Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-22

oreyiously ascertsiaed total for Governor,
While General Golf made a giiu OF four.
making q net gain Of eight in favor OF
General Golf.
Below are tie proceedings in detail: ,
The Proceeding.
IA sOon as the Board had been called to
order. Yesterday morning, Mr.. T.S Klley'
counsel for Judge Fleming, asked Tor re-
eount Of the ballots Of Richie district tor
tbs iii "a of Governor. The recount for
CONGRESSMAN aad Governor wss COM
msnced at 10 o'clock, but was soon inter
Tnntsd BIZ a request from Mr.. Allen for q
racount Of Liberty district for MIR. Blsy-
new. the Democratic candidate for CON
Mis- ioner. Mr.. Allan akO made q similar
Ieopest on bshalf of Mr.. Garden, OF Ken
land.
Ths ofieers of Centre district then ap-
peaIei, ard were sworn IS II the discreP-
ancy in that precinct. Mr.. William Mylts,
who answered the questions for TIE most
p1rs, could throw no light upon the mat
ter. but thought it might be dee TO On
error in tsllying. The voting Of the check
was fully explained. As TO the charge
made by the I~HteHigencer that
the Centre district package was
ursealed when produced before the Board,
all the officers testified that the -four sack
in which the ballots were placed after
counting, wal sealed securely. 10 tsct IL
was said Mr.. Duuaway excited laughter
By the way he piled on the wax In mis-
anxiety TO make a good job OF it Inc
naekaSe of votes was produced by Clerk
Woods md ursealed. Whom the original
sack had been produced it was promptly
identified. Il was then stated by Mr..
Gruse who had unsealed the package
when the recount was to be made, that the
ORIGINAL seal was unbroken, and this was
admitted, with some reluctance, by MI.
Maxwell, who, however, said the wax was
n little locss in two places. Tne Commls-
siopers stated that q Union Labor ucSet
had been voted, but had not bean counted
for Congressman, for the reason that the
ticket contained the names Of oil tie Con
gressional candidates, none OF them v
ing been scratched.
The Commissioners ftom Richie were
then sworn as to the two CONTESTED votes
in that precinct. The first was NO. Ola,
offered by A. Gsrbey. The officers testi-
fed that the ballot bad bsen protested on
the ground that Garbey VS. a person OF
unsoupd mind. Asked as to what ne
based his opinion on, Mr. Ankle, one OF
the Commissioners, said he had run for
Sheriff at the last election. This raised q
lsncb. when NJ. Ankle said he did not
wish 10 have it inferred that he thought
every candidate for Sheriff was Of unso9nd
mind. The Garbey vote was rejected By
the BosId The second protested vote was
that offered by L. 2. Gump. His vote
was objected to and protested on citlZen'
shin. The officers te ,tifed that Mr.. Gump
had bseu sworn, and had testified to being
10 the State one year and in the county
sixty days. Mr.. Hugus announced he
could produce WITH to ehJw MI
Camp was rot q legal voter. The nanAs
and Rdd-ecsYSot the witnesses were TAKEN
down aud ordered summoned.
The officers of Webster districs were
| then sworn aad examined % TO two pro
tested t;cs cts there, one, No. 1S6, off4red
by Gso. O'Nesl, having been wrapped up
by the commissioners of election in lieu oil
an envelope, and the sscond, No. $3.50,
offered by w. H. Kenney, having been
| dropped into the box alter two Of the com
m~issioners had decided it wss all right.
| The three commissioners could not agree,
in their testimony, SIS to the circumstanc cas-,
Two Of them saying O'Nsals vote was in
the piece Of paper, and the third, Mr.,
EbsllDg tesii ying it was Kenney's bal OF,
and not 0'Nsal's. In this dilemma the
Board decided to summon the Canvas ers
and laid the matter aide until they should
APPEAR.
There wa9 not . m jority Of t1e officers
of Washington or Uoion districts present,
and it being by this time too late TO hops
to finish the recount Of Richie district be-
fore moor, the Board, at 1l:22, adjourned
until l p. M.
The Board resssembled at lis and re-
opening the Ritchis district ballot box,
broke the sell on the package of ballots
and resumed the count on Governor aud
Congressman. Chairman W. J.W. CoUden,
Of the Republican State Committee, kept
an eye on the COlnt in the Interests Of Gen.
eral Goff, Wills Mr.. Hugus Looked ont for
Mr.. Atkinson with his usual ability.
Chairman Riley, of the Democratic Com
mittee, assisted Mr.. Allen in examining
the ballots in the interests Of Judge Flem-
irg and Mr.. Pendlston. At ten minutes
OF two o'clock the Prohibition ticket, with
the usms of B F. Myers, for Congress, not
scratched, but with John o. Pendleton
written under the heading ''for Circuit
Judge" was pas:ed out. President Cruise
decided the tickle. was not to be counted.
Mr. Allen cslled attention 10 the tact that
q previous republican ticket with Mr..
Akin ems name printed on it,
and Mr.. Psndlston's written in under an
other cffos, had b,en counted for Akin
son. The ruling of the Board wss not
uniform il the two cases, and he asked
that a minute bs made Of the circum-
stance. This was done aud the count pro-
ceeded.
Mr.. Allen next called attention to a Re-
publican ticket with several lie tsrs, Look
ing like 'Jnc." or "June" written upon
it. President Cruise thought it was mere
ly sn accidental mark, and after some dis
the ticket was cJuuted.
When the DsmOcratic ticket with the
black Atkinson sticker was reached. Prsi-
dent Cruise said he rad studied up the
and taking his own opinion, and
ths precedent set in Marshall county, he
would reject the ticket. Mr.. Hugus
thought the ticket ought not to be rjeGt-
that the Board had 70 right to dis
franchise any legal vOtsr; that the Mar
shall County Cours, If il had rtjsetsd such
had perpe:ratsd a great wroog, snd
finally suggested that the ticket be refer
red TO ]. B. Somerville for his opinioo.
Mr.. Allen objected, for the reason thai Mr..
had already pronounced an
upon such tickets. Nj. Hugus
ben suggested Mr.. ]. d. Ewing, aud Mr.,
dcGreeOr moved that it bs referred to Mr.. !
Ewing. Mr.. Stein amended this By re-
the ticket, as Others had bIea, to
Attorney Jordan, and the
was adopted.
The next interruption was on Q Demo-
satic ticket with G.. w. Atkinson written
top Of Alfred Caldwell, for Attorney
bat with Psndlston's name IN