The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-12

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fw1ssf and . littie blue card w1;iEh mis-
InsUripdon. ODemocFaIic ssaaturallza-
lion paper and charge COMMITTEES f6921,
Samuel %: Daley Secretary.U Mr..
Daily; by the way, Is the Sanfafar 81
the Democratic City COMMITTEES, or
what IL called Organization Ubez tast-
lied that he had obtained his certifi-
Gates OF citizenship IN q sugar refinery.
STh6next day, October i, the doinRS OF
this sugar houses in, which the business
of the Supreme Court was transacted,
were stiu further, revealed. Its fore
man was proved to have supplied ma
humiliation papers to mensWho had In
formed him that they had no right to
vote. Upon the person offs well known
Dem ocratic rough, arrested for an at
-temptao kill were found II blank ma
-tuEaliZation papers, bearing the seal OF
the Court and what pretendedt to be the
signature of the Prothonotary. Ans
other man named Watson testified that
CoggshallA and Pierce, pEominent'Dem-
loefatic politicians, paid him from 81 to
IS to-voueh for men whom he had never
seen. and that he had sworn more than
90 aliansi through the Supreme Court,
supn Coggswelps assurance that t'fhe
sDemocratfc party would see him all
right s5@s -. Q - : .ii-5s.sT
the Prothonotary to cancel GER
been obtained by perjury, the matter
was formally brought before Judge
Sharswood; on October 8, and thus the
Prothonotary and practically the Court
ITSELF was put upon the defense Judge
Sherwood the next day granted a rule
VOC
cause why their I'D hnissiopl TO citizen
ship should not be revoked, upon the
condition that the Attorney General of
the Stateli,should aappearf to prosecute
the rule, and that officer, the Hon.
BENJAMIN IA. brewster insisted by
the Deputy Attorney=Genefal. Mr..
Lewis VAIN Smith promptly took
charge of the investigation. Mr.. Snow
den testified that he had never signed
blank certificates ibuthat; his signature
must have been forged; that he did not
know by whom the seal of the Court
had been affixed. His clerks testified that
e was, customary for them to attach
the seal 70 blanks, and that on one oc-
casion72 blanks thus authenticated lay
shout the desks. 1t was not alleged that
that.the Prothonotans had been gull.
tyof fraud, .huto the iucontroYertIble
TACT remained that sugnr-hopses and
Democratic Committees had access to
the seal OF which he was the custodian,
and that forgeFy had lbeen carFiedato
such perfection by the Democratic ex-
perts that he could not tell his own
from their iH1itations. Nor
had! he properly discharged his duties.
In the words of Mr.. Brewster, athe
as mere thing to be done by q tip
staye. =" Fraud was proved The gross
est carelessness wAs proved TWAS
shown that neither the Prothonotary
nor the Judges OF the Court could take
so men ont of G, GOO, and declare that
they knew them to be entitled to the
which had been SO reckless
reserved ,his decision, and
so this part of the matter rests. -
But this Is not all. Yesterday one OF
the Judges of the Supreme Court, the
Hon. John NJ. Read, addressed letter
to Chief.Justice Sharswood, which he
Therein Judge Read declared that the
OF fraud were so great, that
he had requested Of the Parliamentary
of the number of persons
The ProthonotaTy Tetns-
ed. Judge Read further pointed out
that nothing but a searching investiga-
ton would satisfy the community, and
the efforts to battle inquiry.
he AYERS that, after consulta-
ton with Judge AgneW, and the newly
appointed Judge Williams they had
formed this emphatic opinion s. We all
three regard tho practice Of 7GtHrdttEG-
ton pursued Ia The HfSi PTfLS however
old or by tOhdteDer Judges sanctioned as
contrary 10 The pldiIll tVOrdS OF the acts Of
Congress, AND THEREFORE, ILLEGAL"
And Judge Read adds: This will be
the opinion of q majority OF the Judges
of the Supreme Court, whenever Judge
Williams takessthe oath ofiofice." snsg
Nney TIM nh Ola intnFPat 0f the RlaNtf0T1
in Philadelphia rests In the question,
11hetheT SIX THOUSAND ILtegdLs Uotes are
10 be received at the lI1oIEs TeIt 1Htesdny2
IL after the proof OF the grossest care.
lessness, the proof of the moat whole
sale perjury, and the opinion OF tine ma
jorIty OF the Judges OF the highest tri-
bunul In the State, that the proceedings
of Court violated the laws of Congress,
and are therefore Illegal, these 5000
votes are received and counted, then
Philadelphia has been sold Quito the
Democratic party. With hiBrtremen-
dous swindle added to the other frauds
of colonization which i cannot attempt
toRexpose, It Is too probable that the
ticket will y be defeated,
though 1t has a majority of legal voters
do not OVereStimate the danger when
I'say this city is threatened with an RV-
alRncEe of, Ten Thousand Fraudulent
Democratic votes next Tuesday, vI.rg
What Is to be done The majority ot
the. Jud ees have done all they can do,
for Judge Williams has not yet taken
the oath of office, and the Court willin
sit in 6GHc till after the election. The
Attorney General has done his best to
expose this gigantic crime and battle its
protectors. But there are the 6, 600 facts
that Sconfronts-6,00 600 aliens, protected
byya Demo erAtic Judge, who walk the
streets OF citizenship s and who win 60
drunk or sober probably drunk, 70
the polls next week. To suppress ibis
many-leggedf monster OF fraud would
be q task for q new Hercnle IL ts
easier TO create yetesS BY vice than 70
nnmake them ;,bybEtFIqe: = st tness
a honest election. Is TO be held. in this
city, To meit seems that the onlyiWay
to save The reputation Of the city Is that
suggested 4 by the Epenin9 yIeLegrdphs
That paper points ont that the District
Attorney Is the law officer of the coun-
ty, and that by, his opinion, In the abb
sence of Judicial decisions, the execu-
tive officers of the Commonwealth are
governed. II therefore falls within his
province TO advise the election othcers
of the Illegally OF these pretended nat
uralizatiopIcert iticates, and to instruct
them to refuse the ballot OF every per-
son who attempts TO vote on papers 3D.
tained in the manner practiceda in the
Supreme Court. If these INSTRUCTIONS
are issued and obeyed, the action OF the
election officers VIII ultimately and
speedily come before the supreme
Court, and It will be sustainedg by "A
majority of the Judges. y, .r,s-t.,si
Thus stands Philadelphia TO day,
Unquestionably by a large majority q
Republican city, she Is about tob sgtveu