The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-27

Ylrglnia'by 2o,o9a while the state ticket
Will Windy n majority OF not less Than
lS.aoo, This statements is made on. estl-
mates made after careful investigat ton
mudeSln each county. 1t IS subs,anti-
ated by a personaI visit to almost one
half Of the counties in III, state. Thc
ciunEss visited AMI carefully noted are
Braxton, Preston oh.oi Marshall. Wet
Eel. Tyler. Wood, Jl:lison. Mason, Ca
bell, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, Clay,
IaBswha, Fayettc, summrry, Richie,
Dpadtie sc, Harrison aud Taylor.
In all Of these counties. the Isepubli-
can Larry has Sbr,!ch2 loost from old
G4lisral Apathy" ard are marching on
5 und"T'rhe excellent leadership of;"Gen-
eral Enthusiasm" aui the degree os en-
4 thue!asE, cp,y measured by the mum;
tes II Republicans. fhr ali .rs awake 10
the i.nl ortance % tn. s.r.,.ns election
and Intend that the Republican ma ,lonal
and state tickets, as well as the county
tickets shall win.
Change for the Better.
Conditions have changed greatly
within. the past thirty days, more par
tIcularly within! the past ten days, and
there is not a.county in the state that
will not SHOW, more or less Republican
gains. All would do this. were 1t not
for the. undeniable fact that in some OF
the counties, where immense Republl-
can nnajorities. usually prevail, there is
some. party differences. Particularly is
this SO In Kanawha county.
Butspohle work has been done there
within the past week by Congressman
{ Romeo H, Freer OF the Fourth district
This county is the former home Of the
Little Giant OF Richie" and he is held
in high esteem by the. good people OF
Kanawha county. There has been som,
yes, quite a good deal-.opposition to
the legislative and county ticket In
Kanawha county and 1t fore-bodc III to
the Republicans there.
Grew Out Of the Primaries.
1t grew; out OF differences In the prl.
mary and caused split In the ranks.
It was accumulated by the action Of
Hon. S. j. Burdette. ex-asslstant United
States district attorney. The Demo-
cratic state committee took hand in
the fight and with paid agents wen;
around and, with questionable methods,
/. swore about 1900 Republicans not to
support their legislative and county
tickets.s....
This was of much moment until Gov
ernor Atkinson took q hand and ruled
That the oath was not binding and EN-
phasized his opinion by promptly re-
moving one OF the notaries who had
sworn Republicans TO do such acts. The
Democrats had beenassisting financially
in splitting the party and would prob
ably have, succeeded had heroic meas
ures not been pursued.
~ Did Much Good. 5
Congressman Freer went into the
county and made series OF five
speeches, which did power Of good.
He talked personally with, a large num-
Der Of Vie opposltonand succeeded ad-
mirably in getting them iptnlIne. With
the party now United. 1t can safely be
said that the legislative and County
ticket will BE- elacted by vote. of not
less than 1880 majority. while the state
q and national tickets will get the usual
1000 majority. The Democrats showed
: their hand too soon and their plan to
disrupt the party Is reacting against
them.
James Cree!mun, we'll known news
paper man OF New York, who toured
the state with Bryan, circulated the re-
port that 1900 old soldiers In Kanawhn
county had sworn not to support Nc
Kiniey but TO vote for Bryan. Thc old
soldiers In Kanawha county heard o.
this and they informed the IntellIgencer
that It was a damnabtc lie and that Nc
4 klnley would get bigger vote than
ever before.
sci Frank Burdette Loyal.
Frank j. Burdette, the prosecuting
attorney OF kanawha county, whom the
Democrats endeavored to get Off the
track because he was defeated for re-
domination: has announced that he will
support the entire Republican ticket
and win also stump the county as we'll,
So another Democratic scheme Is
knocked out. From now until the cleo
tioh, The Republicans In Kanawha coun-
T; Is VIII get into excellent shape and on
election day will be found true to their
party yvot!ng for every candidate
from President Mckinley to the assps-
sors. Mark this prediction RE-; q .
/ THE Brown Eyed Man Of Destiny"
as CONGRESSMAN Freer was. billed
through Summers county. Informed the
IntellIgenCer TINT he he'd carefully
noted conditions In the counties where
he had been and was more than pleased
with +,Rs outlook. He agrees with the
fnteiiigencer that the fight Is being
@aged on the legislative ticket all over
the state, and he urges Republicans
everywhere to eight right down to the
waters edge. So emphatic Is he In this,
that he asserts in his speeches that he
would rather see the defeat OF the state
ticket than to witness the loss OF the
legislature.
Everything Lovely in Fayette.
The situation In Fayette. Is fine and the
Republicans there are united and will
roll up n splendid majority. In Sum-
mcrs county. where 1t is stand or
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