The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-09
THINKING IT OVER.
An Examination Into the Returns
from This County.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY SHOW.
The a. P. as oannO. be FOund-o"e
Man on tho Democratic Ticket
Beaten in Spite of the Fact That He
Had an Advantage of 500 voses-It
Was a Landslide That Nobody Can
Account for.

Nobody can account for the tidal
wave. Almost every man has differ.
ent explanation, and most Of them are
right in part. The result 10 Ohio coun-
ty was particularly puzzling. The most
sauguine Republican never yentured to
claim half the majority that was given.
Even in "blufHnx" Democrats before
the election a thousand majority was
thought to be a huge joke, and yet
Dovoner had 1908! Tho details OF
Tuesdays vote are worthy Of careful
study. but SO far the politicians have
scarcely gotten over It enough to begin
to analyze the figures.
Said a prominent Democrat on
Wednesday-aud he 10 one OF the best
known politicians In the county or
state-"It looks 10 me as II 1t was the
stay.at-home vote that did II. That Ia
not half 80 discouraging as scratching
or Hopping. II a man is once induced
to vote tho opposition ticket, he will
thereafter remain one OF the opposition
or be an uncertain quantity" An ex.
animation Of the returns, however, does
not bear out his idea that 1t was tho
stay.athome vote that accomplished
the result. Two years ago the COM
bined vote Of Pendfeton and Dovener
aggregated only 10,24s in Ohio county,
and that was u presidential year: Ihls
year the vote for Dovener and Howard
aggregates 10. 42S, a gain OF nearly 2OO.
That does not look as II macy voters
stayed at home.
In 1902 PendIeton received 5,1T8 votes
and Doyener 500. This year Towards
vote only reached 4,4l0, a falling of OF
7BS, while Dovener's vote increased 94S.
Not much stay-at-home about that!
Another well known Democratic poll.
tician said yesterday: ~ would not
kick on Democrats voting the Republic
eau ticket, as a great many OF them evil
IDENTIFY did; but suspect large num-
Dor OF the voters who did that rode to
the polls In the Democratic hacks"
The lowest man on the Republican
ticket was Mr.. Hugus, candidate for
criminal Judge, and the highest on the
other ticket was Judge Jordan. This
was no reflection on Mr.. Hugus, and
evidently the voters did not intend any,
but 1t was certainly high compliment
to Judge Jordan. The fact about 1t
which ia most worthy OF attention, and
most astonishing when the history of
Ohio county politics ia taken into con-
alteration, is that the Democratic can
didate ran nearly 500 ahead OF the
Democratic candidate for Congress, ma
ioritles considered, and was yet de-
ieated! II such thing had been pre-
dicted as possible two years ago the
prophet would have been thought q ft
candidate for the insane asylum.
Mr.. Whitaker's magnificent majority
OF 1893 naturally attracts much atten-
ton. The special reasons for this arc
appreciated and understood by every
body, unless the Register people must
be expected. A late Democratic candi-
date said Yesterday: 1.-THE Registers
assaults on Whitaker cost every man
on our ticket many vote"
The "A. p. A." yawps Of the Register
and Democratic stumpers did not seem
TO have much effect. The fact as to the
existence OF such movement with any
power behind it does not seem 10 be
sustained by the figures, when the
Democratic Sixth ward contributes
most to the majority against Howard,
and gives Mr.. Handlan tho lowest vote
on the Democratic legislative ticket.
MIR. s.amm was the highest candidate
for the house OF delegates on tho Re-
publican side, and Mr.. Smith second.
This again contains a lesson for "our
friends, the enemy" The personal
fight made on Stamm undoubtedly
helped him. The use made by his op.
ponents of the letter to Mr.. Howard
from President Smith, oil the Flint
Glass Workers Union helped In the
General Result"
Ono feature was tho election in Union
district OF two Republican justices, for
tho first time in 10! these many years.
The defeat OF DR.. Bates, in Richlnnd
district, for county commissioner, was
ono OF the surprises to many OF the
people, though residents OF the district,
known to be close observers, had pre-
dicted this with confidence. Not the