The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-09
JUDGE SMITH, AND ARMSTRONG
For Prosecuting Attorney, Ran Ahead
Of Their Ticket, and Have
About 1900.
ii is A REMARKABLE VICTORY
Having Been Won in Face Of IRE
msndous Difficulties and Much
Mclean Doodle.
DE1MoNT's SHOWING,

DELMoNT'S SHOWING,
GOVERNOR.
Nash, Rep. 's Sl!5
Mclean, Dem.
Jones, Ind. '''''''.''''''''''''''''''' ~
Nash's plurality .....,i.".,"..""".14A
CoNGREss.
Gill, Rep ......,.,.!.,..i...",sS SJ
Spence, Dcm.............,,......
Gms majority.,......,:.........."...ls7i
STATE SENATE.
Archer. ..e'SS92 2
Aten, Dem. .''.'''''.''''''''''0SH
Archers majority. .........-...!........11lS
REPRESENTATIVE
e. b. Armsti ong, Rep. .659l
Human, Dem.....'.... ."'''..'..''''''''o'zsS
Armstrong's majority, .."..".......l,2Os
This morning the IntellIgencer pre-
sents for the edifcatiOH Of Its Ohio side
readers the complete returns from Bel.
mont county. showing the vote Of each
precinct. township totals and majorI-
ties, for governor, Congress. state sem
ate und representative. The returns
are complete but unofficial, but can be
RELIED upon as substantially correct,
though there may be variation Of vote
or two owing to transmission Of rome
OF the figures by long distance tele-
phone from st. Clairsyille
The head Of the ticket, Judge George
X. Nash, for governor has the hand
some majority of 1905. which is gain
OF 4O5 over the majority given Turn
coat" Bushnell in 1881 For Congress.
Mr.. Gifts majority is 1911; in Martins
Ferry and some other river front pre-
cincts he ran behind, owing to Mr..
Spence being Martins Ferry man.
but In the country precincts ne ran
ahead OF Nash, SO that his majority is
not materially smaller than Nash's.
Frank Archer for state senate, has a
majority OF LIB over Aten; he was cut
into at number of places, owing, it is
said, to dirty falsehoOd that was Wig
orously circulated by the Democratic
workers at the eleventh hour. E. B.
Armstrong, for representative, gets
1925 majority over Marion Huffman.
OF the other offices voted for, Judge
Smith, of GAINESVILLE. for probate Judge,
and Hunter S. Armstrong of Bellaire,
for prosecuting attorney, both ran
ahead Of their ticket, and their MAORI
ties viii approximate 1900 or more.
The other candidates went through on
maJorltles ranging from 100 to LOO.
All In all. 1t was a glorious victory
And 1t was won against tremendous
ODDS. Three weeks after the zanes-
willie convention, the Belmont Demo-
cratic workers told Mclean the county
would only give about 1000 or LOO Re-
publican majority. Three weeks before
election they told Reckless JohnnIa"
that they had just completed a "polP'
and that the Republicans would have
but 500 or 600, and at the same time sug-
gested that a substantial campaign
contribution would swing the county
over Into the Mclean column and re-
suit, too. in the gain OF representative
in the general assembly. Mclean took
the bait, and the result was the dump
Ing Of $1,000 to $1,000 of Mclean Doodle
into the hands OF the Democratic coun-
~ committee. This money was not
used for such legitimate expenses as
campaign meetings. but almost entirely
went to hired workers at the polls and
into the pockets Of the class OF voters
who can be bought. And notwlth-
standlng all this, and the fact that the
Republican committee made the cam
palgn on 81 to the Democrats s.. the
Republican majority is increased over
400 over 1897 Guess Mclean viii fight
shy Of old Belmont in the future--that
is II he continues his residence" In the
state of Ohio. which isn't ~ all likely.
Money doesn't win polltlca! battles.
This assertion found a striking exempli-
Ecatlon at No. 2 country precinct in
Pultney township. Here the Republi-
can committeeman had IS for workers
and legitimate expenses; the Democrats
had at least $iO-how much more is not
known, yet there was Republican
gain Of forty votes in the precinct. In
No. / precinct in the same township,
by a misunderstanding. the Republican
committeeman was not present, yet the
precinct went Republican by eleven
majority for the first time. These in
stances would seem TO Indicate that the
voters when let thoroughly alone are
intelligent enough to vote as their true
interests dictate, still the Intelligence
does not undertake to say tina; political
workers are not necessity taken as
rule; this Ia probably the exception tc
the rule.
The election supervisors at st. Glars
vile struggled throughout the day witt
the returns, and completed their tabu
laton last night at $ O'clock but tn
totals for all the candidates had no
been completed The IHtelIigencer'l
tabulntion and totals are unofficial, bu
probably correct all along the IISe.