The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-26
QheGntelIiaettesr'
r.N Senator Menry @. Davis.

This gentleman is a prominent candi'
date for reelection to his present position
BY the next West Virginia Legislature
II is therefore we'll 10 know how he
stands on the record by which Democrats
are trying Republicans:
/. He took the Congressional back Psy
in ls7s-the famous salary grab-geneF'
ally called the SALARY steap by the Dem
ocra,ic press. He put the "grAb" in his
pocket, and there it is to this day, ready
10 be used this fall and winter a. a pri-
va,e political campaign fund.- after the
fashion ofIs7O-1.
., In 1866, as member of the West
Virginia House Of Delegates, he voted for
the 6rst Registration bill House bill No.
G3,. which was very stringent bill-in
ctlna Democrat would say a bitter
oOe-h required he iron.elad oath, With
an additional feature requiring an oath
from tue applicant that he would defend
the present limits Of the state-protect
and defend its integrity; &C., and was
probably intended to cover the Jefferson
and Berkeley county cases, and maybe
the Cireenbrier and, Monroe movement.
Alter the oath was taken it was made
,ba Repi,trars duty to diligently inquire
whether the applicant had done any Of
the acts in the oath set forth, and il he
hsd he was To carefully exclude" said
voter. II made no provision for the ap.
plicant to have notice when his case
would be inquired into or to furnish
proof in his own behalf. 1t made it very
troublesome for foreign-born citizen to
register, and disfranchised all deserters
from the Union army, and all who left
the State to escape military service.
8. Chapter So, acts Of 1866, authorized
officers Of election to reject any voter
this act was prior to any registration
law who refused to take the test oath.
Suits had been brought against some oil
the election officers for enforcing this law.
House bill number lS provided that in
all cases where such suits had been or
might thereafter be brought, said officer
might employ counsel and defend at the
expense of the State. Henry G. Davis vo'
ted for this bill. See page G3, House
Journal Of 1866.
4. House bill, number l5G, provided
that every person or officer employed in
holding any election by the people should
take the test oath and testify it on the
poll books, aud il not 40 certified the vote
should not be counted.
Mr.. Davis voted for thlt bill. See
page 225 House Journal Of 1866.
5. lie voted to authorize Judge Nat.
Hlrrison-hinl OF infamous memory in
all Democratic nswspapers-to Gil all
vacancies in county and township 1fices
in the Ninth Circuit. The preamble re-
cites that the law Is gotten up in conse.
quence OF "rebel opposition and resist.
ance" to law. See page 23S, House Jour
nal Of 1866.
ETows that for Senator Henry?
Z. Senator Davis voted for a resolution
denouncing the Hounshell charges
against Nat. Harrison-this same Nat.
tIarrisOn-as "a malicious attempt 10
publicly sIander one OF the Circuit
Judges Of the State" See page lis,
House Journal OF 1866.
How will all this do for Democratic
record on which to come before next win.
ter's West Virginia legislature, and ask
for reelection to the United States Sen
ate.
We understand that the Democratic
candidate for Governor spends portion
of his time on the stump in denouncing
the Registration laws, and inasmuch as
he il 10 speak at Weston on September
lst, and at other places thereafter, would
it not be we'll for him to give his opinion
Of Senator Henry's Democracy, and Of the
Democracy OF the legislature that not
outstanding this record elected him to