Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-16
The Democrats in a Majority for
the First Time Since the
Present Senate Was
Organized.
NlSTBRXIEDS ON MINORITY REPORT
g.ppbIisus al Their Oh Tricks Of
Obstruction Judge Mazwsns Logic
and Morris Fowsry Pslavsr, Too
Too-Lalest News nom
Charleston.

Sasael n s1r1n 90 tls R'gieer'
C,f,RrysroS. January IS -Neiiher ef
tbs rsUOrts OF the contest committee has
-, hssn made public. but the representa-.
,i,eofthe RsGIsrER is io receipt of AZ
,h..;,.,;ys information concerning the
I..a;ny features Of both documents. II Is
,ecsss,,y 10 G.. mmsBd the msjOrity report.
Th., rsp.r will be made public in g few
5,,s and on it ,bs Democracy Of West
yrgisia can well afoId TO stand. Ii Is
based on broad
PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE,
Il furnishes evidence Of fraud, nothing
short IF conclusive, and its conclusions are
unasailable The report finds that judge
Fleming has a plurality of 2S7. Four
hundred and thirty. seven Republican votes
sre cast oat aad l24 Democratic votes.
Three Democratic aud five Republicans
votes are added. Mercer and Mcdowell
Coanty were the seats Of the principal
fraud ,xpOeed Here the report shows that
8 large number Of negro votes are con
tested It was proven that the negroes
wus n0n-residents; that they were Re
wblcans and their votes therefore deduct
si nom the Republican column. General
GoH loses 2O9 ballots in these two counties.
In Ksnawha the arbitrary action Of the
Y,nawha County Court, in repudiatins It's
osn recount is shown to be
utgeAr. AND FRAUDULENT,
.ad Judge Fleming gets the benefit OF
sains on this teCoaut, TO the number Of
as Twea.y y-oas ballots proven to have
been ess. By paupe, aud non-residents, are
di.sllowsd 10 the sane county. The same
uambsr il throwa ont in Summers on
proof that the y0ieis wsIs negro laboreTs
ou tbs O. 40 repair train, and were non
residents e. toe district, county and State.
The Brooke and BraKtOn magisterial dis
triet csses are discussed at length. Sever
O. votes are rejected in Brooke, end thir-
teen in Brs1to0, on the strength OF these
important irregularities.
In addition 20 the above, large num-
Der of cases Of fraud are shown nom all
over the State, which bring the total Of
the votes rejected to the numbers CIV
above. Tbs source Of Information con-
cerning
THE MINORITY REPORT
Is authoritative This document, which
has been so long prepared, according TO
the statement Of senator Morris, and
which is vet supposed 10 be dark secret,
give Goh an apparent plurality Of l37. II
does this by simply disiegsTdiDg the
proofs OF fraud IN Mercer and Mcdowell
counties, and as q Justification FOR this
course sets up The weighiy argument that
the Identification Of the illegal voters
WAS not complete 10 the Brooke county
nagisteual distfic. cae 70 recommends
that an votes he retained. The BraxJon
county csse is infinitely more favorable 10
the voters WhO'e ballots are contested than
the Brooke case. yet the report simply
states that the ftcts concerning II aud
makes no recommendation. In Kanawha
the minority stands uD brayslY for the ont
Iages Of the County Court, aud supports
its fraudulent course IN yitiatiug its Owl
recount Messfs Maxwell aad Blorru
split up on The tSenty-one illegal Repnb
hcan votes IN Summers They were
TOO sTRONG FOB AiR NORRIS TO STOMACH
bot his colleague swallowed them at one
gulp and never turned hair. Both make
statements concerning these cases Mr.
Norris iavors o. elton, and Mr. Maxwell
thinks they oughf to he retained. There
is, Of coarse, a strained Effort throughout
the whole document 10 behttle the proofs
Of Republican fraud It can not be said
however, that the report is astonishingly
successful. The 6ioqusnce OF both gentle
men fall dtt 10 defense OF the repeaters and
buoes who dsbanched the election, and
their afgament is probably as good, how
ever, a. ooald be made under the eircum-
stance The Republican methods in the
slse''on OF lsos, az shown by the evidence,
we're too black tor Messrs. Morris and
haxEsll's white wash