Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-24
DOLLAR VOTES
wpgISoN WAS DEFEATED-JAR-
aS pyrr.S MISSION To ILLINOIS.
n.,,vIy,nia NoHOpOlists Succeeded IN De-
.,,,,.ss A. BalIot in A'rris0ns Disin't-A
,.,r.,7 Who Saw 1t DOne-hO-
or1,ahela Slsck-Water.

o''''. ,,.s MI. Carmel, ILL.,, to make that
-.,m :, navisoDlc to vineennes.
vc,l Is young man, anywhere
NJ. tosnty-tiye and thirty, a true
,,.,p rcunsylvanian and a typical
,r,,nn Republican, living at
,,r,ne. During our conversation
0l, made to the defeat Of Mr..
- o. whose district takes in Mount
,''-. ,o,o,. Mr.. Mapel, that you will
,t,t it was the tariff that beat Mr..
r~on. sid l.
h no, It WIS something more pOten-
..Irr,rucal. Tariff doesn't amount
49, ,bias a, a political factor out in
Western country
-ys,, was it, then, if not the tariff
v"
INV surely no Republican would
W.. ,rav 10 office OF accept one that
,t.., ngr,hlsed for him by others"
.@rsry al, do these things.
.T,n. nearly all, especially when it is
~, there WAS money spent against
u..-.n w.IS there:
.,,r,l,r unlimited quantities OF it. l
. .r. bnyins with my own eyes ON the
election. and knew n week previous
.-..nl, going on
.EH--r did the money come trom?'
.mr place in the East, expect. And
.. ..,r,yhlt of a coincidence that the
-.. .lnG John Jarrett, of Pittsburgh,
.r.iro have reached the district on the
,ar av.
.rlna i> that"
We'll. up 70 within a couple of weeks
. ... election the Republicans had no
.,.u. carving the district, and Baker
ID. -a idea ui being elected. But the
.-.t-.u.> changed suddenly rs soon
~. ----rt arrived lie went to work in a
| ,.--Et ruuutcd.'
.Hrnldc speeches, of course.
r.rgnly. but his speeches didn't
-.r rhrr,. votes. He sought out every
r-..r,rIr worker who could be bought,
- ar.hr hi> influence ut the polls for
,- They were very dirty rascalS, OF
-,. but they accomplished the end in
1I the corrupt use Of money extend be
lie purchase of these Democratic
-.. We're the voters themselves
.. .g.,. hut ! have M idea that each
..,.- WIS paid - much money in a lump
-l there WIS so many Democratic
., 10 his precinct for Baker, and he
ID. '.r voters out of this.
Hv WIS the scheme wOrkcd?'
What purported to be- Democratic
| ,t Wis got up, with MorriSOn'S name
| 1. .akrr'S in its place. These tickets
.l 10y the Democratic workers who
~I uut. They knew, of course, their
-.4, they came to the polls. When a
~.s prmorratiC subject came up, the
| ..s-- would SAY: Here is Democratic
.,t % urtlr different from the rest, but
,aow ! am . good Democrat. and !
| lr .ou to vote il. Then 20 To such and
4plrr and you Will get So The
| ,r.lutlrr watched the voter, and IT he
,.,rd the ticket in the box he sigualed
a.-lcrutr. who paid over the money
| .Eag. that WAS open bribery
| "'- wlS the next thing to it at all
| -,, u WIS disrraccful, and while |
| -4 E.pub,ran take no pride in the
o-vovcr Morrison, won by the methods
E.>
And The price paid was 81 4 vote?"
That seemed to be the price every
g.-"
That o, 81 more than Dudley paid in
-.trI
Well, votes sell = little higher west of
3. Wabash. '
NGENSrING COMPANY.
w. NapI gave me a curious point on
,gh0~rt ui >lurk-water navigation, in
ahr suaturally deeply interested:
.r llouongthrla River Is a Slack-wat-
'7.@om pit,>hurg to Geneva bys syS-
-a'p,oIS or dams aud locks, seven IN
-..ag. which makes that otherwise
Aaw stream naviguble at all times eX-
| tDarn q Is frozen, or when the drought
/ -.'I"nliuJry.
"r P-u.rvt oi Slack-wateTinG to Nor
,a""n, ". Va, has long been aGitated,
-. .aJl'y the Monongahcla Nayiga-
'omh1ny. which virtually owns
"r r,rr wealth in the State of
..,..'IulJ, has agreed To Slack-water To
- .ar between Pennsylvania and West
,Sa1'i West Virginia OF the Govern
II A'ud>Ick-water south of the line.
.aN,ac Government undertook to do,
-.-NjHry showed that by putting n
EEL, ant .o,k on the line Of the two States,
'.i., nuke the river navigable to Nor
'1a"n Then. the Navigation COMPANY
'...r m the rJShth dam, the navigation
.'e complete and continuous from
-+'owu 10 the head Ofthc Ohio.
d" Hlr time the dam and locks were
'.e,gi and there was a nayigable stage
T4'rr
.""N M. grO MORGANTOwN,
ID ',Aeru : and . there was a nine-mile
.'a oi shallow water, making the ninth
srr,r>>
'' NononGlhela Navigation Company
,"'ri on To put in No. :, rs per
".74eat hut rriSurd.
@ivhy.
-. .'.r The Government had not slack
" ...5 ...s' I" the Pennsylvania line. If it
.,.F'i IN another dam on the line,
'' Navigation Company would put
II ~. ldiIed dam to complete the slack
-'- Ine ahsurdity of putting III a
-.r '"o miles below was apparent,
,.. -' NaySlation Company had the ad-
g" nrIe sam, and he eompromis-
"-'erlnS tOput in No. 3, seven
.-.. ''"n m Green County, PennSyl-
1-,. ,.-. 11N the necessary appropriations
'syaied under the
S,. -, LEGISLATIVE FICTIoS
-, "y " Sor \ Is being done in West Yir-
In, 'ne locks, abutments and founda-
en-. 'Ompleted, and only the dam
fsrs, 10 he put IN, for which purpose
II 4fs,,,," was appropriated by Congress.
yl,,.,,,'' error m the prOviSo of the ap-
II rg clause prevents the work
.,.gI.5 completed. The proyiso was
IN D ,f', !" read that all tonnage coming
5srp'e Nv WAS TO pass through the lock
=, s,,olT w %'me Slme proviSo having been made
ls,~ No y. In enrolling the bill
Ks Slr,,.,H HS turned into locks" and the
&-I,,l"u -rI,,Iu Company held that this made
III r-I As Tree and they resisted the