Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-19

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The arlsgsl dispatches iTOm tins place
- 7. 10, soosarsd il the Intelligence. IN
-, 'al' fv days. appear worse thAn
'-e -S...,ors i, the light Of the trath. They
ro,bipglss tdan part Of P''C'a'
cs,vsd plan to prejudice the pubic ln'uO' ,.o
go s;.,,@5,, he work Of the Guoe'na-
..l c,mmittss The aathor d'a not
-. - o,,vssieat to insert even q gram o,
5..1 lr- n !, ,5s mass of g,i;.rng and de's''iai
gsnsr,li.ies. He prssumes to l1dss the
gpberpatorial contest without reaai1s
80 ortbs evidence before the commit
"a from The counties in which the deposi-
,,,,s have been read, or making any at
tenn. TO arrive at the true condition II
,so,e counties which have not been con-
-iderei.
RErrnuCAN ERANADO.
lis boldly proclaimed that the invssh-
.,.,ion so far shows 10 fraud on either
s.de-in fact, that the election was singu-
larly free and honest. Democrats nave
never made serious charges Of wholesale
frsad il the gubeSnatOual election except
In five or six counties. The facts IN them
we'll move every statement made by TIE
Democratic leaders, and justify their wis
dom in conteetiDg the election. In Green
Sulpbur district OF Summers county dep
o.it.ons now In the hands Of the clerk
SLOW that over twenty Eve negroes voted
after they bad bseu IN the county less
t,a, sixty davs. Their names on the poll
HOOKS ara maniiss.ly false, for many i
ibam in tbe'r ignorance sought 70 deceive,
10 sssnmirg the names or well-kuOFn
Democrats. and voted uuder those false
names Within month aiterthe election
tbs.e men we're spirited out Of the State,
ana are now in Virginia OF elsewhere, and
,sf tbs intelligent Rspubhcan correspond
5,t sss. ths election was singularly pure
and honest
KAyANHA COUNTY CASE.
r,srg wsrlDDrms3 man in the State
;saf.usinied with tie shameless outrages
,,s-nstrsted M Kanswhs county. Judge
rlsrirg demanded recount OF the votes
+, tbsf county. The recount was con-
s8efed bya solid Republican board. In
srite of is malignant psrtisan efforts,
Judge Fleming gained 80 votes on the re-
e1nnL And then the pure-minedd, up
right Ksnawha County Commissioners re-
fused % recognize their own recount, be-
cause forgootb Fleming had made a gain in
It. Yet we are told that the election was
siDg1larly pure aud honest.
1IR. GOFF EIDDLED.
When Judge Fleming gave notice Of con
test be based MS claims on the existence
of lust such frauds as these. He did not
include q single technical challeugs IN his
notice. Gen. Goff's reply contained over
300 challenges on technical grounds, and
in order TO defend himself Judge Fleming
had 10 make like technical challenges.
II. f,re the gubernstorisl COM
rnittee. Judge Fieming's counsel
Jndge Oksy johnson moved to
disregard an technical challenges, and re-
fuse to consider them entirely, bat counsel
for Gen. Go1 opposed that motion and
carried their point. Who taec Is respon-
slble for bringing tecnnich4llLeS Al'V tue
contest When Gen. COT said IN his
Washington interview, that Judge Flem-
irg had made more technical contests than
he mad, and had forced technlcahtes on
him, he wss either mistaken or told de-
hberate ialsehood
MERCER AND M'DOWELL.
The committee has not begun TO read
t5s evidence in Mercer OF Mcdowell
counties vet. Ii ws5 IN these two coun-
lies tha. the creates, fraud was committed
as the evidence will show. The men who
sre now bowling that there was no fraud,
win get an eve opener, when they are
reached. IL it is any satisfaction for
them to keep up the noise before that
hme. they ought TO be allowed to do 1t,
TOT they viii get little satisfaction alter