Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-11

To the Editor OF ne heoltT'
MooREFIELD, ". VA, December &.
Iiue in the "whesiiug ht~eLigeHeer'' CT
the Sd, the following communication from
this place:
DEMOCRATIC INTOLERANCE.
Men Notified to Move In Hardy County be
cause they Voted the Republican Ticket
To he Editor oflhs L~nGRigTcT.
SIR:-In nv opinion the money that has been
expended during the last two months OF on
campaigu might have been used TO better al,
vantage If we had commenced on receipt OIL
the Presidents Free Trade message by puttng
Republican newspapers IN the hahus ol tne
working classes, and in that way making a per
manent impression, instead OF q little hurry JUST
on the eve of an eleGtion. That class OF WORE
mus: In a measure be done over again al the
next election.
was aYreeably surprised during our campaign
To see the effect of Republican documents dis
tributed among the people.
since the election there is q general calm
nothing being done, ~ much as to say we nave
fought a good fight and finished our work.
Very few people have the time TO electioneer,
as IL is called, even on the eve OF an election,
and further, the present mode OF operating re-
quires q peculiar qualification whlch lew people
possess.
We L kkAACN HAN ACNA NAAS
ton is over. IL is quito aSlabsrious for some 70
do a little as for others to do much. | DO not
write this TO get into the papers, for l am not a.
all literary, but II the idea is carried out puOllsh'
ers must furnish the paper mot gralis). l live
near the village NJ Moorefeld and am a sub
scribcr for the daily hlteHigeHcSr. This village
Ofseven hundred population has only one Whlte
Republican in it. and ha is not outSpoEen. AFTER
the election, before the smoke had cleared
away, | had applications for houses by men who
had been notified to move because they Voted
our ticket. Respectfully,
ADAM FISHER.
MOOrgisid, ". Ia, NOr. ~.
So far as the charge of intolerance" on
the part OF Democrats 10 this county is con-
eerned, there ia not one wOrd Of truth IN Il.
On the contrary, this same Adam Fisher Is
tie man who has practicsd it more than
any other man in the county. Two years
ago he was the Republican candidate for
the House of Delsgatei from this delegate
district, and at that time had in his employ
a man named John MOer, who WAS and 81
wsys had been q Democrat. Moer went to
the polls on election daY and exercised his
rights as an American {, eeman, and voted
the full Democratic ticket. On the next
day John Moer was discharged by Adam
Fisher, and for 20 other reason in the
word than that he rOied the Democratic
ticket. At the last election this same Adam
F. sher had built, directly in front Of the
window of the voting place, end a little
over 80 feet therefrom, Il small booth or
house in which be took up his position SIS
the head boss of the 2. U. o., and from
there handed cut the tickets. The tickets
for the colored voters were filled up iii red
ink and those for ths whites in black INK.
This was done so he could know that the
uegroes all voted right, and they were in
structed net to vote aay ticket
that was not filled up IN red ink.
What did he put up that booth
for but for ~bulldOzing purposes? The
Democrats had nothing of the kind at any
voting precinct i'll the county. Another
case: Adam Fisher is here simply as the
manager of his grsndson's property. His
grandson who, by the way, is a very clever
young gentleman, resides in New York.
This young gentleman owns a trsct OF
of wood land within a few miles of this
place, from which the wood is being taken
tor some purpose, but in order to do 20 q
road had 10 be built to and through 1t.
Living near by is a very poor but onest
white man named John Heath. Some
time before the election, Adam Fisher pro-
posed to him that if he would help build
the road, he would give him all the laps"
from the timber cat on the land. Heath
went TO work and helped build the road,
and at the election voted the Democratic
ticket. A few days after election he was
notified that he was not to have any more
wood. Heath did not believe Fisher
would treat him so, aud went to see and
asked him If he had said he, Heath, should
nave no more wood. Fisher replied, Yea,
sir, it is true; You did not vote 10 please
me, and YOU shall have no more wool"
Here are two cases demonstrating pretty
corciusively that people who live IN glass
houses should not throw stones - Let
Adam Fisher name any mSn who before
the smoke had cleared away, applied to
him ''for houses because they voted our
tisket." This same Adam Fisher Is sper-
feet FANATIC regarding the use of liquor.
Yet, on the day of tbs election, the town
was FIJI Of drunken, rOlcdy and tmpudeHt
negroes, nude 80 by rhiSky purchased and
brought here Jy a grandson of has tcho then
tired ariR him, but has since left. These
moi ey, brawliug, impudent, drunken ne.
groes were all round him on the day OF
the election and within 60 feet of the
polls. White people wee insulted by
them frequently during the day, bnt bore
it oil for the sake of peace, and good order
in the town. No such scenes have ever
before been witnessed in this community,
and Adam Fisher will have o good time
making the psOple here believe that he did
not either furnish the money to purchase
that whisky or consent to its purchase by
his grandson. The grand jury meets here
next March. He msy be called upon 10
give an account of the frequent consulta-
tiops held by him. Mccormick, HOOten,
Duffy, etc, before the election, and
what was done with the money these pso-
pie brought here 10 dsbauch and corrupt
our psople with. There is no question
about money being brought here,
and o good dell of it, too, for the pur-
ross of buying votes with, but
they found the people of Hardy county,
though ANY Of them are poor, proof
against their Doodle. Agrest attempt was
made to defeat General Jos. SpriVg for tia
LEGISLATURE and Hon. W. L. Wilson for
Congress with this money. We know OF
of several attempts at bribery in the late
election which certain immaculate gentle
men will hear of in due time.
Heretofore nearly half the Colored PEG
pie here voted the Democratic ticket. At
the last election there were not over SIX or
seven of them who did. There were a
number of them who wanted to do so, but
they were afraid 10 do 30, because Their
o,rn people threatened 10 XIII them If they dad
Several of them told me their lives would
not be ssfs if ttey vUted ths Democratic
ticket. Tnis same Adam Fisher is said to
have kept q black list. Let him deny 1t II
be can. SOUTH bkANCh'
Fsther-My son. sop! You must mol
dispute yoar mother that way. Boy
Bat she's in the wIoug. Father-That
makes no difference; and you might as
we'll learn. my child, once for sill, ths'
when a lady says a thing is 30 it IL So
- tbsr ha adhed eNrusstlV, even II II