The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-20
NBlZHL'S Wall 0P WOE.
Democratic Ring Programme
in that County Baked.
THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE
Claims that the Ballot boxes wcro
stuffed, and he Threatens Dirc
Fengeuncc-Gcttlng n Dose
of Their Own Medicine.

special correspondence " The lntolircnctr. s.,..,
NEW MARTiSsrlLLS, W. Va, Angus!
ls.-saturday last was an eveutiul day
In the history OF old We'zel. The Dem.
ocratic primary election to nominate
county officers, with tho usual bickcr.
ings, quarrcls, &C., was held on tina. day
and alter tho smoke Of the battle has
cleared away u has been found that thu
old Democratic ring, which has reipned
supreme for 30 many years with none 10
dispute their power, has been badly dis.
figured, In fact We're routed horae foot
and Dragons. Tho Democrats deserve
and do receive tho hearty congratula.
tions OF the enRepublicans for their work
last Saturday, as all, irrespective Of marty,
are deeply Interested in good, honest
and economical county government.
Taxes hayebeen enormously high In this
county for many years, the excuse be.
ing that II was necessary to pay for
county bridges built prior to 1850. Yet
1t Is true that OH some OF these bridges
not dollar has ever been paid, the bonds
still outstanding, claims which tho peo.
pie desire 10 be paid.
THE RING TAHEN IN.
The ring started out to capture the
two offices OF County and Circuit Clerks.
They had their plans nicely and deeply
laid. The usual quantity OF soft soap,
smooth arguments, ETC., especially the
latter, were properly applied to tho
voters. But, alas "The best laid schemss
OF mice and men gang aft aglee." The
boye, it seems, were on the alert and
quietly took them in. The ring was net
exactly a happy family during the can
paign either, as there were some div!-
sions among them owing to the fact thst
there We're not enough OF offices tn cy-
tend all around the inner circle. Their
contributed to the general L.
suit. There is an old adage which SAWS
that "a house divided against itaclf can-
not stand" and also that when thieves
[all out honest men will get their dues"
but will not make an application OF
these to this case. The result of the
primary election is not accepted by sou o
of the defeated onts with that Christian
|orlitpde which il taught in the Good
Book, and some mysterious movements
have been going on since the first inti-
nation was received that the old ring
vas knocked into sInithereens. Last
night a telegram was received
rom Littleton by the arch conspirator
and chief rincster, who makes pretcpse
II running so.called Democratic news
paper in Wetzel county, and u few hours
ater little faint murmurings began TO bs
heard OF crookedness in Clay and Church
districts.
A DOSE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE.
Aud it might be we'll to add that Clay
and Church districts were decidedly and
smpha,ically opposed to the ring us
shown by their ballot. Sunday evening
ast another telegram was received say,
ing that ballots had been substituted In
Clay and Church. This telegram was
received by Lee Snodgrass, of scratching
,otoriety. A slight effort was made 10
mould public sentiment in the direction
II fraud, which the people refused to
accept as true.
The fact is the ring dies hard, but
hey will get there all tho same, LIE
'nodgrass, of ballot box fame, WAS n
for County Clerk, but do not
hink Tor moment that Lee was non,i-
lated, because he was not. Lee, how
,yer, thinks that ballots were subst,-
uted in Church and Clay districts
John Earnshaw, son OF B. Earnshuw.
ate -Presideat:ot-tbe County Court and
.lso OF scratching fame, received tho
domination, no doubt, as tho reward of
lis fathers meritorious servics in behalf
II John 0. Pendlcton. in the Wetzsl
contest.
Excitement is running high. Snod-
.rass openly charges the Chairman ofthe
Democratic County Executive Commit
ee with fixing the ballot boxes, etc. and
!ays he vii! have new vote in Clay and
Church or he will send somebody 10 the
,snitentiary.
The political editor Of tho Democrat
'urely saw dark clouds on the horizon
N Sunday morning, for he offered to bet
hat Earnshaw would receive the nomi.
ration on the face of the returns, bnt he
wouldn't say that Earnshaw would bs
declared the nominee,