The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-01

minded man that there we're polled her,
sufficient unlawful votes, which II dc
dticsed Will give Judge Fleming q clea
majority. s.
Wenrc told that every negro who cas-
his vote shouid. be. presumed 10 be a law
ful voter. In Mercer the mining opera
tions began In 1883, in Mcdowell us lat,
as 1887. Tho minority report says tha
prior to 1883 there but few colored peo
pie In these counties, probably not NOR,
than fifteen colorcd people ut Nil
Greek. These facts show the condition
Of this county prior TO the beginning O.
the mining operations. This Is very differ
ent from whore tho population has beer
the same for years. Where did thes,
negroes come from? Not one from Wes
Virginia. All agree that they can't
principally from Virginia. They were
migratory, the minority say 80. You
are told that not more than one-thirt
voted or attempted 10 vote. This Is as
signed as proof that there was no fraud
1s not this presumption as two to ont
against the right Of that class or race to
vote?
THE coioRgD VOTE,
l take this 10 be clear. Therefore the
pay rolls Of The mining companies are
the very best evidence whether a partic.
ular negro worked for one year. Gen.
eral Golf and his counsel say It Ia not
upon them to prove that these votes
were good. The witnesses were fayoru.
bio to General Goif and he declined to
introduce any evidence to show that
these men were legal voters. d RI
They say that they are m, required to
do this. We say that The failure to pro.
duce this proof speaks in trumpet tones
against the possibility OF their being
able to 10 1t.
But thy did try to do it and absn.
doned tho effort. Pretty good evidence
that there is snag or Il sunkcn reel
there, and thnt you can'tget home by that
route and must take another. Witness
Young, mn ardent Republican, a deputy
Bherill OF Mercer, is put on the stand to
prove that a number of voters con.
ossu ~" ~ ~ G"u e. .a s!etnsss 'Ha resided IN
gives forly.two nnmra nnI wi,h m, nv. nv
cep.ion these nam,s werc not stricken
oil. With witness Hewitt, a K. publican,
they tri.a' to do the same thing. Hewitt
gives tllty'sevrn names, and witt, one
exception thess names We're left OH for
God. The Democratic majority OF this
committee did that thing. They stood
as every one OF us lorly.slx w"ulA have
stood here II II case had been made for
Gtn, Coil. In all, the committee lett OH
lo' votes under this sort OF evidence.
as 10 the l9o wh.'se names were stricken
OIL, they abandoned this line OF de-
tense. This failure shout! tell against
them. Il can be Shown By the u'ift rity
report that Ut least l62 Of t!'csc men
were not entitled to vote.
Senator Morrls-ls there any proof
that they lived ont Of West Virginia?
Senator flournoy-fes, sir. They
came from somewhere. Th'y were not
here when these objections began.
They were going and coming.
OTHER RACES MIGRATING
S4n,,or Morr;e-n,n,, ~. ,.,,,o,.,
-, 49,. .. ~, ' c''. -. ."e 10" ''ooNs
say '''"' ''e oa'casian' 100, Is migratory
Senator Ftournoy-l haven't looked
into that. Gentlemen u,ay a,,,,,sr,hcm.
selves with the law books. but [ am
dealing with the evidence in ll,r case
It is shown that l47 of ,lrse ,ur,, did
not come into the State until after lam.
airy l, 1888, The Caucasian race js not
so migratory as the black in this LOCAL..
ty. We are told that we cant presume
that these negroes voted for Cot. Twen-
t, Iy,.ateG witnesses, ,essts, !, , number o! them
fll vnt"rs hi the eenerai ] ren"tation rt oa" "
beiug Republicans. Do YOU want any
better evidence than that2 Why, these
men are .he pe1s OF hepn1llcans all over
tne country. one hundred ana sixty
t.anuu'eht Votes went INTO tue oox 1or
you ueuuc!eu, they !eaVe Judge flem-
lne WIN Clear majority. l 40 not un-
oeIolanu why u 1s assumed that all me
converts aro 70 oe !0nnd on thls side
among tha lofly.six, why not pay some
asseh.ioh 20 your own s'aef II aioVe
1eneral Hoh save MN rom the late OF
MS lrauau'ency' butlerioru .. hayes.
eenatoI motifs = Miil lhe senator
polht us 10 tne page IN the law DOCKS
tnat says tnat lhefe IS uluerense PC
tween the msratofy nature OF tne
olacks aha that OF tue whites! Wlil he
tell US now ne e. 50 clearly iuentllles these
blacks when 81: GAR says they are ike
crows anu eau cant De iaentiheu?
senator rIourh'y-1 nha II III mere IN
the minority report
SENATOR PRICE TAKES A HAND.
Senator Price said: T. like nv col.
,s,or. fo,t ,h,t r .ho,,j ,n,roo,I ,h;s
'e"su.' 'o'' .''As : '''vu'" ~pp''9c" s'''s
case deieftnfhed 10 make up my mind Oh
the evidence and tho argument. This
case depends largely upon that branch
Of it which has been presented by INV
colleague, and il It be considered care.
fully ia that LIGHT no two men selected
AZ ii,rors could differ. The minority re-.
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