Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-10
WHEELING, W. VA, MONDAY MORNING OCTOBER TO- 1892
REPUBLIUANs DEsPoNDENr.
Florida and Georgia Returns Bring Tears
to Their Eyes.

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WASHINGTON, October 9.-The over
whelming victories Of the Democrats in
the Florida and Georgia State elections
have crushed the hopes Of the Repub-
fcans to break the solid South this year
by means OF the Third party. They
now perceive that the time and labor
and money they have expended on that
away. They realize that If their ennis
saries had not gone through the South
at all; if none Of their national cam
paign fund had found it's way to the
the hands Of the Third party
politicians In the South; If moth
ing had been done to create even
the suspicion that the Republicans
were encouraging the Third party
movement, the Democratic masses in
the South would not have been aroused
as they have been and the majorities
in Florida and Georgia might have
been comparatively small. Had the
Republican managers kept their hands
of the South altogether, the Third
party would unQuestionably have made
better showing and its leaders might
still have courage left to continue the
fight until November and compelled
the Democratic managers TO devote
attention to the Southern States until
the Presidential election. This would
have been a big point gained
by the Republicans, for with the
Democrats anxious about the South,
they could have fought less stubbornly
and effectively in the doubtful States Of
the North. But as things have turned
out, the Democrats are relieved OF all
anxiety about the South, while the Re-
publicans must continue to give their
attention to the entire West and North
west, hitherto safely Republican, as
we'll as to Indiana, New York and Con-
necticut.
These considerations are making the
Republicans here feel very blue and
dispirited. They see they have been
placed at an immense disadvantage,
with the election but four weeks off
and the Democrats In good shape gen.
orally, il not as abundantly supplied
with cash as themselves. They know
there is no help for it-that all hope OF
doing anything In the South is gone,
and that they must make the fight In
New York and Indiana, with the odds,
as far as all ascertainable popular sem
timent goes, heartily against them.
This state OF affairs carries them back
to the cause, as they regard it, Of the
continued sOlidity Of the South, the
Force bill issue. AS they want to do
this and discuss IL, they curse the day
the Force bill was introduced into Con-
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manner Of President Harrison for his
persistent advocacy OF the measure;
not that In their hearts they do not all
believe in the principles Of the Force
bill and long for the day when they
will have another opportunity to pass
it. They curse it low because
it stands between them and success in
the Presidential election and promises
70 secure them a defeat from which
they feel it will be impossible for them
to recover. They know that If it were
not for the use the Democrats made Of
the Force bill issue in the South, there
might have been q chance TO take
couple OF Southern States out OF the
Democratic column. But that chance
is gone and the Republicans are sadly
downcast.
This is the sort Of sentiment preva-
lent among Republicans here, TO be
picked up on odd occasions when they
are off their guard and feel in mood to
let their real feelings come out. Some
Of them, even those who are under d.
rect obligations to Harrison for the
snug salaries they are drawing, have
sharp returns Of regret over the result
OF the Minneapolis convention. They
speculate mournfully on what differ
ent state Of things there might now be
II Blaine or some or any other maa than
Harrison had been nominated. Bat
their speculatiohs are all vain as their
regrets, and they face the near future
with anything but confident hearts.