Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-06
WFETELING W VA SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1886
CARLISLE ELECTED
BY from Seven to Eight Hundred-why tn,
Majority was so Small.

BY from Seven to Eight Hundred-why the
Majority was so small.
CINCINNATI, November 5.-The official
count in the Sixth Kentucky district was
made to-day, but all the counties have not
been heard from. Enough is known,
however, to make it certain that Speaker
John G. Carlisle is elected by a majority
Of seven or eight hundred. Mr. Carlisle
was visited tonight by representative Of
the Associated Press, who asked him what,
in his opinion, was the cause of the COM
paratiyely small majority received by him
at the recent election. He said:
IF the vote against me last Tuesday
had been larger than the vote against me
heretofore, some significance might be at
tdehed to it. Such, however, is not the
fact. Two years ago my opponent received
8, 325 votes, or nearly, if not quite, twice
as many votes as were cast against me
Tuesday, and yet two years ago my ma
jOrity was nearly 5000. Ii it had been
generally supposed that the opposition to
me really amounted to anything, think
my majority at this election would have
been six or seven thousand. Outside the
cities and the towns and the towns ada
cent to them, it 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 off
their guard by the fact that several times
heretofore, candidates had announced
themselves in opposition, and have re-
eeiyed a very small vote. They supposed
it would be the same way this time,
and therefore gave scarcely any attention
to the election" Being asked if his views
on the tariff affects the vote to any extent,
Mr. Carlisle replied: THE tariff question
had no more influence upon the vote this
time than it has had at previous elections
in this district. There are always a few
men who vote against me on account Ofmy
advocacy Of revenue reform, and l
presume they did so at the recent election,
but have no reason to believe that the
number was greater than usual. This
| Congressional district Is overwhelmingly
| in favor of q revision of the tariff and a
reduction of taxation, and no man who
openly takes the opposite ground could be
elected on any ticket. OF course n Syste-
matte attempt will be made to show that
the losses sustained by the Democratic
party at the recent elections are due
/ to its position on the tariff question,
but q careful examination Of the re-
turns will prove that there
is no foundation for such a conclusion.
| The losses are by no means confined to the
/ States or districts whose representatives
voted to consider the tariff bill at the last
session of Congress, and there Is nothing
in the result to discourage the advocates
of revision and reduction. Many causes
contributed to the defeat of our candidates
| in different localities. Some of these
causes were local and general.
1t is too early to attempt to enumerate
| them but think it safe to say that local
! causes have contributed far more to pro-
duce the result than general ones. At any
rate, there is no Just cause for alarm OF
dependency. The Democratic party has
survived many defeats which would have
been fatal to any other political Organiza'
ton and this little repulSe will only stim
ulate it to greater exertiOns in the future
We need not surrender any principle oI
abandon any policy heretofore announced
but we must prepare to meet our opponents
openly and manfully on every issue that
divides the two parties.
New YORK, November 5.-The World
publishes this morning the following tele
grams: Louisville, Ky, November A.
| The close vote in Mr.. Carlisle's district ha:
been the chief topic over the State and the
alarm and regret during the doubtful per
iod was great. The dominant feeling Il
that the apathy that has been so disastrou:
is due to the Mugwump policy of the ad
lministratiOn. Carlisle's mOiority IS Ger
tainly 145. The Willis men defeated a
the Democratic primary remained away
from the polls, or voted for Wilson, Re
publican.
(signed), The Courier Journal
The Official Count.
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