The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-15
The TriadeIphia Township Election.
We understand that the Board Of su


pervisors yesterday morning passed a
resolution to reconsider their former &C
ton in the case of the Triadelphia
Township election. After the passage
of the motion to reconsider, and before
q vote had been taken upon the original
question, the Board adjourned until
afternoon. At the hour appointed for
the afternoon session, the Democratic
members of the Board were in attend
ance, but the Republican members
failed to attend and no quorum was
present, and therefore no business
was transacted. The parliamentary
effect of q vote to reconsider is simply
to open the original question and bring
it again into discussion. The resolution
offered at the meeting of the BOARD u
Snneryisors at its meeting on the atn
inst. was therefore pending at the time
of the adjournment yesterday. Inc
of6cers electa on the gath of May, are
accordingly entitled to be qualified to
enter upon the duties of their respective
offices, just as though the legality OF
their election had not been questioned.
We hold therefore, that it is the duty OF
the Board of Supervisors to declare
these men elected, and to authorize the
clerk to issue them certificates to that
effect.
The whole thing is very small piece
of business on the part of the majority
of the Board. No more superfluous folly
could have been committed, and a boys
debating society would hardly have in
volved the question in such complete
middle as the Board has needlessly
placed itself in. The Radicals have
nothing to gain by the rejection of the
rriadslphia township returns, neither
have the Democrats anything to lose.
If the new officers are not permitted to
qualify, the old ones will hold over, and
both sets are Democratic. There is no
contest in the case. No candidate de-
sirrs that the election of his rival be set
aside, and that the Office DO given to
him. Even If the twelve votes, which,
it is alleged were illegal, be rejected, 1t
will not alter the result of the election
10 any case, because the majority for
the new officers was forty. -four. Even II
the whole vote of the township be re
4 al1 He
result of the vote upon the constitutional
amendment because, without Trladel
phia township, we@still have three hun
'dred majority for rejection
What motive The Board of Supervisors
cauld have had for stirring up all this
disturbance and rejecting the votes Of
the people OF an entire township when
no possible benefit eau result to any
body therefrom. Is past comprehension
II seems TO have been the result Ut What
Western mon call pure cussedness,
and is probably intended as a sort OF
parting kick from the radical mule. The
conurol Of county affairs is about to pass
into Democratic hands, and the rsdics
supervisors who were eusted by the pop
ular vote at the late election, instead o
Welding gracefully to the decision of TIT
people and relinQuishlng with apparen
good nature the power they have held
characterize their exit from office BY OF,
of the most foolish and useless exhlbl
tloas of petty spite they ever committed
They had nothing to gain by 1t, the peo'
pie had nothing to gain by it, there was
mr. necessity for such action, but they
rejected the vote of Triadelphla town.
ship Just because they could-they did
II simply to show their authority" and
hrcause it is probable that they will
never again have al opportunity Of gov
-rning Ohio county
The Inconsistency of the Board IF
Supervisors is also apparent in the fact
trat the vote of Philadelphia township
was counted in determining the result
Of the election for County Superintend
eut of Free Schools. aud certificate OF
election has accordingly been issued to
the successful candidate, Now, if the
vote for township officers was illegal, so
also was that for County Superintendent
In addition to this, it has been ascer,
tanned that, of the twelve votes about
whom this tempest in teapot" has
been raised by the Supervisors, eleven
ere registered, but their names lad
"ren mis-spelled by the Registrar when
ne transcribed the list The twelfth is
4 eonstutionally qualified voter and the
officers of election were bound TO receive
his vote. That they were blameless for
doing SO 10 established by Judge HARRIS.
oN's recent decision adverse to the con.
Nationality of the test oath.
The action of the Board of Supervi.
sors in this case is in perfect accord with
she general tone of radical legislation
The whole object Of that party seems to
be the abridgement of popular rights and
The encouragement of arbitrary power.
Their general aim is to thwart the popu.
lar will, throw obstacles in the way of