Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-27
How Cleveland Was Beaten.

A correspondent Ofthe Courier Journal pre-
sents an analysis Of the vote in New York
city, from which it appears as plain as
n, csssary, for convection, that the Prtsi
dent was defeated FIR reelection by the
pure treacherY of New YO:k politicians.
Not only is the evidence OF the treschely
amply afforded by the vote on Electors
and State officials and Co1grssIuen, but
the vita on Mayor Of Nsw York City is
sufficient to satisfy the most skep.iCal
that Mr.. Cleveland wss most ruthlessly
sacrificed fer the bsntft Of the aspiranls
for local offices in that city. The figures
frr the Mayorslty election ore interesting.
The total vote for Grant, TAmmany can
did4te, wag ia, III; Erhardt, Republican,
1907; Hewitt, County Democracy, H.
976; CoOgsn, L,bor, 9,SO9; Jones,
Socialist, 2.645; Wardwell, Prohibitions,
S32; Cynthia Leonard, Equal Rights, 4;
Grants plurality, 4l,O14. The combined
vote of Grant and Hewitt is 1S5, 600, beirg
"a, 900 more than that cast for Mr.. Cleve-
land. Now, this excess could have rome
from only one souIcs-the Republican
ranks, because EIhsrdt, Republican, re-
ceiyed Only 1907 votes, or SO. 600 votes
less than Harrison. The 81. 900 woes
added 10 the Crogan vote OF 1000 makes
the difference, or $4,000. If $4,000 Re.
publicAns voted against their candi-
d ate for Mayor, they must have had some
reason for il. Now, whist was their reason?
Why, votes foo Harrison, of course; for
Harrison polls from ten to forty Thousand
more votes than sny mau on his ticket,
and Cleveland polls thirteen 10 twenty
four thousand less than any Democrat on
his ticket.
The figures on the votss for the Sheriff,
County clerk, PresidenS of the Board Of
Aldermen, Coroner, Assemhlymen and
Alderme,, make the same showing
Democratic majority Of more than 80, 600
over Mr.. Cleveland. Straight through
from Governor ID Aldermen, the Republi-
CATS are found voting the DemCcrst;c
ticket.
Every candidate on the Dsmocrst;c ticket
in New York county aud New York State
is elected by msiOrities ranging from ten
to forty thousand, and tie ID mCcratic
candidate for President defeated by Is, 600
majority. The correspondent c,.o1es his
sccOuOt with his pen evidently dipped in
gall. He says:
1T is the mCst shameful and outrageous
piece Of political trsachery that ever dis
graCei a party. The returns show that
Grtver Cleveland wss hrutally knifsd and
the Democracy of the Union butchered by
the Democratic factions Of New York coun-
ty for the local patronage at stake. The
VIII to House at Washington was traded
off by political patron age pirates to politj-
csl buccaneers for the dizzy New York
City Hall. The brave and honest Demo
crats in New jersey, Connecticut and
West Virginia were battling calamity
against overwhelming odds to win ihe fight
for hontst ~govsrnne-t AID tariff reform
only to have their victory msda q de!est by
the New Y TX Benedict Arrolis. Every
gallant Democrat from Maine to California
went down by reason Of this bio Sdy tIea-
Iop.
'Inted no eff ,ial figures to satisfy me
as to the cause of the defeat in New York,
for l was there On elect on day aud wit
messed the act of tres cheIy TO the National
ticket. A dozen or newspaper cor
respondents from Washir gt)n who we're
there watching tie election, vera a'so wit
nesses Of tie dirty work. At noon on
election dsy it was dollars to cents that
Cleveland wlu'd net cary the S ate
Kuosing DsnocEa.s were hsdsiag their
bets everywhere giving odd. Tle book
makers. who hsd ktaked large sums on
Cleveland. thr0nged thu ppbic pisces try:
ing to get bets on Harrison. Woy
were they doirg this? The
answer is plsio. They had
been around to the polling precincts
and knew what was going on. They knew
that it was two vates for Hill, Fl witt,
Graut, Jscobus, Flaek, MURPHY, Camp
bell, a1d 81, for D vote for Harrison.
1t was that from tie Opsuing to the clCsipg
of the polls, and the official returns prove
it. figures never showed q moe glazing
csss-rOol If fraud ard treschery. Like
the hand writing on tbs wall, you can read
them as you run and be sst,s6sd Cf th.ir
truth. Tbs bsrs reading of them is suf-
fcient. They are elf-explsnatoTy aod tel
Of the damaabls rafcslty Of the CLIQUE Of
knsves who sold their master and millions
Of freemsn fag a mess Of pOtssgs.n