Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-09
THE ELECTIONS Of TUESDAY |
Caused Little Rejoicing Among Local
Republicans.


Caused Little Rejoicing Among Local
Republicans.
THE MOST SATISFACTION THEY
GOT OUT OF TT WAS. THAT IT
WAS NOT AS BAD AS 1T NIGHT
HAVE BEEN-SORE OVER NE
BRASKA.
The local Republicans received the
election news yesterday with varying
degrees of emotion. Some of them re-
GREETED that the plurality for Nash in
Ohio was SO large, because it implied
an endorsement of the personality and
methods of Boss Hanna, of whom
many Republicans are getting very
sick; others deplored that MASKS plu-
rality was not as great as the Republic
can preponderance year ago, because
that indicated population dissatisfac-
ton with the administration, and was
an imation of what might happen
next year; there was marked disap-
pointment at the increased fusion
plurality in Nebraska, for it was rightly
interpreted to mean that Mr.. Bryan
was still in the ring, and if there is
any personality calculated to give the
average Republican discordant and I'M
happy dreams it is Mr.. Bryan; then,
the fear, well founded, that after all,
despite the Democratic split, Kentucky
had still elected Mr.. Goebel Governor
had a disquieting effect, to Which the
result in Maryland added. To be sure,
the Republican brethren had the knowl-
edge of Republican victories in Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts, New York and
Iowa to fall back upon, but this was
too much like the celebrated victory Of
the Dutch in Holland to afford any
measurable degree of satisfaction.
Their chiefest joy was contained in the
assurance that Nash had been elected,
and during the day the local party
magnates made much of this fact. The
hated and dreaded Mclean had been
defeated in the Presidents own State,
and, therefore, the country was safe,
imperialism had been endorsed and the
flag still waved. 1t was good deal
like extracting wine from parsnips; but
under the circumstances it was the
best that could be done. They ignored
the fact that had Golden Rule Jones
been eliminated from the situation
Nash would have had some very tough
shedding, and Imperialism would have
gone abroad yesterday with a patch
over one eye. The fact is, that De-
mocracy came CIT Of Tuesdays prelim-
mary contest to the battle of 1900 in
very good shape, and the party of the
people is not wearing Grape nor even
gone into half mourning" Mr.. Bryan
is still before the people with an in
creased plurality in his own State be-
hind him, while Mr.. Mckinley and
what he represents has a decreased
propenderance. If tears are to be shed
they will flow from Republican eyes.
Quite a number of Wheeling Re-
publicans were interviewed yesterday,
but none Of them exhibited that ex-
uberance of spirits which is an newt
able result of great good fortune. On
the contrary, most of them were in
that meditative mood which implies
thankfulness that things did not turn
out worse. While pretending to be sat-
isfed, there was no marked expenditure
of coin for wine, while the average
countenaHce wore something of an
anxious look, indicating a desire to be
confidentially informed where they
were at. Internal Revenue Collector A.
B. White, who dropped into town on
business, gave no evidence Of being
particularly rejoiced; Sheriff Richards
appeared to be preoccupied during the
anu evening, anu OuCc VI
twice was seen furtively making figures
on the back of an envelope; James K.
Hall attended strictly to business after
he had laughed over the coon in the In
telligencer; Charlie Dannenberg shook
hands with himself, and doc" Moffat
smiled a funeral smile. Will Hornish
alone appeared satisfied with the re-
suit, but Will is pretty busy these days,
and possibly don't digest the kilograms
as well as he does his dinner. Init
mate friends of Postmaster Wise re-
marked during the afternoon that he
was not looking as we'll as usual. Sen
ator Scott was not seen.
The feeling among Democrats may
be summarized in the expression:
Were doing very well, thank you, and
will see you later"
ON THE OHIO SIDE.
The result in Belmont county is not