South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-05-20

hatiou WOuiu Indicate that Mr.
Cleveland lost N. York in ISSS no
because Of personal unpopular ty
but because OF q State issue owe,
which he had no control. The cor
rectness OF the explanation is con
firmed when we remember that Will,
In 1884 Mr.. Cleveland received
563, 04S votes in Now York, in 1888
he received -635, 757.
vIRGiNIA's voTElN 1884 AND 1883.
You next remark upon the fac,
that while in 1854 Mr.. Cleveland
had in Virginia a majority of about
5000 he had in 1888 only o MAORI.
ty of about 1859 There is some
intervening history between those
two dates which you forgot to men.
ton. In the congressional cleo.
tons OF 1886 the Republicans by
congressional districts carried Vlr-
gina by nearly 5000 majority. In
that election only three out OF the
ten Democratic candidates for con-
gress were elected. Perhaps Mr..
Hills admirers will charge that ia
Mr.. Cleveland, for unless the pres.
emit controversy DO soon ended we
may expect them to charge that Mr..
Cleveland drought death into the
world and all our woes.'
Remember, Judge, that the dis
aster in 1886 was before Mr.. Cleyo.
land issued his tariff message. That
fact Is worth remembering when we
come to notice how many congress.
men we elected in 1888 after his Ia.
riff message was issued.
In the legislative elections of SS7
the total Democratic majority in the
State was only a little over 400.
The next elections in Virginia were
the presidential and congressional
ones of 1888. 1t was at this cleo
ton you say that Mr.. Cleveland
majority chad fallen to the morti.
flying majority of $780," Doubt
less if you had recalled the above
noted facts as to the election of
1886 and 1887 you would have been
saved your distressing modification.
You would have remembered that
Mr.. Cleveland instead of cutting
down the Democratic majority IN
Virginia had nearly quadrupled it
over that of the preceding year.
And this notwithstanding the fact
that IN presidential elections there
are In Virginia many people who
vote against US, who in State cleo
tons vote with us.
You would have a'so seen that
while in the congressional election
OF 1886, held before Mr.. Cleveland
Issued his tariff message and when
he WIS not before the people for re-
election, only three of the Demo
cratic nominees in this State were
elected, yet in the election of 1888
after Mr.. Cleveland had issued his
tariff message and when he was be.
fore the people for reelection, six
OF the Democratic candidates for
congress were elected without count.
ing Messrs. Wise and Venable, who
were turned out by a Republican
House of Representatives. What
do such facts suggest
FORGOTTEN FACT.
And. Judge, there is another lit
tie fact which you failed to tell us.
that in the election of 1888 Mr..
Cleveland received from fifty to one
hundred more votes than the total
number OF votes cast for all the
Democratic congressional candi.
dates. With the exception of one
elector on the presidential ticket
the lowest number of votes cast for
any elector was 15I, 962, while the
total OF the votes cast for the con-
gressional candidates was Isl, 500.
Remember, also, that there was no
falling of in the Democratic vote.
For while in 1884 the Democratic
vote was i Is, 497, yet in 1888 it was
increased to i51, 1867. You do not
doubt do you that the Repu blican
vote was largely increased by the
negroes brought back from other
States.
do not know enough about the
facts connected with the election in
the other States to which you al
lude to say whether you arc IN or
ror as to them. But, Judge, will
any one be doing you an i. iustice
in thinking that it is problb.e You
are mistaken as to them when we
see that you are so mistaken as TO
your own State?
PEW SUGGESTIONS.
But there arc a few suggestio 8
which ] submit to yoir considcra.
ton. Do you not think that in
8 me if not all of the Wes'e rn aud
Northern States Mr.. Cleveland
aroused great sntegonism and Oh.
position because he placed in posi-
tions Of prominence at home and
abroad men of the South--soldiers
Of the Southern Confederacy? You
will reply tina. such a course was a
simple act Of justice. Iagree with
you.
But, think a moment, Judge,
and see Il you can recall line in
your interview in which you init
mate that a President should be
guided in his acts by his sense Of
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