The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-24
WHEELING, DAY, JAN UARY8 1890

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ence and custom. There Is Inothin
whatever In tho records to show NOR
than that the township lines were I.
have been made, but no one In Brook,
knows these lines except by sreputation
In 1871 the limits OF the town ofIyYetfs
burg were extended so as to {! embrace {
piece Of land where reside the 70 voter
for ,GoK stricken out by, tho committee
There is no record OF any proceeding Il
bring this land within the { limits o.
Wellsburg. Voters Of both politica
parties living here voted In tho distiic
Of Wellsburg, aud until now nobody
ever questioned that this was right. il,l
5fiif THE OTHER OK aoREp. 4 u ]
There was tho sames custom and &C.
quiesence here as In Braxton. Yet Il ID
said tho votes in Braxton were legal and
In Brooke illegal. The County Court ol
Brooke discontinued the voting place at
Harvey's mills because persons who
had previously voted there were at this
time voting In Wellsburg. And Tins il
appears from the record OF the County
Court. It Is, shown that this was done
on petition. S ! For like reason a voting
place was established at I Devinney's
warehouse in Gross Creek district. Itis
shown that every voter In Brooke who
took interest in the matter supposed the
change had y been made and that his
lawful voting place was in SWellsbure.
80 thought and said the county author!
tiles, and yet the majority arc OF the
opinion that these votes should not be
counted. why is It that report shall
be OF weight which shows that at one
time "a certain kind Eof evidence shall
shows that lines were II established
and the same kind OF evidence be in.
sufficient to show the lines were changed.
Reputation will do In one case and not
in another. 1t suggests the story Of the
hotel keeper who had eggs good enough
to fry, but 4 not good I enough y to
boil, 1t is all right when the commit
tee wants It; all wrong when the com.
mittee does not want 1t. Vote for that
report il you like and then 20 walk
among your fellow men, II they will let
you, and then tell them you voted for
that. You will be guilty Of more fraud
and corruption than you had found in
the whole State. You may take the bal.
lot stuffed cracker box Of! iKanawha, or
the ,burglarized ballot box Of Wetzel, and
you, won't find anything to equal the
boldness of this proposition to, deprive
these lawful and honest voters Of their
rights. 'I} 5ii,;'35Y 4
;ti$4s "a DuRGLARlzED BALLoT-Box.9ytiyygi
With respect to the twenty.eight votes
in Kanawha, it doesn't matter what the
courts say or do. This matter must be
finally determined bysyou. You may
accept the recount here If you can un.
derstand fwhy5it was that the figures
came out so evenly It may be on the
ground that somebody took out Just four
teen Goirballots and put in just fourteen
Fleming votes. * &c I;
The song now is that hundreds OF
negro repeaters were brought over from
Virginia to vote for, Golf. B Nothing was
said until it appeared that Judge Flem-
ing was little short Of votes. az
AN ORGANS HOWL. i3;S{ II. Y; 4
N The Register Of November; X 12, 1855,
SAID "rhe latest returns from the State
are uniformly favorable to 1.-THE Democ.
racy. The interior counties could not be
reached by Gof Doodle; colored repeat.
ers could not be rushed into them by
the hundreds; Steve Elkins could not
colonize them, and their uncorrupted
voters have given fair expression at the
polls, inT favor of;honest government in
honest Democratic hands. West iVir-
Rinia is safe. Judge Fleming's majority
rolls up higher and higher. g a reasona-
bic estimate puts it at 900 at the present
hour. No fraud or deception can over
come such lead. Democrats, you have
defeated Gotfism. u The State is yours.
Watch the returns and make it certain."'
That was six days after. the election.
But Linden saw another sight. Then
the Democratic press began to discover
fraud and violence. They talked about
this court Of last resort and were going
to "hunt down. the perpetrators. L How
many have they hunted down :? ,4: How
many tried =? How many convicted?
At every voting place in Mercer where
a vote is contested the election officers
were; two partisan friends of Flemiug
and one partisan friend OF Goft. Sec the
beginning OF the story. See the plan Of
cooperation by which the newspapers
start the story that partisan judges
step in. ~ &!
sa1;l 81, THE GOVERNORS HAND. t@l Il.
A The Governor talks about the dis
crepancy. between capitations and votes,
and all to fire the hearts Of the fortyy.six.
twas a 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 4 talk about
Mercer and Mcdowell, started when the
votes Of those counties were found to be
the essential factor in the election. :E
3.55;y WHOLE TENDENCY; REPUBLICAN. ,s
Mr. Hubbard then recited the history
Of the industrial Development in these
counties. In the opening OF tcollieries
and peopling the counties the. whole
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