Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-25
THE COLD FACTS
ABOUT THB ELECTION IN THB THIRD
DISTRICT
A Conclusive Answer to the Republican Cry Of
"Sbp Thief'-Ths Sworn Evidence Of
the Fraud.
NIeholns CAronlele.

Ever slNce NCNtmDtT, 1oooi tuc hrpuo
licsns of this State have been bitterly and
mahciously accusing the Democracy Oh
trying, by fraudulent methods, to cheat
them out Of the Governor and three mem
bers Of Congress. The Republican press,
venal and mercensry TO the back bone,
have iteratsd and reiterated this base
less and iuexcuaable Islander, and held up
to public view ~ martyrs Goff aud his
henchman McGinnis. Men and women
have sent up 3 vail over the fate of the
hero Of the 'brOad shield" while from
the recesses Of the Timer circle" down IL
Ksnawha, TO the grimy regions of the
Mercer and Mcdowell mines, "a sympa-
thehc sigh for Mise has swept over the
Third Congressional District To be sore
IL looked like defiant audscity IN Elem
ing ard Anderson 70 disturb the patriotic
tquaaimity of the coal mining negroes or
doubt even for moment tne transceudaut
honor Of any Republican voter, white or
black.
/. will interest the public to know how
the "iair oount and Tree vote" theory OF
the Republicans worked in part OF this
district. IL will he remembered that
| Fleming challenged LOCO votes given to
/ COT snd that Of these over 200 we're caet
IN The Third district. AS the cases OF
Fleming and Anderson are similar. SIS far
az the vOtiug went, We present from the
printed record Of tha case Of mtGiuniS
| sgAin8t Anderson q few items Of evidence
] q. D III -
II b. Bsrber, deputy cleIk Of the Mer-
Ger county court, testified that the poll
hooks oo tie in his ,ffice, showed that the
vote i1r Congressman ~ Mercer county IN
/ 1876 vas ,564 Ia 1858 the vote was
. IT, an Increase of /, 2l3 in two years
! THIS increase was NJ Rock district, il
which The Mercer county mines are locat
ed. A great many negroes were indicted
fOr Illegal voting the result cf which va;
that iu the election in May, 1889 The yoe
decreased 70 160s Rock district gave
the decrease aud IL IL occurred The De
crease
3. W. Williamson, hookkeeper and pay
master for Henry Fsirfsx, railroad con
tractor on the Norfolk ana Western rail
read, il the counties of Mercer ana Nc
DOwell, wss sworn end said that hands
we're employed IN Virginia. The cost Of
transportation was paid for those hands
aud book was kept in which al their
names were recorded. This book shows
that so OF those nsgIOes brought by Fair
FAX TO West YIginis, within the year pre-
ceding the election held on the-6th day Of
| November, 1883, voted fer McGinnis.
] II Of
county, swore that he listed for capitstiOn
tax, in Rock District, said county, white
56i. colored 81. In the mining regions he
spent two weeks and vas csrefol and dill
gent IN the discharge Of his duty, and wa
Informed by the great msjority Of the ne
groes that ,hey paid taxes, voted and bsd
/ their homes in Virginia. At the Nogem-
Der election In 1SsS, the number Of vOtes
cast in Rock District was l, las; in other
words, $50 persons more voted IN Rock
District than were OF the Assessors books,
and all these were negroes. In 1855 the
/ Democratic vote in this district was 3l4,
u creased 70 4OS IN 1888 la 1856 the Re.
publican vote Ia the same district VAS los,
increased TO 1877 in 1888, the Democratic
gam OF 81, the Republican gain 572.
Thirty seven negroes, registered In Taz
well county, Virginia. as voters, voted az
Simmons creek precinct and Mil creek
/ precinct, in Rock district, Mercer county.
Thirty-tour negroes on the pay rolls IN
| PocahOntas, Virginia, voted al the same
pyeciocis
James B. Oyphers, Deputy Assessor OF
/ Mcdowell county, assessed the mining sec-
ton in Elkhorr district, swore that 81
nerrOes, who voted at Peery's Bottom,
were not on the Assessors books Al
| NAY berry precinct, same county, 70 ne
gr0es voted whose names were not on The
| Assessor books Mr.. Oyphers was very
exact and administered an oath to all he
negroes he could find, but two excepted
His evidence L. clear aGd strong. In tie
above two precincts 134 negroes voted who
hsd no residence in This Stale aud whose
names we're cot listed by the Assessor II
/ lsss. Thus 1t may be seen that in III
mining districts, IL Mercer and McDoRel
couuiies, 65i negroes vs. no s6Ore they hysC
ard voted IN Virginia cast their votes I'll
| M.Gi1nis
Mr.. J. II. Bramwell, for whom Chs
town Of Bramwell is called, 10 Gee Of tn
herd men 10 the mining region aou 'ei
aggressive Republican He 10 like all 10
husuIisl men Of his PARTY, man OF sd
vsncsd ideas and ecrupulously careful o
hat brittle commodity Republican honor
lie Do s-sszs the vicious principle, how
ever. that anything tending 10 give til
uuph 20 his party, let IT ever 20 offensive
land loal, is exceedingly fair. On the da3
of election, although his home rs IN Roar
oke. Virginia. he tried TO vote IN McDow
lem. and beng refused 10 DO So there, h
hied over to Mercer and voted McDoWe.
Icounty ticket. These items, taken from
The records, are true. We earnestly ir
vi,e the attention of the people OF Yves
Virginia TO a close reading Of them. We
Task our Contemporaries, al over the State
in half the party, 90 present this eyi
dencl 20 thcir readers AID 20 put stop t.
misrepresents, and fslsehood. In tie
history Of pOliticsl fraud and depsavity
nothing car be found So low ard dtbaseC
a. what We have recited. May the dsy
soon dawn on US that will usher in th'
dscer,y and manhood of the earlier day
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