The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-23
majority repor. 10 prove rove the competency nssy
of al ron -, 81 nt,,l = ,,t,1 n...a -. u

maj jority report TO eths conpetenc,
Of clrcumstantial evidence 10 show tha
a man voted at a certain place and In
certain way. "How. can you have direc
evidence, :, said he "under our law pro
vidinR for a secret ballot2 : II none 0
this clrcumstantial evidence Is admis
sable how can you prove how a MAJ
voted 2 Here Judge johnson, In illus
tration OF the strength OF party afiiliatioi
and the value OF that as evidence, told {
story Of a man on sick bed, who, beinJ
convinced byShiB clergyman that ther,
is hell, was next, told that he was to,
strong . political spartisan. 4 The siol
man replied, ,".Well. II have admitted
that there is a hell, but II / get well !.
will vote the Democratic ticket, hell O.
no hell. Z, 4 n, - i---st IN
g There were several low.toned cries OF
the Democratic side: g He was right,
and .."Thats 80. Everybody smiled
and meladies laughed 63iis,
QUESTION or RESIDENCE. aIf.
The question Of residence t,yss taken
up and discussed at length on the line Of
the majority report, and the minority
report on tho same subject attacked as to
district residence. He proposed to show V
when he come to Brooke county that Id
that case theTminority violated n rule
laid down by both the majority and ini-
nority. Here Judge johnson, illustrating
the law as regards idiots and lunatics,
told q story Of Dave Watson, fof 2 Writ
county, not exactlylidiotic;7 hut OF a low
order Of intellect, presenting himself ut
the polls. I He did not knowIfor whom
he wanted to vote. i. All he could say
was that "he was a Democrat. ;5ltl 4
~ For some reason this brought applause
from the Democratic side and laughter
from the Republicans. Gradually 1t
seemed to dawn on the Democrats that
Judge PJohnsop had iunintentionally
given their party away. 1setag 81 rs
.J$s"sWhat," asked 4 Judge johnson, 4"is
meant by our phrase under conviction
Of felony2,j Here there is serious con.
tlict between the majority and minority.
The latter hold that Il man who has paid
lin no,ntk, 4, I....W-t
u,s ,;an pgnaa1{ ~ no .ongeri iunaeri eohyic.
t.on, tIeieioIe ho ionser unqer aisaplii-
: W, anu therefore entitled 70 vote Only
the faint of conviction for felony. Dis
reimbursement is one OF the punishmenis
inflicted INVEST Virginia for felony. 1t
is not intended that this class OF people
should participate In elections, ? Whore
Hs ios;,y u ,,s k,nd oIas nhvs ane ma,
!oll.yl nave e1e!uaed me votes and
prol,Ii!:, In IN barDourS conntyssJsta.
! !, iouuieot was cnareea WIN noh'feh.
ue.e' ,,etn ,a .ne county anu eta'e. lhe
EIao ~ WIs uIaIiino9sly riHlesleu. 90 Win
snoIarsss ufa fno tf,e,peiset nam s. wiener
ouousr rass: minors Denl. J Votes unanl
liousty nous 1relected. sae'i Sf5s
8 8 SOME BROOKE COUNTY CASES.
Sin Brooke county it was shown that
Frank iJns,;c ;ca' g yotsJ at ,,;z,ooo,,y,;llo ,;,o,, Euo
!. 9. . -. ~ ~ -', -, M - -
,ane i.oin 'iI o.euoenviie ana avotea the
Republican ticket. Vote rejected E3i to
:. William Moore, OF Bethany. Charge,
non.resldence. Vote rejected 8 to 9. c.
W.iWallace, same county, charged with
colored man rep vote
rejected 4 to l. = Z; sy,t{i 4 is7i.l
z"George Cox, Rep.) voted in Lazear-
vile; charged with non,residence, and
no doubt OF the truth of it.; Vote re-
ected 3 to.2.""53 2 s.-;S &.
4 Senator !Alorris-Alr. johnson, you
WILL 1nd that this vote was afterwards
nj bod ~,
.e'eciea M unanlmously;5 r,5ef,
riobt4 ~ nsoN Hen .ue lNt "ete
Mr.. Morris-As they were always
/; Mr.. Johuson-Aha / JeEI.t
Hubberd-You swillzind Syyal.l
aces case the same. ~ Z - j S.ns,
2 Mr.. eJohnson-I8 am glad yot, fixed
hem up. n 1
! Mr.. Morris-I am sorry tyn1.y. Judge that
you have not read the minority report.
2 Mr. ] Johnson-Yes, I have. Thornton
Martins vote was thrown out. ,thouph
he was a Democrat. .tissilliII{ FIN h FSl5
! Mr.. Hubbard-Who voted to reject
nim S;5,, B. s1eh
q MIR. Johnson-Two Republicans and
Mr., Spriepf { Dem. y and Twill saw. that
Mr.; Sprieg ought TO- apolovize for that
vote, for Thornton Martin had a right.
10 vote. Then there was the case Of
John5 G. Dea,on, OF Jackson comfy.
Democrat. Vote rejected ON the pronnd
hat he was a pauper ~. ~ .I
Mr. Hubbard WHO voted 10 re-
ecr n; :35ss,a 81 iislif5iss
{; S.,;. A i. BROTHER KEE WENT: WRONG. 8. .33iis
NJ iobnr..,o,r, :Iya,, n ,Lot t;,na n,o,
: 49, ouH0 " e' t""s h,lUsi tl,ie tot,ei
hee went wrong and voted with the
Republicans. So with all similar cases
where votes should not have: been re-
iected. In Hancock county Joseph
Dean lKep.) CHARGED with non.resldence
hnu oe.nG m,u, tMe Ma so.e mas ,ejgceea
Ison n3 ~ g. uas " nafg
Co.. Gonr,a sfcK;nIov ~ ,,,a T ny SsntU
tEe Ky y NJ sTS n;Inn sne
onnn.v utv the S W. nroot &, aas9n
%nnih I ei;c, t ,;nIos pn snnayaS nS Stt toahaS