Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-01


reasons therefore. You must read
them through the eyes of others. 1t
IS shown from their own report, pre-
pared after long months of delay. 1t
is shown that there were lever
illegal votes cast than perhaps in
any election in our history. 1t is
shown that the contestee had ITO
plurality.
STUBBORN TRUTH.
| How do you propose to get over
that simple fact? How will you
try7
A fair analysis of the majority re-
port shows that the man who had
Ito at the beginning had more at
the end. Yet large numbers OF
votes have been subtracted from my
vote. In isolated cases those which
looked like Illegal ballots were taken
from Golf, though there was not the
slightest evidence that one of them
had been cast for Golf.
DISCUSSING THE EVIDENCE.
William Anthony, Mercer county,
charged with voting illegally at
Mill Creek. The testimony shows
that Anthony is a negro, young
man, and has no family. That is all.
The same testimony shows that
Anthony worked for John Cooper
& Go. through the entire year OF
1888, There is no proof that
Anthony was "A Republican or voted
the Republican ticket. Witnesses
who dc not know Anthony and do
not mention him say: "The gener-
al reputation of the negro is that he
votes the Republican ticket" But it
is proposed to take vote off Golf,
and away goes Golf. Why must all
names appear on the pay.rolls OF
coal and coke companies I? Above
the right OF Nathan Golf, of William
Anthony, is the right OF over 10000
men to see that this vote is not
tempered with. Aye, more A.; it is
the right of every man who voted
for Judge Fleming to see that this
vote be not tempered with.
THE INTENT GOVERNS.
| don't cafe where William
Anthony went TO spend Christmas
1t is not material The law allows
hlm to go where he pleaseS, and
does not deprive him OF his lawful
residence and allthat goes with it. Il
laid down in the majority report
that the intent governs, and whel
intent and fact unite there is an enc
Of the controversy.
ONE AS GOOD AS A THOUSAND.
Ii Judge Fleming had had /
plurality of the vote | would have
been here the 4th Of March to rend
er what aid | could to give the PEG
Pile of the State prosperous era un
der his administration. One vott
should signify as much for me al
for him. | am jealous Of every one
of these votes. do not intend thai
men who voted against me shall bt
stricken from the vote cast for me
[ know that the good Chancellor
will see that the Commissioners re
port is corrected in this particular
Did any of these men vote anywhere
else If they had would not tbest
astute counsel have shown.
challenge contradiction. If not il
Mercer county, where were they en-
titled to vote7 Tell me that. Sup
pose they had voted where they
were torn, and this testimony yor
have here had been taken on the
contest of their vote, the very evi
dence you have here would show
that they were not good voters il
Virginia. There could be no escape
from it. Will you deny them /
home everywhere 2 No right to VOTE
anywhere?
A COMMON PRACTICE.
! Men in my own town, who have
lived there for forty years, talk o
" going home to old Virginia" Men
naturalized citizens for a quarter oil
IA century, Cross the ocean to visit
their childhood home. 1t is com
mon f.; it is general it is human. Are
these men nOn-residentS and illega
voters Can this be law vii
you disfranchiSe a hundred men OF
sIch testimony as this ?
WHY WASN'T HE CHALLENGED
Jerry Davis is contested as voting
at Cross Roads, Mercer county. This
name is not found on any pay roll
offered with the affidayits in this
cause. Note significant fact. A
deposition was taken in Page
county, Va, May Z, 1889, by Col. j.
w. st. Clair. He was there alone.
Col. st. Clair had a field day. He
asked this witness as to 46 men.
Note this peculiar language. Were
you acquainted with these men
charged to have voted Illegally for
Golf November 6, 1885" Who
charged itY In what notice Or
what page ? In what county ? What
precinct VIII he tell me if | pause
Tor an answer
ST. CLAIR IN A HOLE.
Mr.. St. Clair-Some are charged
and some are not.
Mr.. Goff-Five are charged and
forty one are not. (Sensation.) Let
us tote fair. Let us be candid. Ill
am to be defeated let it be on fact !;
let no such advantage be taken.
Why is this put In the mouth of this
witness? Is this one of the car loads
of imported repeaters who have been
used to make West Virginia by
word aud reproach which no people
less deserved. Out of their carload
of forty six there were five votes. 1t
is said in metropolitan journals that
this committee has found thousands
of fraudulent votes for Golf and the
Republican party. These boodleriz-
ed quilldrivers of partisan press
are unworthy the countenance of
honest men. All through this testi.
mony you will find two or more men
of the same name working during
the same months at different places.
The idea here is that John Jones
living and voting in West Virginia