Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-21
THEY HAVE INVITED 4 CONTEST
AMI Our Gallant Standard Bearer Declares
That 70 Will FOrcs them to Probe the
Rotten Mass of Electoral Cor
rupaOn 10 the Bottom.
The GUILTY SHALL NOT ESCAPE.
Their Bickers Shall Not Profit by their
Cr.mss-The Proper Tribunal Shall
Den.is Whether Imported Repeat
eN Snail Elect a Governor
for this State.

Gen. Golrs astonishing bluff in yestsr-
day uorning's Iaieilgcncr claiming bis
election, in his usual style, be-
Fwe the complete tturEs have been re-
cClvCd snd his defiant announcement that
te intended to c>ates. the matter "ke-
fore all suitable tribunals" has called
TO tn a cud from Judge Flemuipg,
which we p;c5ent below. Judge
Fleming s net only willing but anxious
to contest this election before "aIl suitable
Tribunals, -" ard wh,t>es he is elected on
he face of the returns or not and re
firmly tcieye he is, he will contest tie
'o.e in tbo3e counties where there was
Pal7able fraud against the purity Of The
bsIo.. Toe ballet brx Judge Fleming
reCognz ss the tJundatiOn of our liber-
ties, ard tte preservation OF its purity is
OF a6nitely mole importance to the people
o. IVES: Nirgiria than the question, WHO
shsli be Governor.
Below is
JrDaE rLE,uSG's cARD:
ID = LEar@he r esa.r.
Iae ia'I'ymc.r Of yss:erdiy publishes
a r2mmunCation over the name of Gen.
G,a. in which he says that Mcdowell
county gives me one hundred and seventy
folr naiDrity. HIN. John Coopar tale
graphs from B5amwell that my majority
IN Wyoming IS one hundred and twenty
tive"
Ip2n the ah,ya information, which
p c'0t7s in the cise of Mcdowell from q
s'u'ce no. named, AMI in the case Of Wy
olHg trom one John CJopr, who is
doabt!ss' party ir'ead Of Gsn. GOfT,
ard DOS not sp2Sar - be in Wy
Om'ng colnty; and which informa-
ton iu sI!te, case does not purport
to re ofSc'al. Gee. Gof p-o,ee1s to claim
"'!Aout any qualification Whatever, that
Weha7eclsried theSsate; :" aud still furth-
e' upon TIE storessiI info -maticn, aud in
'"s lace Of the lodi 'putsble fact that q sum-
nFTy OF the CHI returul from all coun-
"7' CT 'hs safe hays not been received or
promulgated by any official authority
not excepting the cemi-Cflicisl authority Of
u'' own Safe CJmmittse-Gsn. Goff, reV-
e'0e'ess, proceeds to assert in dsfiin. Ian
s''se 'hA. he Prcposes, even upOo this uu.
O.la'l and incomplete ev;d,ucs of the re-
S't 10 take measures to cOnte his claim
" he e'e'iiDn before al. suitabls tribu-
nsls."
lais does net appear to me to be tae att
'Uus' '' the language, or the spirit of can
o'aats who sincerely desires 10 arrive al the
"0'n' as the fnt consideration. or who is
willing caesrtnlly t. abide the result if
upon the face Of the returns there is con,
'"'''e evidence Of his defeat. l under
sand GsD, COT to declare that he ha:
already n'de up his mind, at this point,
- matter what the complste returns NAV
'ooW On tseir face, tha. he will contest
the tls,t'Oa.
~ lar as an personally concerned,
ave sincerely desired that the returns o
su"'ni'siOaers Of the several couutis
'ia' s'tile and conclude this contest.
O'''' went the election if there i, an,
10aa0ls dOObI that l was hOu,ssl,
S0' IwOu'd not admit my election
Ale" 1t to be dishonesty obtained, An