a small clrCu-
lar was also scattered proIussly over town
and pasted on posts and wallH, reading as
follows:
"The Ohio County Citizens ticket has
on II the names Of all the nominees
| Of the DsmoCrast and Republic
cans OF this county except those Who hsvs
bysn engaged in boycottlng our citizens,
| II Ia the purpose oil the Oitiz9ns'
ticket to down this element, who
have done 80 much 10 inlurs the
PROPERTY OF our city and make
paupsrs oil our workingnen. See to 1t
that you use all honorable means to con.
Vince those who vote, that our only desire
IL 10 send men to our Legislature who will
vote for the interest Of our whole people,
and not bs pledged for class legislation.
These sgitstors have done more to injure
the cause Of labor, take from our city and
county her business, sent more men on
tramp through the country, caused moro
want, misery, unpaid bills and III feeling
among our citizens, than any blight that
has visited this section Of country this last
twenty years. Vote against them, Their
representatives are W. s. Mesk, George
| L. MUM and @. ]. Gleason"
KICKS FROM 10TH SIDES,
A Republican yesterday atoppel an In.
TCLLIdRS0RG reporter and spoke as FOL.
Iowa:
"Say, have you seen this RoycONCrP It
was handed round freely at both the
Raluon and Golf mestipSs last week."
Then he pointed out this in III