Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-12
~ wore OF wETzEL.
Aprptsrs,tiag Analysts OF the BanO'ing
There Last Tuesday.
NEW MARrINsvILLE, w. VA,
November 10

There Last Tuesday.
New MARTINSvILLE' w. VA
November 10.
10 ths Et,or erie Rsgisisr
Srp. The following is the vote OF
yvetzaI County cast last Tuesday for
Conpress viz: Howard, Dem, 1870;
Doveper. Req, 1890; Stealey, Pop, 267
hint the vote Oi i've precincts are 20
be added 10 SJealey's vote, which win
Increase his vote approximately 10 500.
This gives Howard O plurality OF $50.
The vote in 1892 for Congress was:
PendIeton, Dem, 1.SlT; D0vsner, Rep,
11q3. and stone, Pop, 532. The vote
for Congress Ia 1890 was: PeudletOU,
Dem. 1850; Hubbard, Rep, 1,234, aud
Is. M. Lynch, 13. TIE vote for Congress
ina 1855 was: Pepdlet0n, Dem, 2,2s2;
Atkinson, Rep, 1,4O2, and Stealey 80.
The vote Of lSSS, with the POpulists
practically eliminated, shows more &C
curately the relative vote OF the Demo
cratic aud Republican parties in Wet
Ee. D0veaer'S vote 10 1894 was 30 less
than AtklnsOn's vote iu ISIS, but was
1856 more than HuObard's vote 10 1890,
aud 1917 more than his own vote 10 1892.
AAWM IA = N0Aa lA 1871 ~ as .A- Tvs N-4----
Psndie tOn's vote Ia 1SSS, $50 less than
PendietOn's vote 10 1890, and ltt
less than Pendleton's vote iu 1892. The
POpulist vote in 1894 will be about 200
and a fraction more less than 1892. The
PODuist vote in 1S92 was drawn from
the Democratic aud Republican parties
respectively, az about 8, or a small
fraction more, to-. These figures show
that the Republicans did not poll in
1894 as many by 80 as in lSsS, and that the
Democrats pous1 6l2 less. The total
vote In ISIS in WetZei was 5.Ilf;
in 1890, 3,Ig-s in 1892, 3,5i2, and 10
1894, $3.50 The total registration for
Wetzel 10 1894 was about 1925, there
fore the aggregate vote OF Netze. 10
1894 lacked Gas OF being eQual 90 the
registration. Vow and then a Demo
crat voted for D0vener but che number
did not exceed the number Of Democrats
who voted for G0f To- former years.
The loss in the Popa'ist vote To- 1894 as
compared with 1892 is substantially
equal TO the Republican gain 90 loy4 as
compared with lsJ2, therefore 10 VII. De
seen that the Republicans who voted
the PODuIi5t ticket To- 1872 secretly
voted the Republican ticket no
1894. The fact is the Democratic
PoUulists of Wetzsl we're sold out bag
and baggage. This will be food for the
Democratic P0pu.sts Of Werzel TO re-
fleet upon in the future. This was the
result Intended 90 be produced when
tae state Populist leaders last summer
were running around spouting: keep
the middle of the road and OF the grass,
no fusion, Gc. An analysis of The vote
in othep counties OF the State where the
Popuiisfs exist vii, very likely show a
similar result. The Republican P0pu-
lists of 1sQ2 simply voted the RepuoH-
can ticket iu 1894 With the eX-
ceDtion of return OF the
Republican Popu.ists, the Re-
pu0icans IN West Virginia had not
gained over former votes. The POpu-
lists and s{ay-at-homs Democrats are
certainly responsible for the result pro-
duced 10 Wetzel last Tuesday, and more
than probable these same classes are
responsible for the loss OF the State.
The causes leading up to this condition,
of course, is another matter Let the
Democratic PODuists throughout the
STATE reflect seriously over the manner
in which they have been basely be-
trayed