The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-04
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TIE GREAT FRAUD.
A Marion County Republicans Views Of the
.DHu' lsnpe OF the State. AfsNl r.

"A alnfioh county lsepuDlicarsV views OF the
pu. lsape OF the State. sl =
To The Editor efLe Late;ligtnetr.
slR:-Now that the great fraud has
been consummuted by tho Democratic
conspirators and tho usurper, A. Brooks
Fleming. has accepted of tho stolen
property Of tho Governorship Of this
State. l have few additional things l
wish TO say through tho columns OF
your staunch Republican journal. I
read the proceedings OF the contest very
closely and with great deal Of interest,
md ! am satisfied that none OF Judge
tlcming'a counsel succeeded In answer.
Ing single argument Of the Republican
atde, nor did they succeed in answering
\ single law point made on tho Repub-
lican side In tho contest. When Elem.
Ing went into the contest he told rela.
tive OF his In Fairmont that they in.
tended 10 contest solely and wholly upon
the ground Of illegal voting and not
upon technicalities. When, however,
they found TINT they could not eslab.
lisn fraud ut the polls upon tho lepub.
!ican side they fell back upon technical.
tiles, all OF which were nero subter.
fuges, having neither law nor Justice to
stand upon. Fleming therefore holds
hts seat by n system OF usurpation, bull
doing and intimidation upon tho part
Of his advisers during the session of tho
joint assembly, and the future historian
will write him as II usurper.
believe, aud such is tho opinion OF
all the Republicans in this part OF our
Stnte, that his fraudulency Is the last
Democratic Governor that West Virginia
will ever have. The one that We have
Just gotten rid Of, Z. "Nindy" Wilson,
was enough for one generation to bear.
And. Mr.. Editor, l hope that no Repub-
lican in this State, nor any one else who
believes that General GOT was honestly
elected to the Governorship, will honor
Fleming with the appellation or title Of
Governor. In fact, they cannot without
stultiiying themselves. I, for one, shall
not call him Governor. ii were con.
WINGED he was elected there is no ono in
the State who would be more ready to
accord to him tho honor due him than |
would. l think, Mr.. Editor, Judging
from the fact that tho Democrats in this
section did not jubilate any over their
ao.called victory, that they feel and be.
lieve doubtless that the inauguration OF
Fleming sounded the death knell Of
their party. met prominent Demo.
crat in Fairmont on the day OF tho in
uuguration Of Fleming, and said TO him:
"Why are you not at Charleston to see
your Governor take his seat?" Els re.
ply was ~ wouldn't want to see a
man take that which does not belong to
him." r,@,1,
The Republicans, however, in this
section feel deeply grieved over the
counting out Of Gen. Golf. Yet, they
are hopeful, sauguine, and determined
to carry this county at tho next election.
1t was by combination between the
Labor party and the Democrats that D.
NJ. Hair, xho cut ouch figure in Char
lesion, was elected. think, Mr.. Editor,
that it is. shame for any party 10 send
men to the Legislature to enact laws
who have no mental or parliamentary
qualifications, and yet both parties, to
great extent, have been doing that very
thing. We, are now reapiDg the fruits
OF our sowing. 1t is said that prudent
man foresees the evil and hides himself,
while the fool passes on and ia punished.
1t is to be hoped, therefore, that the
parties in this State will in the future
be more careful in selecting men OF
ability to make our laws.
Let the Republicans come 10 the front,
close up their ranks, move upon the
enemy, and give no quarters, for the
day Of compromising between right and
wrong is past. W. II. WILEY.
Palatine, ". Ia, March l, 1890.