The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-22
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WHEELING AND FGIRMoST PIKE.

A card from Esquire PsIlsy. Of Beauood
BEswooD, May IL.
Editors tnlsllsenser.
Two years ago, requested Mr.. samue
Acker, who was at that time, and is yet
superintendent Of Section Of tn,
Wheeling and Fairmont pike, to act as su
pervisor. He refused to serve. then re
quested John Cloudy TO see VIM. Kemplei
he would serve, he informed me that be
would, and he was appointed for Section
No. 2. Some have complained OF Mr.
Kemple, Others think that he has done al
well as any one conld. Some time ago
Samuel Marshall, one Of tho old soldiers
referred 10 by up. NJ, land, by the way,
a very clever gentleman, aud postmaster
at Sherrard,) circulated q petition 70 re.
move Mr.. Kemple and appoint him. Sam.
url ACker, and his friends, also circulated
one for the appointment OF Mr.. Acker,
and was informed that james McHenry,
an old soldier and a good citizen, had a
petition, but he did not present Il to the
court. Mr.. Kemple also had petition oil
remonstrance against his removal. Mr..
ACker gave his petition TO j. 4. Hooten,
Esq, who presented 1t TO the Committee
on Roads, Of which committee Esquire
Bloyd was chairman. Mr.. Kemple gave
mis- 10 Jacob Kemple, ECO who presented
it. Mr.. s. Marshall gave his TO me, both
original and duplicate, both Of which /
gave to the Committee on Roads.
After hearing the statements OF the at
toTneys employed the whole matter was
referred 10 the court, and E-quire Bloyd
said he would like to hear from Esquire
McJilton and myself. answered by say.
ing that l felt delicacy in making any
motion in the matter; that the petitioners
were all honorable gentlemen; that they
were all well represented by petition. Aud
1 now say that II z. NJ, (which means
postmaster) would examine the petitions
he would find Just as good men and as
large tax payers, and men who pay as
much toll on Kemple's petition as on
either Of the other petitions; and as many
signers as one Of the other petitions. p.
VI. draws largely on his Imagination
when he says II Is useless for those who
are to blame in this matter to attempt to
excuse themselves by saying that copy
Of the petition instead oil the original was
sent TO them. "Let that be as Il may; let
Esq. Policy speak" l will now say for
The benefit OF P. NJ. that never attempt.
I'd to excuse myself TO the court or any
person by saying copy instead OF the
original was sent; but to the contrary. sir,
presented your petition, original in pen.
ell and duplicate in ink and SO explained
Them.
think l am safe in saying II the petit
TONERS had concentrated on either oil the
gentlemen asking the removal OF Kemple,
hat he would have been removed by the
Court. Now, as to the more than two
hundred petitioners spoken OF by P. NJ. in
your issue of May 18th, upon fair count
they amount to just one hundred and
Lhirty.two. So how was the Court TO deter
mine whether Mr.. Acker or Mr.. Marshall
should supercede Mr.. Kemple, for they
both claimed, or their friends did for
hem, that each had the more respectable
petition, and Kemple claimed that he had
Just as respectable petition as either o.
he others. P. NJ. says certainly we will
be marked as far as voting is concerned.
Well, this is free country. and grant
every man the right TO vote just as he
pleases. Ivote as think right at the time;
il err 1t is the head and not the heart.
A. L. PElLEY.