The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-16
uare H~ui.,ra,ieu Frauds.

Accounts from all portions of the
State agree that the business of indis-
crimlnatc disfranchisement has been
deliberately pre-arranged, and is now
briu. carried OF To mercilvss extent.
The following extract from q letter
from Tucker county clearly portrays
the condition of things in that region
Little Tucker is now undergoing q
sryclc aud trying ordeal. On yesterday
lNay fth) very large number, If not
u majority. nf the Conservative citi-
lrns oi the county were snmmOned up
10 prove their "tomlty,' aud it is pre-
sulnrd most OF them; ineluding the pres.
ent ronnty officers. have been, or Will
Le stricken from the registered list OF
Voters
In Mason county, the utmost malice
and vindictiveness have marked the
proccrLings of the Registrars. Neigh
borhood rumors, for which no RESPONSE
bic author could be found, were made
tue pretext for srrsigping the Oldest and
most substantial citizens Of the County.
In some instances there was not even
the basis of hearsay for the charge of
"disloyalty", and in too many cases the
personal prejudice of the Registrar was
the only apparent reason for the aecn-
sarion. Speaking of the manner in
which the trials were conducted, the
Journal says: ...s .r
Wcare told that one gentleman from the
upprr end of the county was considered
Asioyal because he felt the township
registrar insuited him by requiring him
70 take the voters oath before he could
be registered, aud bis Radical neigh
burs. not whit more loyal, were regis
ierrd without it, One man told US he
was asked if he was friendly to any
person who was friendly to any ono in
the rebel service" Another was asked
ii he "sympathized with any one in the
rebel army" and so on through . long
list of equally as foolish and absurd
questions, and which had nothing to do
With PERSONS loyalty or disloyalty.
IN snme other counties, we learn, the
Boards declined to erase ethe 2nane OF
parties at the time Of trial, and declared
them good voters. Then after the with
drawal of the accused they would make
their erasures. Snch was the course in
the case of Mr.. YANTIs, of Jefsrson
county. We notice that the Par
kersburg Registrars are laboring,
through the public press, to 'jastify
some of their enormities. We would
like to see their explanation of one
mystery; Why is it, that no man who
votes the Radical ticket no matter what
bis past character for loyalty may have
been, is ever arraigned or questioned by
the registration authorities The fact
that no known radical voter has ever
been summoned to prove his loyalty is
the best evidence of the partizan pur-
Pose, as well as the partizan enforce
ment of the registration act. q d.
The impudence Of Ohio county Rad
ieals in asking share OF the offices In
Democratic townships is disgnstingly
apparent when We look at the Outra-
seous and despotic course Of their par.
w. by which 50 many Of our best citi-
zens are deprived of their highest priv
'leges. When they become just toward
us,it will be time enough for US to be.
sln to be generous toward them. In
Tue meantime, let US have just as many
radical officers in Ohio oounty NJ Rad
'eal votes can elect, and no more.