West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-17

Tor Beverly, n majority for Elklns
OF 764. 1t is reported that Beverly
got 80 desperate they dressed wo-
men up in mems clothes and brought
them ont TO vote. Col. McGraw's
majority in Randolph is Clio. while
j. Hop Woods, Democratic cndi.
date for State Senator in that dis
trict. only carries the county
by PIT.
tie Argus got skuuked after all
for COMPOUNDED pole cat crawled
into the basement OF the Argus
building one night THIS week and
made IT'S presence very noticeable
We are inclined 10 think that it
WAS ii Republican coon That had
gotten away from the journal Office
and was after our ROSTERS. or else
IL was a trick of the Dayton lin
Committee to get US INTO ns dirty
"a scrape MS they did trying to buy
John Il. Purington and setting
dead falls for Ex-Shern Shaw.
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The Republ caus carry The First
and Fourth Congressional districts
of this State By safe majorities and
elect Capt. Dovenor and Judge
Freer.
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The Republicans carry New
York State this time by about 15,.
900 majority, a loss Of over 260, 600
since the election two years ago.
There is a splendid Endorsement of
the Mckinley ADMINISTRATORS. The
Democrats gained twelve Congress.
men in that state also, but we lose
a United States Senator, as the
Legislature is Republican and will
elect a successor to Senator Ed
ward Murphy. Chauucey n. De
Pew is an avowed candidate for the
Senate and would make a good
Senator.
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Over in Pennsylvania Col. Will
liam A. Stone was elected Govern
or and the Republicans carried the
State by over "a hundred thousand,
a loss of about two hundred thou
sand, since the election two years
ago. Mathew Stanley Quay, the
Republican leader and The smart
est and most corrupt politician in
The United STATES. is already oul
for re election 10 the u. S. Senate.
but will have lively opposition, as
The business Mems Republican
League of PhIladeldhla is out in a
strong address against Quay and
for John WAnamuker.
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Over in Taylor county there
seems to have been more ignorance
among election officers than in this
county. We are Informed that in
one place the Commissioners count
ed the ballo.s after election and
then burned them up. At another
precinct they put the ballots in a
basket and so returned them to the
Clerks Office. A recount has been
going on NJ Grafton this week by
the County Court, which is Repub
lican and the Democrats have
gained over a hundred votes on the
recount, thus electing Hon. VIM.
ID. X. Dent to the Legislature by
abou. forty and Curry, the Demo-
cratic candidate for County Court
by about the same. On the face of
the returns, The Republicans car
rled the county by about ninety
majority, 30 there must have been
some r~ascaIity somewhere to make
that much of a mistake. Two
years ago the RdGs carried the
county by about SIX hundred ms
iority.
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Some Of the Republican papers
have been claiming Nebraska this
time, but they Dragged to soon for
now that the returns are all in, the
Fusion candidate Cor Governor
beats the Republican nominee by a
safe majority. TIE Republicans
are still claiming the Legislature,
which will be very close and elects
a Senator to succeed william B.
Allen, the Populist Senator from
that state and a very able man too.
Had Bryan not been tied up in the
Army and been At bone to telp in
the fight, there would have been no
question about the result. AS il