Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-18
THE EMPIRE STATE


shows Up GrandIy for Cleveland and
Thurman.
BUFFALO, October 16.-A careful can
vass of the Empire State, just completed,
shows the utter falseness of the Rspubli-
can claims, ard indicates beyond a doubt
the triumph CT the Democratic National
aud State tickets in New York. A point
with the New York Republicans have
been eager to make is to Q tablish that Erie
county, and Buffalo in particular, is the
center of o sweeping revolt from PIei-
dent Cleveland's ranks. Ga Septembe ar "a
the New York Tribune bit upon a very
amusing scheme for establishing this al
legged fsct. A correspondent was turasd
loose in the city, and after making a hiss y
canvass among the lifelong Republicans
and a few soreheads, with pen in hard and
a lib raj degree Of fa-cy at his command,
be produced and printed in the Tribune
thirteen columns Fl ON the text Of, Buffalo
Democrats Who Will Not Vote for Clevs-
land This Fall" The article may read
all right with New Workers., bat it sounds
very funny, even to Buffalo Republicans,
for they are able to appreciate the ridicu-
lous magnitude of the great lie.
The facts are that Erie county will give
President Cleveland q much larger vote
than he received here in 1884. There Is
no crossword in this statement. In the
early part of the campaign the terroriz'ng
ialss of suffering and starvation as q Ger
tain result of Democratic Success was
everywhere poured into the ears Of the
more ignorant classes Of wOrkingmen by
the Republican speakers, and fer a time
gave evidence of hsyiag the desired effect.
This sort Of argument Ea1 however, lost
t. force ard the effect now is of a counter
character. The lsboring men are reading
and thinking for themselves. Fully oae
thousand of the Irish votes in Buffalo that
we're cast for BlsiEe in 1884 will so foi
Cleveland this fall.
ERIE COUNTY o CLEVELAND.
The Irish vote of the city might be s,id
TO be so.idf for Cleveland. The most prom
rneni Irlshmen o; the city, smorg whom
nav be mentioned james Mooney, Mich .sl
Nellansy, Edward Crowder, Thcs Vaughn
and mary others, are no;e enthusiast c
tor Cleveland this fall tran they were icr
Blaine four years ago. Sincs the joint de-
bate b.tSeen the Cleveland Democracy
and the Republ can League at Music Hall
last Thursday evening, there has seemed
70 be q veritable stampede from the hS-
publican tide. The strong arguu ems pro
s,nsd by Mr.. Msckty, president OF tne
Cleveland Democracy, was q very
happy contrast with the feeble 81
tempt maze by Col. John Weeer'
Who represented the Republic
League, and a large number OF h pun
aus have ssemirg ly become disgust d Nlto
the wsakntsso of their own position q have
one ont lat and square fIr Cleveland. Ii
all Of the Irish wares q desperate ttfoit II
being male to hold the votes In the Re
pablicsn rsnks but ell efforts seem to have
little effect.
The Blaine enthusiasm has entirely diet
out, and evsn the First ward-the strong
sst Irish ward in ~Buffalo-wM give =
larger Dsmot ratio vote than IN 1851
HIS support in that ward will be equsi
ly strong: The only loss in the Duo
cratic vote in Buff 40 will be q small Pr
centsge of the non-admirers of Blaine, 'n!
voted for Clev,l md four years ego an'
Slll ret Urn to their rarty mex tall. A
lar as the alleged revolt is concerned, tner'
is nothing of the kind, exteot wfat ma
existed in the visions OF thu corfssponcea
OF the New York Tribune.