The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-03

gave lne pla1ntlfis, The brothers of
Michael White, half OF the personal es.
tate. The case Is fully reported in 3lst
West Virginia, page 700 to page 707.
IAN AMAZING FACT. III .Fl
The only matter Of n,nuzentnt Is that
any Circuit Coult could have ever be.
come 30 muddled as 10 imagine that be.
cause a man who resides in Pennsylva.
mia died out OF TINT State, hc lost his
domicile there. Judge Snider lays
down tho law OF domiciIe very nicely,
but makes no departure from the priil.
ciples stated in 'paine on Elections
and .AfcCrary on Elections" q
A fayorite portion of the long disserta.
ton WHICH Grawls all over creation, is
what is denominatcd ".rho Case OF Sher.
man Kirk. ."& Mr. Kirk was a student OF
Bethany College anil from Ohio. 4 In
1887, he received the eintimation TINT after
graduating in 1888 he could have Il posi-.
tivu as professor in the college. He de-
cided that II he got the place he would
become a citizen OF the State. He got
the position, claimed II his residence Ms
from September, 1887, and voted ior
Nsthan Golf ior Governor. Meantime, to
further 6x bis, residence, he Ind be-
come a Mason at Bethany il 1887.
This case is elaborated to a tedious ex-
tent Kinks vote having been rejc ccted by
the majority #s 4 5T3, 7.55aII I,
The evidence from Mercer and Nc
Dowell counties is printed in full, max.
ing over two hundred pasea. Strange TO
say, after doing this, the majority Of the
committee, in the protracting. twisting
and squirming arrangement, which they
hope will be taken for report, deliber.
ataly ydistort and perve!ti It. When refer
ring 70 it, they speak,uf the residence OF
voters where votes were rejected in
large numbers, us being proved to be in
Virginia. when the printed evidence con-
tradicts them. They refer to the registry IN
Virginia ofvoters who voted III West Vir-
ginia, when their own appendix shows
that in not single case is there any
proof whatever OF the identity OF these
men, further than that the names are the
same In ley instances, and all the law
books declare this totally insufficient. &.
MARVELLOUS FoRGErfyLNEsa.
This illusion TO 90 offered to the Leg
islatare Of this State ms a convincing
leEh! preparation. warranted to cure in
all csses, ,.reisets the votes OF seventy
leading citizens Of Brooke county on the
ground OF ynon.residence In "a district,
and then shifts clear around, and in Il
stronger case by iar in Braxton county
reiuspG to ortject vetes assailed by Gou.
Maryelous 70 relate, lapse .of memory
occure, and a quotation from Cooley on
constitutional B, limitations, regarding
the innocence Of voters deprived 81
their snDrages, is appended to the Brax-
ton county part. How the pages about
Brooke county must have rustled and
shaken like reed in the wind. Who
more innocent OF any intention to yIo.
late the law than the lnw.abidipg gentle
men who cast their ballots in the distric,
ofWellsburg, III the county OF Brooke,
aud did 30 for ten years under the same
state OF affairs as there existing in 1855
JUST DIES AWAY. sSlSS. 1S.
This ra.h1ilpg slusion, ,iondled as a
report, does not conclude logically, but
kind OF dies way, like THO s9ynd Of q
rotten ample dropped in Il poisSnoss
hole in'the earth, the end of it sounds
1sii it had suddenly grown ashamed OF
i,sen. In fact, it does not end; it just
sort OF slzzies away, e. d al II ~ 10
The 1NTELLldENcER Is not indebted to
Mr.. Donally, the courteous State Grirt,
er. for its opportunity to inspect this vol.
luminous mass Of matter, and therefore
returns no. thanks to him; but the fatal
TACT is apparent that in some way what
is intended to be .kepta State secret is
out. The. Democracy Of West Virginia
can see on justvhat q weak support the!
have to lean. They must become Sad,
for it ia avery bad state Of affairs. Here.
the opportunity for. them to stop tho
perpetration,o OF an intended great wrong
The: Democratic party must have tsomt
remnant Of a conscience left. Let il
assert itself, apd Jet sgcll ntwaye ofpub
lie sentiment roll .down Ypoa the Legis
lature as Ewi!l end this proceeding
which is n burning shame,a satire oI
truth, bnrlesquc OF justice, stigma
uuOn the State. y n ~ ~ u, Z. {; XVI sf;