The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-25

posse and 20 to Cooley6 mousse: Ihcy
FELT confident that Frank Cooley and
Jack Ramsey were at home and could
DO captured. The sheriff willingly COM
rliod and sent Deputy Sheriff Ala
buugh up with posse to take tho two
remaining ouslvws. Nothing hos yet
been heard from the posse. The sheriff
will 10 up. this evening with several
deputies to watch the Cooley house.
WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
The Growth OF Republicau Sentiment.
Something About Tho Guberpatorlal
Timber.
To DE Editor Of he IrtslIiqeBp'. ~
SlR:-West Virginia Republicans GER
tainly have just cause for pride for past
succesu and tho bright hopes now
spread out before them. Figures do
not often lie, and II 1t be true that they
never lie and the eamo gain is made
this year which we have becn making
since 1876, the Democrats may we'll feel
blue over what will happen at the COM
ing election.
Beginning with Tilden and Hayes in
1875, we find that Tildcn received &c.
495 votes and Hayes 42,0A6, thus giving
Tilden majority Of 1919 and about
57i pcr cent Of the entire vote, and
Hayes receiving about 42S per cent OF
the entire vote. In 1880 Garfield re-
ceiyed 46, 24S votes. Hancock 57,391, and
Weaver 0,070, thus giving Hancock
plurality OF il, 14S and a majority Of q
06O ovor all. Honrock had 500 per cont
OF the entire vote. n falling of OF 6.4
per cent. Garfield had Alb per cent OF
the entire vote and falling Oft Of 1.3
per cent, butat the same time gain Of
4,l97 over that OF 1876 while the Demo-
Gratis gained during the same period
500. In 1884 Blaine received 6Sr096
votes, Cleveland 81, S17, Butler $40, and
St. John $50. Cleveland had q majority
Of 2,472 over all and a plurality of 4,22l
over Blaine. Cleveland had 500 per
cont OF the ontire vote, just the same
that Hancock had in 1880, BY the way,
this is illustrative of Democratic policy.
It believes in keeping IN the old and
beaten path, neither advancing nor re-
ceding. The latter Is not strictly cor
rect, for it believes in receding. In
1884 Blaine had AIT per cent Of the en-
tire vote, q gain Of Ga per cent OF thot
OF 1880, and in votes gain OF 1883.
In 1883 Cleveland had 79,G84, Harri-
son 77,T9l, streeter 1,04 and Fisk $50.
Cleveland had q majority Of 140 over
all and plurality OF 1873 over Harri-
son. Cleveland, had 50.M per cent of
the entire vote, afalling of OF SO per
cent. Harrison had 4S.9 per cent, a
gain Of 1.2 per cent.
Now, taking 1884 as a basis and
counting up the gain Of 1888 over that
year, we find that the per cent Of gain
was IL. Counting the gain for 1892 at
the same rate we have 1S9, $50 as the
number OF votes to be cast this fall.
Suppose the Democrats lose SO per
cent, they will have 1918 per cent of
the entire vote. II the Republicans
make their gain Of 1.2 per cent they
will have SOL per cent OF the entire
vote. Counting the entire number Of
votes at 1S9, 250, the Republicans will
have 94, 142 and the Democrats 93,073,
thus giving the Republicans a plural
ity OF 1869. While this plurality is
small It is much better than if it were
given TO the Democrats.
Now let US take short notice OF the
men who are spoken of for governor.
The one most prominently spoken Of is
Elkins, but since his letter to Chairman
Dawson we cannot hope to see him nom
mated. Elkins is the Blaine of West
Virginia. He has refused that which, il
accepted, would have made him the one
to have broken the solid south. But
happily, Elkins Is not the only big Re-
publican in West Virginia. We have
Thompson and Atkinson, and Mason,
and Morris, and Guthrie and host OF
others.
One Of these men will surely be NOM
mated at Huntington and,it matters
noswho II may be, he will receive the
undivided support Of the Republican
party.
In Justice to the farming element OF
the state, we owe the nomination to
Thompson. It is said II no Is nominated
tho miners OF tho state will not support
him, Is this true?' II 1t Is, do not
nominate him. But let's see: Capt.
Thompson has always been the friend
OF labor and he is to-day one Of the
most devoted friends the labor cause
has. During the latc difficulty at Ray
mond City his enemies tried to identity
him as an enemy OF. the laborers, but
in truth he was q disinterested specta'
tor. He recognized tho rights OF the
miners but at the same timo what right
had he to go there and fight Marmeti
At heart he was the miners friend and
he did Just as any honorable man would
have done, simply attended to his own
affairs and lot the miners and operators
do the same.
We can judge OF his strength by tax.
ing his vote at home two years ago. In
one precinct in which one Of the Dem
ocratic candidates received 202 MAORI.
ty Thompson received so majority and
he was the only Republican WHO re.
ceiyed majority at that precinct.
Nominate Thompson and we will
sweep the state and not leave enough
Of the Democracy for them to ever start
again. R.R.c.
Headache aud Dyspepsia.
William E. Rockwell, No. OLE West