Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-19


Special TO the Register.
Charleston. ". Va. October 17.-Hon.
". e. Chiffon. member of the Demo
cratic State Committee. than whom no
man understands politics in West Viz
GINA better. and who IS working as
hard as he ever worked in ali mis- life
for tie success Of the Democratic cause,
was seen az the Democratic healQuar-
ters to-day by a Register reporter. His
@ attention was called to the fact that the
Republican State Committee were max
ing ext-avsEant claims Of strength in
the State. and 20 the fac- that they
claimed that their poll of the State IN
d.ca-ai that the Republicans would
carry West Virginia by 1900. Mr..
Chil-0u SAID.
~ presume our Republican friends
cid not expect any one 20 take them
seriously when they announced that
they would carry West Virginia by H.
COO and gave as proof
THEIR OWN POLL
OF -hs state This proof is as convinc-
ing SIS tLel- offers To- het on Ohio. Ken
lucky. Illinois. Michigan and Minnesota.
va all know -ha, political polls are Ike
ELECTION p-5Lc-ions-Quite unreliable.
We have poll OF the State, but our
Republican friends cannot get our fig
uras Cra.Hnal E5u,ston is too
shrewi manager 90 allow his 0QpO-
1eu-s 20 see his hand. tt is giving
away NO C3nfl lCe however, 70 say
that our pen shows that the State WILL
without doubt. est It's vote for Bryan
and the Democratic State ticket by an
iucrca sad majority over the vote of 1892
How can any one figure l. otherwise?
n 1892 the Democratic plurality was
4172 AT The same time the PopulisJ
v1-e was 4510. 4 blind man can see
that +172 and 1870 make S.742 votes.
which would be Brya1's majority under
normal conditions. But cannot anyone
see that i'm every quarter Of the State
yes. in every county and in every pre-
C.lCt, the people ara
RALLYING TO FREE SILVER2
THIS increase in our vote viii without
doubt overcome the gold standard Dem
CcrCCc vote which Bryan VIII lose, and
I therefore confidently believe that
Cocsa-v3Cve estimate OF Bryan's me-
t1r.,y VIII De 5000. but It Is much more
likely go De 1900"
"Wtat DO YOU think Will be the result
on the STATE tickat9" was asked.
cas- 10 the State t.cket." replied NJ
Chiffon. there vii, he practically no
difference in the vote for 81 and Bryan.
There have been some efforts On the
part Of our opponents 90 make inrC2ds
On orr STATE ticket by private assaults
on some Of the candidates; but the peO-
pie
UNDERSTAND THESE MATTERS.
They see The candidates on the Demo-
cratic State ticket making @ fight for
Bryan and free silver. Every candi-
Cs-- is Clt working for the cause. and
bce people vii, not allow the true issue
% b- side--rscket. There is no good
reason FOR the Democrats and all the
fric- IS O. silver % vC-a against the
STATE ticket. and they viii not 90 Il.
Yen can s1v that all we have TO do is
20 keep mp our organization and pre-
serve IN our work and victory is abs0-
lute'v assured.
'rTte party owes q great deal to Hon.
An rev Eiuis-o1 chairman. and Hon.
VIM A.. Oh,sv. secretary. Of the State
Committee. and Hon. John T. McGrsw,
men Der o. the National Committee. for
they splendid work In this fight They
have ,ah7rel night and day and 7 am
satisfied thar the result OF the election
w-1 demonstrate the wisdom OF their
= lection Tor these important positions
and viii amply sustain
THEIR SPLENDID WORK"
judge Thomas ID. Houston. who has
been sump.rg over O considerable por-
ton Of the state I'm the cause Of free
silver estimates Bryan majority in
Yves. Virginia 90 about the same as Mr..
Chiffon. Judge Houston IS not by any
means en- enthusiast in his estimates.
lie has been among the p5op.e-ccming
in close contact with them-and is no.
Eke.v TO 5e mistaken. He says the
rank eCl ne of The Democratic party
are more IN line and determined than
be has ever known them before.
MAKING VAIN FTF0pTC