Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-03

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previously employed. To cap the climax
of testimony toe Registrar Of PoCahOntas,
Virginia stated on his cath that Lees
family were residents Of Botetourt county,
Virginia during The twelve months pre-
Cedng the election, aud that Lee lived In
Virginia until October, 1855 There was
not q Ecintlla Of testimony taken by Cen.
G1l to show thal this man ever acquired
or ever intended to acquire legal citizen
ship in West Virginia. He was an illegal
voter The evidence was conclusive as %
bis politics. and yet the eminentiy fair and
righteous minority Of the committee pro-
tested loudly when his vote wss dIsa'-
lowed
Iy THE STATE SIX MONTHS.
Lees case is o. fair sample OF hundreds
oi Others proven in Mercer and McDowel
connHrs John I0ck. colored man
voted ai Mil Greek. Mercer county. al the
r-i Hlcks showed Hs vote wss chai
.crEsf hT Judge Fleming His politics
vas proven to he Republican by the tes.
Iiucrr ci fho nine hrss for John Cooper q |
Co.. ard by The general evidence Of toe
Mercer county Republican Executive Com
m.tl.e The pay rou of Cooper & Co /
show th1t be Eas in Mercer county only
part oi Che year lss5, and the Registrar
.i fccahcniis. Virginia. testified that be
W.s registered voter in Virginia for the
All .ublr election. This mans vote was
dua'.oFed aud the righteous minority OF
che committee fe.t called upon to raiss q
sorry howl and declare that Goii 3 votes
were being stolen and honest voters dis
.nLchised
IN THE STATE EIGHr MONTHS.
Thomas Sanders was another of the
sweet scented gentry whom the GOff
henchmen induced 10 20 10 the polls and
deposit q ballot on election day. Sanders
came from Virginia early in 1sSS, but had
been In the State not more than eight
months when he voted. George Booth,
mine boss Tor Cooper q Co., swore posi-
lively that he was a Republican, and NJ |
II Bray, another reputable citizen, tes
titled that Sanders confessed to him that
his home was in Giles county, Virginia
and be had no legal residence in this
State. w. w. Thompson, a resident OF
Mercer, swore positively that Sanders was |
a resident OF Giles county, Virginia, at the
time of the election, and 1t was his custom |
10 90 back and forth from his home to his |
place Of work frequently. Ol the motion |
to rsisct Sanders vote Messrs. Lively, |
Sprigg and Kee voted aye, aud Morris |
aud Maxwell, as in duty bound to General |
G0h, voted no.
ANOTHER GOOD YIRGINIAN.
VIM. Brown was a cOlored emplOye OF |
Cooper & Co. part of the month OF Novem-
Der, 1887, and again in September, 1883. |
Ia November If the latter year his name
appears on the payroll Of the SbamOkin
Company, in Mcdowell county. In De-
csmber, 1887 and January and February
1883. be WAS employed by the POcahOnlas
Company in Virginia. His family lived
in Virginia, and be vas registered as q
voter in the same State for the Presiden-
tial election He voted in West Virginia
under the protection and advice of some
of MT. GOfrs 40 e assistants, and his was
smother Cf the votes thrown out by the
committee The record shows that Messrs.
Morris and Maxwell didn't forget to kick.
A Gaze equally as strong appeared
against David Bagusly. lie was colored
man working for the Oaswell Greek COM
pany. His name appeared on their pay
roll fer March, april aud May,
l-5S he was not employed by any OF
the West Virginia mining companies pre-
vious TO this, as the pay rolls showed. He |
was also registered as a voter in Virginia /
for the November election, but voted IN |
West Virginia.
THREE oF A KIND
Mack Lee worked for Cooper & c.. from
January, 1888, until the election. He
voted a, Mill Creek. and voted the Rspub-
licau ticket. st the same time he vas
registered as a voter in Virginia. Mr..
Lse's vote will not be counted for Gen.
Goh.
VIM. Anthony and Daniel Barbour, the
evidence shove, came from Virginia, and |
found employment with Cooper & Co., one
in January and the other in OctOber, 1855
They were employed there until after the
sixth of November, and voted for General
Goff, and 'protectiOn.' No trace Of them
can be found in West Virginia before their
arrival at Cooper q Co.'s. Their names
appear on no other pay rolls, and the proof
is positive that they did not establish or
attempt to establish a legal residence ID
this State. They voted, but their votes
are now among the missing.
COULD HAVE VOTED TWICE.
Lewis Harmau's case showed fraud as
pslpahle as fraud could be shown. He
we5 q young Virginia negro aud came 1
from thst State about a month preceding |
the election. He worked four weeks for
the Turkey Gap Coal Company in Mellow
eli county, deposited a ballo. for General
COT, aud then quietly folded mp bis tent
and stole away. AT the same time he was
a registered voter in Virginia, and had he
been of an enterprising turn Of mind could
have voted in that State also.
The above are few cases selected at
random. They are not chosen because
they furnish the strongest proofs Of fraud,
bat because they are samples, and fair
samples, Of the cases IN which the commit
tee acted. There are dozens and scores OF
others exactly similar TO these, snd the
members of the committee under their
oaths to DO fair and even Justice could not
have done less than throw out these
votes and correct the fraud disclosed IN
them. II is only necessary to say that OF
nearly four hundred votes contested By
Judge Fleming in Mercer county the com
mittee threw out only 135, to show that
they have acted cOnscientiously and
weighed the evidence with judicial fair
ness.
NORRIS AND MAXWELL.
somo Interesting ThlnSs That Have Oc-