The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-09
ABOUT YHRBE HUNDRED
Is Judge FIemiUg's Net Gain
According to the Decision
OF THE CONTEST COMMITTEE,
Or, at Least, the Democratic Majority
The Work Of the Committee
saturday-The Significance of
the signs OF the Times,
sD,tlal DllpatcA 70 M1 InieQt0motr,


TERRA ALTA, W, Va, Sept, s,-The
contest committee yesterday passed on
the counties Of Taylor, Wood, Webster,
Preston, Summers and Mason, Goff
successfully assailed nine votes in Tay'
lor county, twcin Wood, three in Mason
and three in Preston. Two votes at
tackled by Fleming in Taylor county,
were rejected, one in Preston, twenty
one in Summers and eighty in Mason
county. , ~
No votes were successfully attacked in
Webster county.
Two votes for Fleming in Mouongalia
county weFeIreiected.
The remaining seven counties will be
acted on Tuesday, no doubt.
Aswas remarkedin these dispatches
sOme time ago, the whole situation In
this matter is easily understood. BY the
decisions Of the majority Judge Flem.
ing's net gain is about 800. Curiously
enough, three lines Of cases before the
committee cover this entire gain. They
are seventy votes in Brooke county,
twenty.cight in Kanawha and 202 In
Mercer and McDowell-total, 800. Drop
the whole and what Ia left? The origi.
nal ITO majority, by which General
Nathan Golf was elected Governor OF
West Virginia, In other words, outside
OF these votes, the illegal votes rejected
IN the State has been the same in NUM-
ber for GofF and Fleming. This; how.
ever Is from the standpoint OF tile ma
jority. According to the views OF the
minority Of the committee, Gotf was
elected by o majority Of considerably
more than ITO,
THE TRUE SITUATION.
Probably 1000 men, in the Mercer and
Mcdowell region, most Of whom would
have cast their ballots for GofI, failed 70
vote. There Is food for thought here.
What the true political situation in West
Virginia Is to-day, Is indicated by the
foregoing statement. II needs no gift OF
prophecy 10 foretell what Is in store for
this State. The building Of railroads,
the opening OF coal mines, the construc.
ton Of coke ovens, the development OF
all resources, mean material prosperity
and political progress. West Virginia,
situated, aSit were, between the East and
the West, between the North aud the
South, is,entering upon q new era. 1tis
not 10 be regretted that the march OF
Improvement will 90 diversity the popu-
lation OF the State. To increase ", that
political changes will occur. No deduc-
tion from the increase OF people In the
past, will apply to the growth in the
luture. Development once fully in.
augurated, the arteries Of commerce once
fully open, aud West Vitginia's onward
march will be phenomenal. Twenty
years hence the population will be two
million. .i-.... ~.
IN TINE FUTURE.
More than a quarter Of q million new
yotes will have their lot here. From
where will they come2 This Is no
difficult question to answer. The State
has the natural wealth. 1t will not SO
much need capital to develop all this as
men withbrawny arms and broad chests.
There is but ono political party in this
country which is tho friend Of the labor
ing man, whether he be white or black.
SO the people who come troopine into
this State will revivify and change II
politically until there will be majorities
Too great To assail. No matter whether
they be from the North Or the South,
the stream in each case will be q purify
ing one.
The prospect in regard to the colored
man is one TO cheer. He has been a
servile laborer too long his salvation Is
in honest, independent toll. The ques-
ton Us to whether or not he will work,
Is not doubtful one, Men Of experience
all say that the negro miners are among
the very best. They are almost inya'
riably industrious aad obedient. Why
then shall not West Virginia welcome
them to assist In throwing into the
markets Of the world her magnificent
natural products? .t.ts