The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-19
NlchOlas County registration.


The Wheeling Register Of yesterday
had long, and we have every reason
10 believe untruthful, article regarding
registration matters in Nicholas coun.
ty, protesting to be based on statements
made by one John r. McCutchen,
whom 1t undertakes to palm of on Its
readers as Republican. (our distinct
recollection about Mr.. MoCutchen Is
that when he came to the Senate here
In 1862, he was "Conservative'-and
we don't take any stock in the Repub-
licanlsm Of a man whose sympathies
were against the Union party at that
period Of the wary
The substantial part Of the Registers
version Of Mr.. McCutcben's statements
Is contained In the following extract:
About one hundred voters, Including
about every original outspoken Union
man In the county, we're summoned 10
appear at Summersville, on the first
Monday In October, to "prove their
loyalty" Among those notified were
a number OF honorably discharged
Federal soldiers, and several who had
been In the State Guard service. As
there were scarcely two hundred regis.
tered voters in the county, this action
OF the board created great excitement
among the people. The lists had been
very thoroughly cut down at .hree pre-.
vlous sessions. It was known that
there were few rebel voters on the lists,
and that those, having been registered
because OF their willingness to support
The extreme Radical ticket, were not
notified TO appear.
AT the appointed time an examina.
ton before the Board commenced,-
Every man whose case was inquired
into presented the most satisfactory evil
dence Of loyalty" and good character.
SO lar from any charges being sustain.
ed, none were made. After the trials
had progressed for some time, the
Board gave out that the evidence would
be written down and the decisions an.
nounced at some future time. This Of
course was protested against by the
voters, all Of whom objected to being
Kept In suspense. One voter said "it
looked like pretext to get rid Of the
crowd and strike them or when their
backs were turned" This was resented
by one OF the Malcolm family, q quar-
rel ensued, the Board retired, refused to
re.assemble, and the voters we're com.
PEELED to return to their homes without
any certain knowledge OF their fate, but
with the decided impression that they
were all to be prescribed upon bare sus.
piclon Of opposition to Putnam.
Mr.. M'Cutchen says that this is the
latest ofa long series Of outrages perpe.
trat ed by the luterlopers and scalaWags
who now hold sway In his country
They prevent the holding OF elections
BY Withholding registration books;
they reject returns and set aside the re.
suits OF elections; they dlsfranchise,
harass and vex the people, until the
popular patience Is tried TO the utmost.
asa desperate resort application has
0een made TO tho Governor, for redress,
put otcourse It was useless to 8. *, In
That quarter, q r6medy for villlany,
This application iOGs denied, as might
have been expected.
MrMCUtchcn expressed great fears that
unless some speedy remedy iVGS applied
the people would take Tho case into their
oI0n hands. They had endured pros.
cription and outrage about as long as
II was possible. II general insurrec.
lion were to follow the authorities
would have no one to thank but them.
selves and their reckless policy OF
placing the liberties OF the people at
The mercy ola gang Of scamps.
Now 1t Is apparent that there are
some downright falsehoods In these
statements; and whether Mr.. Nc
Cutchen or the Register Is responsible
for them, they can settle between them.
selves We are authorized by Governor
Stevenson to say in reference to NIcho-
las county, that 1t Is absolutely untrue
that any application has been made
TO the Governor for redress" by any
person, directly or indirectly, who
claimed that the law was not being
fairly enforced or that any unfair
means were being used to deprive any
one OF the right to register. Not q
paragraph has been received by the
Executive In the way OF complaint,
nor has application" been made by
any one In person. Had any auoh
complaint been made It would have
been promptly inquired Into and the
abuse, II any existed, would have been
corrected. The flrst intimatIon tho
Governor had OF the slightest difficulty
In Nicholas county, was the appear.
Rnce OF Mr.. McCutchen at his oilloo on
Saturday last; and he was thero, no
said, on business with the AtlIutant
General In regard 10 certain military
claims from his county. When Mr..
McCutchen had mado q statement about
The Board Of RegIstratlon OF his county,
Inc Governor said to him that II he
could be satisfied the board was not
doing right, he was ready to do any.
Thing In hls power 10 remove the
wrong Mr.. McCutchen said he had no
change TO suggest, and II be had II was
now too late to do anything as the
election was next Thursday week and
the county distant.
Subsequent to Mr.. McCu,chen's vial,
the Governor received the following