Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-04
zTIIED CITIZENS.
CURIOSITY IN fHls urI OVER
fss RIfuRsS
Vsr. New. Was Resolved w'r'
" H''s ~, Sirhi-Bstfng Lively.
Deg law Ii. Returns Came IN

., lass than a Presidential cleo
S'ihllas, ,ve stirred up more genuine
''oa ,a things political than was mani AMI.
ss'll 10 .S,s city yesterday and last
I'd D a' or the voting in Ohio New
d q p,onn,ylvsui,, and the other
Is -,rlica.ed in the ballOtins'
rs lns the day, but especially
'u ~. s,ternoon, the first question
''s ' ,,t TWO men met, referred in some
70 -, ~ election, aud as evening ap-
. y. - This interest deepened. Bets
'''1 ..a, who had been holding OH
last moment were made all
- ~ CITY. most Of the money
.a'a ' "ns,Iy all Of it-beins put up
ed heI rew Of these bets were large,
ollo;s o ne" Of $500 aside on 10000
e9lg 5l, UIs was made last evening"
Nehl - GOO aside on the same ma
one .. the afternoon. Perhaps
s5ia all was was'''a during '-'
D. hardly dusk before anxious
. TAS 20. "a. 10 gather in front OF the
i'l' SUE orS Offices, particularly about
s ;ii,.cr,.. while the telephone bells
SsD, nc Al shortintervals, bringing
sil y i,a7 all portions of the city,
r. geG from Bellaire, Martins
., paowood and Moundsville, and
~ De- as Rosby's Rock. At
70 ; ,bo~e were fifty or seventy
lie Al this Office, nearly as many
TX Tteuigencer, and a big crowd
-' posral telegraph office, where
p Mckee was displaying bull
- Tiers az the Western Union,
n the places where returns were
,sceiyed about town through oui-
.,,om the telegraph offices were also
"a As soon as the Opera houses
,1,s,ed aud the news began TO ar
/. was read from the stage, ana
,,Ss constant applause, as the re-
f,yored one side or the other.
y. e srst news made public came over
= p,.,,I wires, which reported 400
,.,,s in New York city, giving Co.
{. -. Flower. D., for Governor, and
p. FOR Fassett, K. In a short time
y. mis- was received, the Western
~, cbimed in with returns from 46O
-. in New York City, giving TO-
M. Flower and 44,l15 for Fassett,
\ ,bar the returns came fast and fu-
I'd New York City and brooklyn
..o,olized most OF the intelligence,
rsrar with but an occasional dis
IN from New York State outside OF
,g-,iss or from Massachusetts,. These
s,-sms were read aloud TO the crowd
b filed every inch OF space
the REGISTER counting
M. and the news was
aysd with the livelieSt satisfaction.
s-Tad that while the Democratic
l.-.,y in New York City had been
t-l through the Vaccinations OF the
.,.y Democracy, the ticket had made
re- gains in Brooklyn, while In the
.-lr OF the State and Republican
s., 80 largely exceeded the Demo-
! falling off as To more than make
a.lho cutting in the Metropolis,
urng the election OF Flower by
,~i majority. The news from
3luse;ts was equally satisfactory,
,9ecially so from Boston, the large
returned there being greeted
b gl cheers.
l 1890 o'clock the bulletins from
r FORK showed such large Re-
Fan falling of from the vote for
erin 1850 as to Indicate majority
1000 or 10000 for Flower, and the
uo.iCanS, who had previously
,El fearful over the lack Of any news
81 from Ohio, became panic stricken,
many Of them secretly despaired
swing anything from the wreck.
-OcratS were cOrreSpondently elated,
here were smiles OF satisfaction all
20. the REGISTER office. Indeed,
or prominent Democrats went home
early As 10 o'clock, convinced that
az victory had been won in New
*, despite tho treachery Of she
.aiy Democracy, and that the Re-
,.csuS would have 10 hunt hard TO |
an majority in the Empire State
taGuarter after eleven this inter /
ts bulletin from New York SQuelch- !
-sctually whatever ray of hope Re- |
cans had previously entertained |
'-at State:
>'en hundred and thirty-one cleo
precincts outside of New York and |
rs county give Flower S3,23S. Fas- |
's6,543 The same districts in 1883 |
Hl.i 1920, Miller 1l4,630"
ais showed a net Republican loss of
% aud indicated 10000 majority in
STATE for Flower.
ooat eleven o'clock news came that |
-'yyana was probably Democratic, /
color was lent this By the reports \
? lAe various wards of Philadelphia, |
90 showed almost uniform Demo-
p, gains. Hamilton county rejoiced
D7mocratic heart, also. At one
NA This morning the information
10 nifty precincts in that county,
'e The Democrats expected to loose,
\ lad been net Democratic gain
A. was received with cheers, as was /
zoe Information that Flower had
~ majority in New York City and
~ 10 Brooklyn, and that FsSSett
Oeen cut by the Republicans all
,'sa The State, sharing the fate of
,sI when he ran as the Republican |
''late IN the Empire State.
, ale as two O'clock this morning
REGISTER counting room was still
.-sea with jubilant Democrats. who
rejoicing In the news which came
-aS over the wire.