The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-04-27
cause he a gentlenlanoi learning and

cause he Is a gentlemanof learning and
dignity.
what part did Captain Doyener's
district play in this majority reduction
of 10 or is per cent? Inls96 hereceiy-
ed 3, 759 majority and in 1898 1t fell "a
1850, according to the New York
World Almanac,s figures, a reduction
OF 30 per cent. Mark you this is less
loss by 2Oor % per cent. than that In
the entire state, showing at the start
that Doyener was more than an aver
age runner in this STATEN '9s.
But let's go to the Second district.
There Mr.. Dayton, the old candidate,
was, like Dovener, renominated. In
1895 Dayton had 1851 majority. In
1898 he had 624-a reduction in major.
ity OF 81 per cent, q greater per cent.
Of loss than Dovener's, but yet less
per cent. than the average loss in the
state. .
where Judge Campbell's new cut;
shuttle and deal" idea prevailed, and
Mr.. Miller's majority In 1896 was u
O99. The daShing Freer who was un-
ouestionably as popular as any new
man could possibly have been, had In
1898 majority OF 765-nearly III per
cent of reduction in majority-a
per cent difference in favor of Dayton
and Ia per cent in favorof Doyener.
Our experience in the new deal idea
In the Third district was even
disastrous TO the party. There the
judges idea was put TO test and MI.
Door who had majority OF 3,l61 IN
1896, gave way to Mr.. Edwards, a new
man, who was defeated BY 100 VOTES IN
1898. Majorities considered, ms re-
yersal shows loss OF 10 per cent
more than twice the per cent OF loss
shown either by the Dovener or Day
ton figures. ~.
Judges theory but they prove captain
Dovener to have been decidedly tne
strongest Congressional nominee IA
the state in 1893. In the face OF the
fact thathis district was cut SNORT on
campaign funds to help the new
DEAL men, and that Two or thr reg
fights over local candidates hurt US,
he made the best showing In the
State and the figures prove IL. If the
"new deals candidates had run as
well as did he, the state would have
gone over $500 republican in 1898 in,
Stead Of 1882. II he and Dayton had
run like the ''new dear candldatess
did in that year, the majority Wouio
have been wiped out and the result
would have been stand-oh between
the two parties. .
Another thing should be borne In
mind. Nearly every vote of Doyener's
losses in majority in 1893, can be ac-
counted for in three counties where
local troubles, in no way connected,
with Captain Dovener, lost the ticket
votes. For instances, the anti
Lowndes fight in Harrison county,
| the factonal troubles In Marshall and
the local divisions in Tyler. II in
these three counties the local troubles
had not existed to our detriment,
Dovener's majority in 1893 would have
been practically what 1t was in 1896.
At any rate he proved himself the
best runner the republicans had In the
| field and is again a sure winner FOR
1900. His record in Congress is with
our fault. Our people know him,
know what he is, where to find him
and what to expect Of him, and here
| in the midst OF unbounded prosperity
brought about by legislation for
which Congressman DoveDer voted,
the active progressive people OF this
district will not likely stop in their
onward march to exchange a sure
winner and faithful Representative
for an uncertain quantity mere ex'
pertinent.