The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-11-10

to say be was at the court house on
! business. This leads to the sugges-
tion that the court house is by no
means proper place Tor voting.
Persons actually cannot be kept
from lettering there They loitered
there AS a result they" gained
there. It's a natural consequence
And the weather was bad Us
ually that is a good Democratic
omen. 1t was the exception which
proves the rule this year Republi-
cans seemed to have practiced bad
weather whooping up and found that
it worked well, locally speaking, un
derstand But there was one blessed
thing, and that was that on election
day more 'plausible" influence was
used by the RAIDS election day than
to urge that protection is the poor
mans salvation Protection wasn't
in it at all. That is used only 1854
days in the year.
They came in carriages. The more
metropolitan method Of calling at
the homes and places of business of
tardy voters has at last been adopt.
ed here. Election carriages whizzed
through the muddy streets all day,
bringing in the people. who might
and might not have come otherwise
There is some sort of fascination
about polling place People who
bad no business near, who did not
even try TO influence voters, Rugged
close around the limit line al the one
place and in the court house yard
and Railways all day. The only pos
sible information they could get
from time to time was simply the
number of votes polled at such times.
This demonstrates a curiosity of a
peculiar nature.
While the .,ositions of election
commissioners and poll clerks keep
these officers from sun up to Jun
down at the polls, neeessilating
sandwich and picnic STYLE Of eating,
that of challenger is farthest from
being a he'd of roses Foolish PEG
pie there are here, in both parties,
who regard a challenge as an asper-
sion on their character. and they
still more foolishly proceed Il get
bot in the collar The challenger,
4 humble, innocent, there to do what
little actual good he could to pro
mote purity at the polls, vas FIRE
quently the bearer of the brunt of
abuse. From foolish people only;
from those totally without under
standing in the premises. To have
your vote challenged is no disgrace,
and it will never he challenged as
long as the idea is clear that the
vote is legal. These chances are
what are not taken, on either side.
Another thing, more noticeable
this year than in 1892, was the great
number of people who did not clearly
comprehend The new method of yot
ing. There was quite evidently less
reading up" on the law this year
than that 1t was but occasionally
that a voter asked for assistance in
preparing his ballot in 1892, this
year it was frequent. People surely
do forget some things. Australian
voting methods among them.
1t was actually funny sometimes,
when the poll clerks would say, name
and residence?" the voter would re-
ply, whats getting to be the matter
with you? you know who am and
where l live, too" But they soon
caught on and enjoyed the Joke.
There is Chinese voter in Nor
gantown. Celestias who exercise the
right of suffrage are few, anywhere
in America. When one does vote it
is fact worthy of note Morgan
towns particular Chinese is bv name
Chang Sing Fook, who does washee
business in Wallace alley
The polls closed at little after 5
in the evening. In two hours the re
suit was known, and then began the
cheerful, if deafening entertaining if
unsatisfactory, series OF Republican
yoops and howis that were almost
an unbroken continuity till the little
hours of Wednesday, Red fire, tin
horns, cow bells and horse fiddles-
no matter what it was so it made a
noise-were added, and it was awful.
Democrats were allowed to look on.
That was all. But they got a good
taste of how the present howlers felt
in 1892
About 10 O'Clock kilograms began
to come in pretty numerously. They
were all of the same tenor. The Re
publican pyrotechnic and bowling
procession moved at stated intervals.
Democrats said nothing; thev
didn't even saw wood.
Along about II O'Clock a telegram
came saying that it looked like the
Democratic outlook in Texas was
favorable. Then the Democrats had
a little procession of their own. On
ly one, though, and it didn't last
very long.
Intermittent young thuses lasted
all night. They were not Democrat
ic either.
Democratic headquarters the day
after did not have lively crowds at
any time.
The Republicans are easy on us,
considering everything.