The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-24
MAKES CLEAR | THE / POINT
Why Democratic Lawyers Are
Not Willing to Endorse 53TS I.
tho Document. NJ /,
Statesmen of Tint llk Generous Enough
TO Admit that Mr.. llubbard's Argu.
ment WIS Observation-Disclosures
able Questions Propounded. u
M A Complete Report. H
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Special Ditpdteh 10 the Intellice,lcer. j

pVLeh" " AtttAtUttttis
CHARLESTON, W.SVA., Jan. 23.-The
first knock-down was scored to-day. i II
goes to the credit, Of W.P. Hubbard and
one Nathan GoG, and the people may
profit byit.. Itwns d fine specimen OF
manhood that stood before the joint
session when tho days proceedings were
about to begin; a tall, broad.shouldered,
closelyiknit frame, head full Of brains,
4 piercing eye, confidence, ease; de-
cision, determination in LOOK and atti-
tude. Those who had never heard him
wondered whether he5 was worthy Il Of
his fame. Those who knew the man
knew that his appearance there meant
that he was prepared, aud they knew
that All intellectual treat was in store.
Hubbard was feeling we'll. q. lie went to
his work US though he were confident
OF finding pleasure in it. \ He politely
skinned Judge Okeyi Johnson and cut
him up into steaks, soup meat and
boarding house hash. Z But he wasn't
after counsel particularly. He was gun
ming for bigger game. The long and tho
short OF his five hours effort was to
show that the majority report is not en-.
titled to confidence I or respect, 9. and
therefore that 4 it is not entitled to the
votes OF members OF this Legislature
sitting as an august court. s,i.
a BADLY plsTIGuRED REPORT. II " e q
I He declared the contest to be part Of
conspiracy. He took up the report
and riddled it; showed that where it
said there was evidence there was liter.
ally and absolutely no evidence, and he
challenged the other side, to 4 produce
their evidence il they had it-commit-
teemen or counsel, any or all 3.of them.
lie took up the fantastic logic Of the ma.
iorlty as applied to residence and non
residence Of the colored voters Of Mercer
and Mcdowell, and toyed with1it until
the dullest or blindest partisan OF the
other side was forced to see the absurd
ity oil the thing. He balanced the one
against the other--frst, the absence of
proof that these voters were non.resi-
dents. This point he handled so that
the sharp lance OF bis sarcasm cut it to
pieces. He showed how the same prin-
clple Of law, rs adopted by the majority,
was made to throw out GoE votes in
Brooke county and keep in Flemin votes
in Braxton county.
.. "A POINT MADE CLEAR. 3;l}3jsiiff
He made livery plain why some of
the lawyers on the Democratic side
don't want to be forced to swallow the
majority report and prefer to vote for "a
simple re.,olution I: declaring, Fleming
elected. He made itas clear as daylight
that il Gou was not lawfully elected the
majority have failed to show it and SO
falled to make out a case for, Fleming. q.
Democratic lawyers here are generous
enough to admit that Hubbard made a
powerful argument, and some of them,
not members of the Legislature, & are
curious to see low the other side will
attempt To- break its force. Unless its
iorce c0n be broken, it will be a matter
Of mnci, moro interest to know what
explanation those members who vote. to
seat Fleming will make to their con
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