The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-02-09
THAT THE MAN ELECTED COVER.
NOR OF WEST VIRGINIA
Shall Get There in Due Time, And
That
BULLD0ZING WONT WIN
The Court Will be Made But the Result
Wont be Announced Until it is
Honestly iseertained.
COTS Brazen Demands Give Way to the
Demand of the Constitution
The Democracy a Unit, and
Solid on the GubernatOr.
ial Contest.
Special Telegram to the Register.

Special Telegram to the Register.
CHARLESTON. Feb. 1.-The Demo
Gratis have gained every point at is
sue In the joint assembly to canvass
the returns of the election. Their
victory is complete, and although
Gen. COTS friends pretend to take
some comfort to themselves in the
fact that the vote on Governor is be-
ing read by counties, it will avail
them nothing. The letter and spir-
it of the resolution proposed by Mr..
Flournoy are plain. There can be
no equivocation. The vote on Gov
ernor is not to be entered in the rec
ords and there is no legal proof that
Gen. COTS majority exists, even on
paper.
The field is thus cleared of all OBJ
structions to fair contest. Neither
party will have an advantage. The
man who has a majority of the legal
votes cast will be declared elected
Governor, and that man Democrats
confidently believe is Judge A. b.
Fleming.
Promptly at 1920 a. M, the Pres
ident and the members of the Sen
ate appe AIRED in the hall Of the House.
The usual formalities were disposed
of, and the Joint Assembly formed.
When an adjournment was taken on
Saturday, Senator Maxwell's resolu-
ton to open and publish the returns
of all State officers was before the
House, and the discussion of it was
resumed. The debate was more for
chile and pointed than even the one
of Saturday, and although a few
fiery Republican members got hot
under the collar and frothed at the
mouth, no serious damage was
done.
BLooDsHED AND REVOLUTION.
Delegate Young, Of Upshur, OBJ
tanned recognition first and made a
moderately strong argument from
the Republican standpoint. After
a somewhat temperate discussion,
Mr.. Young proceeded to grow tragic,
and hurled dire warning at the gen
tlemen who saw fit to differ with him.
Mr.. Young was absolutely certain
that they would reap the fruits OF
bloodshed and revolution, or some
thing else of the kind, and his right
eous soul trembled at the contem-
plation Of the awful disasters at
hand.
AT the conclusion Of the Upshul
delegates talk Mr.. Lively, of Lewis
offered a substitute to Mr.. Maxwell
resolution. 1t read as follows
ResolUed, That the election hello
on the sixth day of November, 1888
for Auditor Treasurer, Attorney
General, and State Superintendent
of Schools, proceeding by counties il
alphabetical order, the clerks of The
two houses each taking down the re
turns as announced by the Speaker
and entered upon the journal of the
House, and when completed and esti
mated, the Speaker shall announce
the votes received by each person
voted for, for each of said offices, and
those receiving the highest number
of votes shall be declared duly elect
ed by this joint assembly, and if any
two or more have an equal and high
est number of votes for the same of
flee, the two houses here assembled
shall Immediately proceed to choose
one of such persons for said office.
HIS CALM ASSURANCE.
The resolution was reported ane
DR.. Mayer, of Kanawha, proceeded t.
riddle it. Mayer bears a striking re
semblance to one or two prominen'
Republican Senators in the calm as
surance with which he approaches {
grave constitutional question and
tramples it under foot. His argu
ment which was evidently very con
vincing to himself. was delivered
with a great deal of force, at least
He thought it made no difference
whether Golf could be ousted or not
when once installed as Governor
The only thing to be done was to an
nounce the vote, make him Governor
and then if there was remedy il
could be hunted up. Whether there
was such a remedy or not he did moi
know, but it was a matter of supreme
insignificance anyhow.
SENATOR NJ CREERY's REPLY.
Mayors argument was answered
and exposed by Senator McCreery
who made particularly strong adj
dress. He read from the Journal Of
the Joint Assembly in 1881, the
views of Judge Ferguson, which con.
clusively showed it was the opinion
Of that gentleman that the members
OF the joint assembly had Judicial
power over the declaration of the re.
suit and could exercise and should
exercise it when they saw fit. All
the Democrats desire, he said, is a
fair investigation, and such an in
vestigation can be in no wise preju-
diced by suspension of judgment
1t would be prejudiced by hasty
judgment, which might afterwards
he reversed The nnestinn Was firth.