The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-31
nesday Msrning, 81.
Psliee Cemmissisners Of Bald

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- the investigation of the official
ttjtse of these worthless progresses, the
6&yple begin to understood the reasons
til prompted opposition to Governor
I G3fkxN's proposed inquiries. At first,
~ denial of his jurisdiction looked
~ unreasonable obstinacy and cause
f1nutiny, but the facts developed by
~ discrimination now going on, show
M only by avoiding investigation
hunning the light could the COM
(. 81 6ners evade the retributim that
ef3&fnl wrong doing ever deserves.
Is1n knew that such guilt as theirs
l86M not escape conviction, if brought
hfbro the bar of justice, and their only
oeunpe was to deny the competency Of
r1Sxnor SwANN's tribunal. The ex-
a Ination of the Governor, made in
11to of their protest, reveals stu
bus scheme Of fraud, villainy, per-
~ and oppression, almost unequalled
- fhe records of Radical corruption.
Tkase Commissioners seem to have
de11ned it their special mission to 80
nrxange the elections of Baltimore city
= % secure success to Radical minor
ityof five thousand against Conserya-
iye majority Of twenty or thirty thou
sAnd. The undertaking was difficult
6f6, but nevertheless they attempted
Il.
IN the first place they appoint only
s1ch judges of election as by character
I'D repute are considered capable of
Whatever villiany may be requisite in
- premises. In the Second Ward the
fndges "were all Radicals William
Blxu, whose mother "keeps u bawdy
hohse," William Lynch, who " has been
/. }x5ed for MURDER" Joseph Buck, "class-
I'd among the roughs;" G. w. Brady,
NO "shot man named Morgan;
Jsmes Manly, who ''has been in the
psnitentiary Snyder, likewise "a
penitentiary Bird" and Tom Hyer, who
vas "twice imprisoned for robbing SOL
1iers," were the honest, faithful and
Apable individuals selected as tho
enardians of the ballot-bOx. The same
stylc of men were chosen in the other
Yards as election officers, and the de-
balls of the frauds and outrages COM
United by them at tho last election,
Ind divulgcd OH the trial, are just what
hight be expected from pimps and con-
sicts.
In the appointment Of their police
nen, the Commissioners have pursued
Dc same policy. They have emptied
e gambling houses, and made their
scupants officers of the law. They
4 I've promoted sneak thieves and pick
rockets to be special policemen, and
ave made bawdy- house loafers the pro-
6ctors of the peace and order of the
issity.
Wherever their jurisdiction extended
they appear to have selected the vilcst
ouflaws that could be found in the
&ens of crime, to do their bidding and
ekEect their purposes. And now when
lied upon to answer for their miscon-
duct in jeoparding the lives, liberty and
pEoperty Of the citizens, by elevating
49, scum of the pot-house and the refuse
- the cell to place and power, they as
1lme the indignant, and play the injur-
/, innocent with devils skill. The
Censervative men of Maryland have
xs6bon to be gratified that their rights
|, 2rre champion and their wrongs an
xxenger, whom no bribery can corrupt,
~ threatening can awe, and no opposi-
g1x6h overcome or cause to waver. Oh,
fbr week of his honest government in
lest Virginia!