The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-31
AN Able ARGUMENT,
Committeeman Morris concIu'
slye Presentation Of
THE MERCER AND MCDOWELL
Cases BEFORE the GubeFnatorial Con-
test Committee How the High,
Handed Theft ofa Governor
ship was shown Up,
s,eIaI plpaleA b Ne Inlallqmoa.

TERRA Alta Augubb ou'--Ihe clo1ln
scenes OF the sessions Of the Guberna
torlal Contest Committee are very inter
estiug, One took place yesterday whicl
brought out an argument from Senate
Morris that completely covered III
issues in the Mercer and Mcdowell
cases, where the votes Of scores 0
miners were thrown out on the ground
that they were non-Fesidents. The
readers Of the INTELlluENoER have KEEP
pace with the peculiar actions Of tn
majority OF tho committee.
The case that brought out senato
Norris argument was q fair specimen o
them all, and the public will be inter
ested In the report,
The question before the committed
was, VIs the charge that Wylie Robin
son, who voted at slmmons' creek pre-
Clnct, in Rock district, Mercer county, al
the election on the sixth day Of NoVem
ber, 1883, was not q resident OF the State
Of West Virginia for one year next pre-
Ceding said election, sustainedW
Proof that said Wylie Robinson voted
al Simmons creek; negro; young man
no family; worked for Caswell Coal and
Coke Manufacturing Company, at'said
Simmons creek, February 10 June in
elusive, and September to November, in
elusive, 1888. Mr.. Morris, q member o.
the committee, said: i.
Mr.. NORRIS ARGUMENT.
Mr.. OHAIRMAN;- Neither learned
opinions, nor profound argument mol
exhaustive research, Is necessary to de-
termine the controversy as 10 the merits
OF the great bulk ofthe votes assailed by
the contestant In the counties OF Mercer
and Mcdowell, but the most elemen'
tary legal principles, The simplest doc
trines In Justice and In morals; the most
straightforward ideas in common sense,
90 directly to the issue to settle, To de-
eide everything involved in this partic-
ular case and 10 all other cases like It;
those which have come before and those
that are to follow after The truth Is 50
evident "that he who runs may read"
and "a wayiarlng man, though fool,
need not err therein.n Relieve this part
Of this contest from that prejudice which
not only comes from dislike of a race,
but from too great adevotion 10 politi.
cal party, prejudice that when possessed
by an honest man must mar his judg'
ment and prevent him from doing even
and exact justice, and ditwill not take the
light that beats upon throne, to enable
ali to see the wrong that Is contemplated
here in the decisions by the majority ol
this committee.
PLAIN TALK.
As to the charge Of fraud, either
against any political party, or against
any candidate for any office, great oil
small, and as to the charge Of corruption
man, rich 6r poor, i6sps sclable or dc.
graded, employer or employe, white OF
black, these must be dismissed with
contempt, None but an ,impious hand
lifted against the institutions OF the
State, against Its good name, Its pros
perity and It's peace, will longer write oi
such things as these; none but 0 lying
tongue will utter them; none but an
none INT a deprayed mind conceive
them-in the face OF the oyerwhelminp
and indisnutable proofi against them.
Going directly; now, to the line ol
facts, In these deposihons from the
counties OF Mercer and Mcdowell, abriel
digest Of two cases presents ali that d
material proved in them. these being
taken directly from The notes Of Mr..
Rheinstrom. the efficient stenoHrapher oil
this committee, and being like that now
before the committee;
Voter . g challenged !. Y S.... !. = fftSori t,o1i
yrSIa NOV for ogs Seu. nsaSsSins ths I
election; proof, voted at Mil Creek,
Rock district, Mercer county; negro
young man; no family on tne pay pay rGiii Mn
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