The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-09
pgNoCRATIO MISREPRESENTATION.
Last Weeks Election, Were Republican
Triumph.-No "OR Year" slump.

Last Weeks Election Were Republican
TriumphI-No "OR Year" slump.
To the Editor OF the InteIligeneer.
Sightseeing the great poultry show,
or poultry display in the Register and
other Democratic papers, one might be
led 10 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 sltua-
tion we find that for the party In pow
err It 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 spig-
got into the glass froths up and boils
over, but after awhile when sifted down
the glass is only half full, land no good
at that" So with the Register and
other Popocratlc claims. At the first
report they began to froth and boil
over with victory, but as the official re-
turns come In, the Register will find
its mug half full and gains nothing at
that.
Had the Democratic party been sue
cessful 1t would have been only repe-
titIon 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 Repub-
lican party was successful the year fol-
lowing Cleveland's election in 1884, In
1889, the year after Hurirson'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 majority las
been reduced In some 7tnteS 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 1t 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 a loss
to the Democratic party. In Ohio the
Republicans elect their entire state
ticket and assuring the reelection OF
M. a. Hanna to the senate. This In
spite Of Ohlo's history of reversing her
politics after national election, tn
spite of Democratic trading OF Chap
man votes for votes for their legislative
candidates, and In spite of the Demo-
cratic ungentlemanlg, personal attack
on Hanna and the Republican party.
II Is a great victory for the Republi-
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 a victory for RepublIcansm, an
endorsement OF the Mckinley adminls-
tration, OF protection and sound money.
c. p. S.
Morgantown. w. Va, Nov. 8, 1897.