The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-02
The Wheeling Election.

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thing about the subject and were per-
fectly conscious thateyery word was true,
AS II the Democratic party in West Vir'
ginia has not in the past been guilty OF
"gerrymanderlng processes with view
to getting Rrmer control" OF State affairs!
Have these howlers about common
deCency in politics" forgotten tho action
OF q Democratic Legislature in gerry.
Wandering not only the Congressional
districts OF this State, but many Senator
rial districts and Judicial Circuits? Was
that Common decency in politics" or
was it perfectly proper, simply because
1t was a Democratic measure?
The Morgantown New Dominion, one
OF the Democratic papers we refer to, has
lengthy editorial, in which, like its
contemporaries, it labors to demonstrate
Just how ignorant it is OF Wheeling city
affairs, and Of the issues involved in the
late contest. 1t would be foolish to pay
any attention to the publication were it
not for the fact that similar rot (doubt-
less inspired by Democratic leaders, is
being circulated throughout the State
for political effect Sin tho interior"
where Chairman Riley once intimated
the people are ignorant enough to be
taken in. Chairman Riley lived to real
ize that the people Of the interior knew
a little more than he gave them credit
for knowing, and in the present case he
will find that their knowledge OF Wheel.
ing politics is not all derived from men
who "are unfamiliar with the issues In
volved in the campaign" Commenting
on our city election, the Dominion says,
in addition to other slush:
The Democrats elected every officer
and have large majority in both
branches OF Council-a result that has
not occurred before for twenty years.
When the people had a chance to speak
they did not minGe matters.
Tho moral effect OF the Wheeling
election has been felt all over the State.
1t has been heard at Charleston, and 1t
has been accepted as a note Of warming
to the political sChemers who are en-
deaVoring to get the office OF Governor
by fair or foul means, without regard to
the merits OF the controversy.
The masses Of the people OF this State
will'not endorse that kind OF thing. The
man who attempts to get political i'd
vantage by unlawful and dishonest
means will sooner or later be brought to
Judgment at the bar OF the people.
Moreover, the Wheeling election is
proof that tho Democracy OF West Wiz.
ginia Is aroused; that the sentiment
against frauds on the ballot box is pro.
nounCed and intense; and that the dis.
cipline Of the late election has united
the Democracy OF West Virginia and
made it more determined than 1t has
ever been.
The above extract, which is q sample
Of what is being circulated over the State
for its "moral eGec" God save the
markD, will cause u smile among the
people OF Wheeling, who know that
State issues between the two great parties
had us little to do with the city election
as the war in Samoa had 10 do with it.
Had the fight been made on State issues,
or tho questions involved in the pending
Gubernatorial and Congressional con.
tests, the result would have been differ
ent, for the decent Democrats aud the
solid Republican party in this city have
not forgotten the high.handed, partisan,
revolutionary proceedings Of tho Ohio
county Board Of County Commissioners
in deliberately counting out fairlyelect.
ed Congressman, and the public indigna.
ton over such action. The Republicans
OF Wheeling would have asked for no
better "picniC" than fight on State
issues.
What caused the defeat Of the Repub.
lican ticket in Wheeling was the cam.
paign Of SANDER and gross misrepresen.
tation made by tho Democratic man
ayers, the raising Of false issues, issues
that had no existence in fact, but
which majority Of the voters were made
to believe did exist. They are already
beginning to sec their mistake, and be.
fore the term Of the newly elected Cour.
Gil expires will have cause to express
their regrets.
Had State matters been involved in
the election tho falsehoods and misrepre.
sentutioiis concerning local affairs would
have been buried out OF sight, and in I'D.
dition to n solid Republican vote the Re.
publican ticket would have received the
support OF decent Democrats who arc
disguised with the history their State
party leaders have been making ever
since the sixth Of November.
This Is for the information Of "the in.
terror" where m attempt is being made
to make the people believe that the re.
suit In Wheeling was almost solely n
vindiCation Of the Democratic course Mt
Charleston, as well us Of the actions Of
tho villains who changed the ballots in
Wutzol county aud the rlnsavOry pro.
CeedinRs OF the Ohio county returning
board.
Ilewaro OF OlntmCnlA fer CntRrrh that Con-
tain Mercury,
IA Mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derango tho
whsle system when entering II through
the inuCis surfaces. SuCharticles should
never DO used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, az the damage
they will do arc ten fold TO tue goou you
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