Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-06

a third is whether the splendid canvass
OF Mr.. Wilson, and his able and cour-
ageous presentation Of every issue IN
volved 10 the canvass, together with our
local State pride, has been able TO meet
and discount al outside influences and
enable our people 10 still maintain their
manhood.
"Idon't think the whole brood Of small
grade asDirants FOR political honors Will
be able 10 reduce our majority from that
which q Just and fair estimate OF my
returns should make IL. Mr.. wilson,
unless these influences have been suth-
Client 20 cause a dtminutiOn of our vote,
will upon my sheet No. 1 be elected oy
majority ranging about one thousand
and possibly little in excess OF that
figure. Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton
and Randolph are the centres around
which revoive this calculation. feel
feel that there Is a local State pride that
can reasonably be regarded as factor
10 the results Of to-mOrrow's election.
With anything Ike fair election, an
honest count, and an unbiased express
sion of the popular will Of the people,
Mr.. Wilson's majority should be fifteen
hundred. With all the influences which
have been exerted against him, it will
be a great-a triumphant victory for the
Democracy II his majority will have
amounted 20 the $40 indicated Oh sheet
No. ?. I think the latter about the cor
rect figure.
This has bsen that which, uuder our
system Of elections, is regarded as an
of year Ordinarily tbs Democratic
vote falls OF during these elections
The reasons are patent. The Demo-
cratic vote and its majOrities come from
tue plain peOple-the agrarian and
agricultural sections OF the district
the UoIling OF which vote Is attended
With great Inconvenience and 20 little
hardship. In many sections OF Pendie-
ton, Randolph and Hampshire counties
the voter is compelled 70 travel
from five TO ten miles 10 the
polls In other instances he
is compelled 10 incur an actual
expenditure OF not less tnau s. TO So.
These people this year have been essen
tiaIIv and enthusiastically with Mr..
Wilson and his spenid canvass. lie
has aroused this element Of our voting
population 90 degree Of earnestness
and enthusiasm which has not been
equaIed 10 the history OF our State
politics, aud the only approach
to 10 was ia the TiIden election
of 1876 That, however, was
a Presidential year The Republican
vote comes from the congested manu-
featuring ceuters, and from the towns
throughout the district. Their vote is
largely massed at these centers, aud can
be the more easily reached and handled
than the Democratic vote from the
sections above indicated. This
campaign has revolyed and turned
largely upon the personality OF
the Democratic candidate. Will
sons name has been Synonymous with
everything that Democracy implies.
Andrew Jackson In his fight against
BIddls, and the banks, never more thor
oughly and completely represented the
en- mb0dimeut OF party principles than
has Wilson in this canvass represented
tariff reform and all that Democracy
implies. The opposition has been vir-
uIent, uurelenting aud most vitupera-
tive, and get tonight he emerges from
the great attack upon him with the en-
thusIastic plaudits OF his friends and
the unwilling tribute OF respect from
his enemies