The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-07-16

been smarting under the sting that he hac
run so far behind his ticket, as he SHOWED
on two or three occasions in the Houst
last winter. When Kellar's name ap
peared In the newspapers as having beer
appointed TO q clerkship, 1t Is believed
that Warner Immediately wrote TO some
OF his herchmen in Noble county 10 Learn
whether or not Kellar was RepublD
can. Learning that such was the case
and that, furthermore, Kellar had done
what he could to promote the election ol
his opponent in the Congressional race,
he made up his mind to play the "ofien.
sive partisan" racket. Itis thought thai
the information was given him by an ex-
school examiner in Noble county, who
was examined at Cleveland the same time
as was Kellar, but who did not pass as
good an examination. As school exam
iner he had many times given Kellar a
certificate Of good moral character and the
ability 10 teach. He was understood to
be jealous because Kellar obtained bet
ter mark than he did, aud he therefore ac-
cused the examiners OF partiality. There
were four or five other Noble county men,
all d D2mocrats, who were examined at the
same time as was Kellar, and he outStrip-
ped them all.
WARNER aIxRsslr AWAY.
Representative Warner gave the case
away when he confessed TO cores
pondent that the people Of Noble county,
which is SO strongly Democratic, could
not understand how Republican could
get an Office under Democratic admins
tratiou. They believed that to The victor
belongs the spoils, and to charge kellar
with being Republican would Immediate
ly secure his rejection. Representative
Warner has been very emphatic in his
denunciations OF the Civil Service Com
because 1t has been charged that
he violated the law in giving information
to prevent Kellar's appointment. He
claims that he only violated a rule made
by the commission, and that they had no
right to make such o regulation. For the
benefit OF Representative Warner and all
concerned it can be stated that he has yio-
lated the law OF the land, and nota rule
by the Civil Service Commits
sion. Section 5 OF the law, as passed at
the second session Of the Forty.seyenth
Congress, and approved before the Civil
Service Commission had been appointed,
reads as follows: THAT any person who
shall williully and corruptly make any
false representations concerning the per-
son examined or who shall wiilfully aud
corruptly furnish toany person any special
or secret information for the purpose OF
either improving or iniuring the prospects
or chances Of any person so examined or
10 be examined, being appointed, em-
ployed, ,orpromoted, shall for each otense
bedeemed guilty Of q misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun;shed
by fine Of not less than Sl00 nor more
than s, 900, or by imprisonment for not
less than ten days nor more than one year,
or by both such fne and imprisonment"
~ wHArwnL HE DO?
There Is the law, and Representative
Warner can make the most oft. These
conspiIators against Kellar to divert at
tehtion from the fact that they worked
against him because they knew he was a
Republican, now seek to blacken his
character and say thati was his immoral
ity that provoked their opposition. It's
understood that the people Of Noble coun-
ty who know Kellar, are, Without regard
to party distinction, getting up remon-
strances to the. wicked accusations made
by the violators Of the law. The renon-
stranees are being signed by judges and
other officials OF the highest character,
and are sufficient to reinte the insinuations
made by Representative Warner. 1t is
cleaf that somebody Is liable to prosecu-
ton at the bar, and It Is understood that
WHOM. the grand jury meets action is to be
taken to bring ths matter before them.