The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-04-27
cause be Is q genlleman q learning and

dignity.
What part did Captain Doyeners
district play in this majority reduction
of 7oor IS per cent? In 1896 hereceiy
ed 1859 majority and 10 1893 1t fell Y
$780, according to the New Yori
World Almanac's figures, a reduction
Of 20 per cent. Markyou this is les
loss by 20 or % per cent. than that II
the entire state, showing at the start
that Doyener was more than an aver
age runner in this state In 1913.
But let's go to the Second district
There Mr.. Dayton, the old candidate
was, like Dovener, renominated. IL
1896 Dayton had 1851 majority. II
1898 he had 624-a reduction In major
ity OF 81 per cent, agreater per cent
Of loss than Doveners, but yet les
ner cent. than the average loss in the
state. .,
Go down to the Fourth district
where Judge Campbell's new cut,
shuttle and deal" idea prevailed, and
Mr.. Miller's majority in 1896 was q
O99. The dashing Freer who was un'
ouestionably as popular as any new
man could possibly have been, had IN
ls9Sa majority Of 765-nearly Va per
cent of reduction In majority-a
per cent difference In favor OF Dayton
and IA per cent In favor OF Dovener..
Our experience in the new deal idea
in the Third district was even
disastrous to the party. There the
.Judpe's idea was put to test and Mr..
Door who had majority OF 3,761 In
1896, gave way to Mr.. Edwards, new
man, who was defeated by 765 votes In
1888. Maiorities considered, his re-
yersal shows loss Of 120 per cent
more than twice the per cent OF loss
shown either by the Dovener or Day
ton6gures. ~,
Judges theory but they prove Captain
Doyener to have been decidedly the
strongest Congressional nominee In
the state in 1893. In the face OF the
fact that his district was cut short on
campaign funds to help the new
deaf men, and that two or three
fights over local candidates hurt US,
he made the best showing In the
State and the figures prove II. II the
"new deal. candidates had run as
well as did he, the state would In have y
gone over $500 republican In 1898 IN,
Stead of 1882. If he and Dayton had
run like the s'new deal' candldatess
didln that year, the majority w0uld
have been wiped out and the result
would have been a stand-oh between
the two parties.
Another thing should be borne In
mind. Nearly every vote Of Doyener's
losses in majority In 1898, 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 factional troubles in Marshall and
the local divisions in Tyler. If In
these three counties the local troubles
had not existed to our detriment,
Doyener's majority In 1898 would have
been practically what it was In 1886.
AT any rate he proved himself the
best runner the republicans had In the
field and is again aSure 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 Dovener 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-a mere ex-
pertinent.