The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-15


stbs Union has it, own peculiar ma
,bipery by which elections are carried OF
and results determined. For instance
.,ue States have registry laws, aud they
,ev7ire citizen to be assessed, to have
y.d all delinquent poll taxes, and 10 be
a. The registry list from 10 to 60 day
siore election. If any citizen fails
TO comply with any or all OF these re-
ggiremsnts he cannot vote on election
j.r, neither for local, State nor nation
Al c.ndidates. Such law asthis isyal'
ID and nothing can invalidate it.
Some State, have required property
justification for voting. Such used tO
). the Law in this State. Some States re
qaire twice as long residence as others
Erery State almost has a different re
gaire.nenI in this as in other respects
West Virginia has her own peculiar elec
400 laws. She makes the County Courl
Returning Board in certain contested
,I,e., and it' decision is final. The Law
read, thus: an all contested case,
the County Court shall be the judge Of tht
election, qualification and returns Of its
oSu members, and oi Il! couuty and dis
lric! of!eer,." Another feature ot our
law is the fac, that the receip! Of illegal
votes OF the rejection OF legal votes do not
iuyalida.e the returns from any voting
precinct. The final judges Of election
have it in their power to revise the re-
turns, and to take evidence showing moi
only for whom tie illegal votes were cast,
but also for whom the legal votes would
a1ye been Cad had they not been re-
tctsl.
We allnis 10 these provisions Of our
West Virginia election laws, and to other
pecaliaritiea in other States, to show
th.t every State assumes to itself the
right TO regulate the manner Of voting
The manner of certifying, and the man.
ssrOi ultimately determining the result,
10 the State OF Louisiana they have
sat il called Returning Board. It is
as,aing more in principle (for the prin'
dpt il exactly tue same inlcounty or in
safe elacttons) than County Cour!
ia We,! Virginia. When there is
dispute or contest over the returns
ID. R.iurnins Board decides. 1t is the
court Of last resort. 1t may or may not
aIsuod device forgetting At the proper
'sult 10 50 election, but that it is legal
Nd valid device there ia no more reason
ndoubt than that our County Courts are
..gil arbitcrs in the cases committed to
rhtu Oy our statutes. So far as their en-.
lire legality is concerned their existence
lad prerogltives are unassailable. They
'ill stand the test Of the utmost discus
'ioa in tha. regard.
Tai. being the case, there will he no
say whatever Of interfering with the
rights and duties Of the Louisiana Re.
turning Board. That Board is the court
anitr the Constitution and laws Of that
Stats to which is entrusted the supervis-
oa of the return, from all the counties,
lndit will be just as obligatory upoa
hat Bo,ra IN take nm and decide all
.,,..sT -
N" o' 'tAuu OF o'neF alleged iFtegu-
'i'lIy' - 1t would be on our West Eir-
Einia Courts under similar circumstances.
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Snsesupulous Democratic newspapers to
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.b.t all their iori.1ic,ioD :. .' ".."s ,,''' Auu
p,,iop, So,bing conld b. f. t,.,s.. L's T'ut, ,'
Il. truth. Thew srs no, ;lI.n,S IL.Ie, IRON from
here i. something in the con.ti,n,;an. eI -
those State, that make, Them ;',."sI '.
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