Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-21
MUST BE "FROD.'
HOW TIE "ISfBILIGENCBR" WILL HOWL,
THIS MORNING,
Al he Rsnswsd Evidence Of Crooked Work BY The
Board Of COenhs6ras-Akinson Makes
a Net Gain Of Eight Votes.

The partisan" Board of Commissioners
kent right on with their fraudulent"
work, yesterday
The msnDers seem to be desperate"
and "dsttrmirei to count out" somebody,
ct al bazards.
To such length did they carry their
'shsmeless'' scheme to Override the will
of the people" that they actually 30 ina
uipulatsd" the ballots given into their
charge as 10 make their recount Of Webster
and Richie dktricts result in q net gain
Of eight votes for Mr.. Atkinson.
This lroSs very much like 'afslony had
been committed"
How the IateIigeneer will rave at this
fresh evidence of the truth Of its assertions
against the Board. IL confirms every sus-
pieiou, iuuendo and charge which that
paper has made within the past six or
eight days, snd this morning the able and
lypx-eysd editor Of the papsr named will
come cut with q wick and q nod and a
knowing lock which will forever estsbliSh
his right to pose as the embodiment OF
the chief characteristics Of Tlr@las and Old
Sleuth.
Those members ofthe Board who have
hean refusing to act with the ms ority, or
who have protested at every step that
this things all wrong" must feel justi-
fed, too, 10 the course they chose to take.
No later than yesterday, Just before noon,
Mr.. McGregor, for instance, said be re-
garded the whole thin rs a farce, and
that he hal a notion not to come TO the
session at ell, - but concluded he had bet-
ter. He is now probably cory he didn't
yi.l ID to his first impul:e and stay away.
Mr. Maxwell was seen to smile IN. q sur
rtp'itious way, last evening, after the
BOnd adjourned, for the frat time since
the recount has been in progies. He Is
believed to be secretly gloating over the
slick way the Board "maDipulsted''
things.
All during the day the room at the Court
House, in which the recount is taking
place, ws3crowded with people. who msni-
lESlEu LuC kIchNGoL (AC IA VIZ RANNVSS
lugs. Along late in the afternoon the
crowd was the largest, and when the re-
count Of Richie was Concluded, and the
result showed beyond the shadow Of q
doubt the deep damnation of the
methods being pursued, and the full
measure of the UBIQUITOUS scheme became
apparent, the citizens PRESENT could hardly
reslrsin themselves. Gentlemen in tie lob
by COnverstd together in ktIg9 whispers,
with frequent ard threatening glancss 10
he direction of the ROIrd, the members
Of which SGT at the table as though sp-
palied at the enormity of their offence
against the sacred rig6t Of suffoage. As
he demonstrations OF the pnpulsnce be-
came mere threatening, the the Board ad-
jsurued, aud % the clerk hurridly gathered
up the papers, the members clipped out
the back way, and were s3on lest TO view.
The news Of the outrageous conduct Of
TIE Board coon spTeid down 10 ED, and
for awhile the excitement WAS Tremendous.
| People who are addicted to the pernicious
practice of reading the IRteitigeHc;r grew
pale with rage as they contemplated the
1igh.handed proceedings transporting with
n the County's Temple IT Justice, and
lts a wonder any Commissioner hsd the
haTdihood to leave home after dark.
But they did.
With an audscity only to be measured
by their svowei and expressed contempt
Sor the law, and with a stauelsssness
which shows how hardened thSy are in
ain, they psra6e1 about town, and by
heir actions seemed 70 repeat the PIT
phrase of William NJ Tweed
"Whst are you going to do about it?"
To-dsV's events are looked forward to
with anxiety By an outraged public.
OF TIE eight votes gained for Mr.. At
kinsOn yesterday n was in Webster aud
tsven IN Ritcbie. Counsel fOc Mr.. Pea
dle'On demanded 3 recount OF tie last
lamsd district, aud it was granted, on
conditions fully set forth in the sunexsd
'eport Of the proc edings. This work will
re Commenced this morning. Several sets
Of election officers will also be examined
this morning.
The proceedings OF yesterday will be
tourd below: