Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-12

that the erection had b-en fairly held, sic ,
the court promptly decided thai the bal
lots iron Alum Greek had bs.u lsnpeIed
w.lb but tle ballots nom Yves, Esd were
all ght.
The Charleston ouirsgs was the CfOSniUg
crime OF sil. BY vie providence i; was
reserved foe Che last, 81 that ire KansSha
Commissioners could close rsculd OF 10
blus5ing .rsud with uu olirgs aadaog
iolth ss a lasting uoGnmeri 20 their pee
cuhar c.picities The recount az iha
Charleston precinct was completed a. lislt.
No question was raised unit 10 wa3 ascsr-
tanned tha, on the recount Fleming rad
gained - and Anderson % votes. The Bal.
lots hsd oesl Ulscsd hy the election COM
missi0GeTs 10 a wooden box. This box hsd
been sealed and placed hy the CLERK Of the
County Court, along with other pack pes
ot ballots. la a large aud secure hex p O-
vide0 for the purpose. Ire large h. * was
also sealed and the President Of the County
C0ort carried the key. When the rtc-uat
was completed tie ballots we've replaced in
the box aud sealed up agair. The next
day he Commissioners hsd he box brought
before chem. Tcey turned IL over and
ioUnd a crack the width of a knfe blade
M one OF the pllnks making up the
bottom. The box was also scratched, evil
denly ~ handling. Ga this app .aTauCe,
the Commissioners of the Court corcluied
that the ballots Of Charleston pee oct had
bgea tamDerei Niih, ami tooS al a0nod'
aoce of pcoof o. ths effect cha. tine plank
in ihs bottom OF the box was split NJ
hat naIH nfi
examined IRE box before the election com
m'ssion-s4 placed thc ballots IA it, or was
able io tell how or when the crack had
been rada Counsel for Fieming and
Allersoa offered u Prove by the merchant
that lnruisaei tue box, that the
crscS wa ia it vheo re sold it
20 the commissioners. They offered
10 Prove ths. tine box was exactly
iu the slne coalition a5 when i, left this
merchants bands, aud inst the ballots bal
been safely kept by the clerk. In the face
of this testimony which counsel for Elem
ing Gud Alderson p oducsd, and urged the
Cou,. 20 bear, that highly honorable bOdy
decided That lds ballots OF Charleston Cdy
h8d ben tempered vita, gnored the re-
court which , h-d conducted iteeii, and
denied + euiug srd Anderson the henth
OF ths.r respective gam VI 29 and - Ga
This recount
The above are few Of the instances OF
frsad Be, forth ia the bill of exceptions
sigasj ~ tse commissioners themselves
rnsre il no chance to es-spe their force.
They show clearly the character Of the
wholep-ocasi,og IL il ag,inst The sue
csuful coosumm,t.ol OF these outragss
thai Ju5gs FLE,uNG's attorneys protest
sj. Toe yc.s Il KAaawha county, ~ csr-
tdsi to by ths comm ssiouer-, ia rotten
w,'h lhe iculyst e2rap'ioo.
To cap the cimsx %, the o1tmse, the
Kseawha county commissioners have v.o-
lated Oh, law OF the S.a,e aed ignored the
biggest TRIBUNAL Of i1'tics. TIE ont
rt4e which taay psrp-tratcl IN the
o-g,osi rs.cgas was disouaed By thu
Circuit C3u-i o. Ks7swha county. They
w.re ordered TO make smother record. In
the teeth of tbi4 decision, the Hanawha
couaty cou-t met. Ilsteai Of c1rf,c cling
sad rieaun, tae wroogs of the original
certificate, 81 ordered by the Onee" Court
they again certified 10 substantially Ice
s-ne cernhests. Nor was this all Coun-
sell for C1lgrsssman ALDERsoN oPp'ied Tor
q bin of ,Xcep lvrs as 1T "a5 within ihe'i
province io do. TIE karaNha
conmissiorers Itiosso 20 '-n
O., biI anu p''u-ftd 10 us place N'ii