The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-01

ington on Memorial Dry mud decorated
tho Peace monument which stands at
tho western entrance TO tho Capitol
grounds. It 10 presumed they needed
the Keep oil the grass" signs.
Significance of tho Spring Elections.
Tho h'ylter misconstruo9 tho ISrEL.
MGrSCER'a comment on the Martins.
burg election. What rho ISrELLrdESCER
said was that II tho city had been car.
ried by tho Democratsit would have boon
hernldcd as tho first Democratic gun in
MIR. Wilson'sdistnct. Andsuchi 1t would
have been. Tho contest was made on
political. llnoa; Martinsburg 10 tho chiot
city i'll the district; it 10 Senator Faux.
ncr's home, and he, as well rs Mr.. Wilson,
was particularly anxious for u Demo-
cratic victory at this timo. In the
event OF a crushing Republican defeat,
In Wow oil tho character Of the eight,
they would have beOn ju0tIGed In con.
graduating themselves on tho result.
Tho lErELLIGESCRR would have very
much regretted such MI outcome, for it
believes there is n Significance attached
TO tho municipal elections that have
been held throughout the country ro-
Gently. Ninety por cont Of them have
shown enormous Republican gulns. and
In some instances cities and towns have
COMO Republican for the fret time in
their history. Fair.mindod Democratic
politicians and editors have admitted
that those results Indicate n sentiment
adverse to the Democratic Congress and
administration-and some OF them have
frankly declared that tho taril-tinkor-
ing is responsible. 1t is not n reason
aole presumption that purely local
tssues could have caused so universal
an overturning OF the Democratic party
in nearly all tho Northern, Eastern and
Western states at the same time.
To the Registers reference to the cleo
ton in Cumberland, Nd, and its in.
quiry il tho rulo doesn't work both
ways, it 10 only necessary to say that
Cumberland is a part o. the very small
percentage Of tho cities in the country
that have gone Democratic, while Mar.
tinsbure is a part OF the overwhelming
majority oil cities undor Democratic rule
that have been carried by tho Republi-
cana. Taking the results Of tho spring
ELECTIONS throughout the country rs a
whole, there is n significance about
them that may well cause the Demo-
cratic leaders and organs to sQuirm.
These local elections we're the fist op-
portunities tho people had to express
their disgust with the change that has
taken place, and to serve notice on tho
Democratic party OF what it may expect
in the way Of aprotest next fail.
The 1STELLIGEScER docs not belong to
the class Of Republican papers that
seem to believe a great political revolu-
lion will occur in November. 1t does
believe, however, that the result OF the
congressional elections will be n sufi-
cient protest against the tarif.tinkering
policy OF the Democratic party. Only
hard work will secure a Republican
majority in Congress, for Democratic
legislatures, during 4 temporary lease
OF power, have so ge~rrymandered Re-
publican districts that even in states
where the popular votes show large
Republican majorities, the party is
obliged to fight against great odds in
the shape OF the unfair gerrymandera.
The spring elections, however, arc
enough. TO show the temper OF the peo-
pie, and the Democracy will find itself
very much out OF favor "whcn Novem.
Der comes round"