The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-06

with only mcaGre returns from West
Virginia at hand Tuesday nlgbtEsthe
Intelligencer claimed that the state had
gone Republican by plurality OF any
where from thirteen 60 fifteen thousand
and that there was clean sweep on
the national, congressional and state
tickets. The returns have been slow
coming In. but they are now practic-
ally complete and show that the claim
of election night was not exaggerated.
The figures received yesterday do not
materially decrease the estimate IN
ysterday's IntcllIgenCcr that Mckinley
had carried West Virginia by thirteen
thousand plurality. Complete returns
from some counties showed increases
over che first estimates and from 9th
ers there were slight decreaseS 1t Ia
believed, from the information at hand.
that tn. Mckinley plurality Will be in
the ne!ghborhood OF 1900.
Mr.. Atkinson's plurality for COVER
nor Will be more than that OF Mckin-
ley and the state ticket wins along with
him with varying plura!it!cs. Mr.. AT
knson's plurality WILL It Is believed. be
between thirteen and fourteen thou
sand.
All four Republican congressional
candidates are elected by unprecedent-
ed majoritIes. Captain Dovener's Is in
the neIshborhOod OF $500; Dayton's Is
more than 1000: Dorr won't be much
behind Dovener and Miller has about
the majority OF 1894.
The legislature stands about as given
yesterday. Twenty-onc OF the twenty
six statt senators will be Republican
and the Republicans will have about
thirty-fve majority in the house OF
delegates, enough 10 do business.
Until full official returns are in It
Will be impossible TO analyze the vote
so as to bring out all the significant
features. but enough Is known TO show
that there were many OF them. For in
stance, It Is shown that Watts, who
posed as 4 friend Of the miners, lost
heavily In mining districts and that At
kinson gained az points where the Pop
ocrat!c candidate expected TO sweep
things. In Lewis cotnty, where the
Watts managers levied campaign as
sessments on the hospital employes,At-
klnson ran l25 ahead OF Mckinley.
In the Ohio valley Doyener (for Con-
gress) gained many votes from ousi-
ness men and the working classes. not
only on account of the currency Ques-
ton, but because ut the splendid work
he did for the Ohio river Improvement
during the last session OF Congress. as
O member Of the rivers and harbors
committee, Dayton's work In tho same
line for the Monongahela, counted IN
the same way, as is evident in the fact
that counties in the upper MonoHgahe-
la valley gave him handsome majorit-
les. In Marion county, especially he
received q majority along with Nc
kinley, while almost the entire Demo-
cratic county ticket was elected. This
shows. for the second time, that Mar
ion county Is all right on tho national
issues and In recognition OF her bus!-
ness welfare.
Another significant feature OF the
West Virginia election Is that at nearly
every point where the eloquence OF
''the boy orator of the Platte" dis
turbed the atmosphere, Mckinley made
heavy gains. This fact VIII be made
moro impressive when the returns OF
the entire country are analyzcd.
Following Is a table OF West Virginia
pluralities by counties, based ON re-
ports received up 20 mId.nirht. -