The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-09
.ANDA DEFEATED EDCANDIDAYE
Who Did Not Have the Nerve to
Accept the Result in the
Right Spirit.
$4,000 is the Cost Of the Investigating
Committee to the State aud $4,000
for an Extra Session Of The Leg.
stature, and 1t Amounts to
Nothing But an Exposition
Of Democratic Fraud
and sellshnes.
Special Di,paicht 70 he Ia,elltoeuer

HA'TNFT-" W. Htt AttAsfstRNftNFtN
GRAFTON, w. Va. July s.-Fottwelye
years the State Of West Virginia has been
rapidly and surely going Republican,
Inls76 the Democrats carried the State
bya majority ofoyer10,OOO. InlssO the
Republicans reduced that majority to a
little over $4,000, and in 1884 the State
went Democratic by a majority Of only
4,4O0. II but required the same ratio
ctreduction in 1888 to give the State a
Republican Governor, and every Repub.
llCan and many a Democrat felt and be-
lieved that that result was inevitable.
After Cleyeland's message and the cam.
paign oflsss had been sprung on the
people this confidence gave way TO GER
tainty, for the assault made in that mes.
sage and campaign on raw material and
the manufactured articles which consti.
tute West Virginia's sole industrial
wealth, itwas apparent 10 all, could not
do otherwise than wipe out The little
remnant Of Democratic majority that 70.
NAMED. The result proved that this
opinion was not groundless, for General
Son was elected Goyernor by q small
put saie majority. Butto othe Democrats
Iheresult was preposterous. They could
not see how 1t was possible for West
Virginia TO be anything else than Dem
ocratic, and charged bllndly and boldly
that the ballots had been brought from
ad|olnlng states 70 bring about this re-
W, sH!t, ana that S1on was never elected by
Mest virginia ryotes. Ihey scohed at
the ldea OF t9e Republican party having
gtown X VA 30 Iapialy IN TINS State as 70 down
tne democratic hoSW' We'll, by q Aitle
wire Work ana rue or rum policy me
Leglslalure was made Democratic ny Q
malorlty oil one, ana thereby hangs q tale.
AcosTLY RxPEDIENT,
In the face Of a fair election and the
.n,o;na.t ,r,o,,;.;or ~ d. f,a,.,,.,,.,..
p.alngss ins. proylslol o. ,ne Oonsututlon'
tlls Democrauc Legislalufe refused 70
open and publish the returns aud after
making use Of every device known to
Democratic ingenuity To defeat the will
- Y. stAA AAASaASssPSSPASt 4aS4 hhAlly hlbupyh
the expedient OF appointing q Legisla.
tive committee whose duty II should DO
to examine dispositions from every
county contested and expose the great
frauds by which Gof had been elected
Governorl This committee consists Of
tye members, viz; Messra. Sprigg,
Lively and Kee from the House Of Dele.
gates and Maxwell and Morris, Of the
Senate Chamber, three Democrats and
two Republicans. For two long months
this committee have poured over piles
Of dispositions. County after county
has been disposed Of and thousands
upon thousands OF pages read, and still
the Republican frauds have not ap.
peared. On the contrary, barring the
Brooke county outrage by which 81
legal voters were disfranChisOd, Goff has
actually gained nine votes by this con.
test.
Not only have the committee failed
Ssser ;,sssa 70 i nnu any eyluence o. cong Jae
fonSd on tha othor NJ % San5 @ tS,t ny tSa nsss nss,,
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