The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-29

terview with GoG by correspondent OF
the New York Tribune. He was asked
whether there was fraud In tho elec.
tton. You remember he told YOU be
had always denied that there was fraud
here. In this interview he said the men
who were crying fraud were stepped to
the eyes in fraud. I want tho represen.
tatlve of the lNrELLIGENcER, who sits
there, who cent out General GoH's
speech, to send out what he Edit! in that
interview, want him to do il to-day.
When he was inaugurated March 4th
last, he charged you with fraud. He
charged the Speaker and he charged YOU
with having violated your oa.hs. He
comes here now and with honeyed
words looking for one honest Democrat,
only one. He comes aud says you are
all honeste1cept Kee, Lively and Sprigg.
Although he didn't say it l have no
doubt he wonld like TO have them in the
walls OF the pcnitentiary. l don't say
these charges were made for the pur-
pose OF uniting you gentlemen, over
there, in the belief that have done
wrong. Now l think | may dismiss
General Gon without any further notice
by me, with the remark that haven ever
soen anybody 60 conclusivvly proven
truth Of the old adauye, that the man
who pleads his own CAGE has--" you may
guess the balance. And I am reminded
OF another used by thess people about
whom 30 much has been suid in Mercer
and Mcdowell. "Some people have more
mouth than brains"
l shall lay evidence before you and
ASK you to say whether you believe that
have acted corruptly.
BROOKE COUNTY AGAIN.
Lets take up the Brooke county mat
ter. Every man who votes ia this Sate
must bs n bonafde resident OF the dis
trict in which he votes. didn't raise
the question. 1t was presented to me
and lcould not escape it. When this
question frat arose ! believed at that
time that that statute was unconstitu-
tional, but Judge Maxwell convinced
me that was wrong and all the commit
tee we're against me. l did not then
know there was such a thing as the
Brooke county matter. When went
into the case | determined not to look
ahead, to take matters as they came. We
were engaged in this work weeks and
months before l knew there was such n
thing as the Brooke county, case. This
question has been met fairly. They have
held up General Duval and told you that
he went out on the battle field, and now
we want to disfrauchise him. 1t is false.
The law did it, not us. While respect
General Duyal, he ought not to be held
up and contrasted with the humble and
poor citizens who have suffered similar
ly. 1t don't matter whether you sit be-
hind your Cleveland bays or clean the
hudd Oh the streets OF Charleston. The
question is whether you are entitled
under the law to vote. The minority
claim that no evidence shows district
lines to have been laid oil in Brooke
county. This is the reason why the mi.
nority say these men should not be ex'
cluded. s !:
DISTRICT LINES. 2i..
The majority report shows that James
Buchanan was charged with being a non
resident OF the district in which lie voted
He was d Republican, Every member
OF the committee voted to reject his vote
and yet there were no district lines
Why did you do this? You won't find
in the whole minority report one word
about James Buchanan. I would be i'm
worthy to stand here il I were to say
that these gentlemen did this to deceive
yon. l don't believe it. Yet this j.
what they did. An agreement was en-
tered into that testimony taken in the
I Atkinson.P Pendleton case so far as ap
plicable, should be admitted in this case
Here is Patrick Hare who said he re
sided in Cross Greek district, Brooke
county, so one OF the witnesses tell tha
they live in one district or another. Th,
County Clerk certifies that certain mel
voted in certain districts. (Mr. Sprigt
read at length from testimony in th'
Atkinson-P Pendleton case to establish thi
point 4 81 .-ls
X Tho evidence shows that the count,
paid for laying Of the districts. Wit
nesses testify that they know the bound
ary lines. A large number Of these re
jected voters who were put on the witnes
stand, swore they voted the Republican
ticket, OF, where they refused other wit
nesses proved their party affiliations.
submit whether it Gun be possible tha
the county OF Brooke ,has been in thi
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