South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-05-31
The Cub ernatoriai Contest

The result OF the jeint commit.ss's IL bort
on Wednesday Of last week was 90 folio W |:
In Boone county the charges made against
two Of 0o6e votes, and which are contests
BY Fleming Tor illegal voting. were sustain.
ed. and out OF the fourteen vote !rr Fleming
10 this county which Go6 ontssted the char.
ges OF illegal voting were sustained In only
one instance. In Calhoun county there
were four votes for Fleming contested BY
Con, but the charges were sustained 10 only
enc instance. There were no votes chal-
Legged In this county by Fleming nor evil
dence pro duced. In Csbe.l county Coz con.
tested nine votes cast for Fleming. but
Fleming did not contest any Of the Coz
votes In the county. or the nine contested
by Coff three OF the charges were sustained :.
In Clay county there were Ave votes chal !.
lenged by Fleming, and two Of The chal /.
lsnges were sustained. Goff challenged In
the same county ten votes, but only one was
sustained. Grant county was next taken
up; and II was found that Fleming had
challenged three votes. but no evidence;was
taken. Gt6 challenged four votes. but the
ges, and the county was allowed to 60 40 II
voted. Pocabontas county was next taken
up. In this county Gof challenged two
votes, and tho challenges were sustained by
the committee. In one or the challenges by
0Cfit was alleged that Captain. Turk, the
prosecuting attorney Of Pocahonias county.
bad fold his property in the county and
had made arrangements to move.to KAnsas,
but not until after the election. His wife
want to stannton,. Va, and remained with
Captain Turks father. Captain Turk went
10 Kansas and bought property, after which
he returned 10 Pocahontas county and at
tended to his duty as prosecutor Of the Oc-
tober term OF court. The evidence. shows
that mel thor he nor his wife left for Kaness
ntil November z, 1883. the next day after
the election. Messrs Kee and Lively, Of the
committee, claimed that Captain Turk had
not lost his vote, bnt Meesrs. Sprigg. Morris
and Maxwell decided otherwise, which
threw Captain Turks vote out. Sprigs vo-
tad with the Republicans. This matter
alone took up about three hours Of the com.
mittee's time.
Thursdays session Of the COMMITTEES was
opened with the reading Of dispositions from
Feyette county. In this county there are
III votes chAllenged-Tl on the part of
Fleming and &C on the part Of Golf The
q utston before the committee 10 whether
Quinimont precinct Is &c. be. thrown out on
the ground that the man who administered
the oath to the commissioners Of that pre-.
cinct had properly certified it, he having
signed bis name, attaching his mark without
saying what he was, whether notary. JUS
tice or judge. Fleming challenges the whole
precinct on the ground that the commission.
ers Of election were not sworn. There be-
ing several other cases likely to arise on the
same question, the committee engaged in
discussion and reading all legal authorities
that can be procured on the subject. Late
this evening the committee rendered it's de.
cision on Fayette county, which showed o
loss Of seven for Gof and a loss of one for
Fleming. Ii has been settled that the com.
mittee will not get through the ir work be.
fore two months, aud Governor Wilson has
stated that ne will not call a session OF the
Legislature before September l, next
The committee decided Friday that the
election commissioners In Fayette county
were properly sworn, and the vote was al.
lowed to stand. In Greenbrier county three
votes for Flemingy Democrat were thrown
out. The claim Of Golf that the vote OF
Hampshire county should be thrown out on
the ground that the commissioners were not
properly sworn was overruled.
The committee on:M onday was oc,
cupied with dispositions from Ohio
county: