Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-09
THE ROOSTER CROWS.
Democrats Make Tremendous
Gains All Along the Line.

Indications tnat they have Elected all
Four Congressman from this State
Tha Legislature Probably Democrat
Observation-Disclosures and kanawha
Giyei Gains for that cGraw IL
Safe-J0hns0n is all Right-Neal Is
a Winner and Blair Looks Like he
Has Defeated bovenor-A Most
Glorious Victory Big Gains Every
wherein Some Places they Gid not
Overcome the Adverse Majorities but
the General Results are Most En-
couraging.
The returns from this state are not
all in but what has come is not at all
unsatisfactory TO the Democrats.
They have made tremendous gains
every where and have done what they
at one time thought to be impossible
The indications are to-day that
every district in the state has gone
] democratic. The first has furnished
the surprise of ohe day.
/ q Here the election of Dovenor was
conceded by the Democrat before the
votes went in but the tide set against
him as soon as the ballots began to
fall. Harrison county went Demo
cratic by a good majority and gave d
Democratic gain of more than seven
hundred. Ohio county also shows
similar gain and the democrats began
to get jubilant over the result. Later
returns show that the probabilities
are that the majority of more than
three thousand that Doyenor had has
been over turned and that Blair is
elected. The democrats are claiming
the district by one hundred and fifty
and the republicans by seventy-five.
John L. McGraw will represent this
district in congress next time. He
says that he has majority of from
two thousand to twenty five hundred.
This is almost too good to be true but
at any rate he is safely elected This
county made o poor showing for the
democrats besides the others of the
district. They however made a very
handsome gain in the face Of the odds
they had TO combat. The majority
fell off about one hundred and fifty.
Marion went Democratic by nearly
! four hundred. Both members of the
legislature were elected and the indi-
cations are that Stone for the senate
landed successfully.
Taylor went eighty-nine republl-
can showing Democratic gain Of
over four hundred The official count
will be had to determine which side
gets the member of the Legislature.
1t is reported that Berkeley coun-
tv went Democratic by two hundred
and fifty gain of over four hun
dred Barbour went Republican by
one hundred gain of one hundred
and twenty-five. Jefferson showed
a gain of three hundred going fifteen
hundred. Preston went eighteen hun
dred Democratic again of five hun
dred All over the district the same
gains and the result is no longer a
matter of doubt.
A telegram from Chiffon this morn
ing says that the third district is
democratic by about two Thousand
and that Kanawha county has elected
the entire democratic ticket gain of
more than fifteen hundred. The
third was considered in favor of the
republicans and the victory is very
great.
Freer has gone down before Neal
and has hole Of fifteen hundred to
crawl into. He will not resign the
judgeship and shows his good judg
ment by holding on to it.
The indications from the gains
which have been made for the legis-
lature in the republican counties
heard from are that the body will
elect democrat to succeed Senator
Faulkner next winter.
Both members are gained in Marion
and in Harrison Kanawha gives us
three and state senator and Berkeley
adds member Of the house. Taylor
may give another as it will take the
official count to decide the matter
there
Taken all in all it was most glori-
Gus victory in this state. The same
story is told all over the country but
in a number of cases the majorities
were to great too be overcome and the
states have again gone republican.
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