South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-12-07

! lbe 'Soiio SVuih wss to he bro.
Ken bv the purchase ofWes, Virgin
n. Scrcmes OF colonix.ticu were
b"ifiy a,.vcttisei, Hni n.n tesiden,
nfe'se, vsra ,"grn'ze.l for ro,,tic-I
purpose. lyon your punhc work.
and In your minirg sections paid
gents rsnsacked every ham 1t ana
community for the Goub.iu voter
and made careful note OF The ci,cum
stances ofihe needy aud oi tho a g
nsssed- Hired emIssa;i.s from
without we're brought irto tie State
10 iy their arts, in making noney
svsi'hiis tor the costr0' cf ce,tain
c!ssses. With whose wants and bah Is
thcl we're supposed to be espec ally
familiar. TIE u usl fair an,. naniy
methods of reschiug tie peoIls were
aband ned. Public discus ion was
Largely avoided /; fair co3pali OPS al
the history and purpo es Of parties
we're omitted appe ala 10 patriotism,
TO maDiiness, I, honor or TO political
tradi;i rs wero Tare'y pres. nicl By
The republicans from Tho forum or
49, 'ht PtfSrs
The repub lean spt aker anil the re.
publican writer aid cate d their func.
ti"ns in favor OF the republican hoo
der. and The ACTIVITY ard potency Of
money az q political factor were ev-
erywhere 9, Gu and felt. We appeal
to the experience Of every b, ne. apd
intelligent voter to verify the safe
msnt that the reckless and lavish use
OF money by the republican party in
the late slection IN this State has
never before been approached in
West Virginia.
THE ELECTION Is vIrIArEp.
It's claimed by the republlca La.
ders tina, Gen. Gofr has q majority On
Tie face Of the returns OF IO5. II
tie recoun's now in progress shall
show this TO be true, we have TO sub.
NIT to the following facts as i,!ustra.
tive OF tue means by which this ap-
parent result has been reached:
First-That men have been Hired
to work or paid for their time in
the interest OF the republican party,
and that by thi, means indirect, Tut
no les criminal. bribery La. been
accomplished.
Second-That men have voted the
republican ticket i'm counties where
they bal no right to vote at all, and
In sufficient numbers 10 affect most
materially tho apparent result.
That men have in numerous in
stances repeated their vote for the
republican ticket, and wi: hout such
repeating the apparent election OF a
republican Governor could no, be
claimed.
Fourth-Tha. non residents in
large numbers, notably in ,b6 coun-
ties OF Mercer. Mcdowell, Fayette
and kanawh ahave voted the republi-
can ticket, and that without such il.
legal votes the republican candidate
for Governor would DO in an actual
minority of many hundred votes.
That the vo'img Of non residents
in some localities. Of minors, pau
pers and imbeci!cs in others, of Der.
sons otherwise disqualified wherever
it was possible TO vote them, and the
corrup. use OF money everywhere.
disclose wide conspiracy to de.
baucb the ballot in this State and 10
defeat the will OF the people as ex
pressed at the polls. Among the To-
cal illustrations which address them.
selves TO public consideration we cite
the following:
THE sHAMETUL FREUD IN KANAwuA.
In the county OF Kanawha the to-
tai vote has increased without cor
responding increase OF population
from 7,400 in 1884 TO 8,7OOin 1888.
The number Of iitbables, which fairly
represents the number entitled to
vote, Is but 1900. Tue democratic
vote shows a merely normal increase
OF about 200. The republican ticket
has more votes by nearly 500 lbau
were cast for the fusion ticket IN lS.
"a. when both the republican and Ia
Dor parties voted together. and the
separate labor ticket of 1853 has q
vote OF 700. In Elk district OF Ka-
nawha, purely agricultural section.
without public works Of any kind 10
bring in Rew voters. and where there
10 little or no growth in population,
the total vote increases from some
thing over 600 TO more than 900, or
about 80 per cent. This increase in
district and county has been accom-
panied ~ an open and aha mele IS az
penditure or money amounting 10
many thousands OF dollars.
In Fsyette county, amorn the
mines, 1900 votes were cast for The
Republican ticket by a transient
migratory negro population. many
or them without residence or local
IDENTITY whose ballots we're acce o.
tod without question or obstruction
by the Republican authorities ia
charge OF the election.
In Mercer county the Republican
vote has been increased from 500 In
"a to l,400 in IS. This increased
vote 'was cast in great part by non.
resident negroes, many OF whom can.
not TO day be found. In a locs
election contest row in progress il
that county SEQ illegal votes have
already been discovered as cast foi
the Republican ticket and will IN
doubtedlv he rejected on The ana
count. in a si7gle precinct 10 hav,
been challenged az cest by men Uht
4 cannot be identified located or Koo,d