The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-04
THB G0NIBMPTIBLB Acts
or the Democratic Majority Of
the County Board
PLACED BEFORE THE PUBLIC


In the session of the Board OF County
Commissioners yesterday, it wasbronght
out that THE charge that President Cruise
had sent to Coy. Wilson the falsifed GER
tiileate Of the result in4his county, based
on the farcical "recount"-a charge
which those who hold Cruise in the
lowest esteem were slow to belieye-was
true. Tho certificate was sent Off last
week. Tie managers gu behalf of Mr..
Pendleton Of the counting out proceed.
ing pursued their tactics to tue last.
When the oRly issue involved was one
between meanncssand common decency,
they chose the former. When there was
no bearing iii their action on Pendleton's
chances, since his certificate to the seat
was secure through the Wetzel county
felony, the Board did an act which
makes any further proceedings in the
Circuit Court idle child's play.
Mr.. j. d.. Ewing, the Boards legal
advisor, told an fSTRLtidESoER man
Saturday that he bad advised the Board
not to send the certificate; yet they sent
it on. They were consistent 10 the last.
They were not satisfied with the public
scOrn and contempt they had already
won; they desired to make these feelings
more gcnnral-and they have succeeded.
The following ringing address to the
public by Alessrs. Maxwell and Nc
Gregor, the Republican members Of the
Board, ought to be read by every voter,
and then Tiled away with roster oil the
Democratic members OF the Board for
use when these documents will do the
most good:
10 ne Iosn u che c0agR;
We desire TO enter our earnest !aud
emphatic protest agains. tho partisan
action ofthe Board OF Commissioners Of
Ohio county, in the late recount. In
1.-THE first place, we call attention to the
fact that the Board, when the time came
for appointing the judges and canvass
ers Of election, arbitrarily and contrary
to all precedent appointed at all voting
places in the county two Democrats and
one Republican, not even allowing us,
the Republican members OF the Board,
the privilege Of naming our own minor.
| ity. We believe that almost without
exception tile election cluvassers have
done their duty conscieDiiously and
faithfully, but the result has not been
satisfactory to the majority OF the Board,
aud recount yQs ordered on the de-
mand Of Mr.. FeGdletoH, candidate for
Congress. The foregoing you nil En0w
to be true. We now state what the
voters generally do not know, but what
We know to be facts, and facts that can
not be denied:
Tie majority haye thrown out votes
in this recount THAI the voter intended
for Mr.. Atkinson, without q shadp% 81
doubt, and that were so decided by tllG
cauvassers. Democrats .who desired to
vote for Mr.. Atkinson have been dis
frapuh;sel by this Board, in some in-
stances BECAUSE tho pane OF Mr.. Akin
son was not properly spelled, 9F gas
not, as tie inGiQTity claimed, in the pro-
per place on the Ticket.
Ballots with Mr.. Atkinson's name
across Mr.. PendletoR's, IN a bold, plain
hard were not counted, because as one
OF dc Commissioners remarked, the
voter had evidently goie1 for both can
didatea, and consequently Should cSgnt
/ Tor neither. In one instance. Mr., Fen
Iletapp name rs printed had been
scratched, aud NJ, btkinson's written
over It, but the lioail decided the
scratch was intended for Mr. Atkinson'e
name.
| Not one Of Mr.. Peniieton's ballots has
been questioned by the majority; no
matter how the name was spelled or
where il WAS put, it was counted for Mr..
Pcndletoh.
Tie s,cged right 10 cast one vote as
the voter desires and TO haye 1t counted
aa east, has been denied.
Iu the recount in Triadelphia district,
three ballots that had Slr. Alkinson's
name on we thought should nave been
counted for him at the time that the
Board refused so TO do, and they were
passed for future consideration; but
ghen the time came for their ConsidCra-
ton, the Board decided by vote Of seven
to two not 10 examine end pass on
these ballots, giving Us reason that the
records did not show any such action
had on tho three ballots; aud cOnse-
qucpuy NJ. Atkinson lost the three
votes We believe he should have had.
We do know the records do moi show
the inGts and persons present well kpOg
the difficulty we had in having correct
record kept OF the proceedings OF this
Board, especially during the first week
Of our york, We do not desire to re-
fleet on DIR clerk, hut believe he has
done the best he could under the IN.
struCtion he had from the President Of
the Board.
The returns from Richland district
gave Mr.. McColloch, candidate for Coun-
ty Commissioner, \ majority OF ten. In
the recount had, eight OF his votes were
thrown out on merely technical grounds,
leaving him the slender majority OF two
--Whilh would have been, without
doubt, tAtireiy wiped oqt hg1 the board
been allowed to 90 over the ballots again,
as was desired.
Alter thereclunt had been completed
NJ. 4 len demanded another recount OF
tho yote oi Rjchland and Liberty dis
tricts on the vote OF Commissioner, in be-
half, MS he said, OF Mr.. Garden and ilg.
Blayney, late candidates for Commits
sioner Ia said districts, while the fact is,
neither OF these gentlemen authorized
any one 70 make such u demand.
Unfortunately iqg tbe plans Of the
Democratic ring OF this county, the neal
Board OF Commissioners will bea tic, and
very much to their disgust, and there
Gun be but little doubt the object was to
count out a Republican and put in mt
least one Democrat and thus control the
neat Board.
in our humble opinion the Board has
not gone over this recount with desire
and Intention to ascertain the true In
tent OF voters, but for the purpose Of
carrying out scheme ConcoCted by
others, the object Of which was TO elect
c candidate TINT the people said on the
9th Of soycmbpr last; they did not
want,
We knox that in times OF intense
political eScitOnept, like tho present,
when party spirit runs high, zeal ioF
party success ia apt to swerve us from
the path OF duty and justice, and give u
party coloring to all our decisions. Yet
we eau say without Boosting that in all
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