Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-09
BROOKE COUNTY CASE
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"He did. He claimed that the statute
of limitations was sudicient to show that
The northern boundary line Of the city Of
Wellsburg is the northern line OF the dis
/ trict OF Wellsburg, and that the County
Court Of Brooke county having appointed
/ ior the district Of Welisburg justice OF
the peace. who resides without the origi-
nal limits Of the said district, was recog-
milton of the fact that the limits OF said
district had been extended so as to include
tie Annex Of the City Of Wellsburg l
have not given my opinion 20 the press on
| these questions that We have decided, nor
| 90 I seek any newspaper rotoriety, nor
am I now engaged in manufacturing po-
ihcsl documents. I had not intended
| saying anything about this matter through
| the columns Of the press and would not
have done so had not been called upon
and solicited byyeu."
GEN. SPRIGG's VIEWS.
Your correspondent next called upon
Gen Sprigg, another member Of the Com
mittee, and said:
General, / have lust bad al interview
with Mr. Kee, the Chairman Of your Com
mittse, in regard to the opinion Of Judge
Msxwell, Published recently in the Inteli.
gslcer, upon the Wellsburg vote, which
was rejected BY the Committee; will you
permit me to resd to you what Chairman
Hse bias said in relation to the matter, and
give me your recollections OF it?"
After hearing the interview with Mr..
Hee, read Gen. Sprigg said:
81 cor EIDE in what Mr.. Kee has said.
The opinion published in thu IRfeNigncer
ourporting to be that delivered by Judge
Maxwell before the Committee, when the
Brooke county question was under consid-
Grafton, was not delivered by him. All
that Judge Maxwell said on that occasion
would not occupy al inch Of space in the
TafeHiqmcT The point that he seemed to
law the most stress upon was that Of the
statute of limitations. He seemed 10
think that az a part OF Gross Creek district
had been annexed to the city Of Wellsburg
more than ten yeM5 ago, and that az the
voters 10 that annexed territory had been
voting at the Court House in Wellsburg
sirca that time, that therefore the statute
Of Limitations ought to operate az charge
n the district lines between Cross Creek
and Wellsburg districts.
Itstruck me at the time "a
A VERY SINGULAR POSITION
for ons who had occupied a seat on the
supreme B, nch and the position OF Attor-
uey General Of the State, 20 talk upon a
question of this kind In the opinion OF
Judge Maxwell. es published in the Intel
fgacer, he save in substance, that no vote
should be rejected under our statute unless
the voter knowingly voted ont Of his dis
trict Is il true that the interest Of the in
dividual.is 10 prevail against the Law? II
so. we have no law and the legislative
branch Of our government is poweTless.
"When the question first came be-
fore the Committee, I thought that
the statute required an elector
10 have an aclual and bona fde residence
in the district in which be offered to vote
amounts to an additional qualification,
but the other four members of the Com
mittee disagreed with me, and thought
it would be pTesumputous en- my part to IT,
sist upon my position, and therefore sub
mitted to the decision Of the Committee.
In other words, as Senator Morris put ID,
conformed myself to the decision OF the
msiority Of the Committee As a general
rule / am Opp0et, when engeged IN such
matters as this committee has to deal with,
10 stating, for publication, my views, but
AZ both senators Maxwell and Morris
have seen proper to rush into the news
papers Immediately after the discussion OF
the Brooke county case. do not deem
10 improper to talk to you the way I have.
This is al. have to say"
WHAT Mr. LIVELY SAYS.
Mr.. Lively, reading Whist Chairman Kee
ard General Sprigg had said upon this sub
ect, remarked;
81 fully concur ard endorse what has
been said BY those two gentlemen. re-
gret exceedingly that Messis Maxwell
and Morris have thrust their opinions up
on the public through the press.
Apparently with the view of influencing
public opinion in advance Of the report OF
the report Of the Committee, and do not
propose to do SO. When engaged in so
grave q matter as the Committee Is en-
gsged IN at the present time, deem it a
small business to sttampt political clap
trap"