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

y Labored Attempt in Behalf OF tito NIu-
jority Report.
Special pispatch to He Inttlligeneer.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 3l.-At 2:4O the
joint assembly reconvened and Mr.. Kee
resumed his argument, taking the
Clerks desk. Gentlemen Of the Jury,
said he, notwithstanding it has been said
that and my associates Of the commit
tee have been warring with human ma
ture, | desire to tell you that I have
never been Il partisan here. Until No
vember 6, 1888. never did Ivote ticket
that did have on 1.-THE name OF some Re-
publican. In that year being Demo-
crotic nominee l felt that owed NV
allegiance to that party. may continue
to vote for few Republicans, but I have
not yet picked them out. Iwas selected
on this committee without nv desire,
On me was devolved the duty of examin-
lug this case and it Is your duty to see
the reasons we have given, and If you
conclude that we are wrong the mem
bers Of this assembly will attribute it to
error not to conspiracy. While it has
been said by those who differ with me
that If you do that it is political per-
dition, and ii it isn't hell it ought
to be. have 10 say to men OF that dis
position, 80 narrow in this age OF christ.
ianity, that the soul Of such man is too
narrow to be worth salvation. Many
interesting and difficult questions have
been presented. Earnestly have we
sought the truth. There are questions
in this case which cannot be discussed
in any time that could be allotted to me.
Criticisms have been offered on the dc.
cisions made by this committee by gen.
tlemen who have not studied the case.
Judge Okey johnson says made mis-
take in voting with the minority on the
case OF a man adjudgeda insane iu 1881.
The facts were shown that in: 1881 the
man was adjudged OF unsound mind be-
cause he wns au idiot. In my county
have never known one to get over that.
am not here to say We hays made no
errors or to discuss the doctrine OF in
faiiibility. I have yet heard no discus
sion OF that doctrine. No two OF us
were present at any one time in the pre-
partition Of this report, SO there may be
mistakes in it which otherwise would
have been corrected. igl
FINDING HETHlNKs SHOULD lie MADE.
Ipropose to show 80 far as l am able
that the finding Of the majority is the
finding this assembly should MAKO. II
there are men who haye made up their
minds that they will not sustain our
findings before you have heard evidence
and argument you have gone further
than your duty allows. We propose to
show that by our fnding that Judge
| Fleming was elected is true, no matter
/ by what majority. I want to call your
attention 10. the recount in kauaw ha.
| The minority say our decisipn is erron-
Qoua in kanawha. In the city Of
Charleston the election was held as it
was throughout the State. They had
their canvassers and their clerk. Here
occurred that which should not have oc.
CURED. The count OF ballots was not
CONCLUDED until the Friday night after
the election. That should not be
allowed which tempts men to do wrong.
| The news had come In from the State
and it must have been known that the
election was exceedingly close. Here
was an opportunity for partisan pol.
iticians in kanawha, II there are any and
presume there are, to take some
advantage, The count went on day and
night. The officers we're cd men who
must have been exhausted. They were
likely 10 make mistakes out OF sixteen
hundred votes. 1t would be impossible
almost pot TO make some mistakes. II
is contended hpEs that they made none,
} and that the count should staRd. The
other side deny to higher courts any
} Jurisdiction oyer this count and thit
! court, and only the Legislature has ju