Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-26
400 VOTES IN ELKHORN DISTRICT
And the Closest Search Reveals Only 81
VOters-A Thorough lnVsstiga-
ton Begun.
THE GRAND JURY At WORK.
An Immense Number Of Indictments Re-
mned-The Employers Of the Negroes
Compelled to Give in Their Books
as EVidsncs-SOms Start
ling Disclosures.
Special Telegram 10 TIE Register.

SpsetG! 7Sic0raR 10 TIE Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, November "a.
AS the investigation proceeds aud further
information is received, the outrages
against the ballot in this end of the State
thicken.
taye just held conversation with q
gentleman from Mcdowell, who, after re-
counting the repeating and illegal voting
which is so widely known and so thor
oughly understood, tells Of the further ss-
ssults on the ballot in that region by Re-
publican agents and tricksters.
Ia Mcdowell the fight for county offices
was very hot, and all the legal, as we'll as
illegal, votes were brought ont. The vote
on Governor and President is 992, while
the vote on county officers and the Legis-
lature is only ST. The ballot boxes,
after the close of the count, were
stuffed to the extent Of 115. The suffers
in this region were not shrswed enough to
cover up their tracks by having the ticksts,
which were stuff:d, filled Out as to county
officers, or else they were afraid if the
county offices were filled out the csndi-
dat 3 would discover it and kick up q
row.
They trusted to the first plan of stuff ug
the boxesfor President aud Governor only.
COTS msjocity in Mcdowell is really only
about u. ASIDE from this showing, there
were only Ga votes in the assessors books
last April in the Elkhorn district, and only
that number were entitled TO vote. Yet
mCIe than four hundred votes were cast al
tae Eikhorn precincts. The coal and coke
companies op parating in this neighborhood
have only been at work few weeks, and
secured their charters as late as last win
tar. The contests are now being pro-
cseded with in Mcdowell and Mercer
Queer Work In Ritchie.
No wonder an anonymous writer to Fri
days IairHiyeneer from Richie bellows
You're lilr."
Listen to this from his county: On the
18th of November the recount of Richie
gave Charles Smith SGT majority. This is
certified to regularly by three legal COM
nlissioners of Richie county, and Is at the
Secretary Of States Office. 1t cont'ins all
the names Of sll the parties who were vo-
ted on for Congress. TIE certificate is
regularly printed blank and correctly
filled up.
On the 14sh of November, the day after,
two Of the commissioners sign their names
to a written certificate giving Charley
Smith 572 msiority. This certificate does
not contain the scattering vote. Evident
ly it was intended that the writsea certli-
cate should be substituted for the regularly
signed csrtiGcats, and dated on the day Of
the recount, bat the worthy Richie coun-
ty Republicans became confused ana en-
closed both csrtifcateL
Further, in connection with this county,
on tre l2sh GJff7s plSissitys was repsFsso
It SIS. ThS6~1s the day the rest ot-ths
State yssswss counted and bt lleve certi-
6gSss3. but on the l4th he WAS jumped up
S5sO majoiily.
Cowden's FlImsy Claim.
TIE Iettsr of Chairman Cowisn ia con-
sidered very weak in this section, indics-
ting very little, with much less to be
hoped for.
His barren Claim, that the astonishing
vote OF the Republicans in the sections
where the neg1oss were driven in like cat
tie and voted, was due in large measure
10 the natural increase in the population,
is silly, when he must know thst the SEC
ton was only occupied by the pmshers
and bears, till a few Wesks sgo, when the
mines were opened.
The Democrats are confident of success
here, and fully believe that when 1tge
several con tests and recounts ara ss6hclu-
Aol.- in the several countissrSaUw under
way. Ju2Es FleRizz's plurality will he
large enough to forever c,OSe the mouths
of the henchmen of GOff. Col. St.
| Clair and McCorkls are carefully watching
the recount in this county, and expect to
make decided gain, both for Fleming and
AldersOn. How glibly the Fridays HRtelti-
gsRcer talks about official figures by tels-
graph, when it well knew its agents got
the figures from sscond hands always,
and 10 many of the counties of the rail
roads from third and fourth parties.
The Mercer Steal.
Late reWs from Mercer says the illegal
voting was cnly limited By the capacity Of
the boOdlsrJ to get negroes to the sever
ii voting places in time TO vote, and
though GoH's agents have bought many
parsons up the Democrats viii through the
courts ysnilate the whole Mercer busi-
ness.
Tbs radicals have the town placsrdei
With COTS picturs, with table Of Flem-
ipg's and Gof's m 4jorities, and the footing
'Goff's majority 14s." With this device
they hope 70 deceive the public in general
and nAnufactuIe public sentiment In the