The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-24
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stE AAo y SotStAoiin II to!ho Auout tue u!6-
crepancy. between capitations and votes,
and all to fire the hearts Of the fortyy:six.
twas conspiracy entered into by high
and low. To make = you gentlemen OF
Of the court participants if they could
and start you on, the track they would
go +. towards accomplishing their ..pur:
pose. This explains the & talk about
Mercer and Mcdowell, started when the
votes Of those counties were found to be
the essential factor in the election. Az H
8.5; WHOLE TENDENCY REPUBLICAN. II
Mr.. Hubbard then recited the history;
ofthe industrial developmentin in these
counties. In the opening OF Scollieries
and peopling the counties the. whole
tendency is shown BY the majority re-
port to have been Republican. What
did you expect The old-time Demo.
cratic majority from Mercer n The ma
jority, want you to- believe that in five
years Of development practically nobody
remained long enough to vote: S Don't
rest under the impression TINT anything
like the majority Of those who had come
in voted in large numbers. - They did
not vote rs the testimony shows. They
voted who had the right to vote, and
there were only one.third OF i,all there,
Here the majority OF ,fthe committee
found it difficult to arrange systematical-
ly this branch of the, testimony in this
case. The majority report says: s;I s's
e" 0 wing to the fact that large number
Of witnesses have testified in this case in
such manner as to make their evidence
apply generally, to the persons who 3are
charged by ontestant to have voted
illegally. for contestee at said election, at
the precincts Of Mill J Creek and Sim
mons Greek, in Rock ] district, z and ! at
Gross Roads precinct, in Beaver Pond
district, In Mercer county, and ut May.
bury and Peeryit BottomT precincts in
Elkhorn5 district, int Mel Dowell county
both as to their right to vote and 4 the
person for whom, they voted for said Of
fice; 1t is difficult to arrange systemati-,
callyS this branch OF the Testimony lin
this case. And we therefore print..a COPY
Of all the depositions taken in 2 relation
thereto, as AN appendixstot this report
BEAT IN SASwREsTLlNG MATCH.
The majority admit they have warestled
with this testimony and TT got them
down. You must see how the evidence
applies to each voter. WHY! could not not
the ajority DO Sit? =? What is Z to ( be
thought of!those who take testimony SO
that;it can't be; arranged q Then there ID
q map, in: the report, but It is not proved;
II is true that Mercer lies $on the border
ofyVirginia. What oft ?5The county Of
Ohio borders on theS State OF Ohio and
or. counties from which could be gather.
ed on election day 5000 or 10, 900 Demo.
Gratis. The Z Governor has 8shownsyou
that in the Democratic scountySof Ohio
1,545 more votes were polled than there
were Scapitations. Who gpolled them
4 Who thinks they were fraudulent /
4 |iWhat greater reason to think the yotesi il
Mercer and $McD fraudulent lRIi
is perhaps fortunate that the committee
was unable to E"arrange' testimony be
cause it enables us to ascertain defnitel,
what weight should 4 be given 4 .oS tht
4 committees etatements. Z! W here is thu