The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-20
THE NEXT PREslpENr.
Morally Certain That He VIII BE n Repub
liean-The Duty of tho Party.

Morally Certain That He wiz BE Repub-
Iiean-The Duty of tho Party.
Eas York PrsL
The overwhelming Republican sue
cess in the late elections has made it
practically certain that Republican
will be elected President in 1896. The
great north and west have returned to
their allegiance to the party of Seward
and Lincoln, OF Grant and Blaine. The
flag OF Republicanism, of equal rights
and Of protection to American industry
waves to-day over the most imposing
array OF commonwealth ever mar
shaled in the ranks Of any political
party. Not only has the north been
wrested from Democracy. and the west
redeemed from Populism; the southern
border states have reyolted from the
party of free trade by vote whose Gig
nificance it 10 impossible TO mistake.
Missouri, West Virginia and Della
ware, which gave Grover Cleveland
twenty-six electoral votes in 1892, are
Republican. Tennessee, Kentucky aud
North Carolina have shown that they
can no longer be counted as Democratic
states. California, Connecticut, ILL.
nois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey
and New York, which swelled the Cleve.
land columns two years ago by lo4 cleo
toral votes, have pronounced for Re-
publicanism by majorities which indi-
cate that the voters OF these states pro-
pose to remain permanently in the Re-
publican party. The American people
have risen in an unparalleled revolu-
ton against the mendacity. the treach-
cry and the calamity OF Clevelandism.
They have asserted the rights OF their
citizenship with vigor which has
paralyZed the scheming politicians who
have plotted to dishonor the American
flag abroad and crush American indus
tries at home. They have revived Re-
publicanism in all it's original might,
and have demonstrated conclusively
that in the future Republican principles
and policies will guide the American
government.
Under these circumstances the next
Republican nomination Tor tho presl-
dcDcy will in oil human probability be
equivalent to an election to the highest
office in the gift OF the American people.
The real election will take place In the
convention intrusted with the responsi-
BILE and honorable task OF choosing the
Republican standard bearer. The states
man named will begin his campaign
with the full assurance of victory. The
party OF which he Ia the choice will
dence and invinCible force. drive the
disorganized Democracy from itS in
trenchments, re.establish Republican
rule, restore adequate protection to
American industries and revive ma
tional prosperity. Political conditions
are such that the Developments OF the
next twenty months must possess un-
usual interest for all intelligent Amer
leans. The events which will occur be-
tween the present dato and the meet
ing OF the next Republican national
convention will almost infallibly indi-
cate who Ia to be the next President OF
tho United States; and those events will
be recorded with promptness, fullness
and impartial fairness in the columns
OF the Press.
The chapter OF American history that
will be written in the two years imme-
diately before us will be one of the most
inspiring in the annals of this republic.
1t Is the duty OF Republican voters in
every state in the union to avoid all
factional divisions, to labor unweariedly
in strengthening party lines and to
spare no effort in promulgating those
imperishable principles which the peo-
pie gloriously vindicated on November
6. The border states which have been
torn from the Democratic column must
be retained. The vantage ground won
by hard and tireless fighting must be
fortified aud extended. Republicanism
must not only win in 1896; it must
sweep the nation with power which
will forever shatter the traditions OF the
solid south aud begin new era of
American prosperity and progress by
assuming permanent Republican domi-
nation at Washington.