Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-22
.nrcr11AR FIGURING.

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p's S ,te last w,ek the people of
W, yirsipis have been trelted to an ex-
We =, If the art of election compilation
OS-' masses all rivals and establishes
-, ,.,o,J in that p."uliAr line Of work.
Sa' u, ss,os-sts organ which lnaned its col
80 ,ha u4es of the corruptionists who
-'1 u ~ defeat an honest election in
", s-,s,,,a : has not he,itsted to falsify the
-, -.,,rs in order to gain its ends. These
w. -, that Gen. GOFF has not been
N',.'T..tsd l-'I Governor of West Virgins,
'' 49,, N advance Of the Cfficisl returns
az, ~ or. third Of the counties in the State
%.v .,' st ID hat claim, snd pretend to give
80 IN which it is based. Tbs utter
,,,sssrssz of these sc-called tables is
.,o.rsnt on their fa'e.
,e., q ue.k Of p:ofOund ignorance,
snri., which it irdustriously discredi'ed
~ .,.c,i,n Ir.urus, the IRtsihgeacsr came
So, ,,i,b armiag headlines and IAN accu-
,,ir. by which Gen. GOFF was
.'yy, majority OF -. Il was then
S-,vs,v announced Tint the figures were
s..;I and >u,Isct to 10 variation. On
;, . following day an additional squeeze
ass y, n the "caicial returns" and Gen.
,.,,.y,s n,siodty sprsDg mp to IS. But
.,;s WA 10. enough, and agsin the elastic
= a ra,urus we're brought into play
"A ,.o GuYg'S msjority SCARED up to
~,5 On the succeeding day it took q
s-,D 70 l5l, and since then that elusive
.,,..-.tv h:s hoyeIei between 100 and
ar nsv.r the same for two 1uece Slye
s,,s vet each majority is official and
A. no time since the publication OF these
fables was inst begun hiss complies othc'al
,rfgm.t On bec1 in the hands OF their
authors. The figures were manufactured,
and their bralen absurdity StoES on their
l.s ul last Friday, Hampshire county
~, male 70 ..ye msjority of 1874, on
Srurily it was 1890. On Friday, Fay
u,s gsvc Gurr a majority Of 9O7. %
Saturday it had fallen to 752. For three
5,ys Marshall comfy was persktently re-
ccrlsd ss giving gO3 msjority for GoFF.
The correction WAS Only made when the
rs.-,1rg called attention to the glsring
r.,,.p-e, en- sation. Through five tables
C-.snb.isr's rs ioritv appears 1T 695 Ire
pga,rsE again called attention to the
ur.fu, error. and tie figures suddenly
s,rrry m - ~. In the same manner
,fc Democratic majorities were raised, IN
T. a.rson Ion 1909 to l.2ll, IN Lewis
from - to -, ard in Marion from LOG to
Us.
Trese ve.e small errors. The croSnirg
misrepresentation has been in Mcdowell
and Wyoming counties. 10 the absence
of offrisl Information there was freedom to
claim auythipg. Thsse counties have been
n.3c to give whatever Republican maJOr'-
lie, that we're deired Corrections might
he report Il from any other section. GoFF
m.ylt luss ia D)ddridge, CT Harrison or
Wy,a, or Marion, but glorious little Nc
D5a.ll ard wyomiog have come up smil'
mswlh irr.cssed pluralities sufficient to
make it al god.
Thi4 i, the sto.y out Of which sO-called
table, have been manufactured by the
Ge,oera.s Republican managers. By such
tactics they obtain a paPe: majority when
,hey know that no real majority exists
It's part o' the bold plo. to steal the
STAT, aul j trt the tN2ress will Of the
people It will fail aS it deserves to fail.
Manufactured returns will not impose
upon tie ,o:ers Ct West Virginia and will
not elect man Governor who has besn
~lGGy defeated