Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-14
waITNEY's VIEW ON MAINE.
He Says Any Loss by the Republicans
Means Disaster to Their Party,

He Says Any Loss by the Republicans
Means Disaster to Their Party,
NEWPORT, r. l.. September 13-Ex-
Secretary w. C. Whitney left here last
night fo- New York. l asked him what
the latest political news was. "The latest
thing 10 me-" said Mr.. Whitney, sis the
fact that the Republicans are dreadfully
frightened that Maine shall give them the
same sort of q blow between the eyes in
their election TO-DAY that Vermont did last
week and Arkansas gave them the week
before. Vermont was complete surprise
TO both sides. We made absolutely
no Aght there. No Democratic
speaker of national TeputasiOn went
there, while the Republicans ex-
hausted every effort to do the best possible
thing. Mckinley and a host of their best
men stumped there. Ex-Secretary Of War
Proctor and all hands eudeavored TO get tse
best record they could, and what was the
resultl The Democratic vote is just about
the same as it was in the guoernatorlal
election of 1883, while the Republicans
seem 10 have lost about twenty per cent or
theirs.
''In view Of the campaign they made and
the absence Of any effort on our side, 1t
was wonderful. l do not understand 1t.
Ever since that they have been hedging on
Maine, saving that they expect large re-
duction in the Republican majority OF 1888,
ana that it viii be due to special causes
which they explain, and that we expect
great things. WHAT'S all this talk for! To
be able 10 claim victory no matter what
6NOw if there is any reduction in the
Republican majority from their majority
in 1855 10 will DC due TO but one cause. II
will be because the vote isn't there. They
have done everything in the world to Sc
cure the largest majority possible. Man
lev, the great Blaine lieutenant-the best
campaigner, IN my opinion, IN New Eng
land-tOCk the head of their campaign and
has put into il al his fire and energy. Elk
Speaker Reed, Senators Hale and Frye,
and hosts Of outside statesmen have been
now some weeks on the stump, and Blalne's
letter has been put in every house. Iney
have had lots Of money, while on the Dem
ocratic side there have been none OF these
things.
"They ought to hold their majority of
1883. And possibly they will. All talk
nbout our being disappointed II we don !
reduce il one-half is humoug and for effect.
We have no such expectations. Any one
who reads can see that we are not 1ghting
the State. Even Col Fellows hasn't been
up there, though they begged for him.
ANY one who reads can see that they have
been lighting il. If they don't hold the
majority Of 1855 it will be, in my opinion, a
pretty solemn fact
The Arkansas election was great dis
eouragement 10 the third party men and
the Republicans il the South. After a
very hot campaign with three tickets IN
the field, the Democratic ticket has thirty
thousand majority over all. No one thought
of such a result. II has knocked out the
third party men all over the South. In
fact. the line we have TO defend is narrow
ing and the line they have to defend IS
lengthening all the time. The Republican
West is i'm the doubtful column, but the
Democratic South Is fast getting out OF it.
Mr.. Whitney told me that Mrs. Whitney
would 60 TO the Adirondacks the latter
part of the week, but that he would keep
his cottage here open in case the cholera
should strike New York.