The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-19
pose to retain lho most dangerous fea-

ita columns by printing the Ohio Coun.
" Address. Pursuing the stralghLior.
ward course indicated In that docu-
ment, the Republicans OF this county
nominated q ticket which Oils the
Registers own description lin the ar.
Llcle flrst quoted) OF the kind OF men
needed In the Notwithstanding
honest aud influential ;,
They were nominated on this platforms
4th. That In accordance with the spi-
rit and intent Of the Chicago Platform
as understood and defined By Its author,
and IN conformity TO the national poll.
oy OF our party as interpreted BY the
PEeSident and illustrated by his Official
acts and those OF the majority In Con.
gress, the Legislature, at lta next sea.
sion, Bhonld remove such inequalities
among citizens aa are imposed by leRls.
latlve act, and should take the prelim.
mary steps towards proposing TO the
voterB Of the State an amendment 10
the Constitution whereby the right Of
suffrage would be conferred Impaftlally
on all the citizens OF the State.
In pursuance Of lls purpose the Reg.
iSter OF once attacked this platform be-
cause It did not declare for the "prompt
repeal" Of The registry law; though Il
knew that not o Republican In the
State, and but few Of Its own party,
wanted the Law swept away altogether,
but only asked to have II made Just
and equal IN lie operation; and al
though Ill recently this was all 1t ever
demanded. Following up the attack
with partisan zeal, It has now daily for
several days blackguarded our candI.
dates because they are not for the Inn
mediate and entire repeal OF the regis
try law and the consequent nulli6ca-
tlon Of the constitutional provision
touching suffrage. ...
What 10 the position OF Mcssrs. Hub
bard and Campbell on the registry law2
It Is made up In the Ohio county ad-
dress. Mr.. Campbell was the chair
man and Mr.. Hubbard q member OF
the committee by whom that address
was prepared and presented 10 the cltl.
zens' meeting which adopted 1t. They
have never. recanted anything In 1t.
And here Is their position stated over
their own signatures. The Register can
verify the correctness Of this extract
from the address by reference to Its own
files:
We do not advocate an instant abro.
CATION OF the dlsiranehlsing clause in
our Constitution, for that Is impossl.
bic, but we do favor prompt steps by
our next LeglslAtnre towards putting
II in process Of repeal-a process, By
the way, that will consume upwards
OF two years from next winter. And, in
the meantime We shall hope to see
the next Legislature take early op.
portuniIy to do away with the test
oaths now resting upon Lawyers, Sui.
tors and School Teachers. These uaths
have had theiF day, and, whatever
their service In the past, their future
advantage to the Stats may well be
doubted. And rs for the voters oath
we presume by the time II can be legal
~ dispensed with under the repeal pro.
cess alluded to, there will be feWflisin-
terested citizens In our midst, how
ever bitter their remembrances Of
the war, who will really re,
greet Its dlscontlnuance. And finally,
as regards tho present TegiStry ldtr
phile expressing our earnest attachment
to the plan Of guarding The purity Of tn
oGlLot-boz 6y a registration Of ali Tx
qualified voters Of tho State, still we shall
receive wish satisfaction at the hands
Of the Legislature such mod fcdttoH o.
existing features as tOtu, among otheI
things, pr0uidc for the election Of The OIL
GERS Of registration by the people, i'tSteut
Of their appointment BY the State Ereett.
tiVe, and ii such g MANNER, also, as VII
secure Lhe minority ono representative IL
every County Board, believing tina
these changes will secure the best guar
anty for an impartial execution OF thG
law.
Now then, II the Wheeling Register
means to deal with this question In ar
open and manly way-iflt means to dea
fairly by our candidates and by IL
own readers-let 1t print this extrac
and state what It Is, 30 that It's readert
may have an opportunity to form 6
Judgment Of their own about the posi-.
ton held by our candidates.
And now we want to ask the editor o.
the Register whether he believes II
Messrs. Campbell and Hubbard were
chosen to the House Of Delegates they
would labor In good faith 10 carry out
these public declarations, or go back
on them Gas the Register has on all Itl
former counselsY)
We want the public 10 know also,
specifically, what more the Wheeling
Register demands" In regard to the
registry law than Ia here proposedf
We want to know whether, In its
opinion, II the people elected thelr own
officers OF registration and the minors
~ party had q due representation in
such county, there could be any better
guaranty that perfectly fair regtstra-
ton Of the legally qualified voters
would be NADER II the people can't
be trusted to do themselves justice,
who can be trusted to do II for them 7
We want 10 know II the Register
Ia In favor, as Messrs. Campbell and
Hubbard are "of guarding the purity
Of the ballot box by o registration Of
all the qualified voters OF the State, "
orifitis opposed to any registry law at
all and would have the present law not
amended but swept away altogether :
TEE Republicans carried lPhIladel-
phIa on Tuesday by about 4,4OO major
ity. At the October election last year
the vote stood as follows:
Ropubuca .60,6S1
Oeuoctat ......................W,S4
It was charged by the Republicans
land 1t has Just been decided by the
Court OF Common Pleas) that sever
al thousand fraudulent votes were then
polled by the Democrats +; and, to put a
stop to such practices,a stringent regis
try law was passed by the Legislature,
by means OF which only legal votes
can get into the ballot, and we now see
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