The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-08

vote right. The BOARD refuse W en'ei
tain the case ofany party stricken Off
LibrdHst.
Richie County.
The Board of Registration for our
county completed its labors on yestsr-
day. About thirty-fve were registered
in all. Some twenty or thirty more de-
sired to be registered, but the Board re-
fused to do so, on the ground that the
former Board having considered their
cases, the present Board had no juris-
diction over them. The objection
urged by said Board was earnestly con-
tested by Mr.. r. G. Blair, the attorney
for the applicants, upon the ground that
although the former Board had stricken
off the applicants. yet under the 3lst
section ofchapter Sd Code Of West Nir-
ginia, although party had been tried
and found guilty of disloyalty, and been
stricken from the register Of voters, he
had a right under the law to be regis
tered uron application to the said
Board.
The clause referred to ia as follows:
"And no person so stricken from the
register of voters shall afterwards be
registered, crcfpt upon application TO the
Board Of Registration, as provided for IN
the next section" Certainly nothing
can be palmer than the remedy thus
provided
And vet in view Of this law, our
Board refused the registration Of some
thirty or forty voters They contended
that the decision of. the Board was
/ final, and when a party WAS once
stricken of that lie was forever de
barred OF applying again, although 1t
might appear that he could prove his
LOYALTY by being soldier or otherwise.
letter from Richie.
A Soldier OF 1872 Summoned.
In Clay township, in Richie county,
fifteen legally qualified voters were
summoned before the Board of Regis
tration; among them an old soldier Of
the war of 1912, who is now eighty
years old.
| Who Is Her
4 letter from Barbour county dated
October 9TH, says: v
This morning man came to Phil
lippi, who said that he was from Ohio
county, and asked DR. Tolhert which
room the Registrars were in; the DR.
told him they were not there. He claim
ed they were. The Dr. showed him
through his house Hethen asked where
the Registrars were. The DR.. told him
that he thought they were at Mr.. Tay
lor's. He Immediately went to Taylors
The Registrars came out. He handed
them letter and held a short CONVEX
sation with them and left.
Without doubt, that messenger car
ried to the Board Of Registration special
instructions for the Acknowledgement o.
citizens of Barbour. What man il
there in Ohio county low enough to
aid in the dirty work? Who ia hep
Who il Response BILE.
The following statement was addressed
to Governor STEVENSON, by the Weston
Democrat, more than month ago II
has been widely copied throughout the
State, and has undoubtedly been brought
to his notice, but has not been denied
either BY the Governor or by any Of his
friends. 1t serves to show who in
spired and whO is responsible for the out,
RACES that are being committed:
| To Wm. f. Stevenson, Gorernor, DC:
tits said that on the 18th day Of July
last, Moses Cunningham, Of Braxton,
did address to YOU letter. stating that
he expected to register the voters Of
his (Clay) township and asking you
for Instructions as to the performance
of his duties You, supposing him to
be Elias Cunningham, did reply to that
letter, and told him substantially that
| he must refuse to register all he could
and help to strike off as many as posi-
ble-as such course was absolutely
necessary to the success of the Republi-
can party. You further told him not
to get into trouble if he could help it,
but that in case he did there was plenty
of money ready TO help him out.
We ask you to deny these charges.
1t should not be said that the Governor
of this State, because he is a candidate
for reelection, has, by his own act,
proven himself a scoundrel. Let this
matter be cleared up. If the Governor
did not write the letter above referred
to, let him say so in any one or more OF
the public prints of the State.
The Weston Democrat, Of the Sd inst.
contains further information upon the
subject in the shape of the following
letter from MOSES CUNNINGHAM, to
whom the Governor had sent his secret
instructions to Registrars:
BULLrowS, September -, 1870.
To the Editor Of the Democrat.
saw an article in your paper some
time ago, addressed to one William E.
Stevenson, Governor Of West Virginia
requesting him to deny or own that he
had written a certain letter to Moses
Cunningham. 1t. seems that he does
not wish to say anything abont the
matter-but since his pets and puppets
have gone so far as to try to indict me,
| feel myself at some liberty to forfeit
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