The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-05
Our Shame!
VEST VIRGINIA DISGRACED,
The Democratic COnspiratOrs Ac'
complisA Their Designs
ut Last,
And Perpctmtc the Outrage Upon
the Honest People OF
the State,
Which the Republicans BraYely
and Consistently Fought
Against.
The Grave Situation, and aACrisls
for General Coil to
Settle,
7HECONSIITUTION AND LAW
yBE CONSTITUTION AND LAW
Tramplcd TuthleSsIy Under Foot
by the Sheer Force of
Numbers.
Indignant People VIII Rebuke
tho Foul Proceeding at
tho Polls.
A Memorable Debate In Joint Assembly.
The Story Of West Ylrglnia's
Shame Something for the
People to Remember.

SDtiA D.,patrh tohc MlelliGdeT.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. 4.-Gen.
Cicf's fate Ms Governor Of West Virginia
was sealed to-day, This Legislature
will never declare him elected, When
the trial and determination Of tho con-
test comes, his little majority will be
swept away by the conclusive logic OF a
bare majority in the Legislature. 10
hold out to the men who voted for him
any hope whatever Of his being declared
elected would, after to.lay's proceed
ings, be u mere triIllng with their 10y
allytohim and their regard for the sane
ity of an election. Until the deed was
done, | hoped to be able to say that
when the crisis came there were some
Democrats whose regard for the Consti-
tuition and fair play carried them over
the barriers Of prejudice and bad logic
erected by their leaders. Itis tho his.
tory Of this never to bo forgotten case
that when the crisis came not one Dem.
ocat was any better than any other
Democrat.
NOT ONE FAIR MAN.
Not one represented that large element
OttlC Democratic party in West Virginia
which scOrns n mean and revolutionary
act, though it give to their party the
tributary advantage OF an unearned vic.
tory. General Golf stands to-day where
he did when the polls closed on the 9th
Of November, but his election on that
day has not influenced and will not in.
lluence party which has shown it's de-
termination to tear to shreds the Con-
StitutiOn and laugh in the face OF the
people whom 1t dCirauds. No citizen oI
West Virginia, not lost to all shame,
could have witnessed without n blush
the cold brutality Of this days work.
The argument wasN on the Republican
side, for that side was the side OF the
Constitution, framed by the Democrats
themselves, and Of the precedCnts also
established by them. 1t was, moreover,
the side OF the right OF the majority ia
have respected its lawfully expressed
will,
niyCnACRrI'I TAf-rICg
When the Democrats got ready 10 up,
ply to their forces the whip and the
spur they made u new proposition, and
desiring no discussion thereof, applied
the gag Of the previous question. NJ
voice Of protest came from their side
no vote in favor Of u full and FREQ dis,
CuSion to the last. When they had
finally put through their scheme they
managed again, by the sheer weight O
numbers, to prevent IN individual
record. That Is why they stopped the
roll call after LiveIy's substitute hai
been adopted instead Of Maxwell's reso,
lutiOns.
An UNFAIR SrEAEER.
The demand for u vote on tho resolu.
ton was demand for IN unnecessary
thing and the Speaker would have beer
right II he had promptly 80 ruled, bui
The dematld came from his own side AMI
no aCcedCd to II. Not until he found
that his own side did not want to 20 on
UC record at this point, did he find tha
he question had been exhausted ant
nlaI lhe roll call was out Of order. Thu
republicans in the House insist thai
wy speaker las ruled dead against thii
inHIlng at other times this session, bu
!heh the eSigenCiCs Of tho Case were dii
ietCnl' Alta critical point tho Speake
W Wso happened not to heara loud Repub
nvIn "iG. demand for All appeal from his do
yylSloh, but the appeal would not lavu
Deen sustained and so Ills failure 10 hea
maue no material difference. The Speak
stNS not more deaf than all the mem
! Dels on tue Democratic side. No RFpll
nehlcOuld reach them,
Rrprr,,c,,.
Young BYtc and Hnncn, acting a
'hatp shooters, fired into their ranks III
mimic balls oi unorsworoiio In,"..', y.
Vn,o,io, u V., VI "nu"SweFao'e lh'Srro
ioT iVvs In',,, Meyer made q strong appCa
mr Justice OH constitutional uroundI
ansve, s"'V o.,,l,, ,'rI', a s,pevch they could nc
o'Sy. no'i,I. maxwell made n judges eS
mosi Im G,ii ol u The case, The ablest an
N,o",.lg C,s .Gv'u argument yet heard on III