The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-01
.THA5 VHLLSBURG SIHAL,
By Which Many Republicans
were pisfrauchlsed by
THE PARTISAN COMMITTEE,
Which is Determined TO Count in
Fleming at ANY cost-JpdRe Max
well'sJust and PracticalView,
Inconsistent Democrats,
speelaI pi,paleh b b. Ialellirenetr.

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ukAFroN, W. Van June aV,'-beloN
Will be found the opinion oil Judge Max
well, a member OF the gubernatoEia
contest committoa as ,lel,vared bv hin
III. III. 49, ~ ~ ~ u,
Wh'le tue comlni1see hAu unuer oouslu
eration the contested votes In Brook
county, It is an an able analysis OF th,
whole situation and shows nm In ,urea
49,. -" ~ ,,'1,,'.,,,. IL - * " -
suape' tue uas1AFu'y WolA OF tne Dsno
cratic members on that occasion, The
immediate question before the commit
tsa was IN strike ofr the vote n a +,
Cs,,'u - ~ y 80. =
Na'uWel', cuaEgeu WIN Young outslut
the district In which he resided, and
before casting his vote Judge Maxwell
addressed the committee snbstantiallv
ss foiIows.
Mn TuAIpu.N.-T desire IN vav n
word or two heiore casting nv vote Iya
wsre met az tha Start hv rnanv orava and
interestinv questions one ef which
msets 1s now ~
Tie Constitution NJ West VIRGINIA
nrovjIes That aii ma,s citiyens wbn have
% %EssiSsJ IN tbe state for nv one vsar %rS and % IN
tbe conntv in which thev oiFes N vote m
ior @ siSty iays shali be allowed IN vots @
There x another nrovIsion NJ The Ton'
st;tntion ~ b;ch saws that tho ssislotUre
Nshaii mass mch laws No NAV he
necessary and proper 10 prevent mimi.
dation, disorder or violence at the polls,
and corruption or fraud In voting,
CTahnE Ins e.rT yo'e 9, ceranng sera or Gs.
ner rpon the ballot y A A'"
To carry into effect this apparently
imperative provision OF the Constitution
the Legislature has passed a law requir.
ing every voter to cast his vote In the
district OF the county In which he may
reside at the time. II is claimed that
this act adds To the qualification OF the
voter a condition not required by the
Constitution, and that the act is therefore
unconstitutional and void, / do not
concur in this view. | think the act Is
a mere regulation and when strictly car.
rled out cannot prejudice tie honest
voter. It requires him to vote at home,
among his neighbors, who, II lie has q
right To vote, will know Il and helm To
maintain II. II he Is a doubtful voter
he cannot 20 TO a remote part Of bis
county and put In bad vote among
those who do not know him, But the
real purpose OF the act is to prevent re-
peating, or double voting.
,,,sr Avn mn crtc., ,,,v,
a.. ~ @sn ~, ~. .t.'s 49,. ,a, .
l can very well see now q irauu mlgnt
be perpetrated upon the rights OF the
voter himself while seeking to prevent
frands mon the riohts NJ otbers Iyben.
aver voter tno,eiSaI1 yotes o,is;ds ths
d;slrict inv IN which hh he y. tSSt @ tina s, reS;Ses i
ha vioIatea ths law and ny lie ynts s5nnId
hs stymcS an Rrt sDban III thsre .J l. ScI1 = co,,.
fnsjon and nncertS;ntv In resnect y n Z H fI;a.
tr;cts or d;strict lines and an honast
man man makes sn honest tnistSke and Votes yotes
IN the wrong nIsce Il would Nha n frand
mon sr,cb q man @ 10 throw ont his VOTE vote
so far in this inyestipation. whenever
Il has been CHARGED and shown that anv
voter has, without exnlanaiion voted ont
Of The district in which he az tSs tims
resided. i have voted IN strike off his
vote, Wa ionnd in the inveatieation NJ
the contested votes in Ohio col,ntv that
between forty and fiitv parsons yoiei for
EIeminc m ths wrong Ida n their lii.
trict lines vet not one memhsr ri this
COMMITTEES voted To strike them of. be.
cs,ise in doinS an wa mivbt nnder The
eirct, instances have nernetrsted fraud
nnon them. N
Thu onestion hefore ma involves mt
onIv ths riSSt of q T. caIdwsiI HeS ~ vots nSs
INF the rig6t aIso n ssventv ~ ~ ssvsntv' AZ sH
1--WE other nersors su'TT w6o ara cbsrsed win
him NJ votinS in the iistrict "a WeiIs.
hnrs wben 10 cbS,SnJ that tha, d;d
not resije In tha ss;5 Jjotr;ct S " ~ u ala. @
bnr1 @ Al the time Shonld ali these neo. n,'o
nia have THAR votes stricken az and thsv
ks disfrsnCh;Sei nnder the svidsncs
snnearinc m in tSis casaS Wv NAS'
rThs town ~ WeIIShrrs ,o, ,nco.nor.
sted IN 1870 hv act % n tsa "se Gersrsi ' AZ u.
ssmhly n y;s9;nis ' ,ong heiore % n q torn,- ns
ot;on ~ this State TEbe i;n;ts ~ TIN tLe
S's cornorotion wsre sS sI,,orsaJ IL 1877 - bv s n
decree ~ ths S;rcn;t Sanrt ~ p,o9vs
rnIinIy. and IL annpAFa liatinNtlV fFntn
a Mat t,iad hsto%re % ne wbSt ws.a tho ths
bopnSariss n WsIlshnrg a as fit IN ;ncor' sne
noratsj and What ara Ihe ho, njSriss ~
the addition made tbereto In 1s7S and n
Y also appears from the evidence that
the persons whose votes are contested
reslueu ~. " tne thS sney v9teH N tne
voted @ n The co,rt bonss mi In tbS oS oIa tns nsit
Of Wellsburg,
It's claimed that the old limits Of the
Soa oTn q we0nrg gsS cTnsttutsd Rnt yea dstFiSt
tSsreto Il taken from rom 'As n district IN s coIIsd
Gross Crack dislriet Thera Il n soine
narol evidence beiore ne tendinS n
pIoye tbiS claim. int there IA no reeorI
evidence beiore M 10 allow lint sither
WeliSburs tliEtrict or CroSs Creel diS.
tfict hai any existence prior Ia 1s75.
when tLa cofnorate limjta ri welIsbmr1
were enlSrreJ. Se .
II was In 1S77 and q nnw tba drtv ~
the Conntv Coi,rt 10 regnlSts % iTV md ~ ~ ths m
boundSrIes oi ths tiistTiets n % ths reSnac. sS.
Iva conntiea i,ha ronntv Tnrst 'oi "
Broo,; q so,,ntyshonid IN i isT3 tSvs s fxsd VI
ths lines oi iha IisiE}cts in KIT Sonniv %
but tbev did not do \ this directiv % II nv.
nsSra N ma bowsver thst ths forrt ~
snbstantiaIly done Il indisectIy ON A"'
eOlV y 's