The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-09
pENo0RAIIO MIsRgPREsENlATION.
Las, Week. Election Were Republican

Last Weeks Election Were Republican
Trinmphs-No "OR Year" slump.
To the Editor OF the Intelligencer.
Sightseeing the great poultry show,
or poultry display In the Register and
other Democratic papers, one might be
led 20 believe that the administration
had been rebuked and that Democracy
had swept the country, or as the fellow
said: Wiped the earth up with them"
But, knowing the reliability OF these
papers, We must look elsewhere for the
truth, and by investigating the situa-
tion we find that for the party In pow
err II is the greatest victory In thirty
years. That poultry show OF the
Register reminds me OF glass OF beer
which, when first poured from the splg-
got into the glass froths up and boils
over, but after awhile when sifted down
the glass is only half full. "and no good
at that" So with the Register and
other Popocratlc claims. AT the tirst
report they began to froth and boil
over with victory, but as the othclal re-
turns come in, the Register will tind
its mug half full and gains nothing at
that.
Had the Democratic party been sue
| cessful II would have been only Tepe-
titlon of history. For the past thirty
years the party in power has always
lost the election of the following year
after the national election. The Repuh-
lican party was successful the year fol-
lowing Cleveland's election in 1884, In
1883, the year after Harlrson's election,
the Democratic party was successful
And in 1893 the year following CleVe-
lands second election, the Republican
party swept the country. Taking these
facts into consideration, It would have
been no surprise II the Democratic
party had been successful this year
However, the Republican party has
broken the record In spite OF this his
torically" being Democratic year, the
Republican party has been victorious.
While the Republican mojority las
been reduced in some rtates l notice
that the stay at home vote has been
greater in the Republican party than In
the Democratic; and that while the Re-
publican vote fell OFF in many places
compared with last year, It did not go
to the Democratic party, because the
Democratic vote has fallen In these
same places compared with last year.
only not so much as the Republican,
because their stay at home vote was
less.
But what has the Democratic party
gained, outside of New York, where
Tammany won on purely local Issues,
according to the Register and New YORK
Journals statements before the cleo
ton. Besides the vote cast for the
two Republican candidates, Tracy and
Low, was greater than that OF the two
Democratic candidates, Van Wyck and
George.
outside of New York what nave they
gained?
The Republican party gains two Uni
ted States senators. one in New Jer-
sey, one in Maryland, which is loss
to the Democratic party. In Ohio the
Republicans elect their entire state
ticket and assuring the reelection OF
NJ. a. Hanna to the senate. This In
spite of Ohio's history of reversing her
politics after national election, In
spite of Democratic trading OF Chap
| man votes for votes for their legislative
| candidates, and In spite Of the Demo-
cratic ungentlemanly, personal attack
on Hanna and the Republican party.
II Is a great victory for the Republic
can party and Senator Hanna, It
shows that the people Of Ohio will not
tolerate Democratic SANDER, eplthets
and Misrepresentation
In general, the election OF last Tues
day is n victory for Republicanism. an
endorsement of the Mckinley admins
tration, of protection and sound money.
c. p. S.
Morgantown. W. Va, Nov. 5, 1897.