The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-05
INDIGNANT CITIZENS
Grow Tired Of Waiting for the
Report Of the Committee
ON INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
And Call a Convention to Take Ao'
tion-what May be Expected
Elsewhere if the Wait Con.
tinucs-Pointed Editorial,

MASON oITY, W, Va, Nov, 4,-Th
citizens Of Mason county are indIgnan
over the delay Of the Guberpatoria
Contest Committee in making It's report
and the apparent indifference Of actin
Governor Wilson In the matter Of call
ing thespecial session Of the Legislature
Their indignation has found vent in thl
following call, which is published in th'
county papers, tits significant and show
the righteous feeling that exists In thil
section Of the State, 1t is possible tha
in other counties similar measures will
be taken.
Here is the call:
IMPORTANT CoSyRNToN.-The citi,
gems Of Mason county, irrespective ol
party affiliations, are cordially invited Ia
assemble at the Court House on Satur.
day, November 0, 1880, at ! O'Clock p. M,
Tor the purpose Of taking into considera.
tion the serious condition that the guber.
material contest has become involved In,
by reason oil the partisan action Of a ma
jority OF the investigating committee,
and 10 adopt resolutions as the honest
citizens Of this county deem proper, de-
nounclng aud protesting against the at
tempt that is being made u deiraud the
people by preventing General Nathan
GotR from taking his seat as Governor OF
this State,
"JoHN l.. WHlrTEN, Chairman.
"W. II. Howard, Secretary.
~, q. NRAsg, Treasurer,
"JABRz BEARD,
"DR, CHAs CHRRRINdToN,
"HARRY BLAZER,
"W. h. T. SPENCER.
"We, the undersigned, heartily en-
dorse the above;
"James B. Menager, E. L. Musgraye,
NJ. d., ]. l.. ThOrne, Thomas B, WamaCk,
r. !. Mitchell, Andrew r. BArbee, A.
H. Graham, William Chambers, N. L.
Bryan, F. NJ. Whaley, B. Gilmore, N.
Gibson, Isaiah Curry, W. II. Ellison,
H. O. Brown, ]. NJ. Brown.
In line with the above, the following
editorial from the Huntington Times
independent DemoOrat) Is also signif.
can't ut Is an undoubted fact that
General Gof received majority Of the
votes cast by the returns as reported to
the Secretary Of State by the county re.
turning boards from the several counties
In the State, but the investigations made
by the legislative committee have some.
what changed the result-and now the
question Is whether the Legislature will
70 behind the returns as reported by the
Commissioners Of the various counties,
and take the report OF their committees
or whether they will declare the action
Of the Commissioners as q tlnality, will
depend entirely upon the action Of that
body when they meet 10 declare the re-
suit. 1t may DO barely possible that
there will be few Democrats 10 the
Legislature who will be opposed To
the counting out process, and who
would NOT be willing 10 jeopardiSe fn-
ture SUCCESS OF their party for o little
Temporary advantage which might be
given 1t, by declaring Mr.. Fleming Gov
ernor. The people ofthe State generally
are satisfied with the result as has been
heretofore announced, which gives a
small majority to General Col, aud they
are in no mood 10 be trihed with. While
many hoped that Mr.. Fleming would be
our next Governor, they aCquiesCed in
the result as announced after the elpc.
tion, and after having satisfied themsel.
yes that the State ticket (all OF 1t below
the head) had been elected, were willing
that the returns should be certified as
reported, and consented that Mr.. Gofl
should be the next Governor without
bubble. The only question is, are there
enough members Of the Legislature
ready and willing TO give 70 the people
what was asked at the polls, or Is the
peoples verdict TO be set aside for the
personal preietment Of Judge FlemipgT'I