The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-06
CARLISLE,S CAUSE.
THE SPEAKER EXPLAINS IT.
He Says that His Reduced Majority was OW'
lug to the People Not KnwIug He Had
Any Opposition, but Others
Explain It Differently.

OIEcISNATI, Nov, 5.-The official coun
in the Sixth Kentucky district was madO
to-day, but all the counties have not ye
been heard from. Enough Ia known
however, to make It certain that Speaker
John G. Carlisle is elected by maiorit,
Of seven or eight hundred.
Mr.. Carlisle was visited tonight by rep
reseptative Of the Associated Press, who
asked him what, in his opinion, was the
cause Of the comparatively small majority
received by him at the recent election,
He said: "It the vote against me
last Tuesday had been larger than
the vote against me heretofore some
significance might be attached to 1t,
Such, however, is not the TACT, Two
years ago my opponent received 0,396
votes, or nearly, II not quite, twice "a
many as were cast against mo Tuesday
and yet two years ago my majority was
nearly G000. II 1t had been generally
supposed that the opposition to me really
amounted to anything | think my msjor.
ity at this election would have been ak
or seven thousand. Outside OF the cities
and the towns adjacent to them, 1t was
scarcely known that | had an opponent,
and even In the cities and towns my
friends attached very Little importance TO
the opposition. They were thrown Of
their guard by the lsCs that several times
heretofore candidates have announced
themselves In opposition, and have re-.
GelvGd very small vote. They supposed
1t would be the same way this time, and
therefore gave scarcely any attention to
the election"
THE TARIFF ISSUE.
Being asked II his vlews on the tariff
affected the vote to any extent, Mr., Oar.
Isle repllod; "Tho tariff question had no
mare influence upon the vote this time
than Il has had at previous elections in
this diatrlct. There are always few men
who vote Rgaius. me on account OF my
advocacy Of revenue reform, and | pre-
sumo they did so a. tho recent election;
but | have no reason to believe that the
number was greater than usual. This
Congressional district Is overwhelmingly
In favor of revision OF the tariff and o
reduction Of taxation, and no man who
openly takes the opposite ground
could be elected on any ticket
OF COurse o systematic attempt
will be made to show that the Losses GUS
tanned by the Democratic party at the re.
cent elections are due TO its position ON
the tariff question, hut o careful examina.
ton OF the returns will prove that there 10
no foundation for such conclusion, The
losses are by no means confined TO the
States or districts whose representatives
voted 10 consider the tariff bill
at the last session oil Congress,
and there Is nothing in the result to dis.
courage the advocates Of revision and re,
duCtion. Many causes contributed to the
defeat Of our candidates iu different loCali.
ties. Some OF these causes were local and
general. 1t Is too early to attempt to
onunersto them, but | think 1t Ia sale to
say that local causes have contributed far
more 10 produce the result than general
ones. At any rate, there Is no just cause
for alarm or dependency. The Demo.
cratic party has survived many defeats
which would have been fatal to any other
political organization and this little re.
pulse will only stimulate It to greater ex.
ertions in the future. We need not sur
render any principle or abandon any pol.
Icy heretofore announced, but we must
prepare 10 meet our opponents openly
and manfully on every i9aqe that divides
the two pGrLiea."