The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-25

VIZ buoulu lespeCt ii, nov tear ~ uOW
and destroy 1t for partisan purposes.
: may serve partisan purposes to-day, bt
how It may come home to plague.
Il. William Anthony Is shown 10 hay
J worked ten months for one cencerr
aud that is supposed 10 show ths
J he Is q bad voter. Here are names ar
pearng on no pay.rolls, yet they wer
In the county for two years. Why mus
all names appear on the pay.rolls OF cou
and coke companies7 Above the riri,
Of Nathan Gotf, OF William Anthony, |
the right OF over 10000 men to see tha
this vote Is not tampered with. Aye
more; 1t is the right Of every man VIII
voted for Judgei Fleming to see that thi
vote be not tanpered with. Judg
Fleming and myself have always bee,
and still are friends, and his friends a
well rs mine arc interested to see tha
William Anthony is accorded all his law
full rights. 49,
THE INTENT GOVERNS.
don't caro- where William Anthon,
went to spend Christmas. II is not ma
terial. The law allows him to go wher,
he pleases, and does not deprive him o
hts lawful residence und ail that zoe.
with It. His intention Ia clearly shown
and 1t Is laid down IN tho majority re
port that the intent. governs, aud whcr
intent and fact unite there Is an end O.
the controversy. This man NAV have
been born in Mercer county. Neither
you nor. | know whether he was or not
Nothing offered by the contestant shows
TINT. Let us take case regardeFby the
other side MS one OF their strongest
Wyatt Anthony is in the contest notice,
as voter at Mill creek, is described by
witness Young as a negro, young man
and has no family. He entered the en-.
ploy OF Cooper 4 Company September
Is, 1888. This man is stricken oiF of the
COL vote because he is n negro, a Young
man, and has no family. II is9not
shown that he voted for Gof. The com.
mlttee was probably misled il witness
Young is correct. 1t makes no differ.
ence. There is no evidence showing he
is not legal voter. This same witness
shows TINT Wyatt Anthony worked for
Cooper in November, 1887. Look at It
There it is in tho printed testimony.
Turn to the page and sec it.. Correct
me II l am wrong. Do it now. An.
other vote OF of Go6. Joseph Buckner
contested rs voting at Mill Greek. Wit,
ness Young says Buckner is negro, n
Young man and has no family; worked
Tor Cooper 4 Company from November
1881. No proof, but he is colorcd. a
young man and has no family. Those
terrible words are enough, and oil goes u
vote for Gol.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE CoMMIss1oyrn's mr.,
PORT.
lam taking exceptions to the Commits.
sioner's report. I an. giving reasons
why the Chancellor shall not make the
decree. There is ia gap in this mans
work. He did not work in tine summer
months. He had a right to 20 where he
pleased. When Buckuer Avs Off and
takes a rest he has the Contest Com
mittee hurting deuuncia,iou at his
devoted head and deprivine him Of lis
vote, ior, you see, he must work con.
tlnuously for u months or he is not a
citizen. Chancellors will YOU ratify
that report? 1pause for correction.
William Brown contested us voting at
Mill Creek. Witness Young SAYS he is
a negro aud au old man that had a
family in Virginia at time Of the elec.
ton; used to send things home to his
iamlly: Witness Miles thought he had
family III Virginia; was there in May.
Came back and told Inc he had been
home: The pay roll shows how
egreglously mistaken this witness is.
The pay rolls to which this witness
refers are better testimony than he
gives. Brown worked for Cooper Noyem.
Der, 1887. That's so, and the nav roll
shows it.. But see now, here on mao.
l4S, we find out that le voted for ,Judce
Fleming, and they strike him off oi
Con: That's the Gods truth. Look at
It,. Maybe the vote was bad, but the
evidence does not show it, and Golf
loses vote. 1fthere is any explanation
OF TINS am entitled TO it. | didn't
have very large majority, but it was n
good one and it was big enough, One
is as good as a thousand.
oSI 40 SooD AZ a THOUSAND.
II Judge Fleming had had plurality
Of the vote would have been here the
4th Of March to render what aid I could
to give the people OF the State n prospcr.
ons era under his administration. One
vote should signify us much for me as for
him. l am jealous OF every one of these
votes. | do not intend that men who
voted against me shall be stricken from
the vote cast Tor me. l know that the
good Chancellor will see that the Com.
lnisslonel's report is corrected in this
particular. Did any ofthese men vote
anywhere else? II they had would not
these astute counsel have shown it I
Not one ls 80 shown. I challenge con.
tradiction. II not in Mercer c county
where We're they entitled to vote? TIL
me that. Suppose they had voted where
they were born, and this testimony yor
have here had been taken on the contes1
OF their vote, the very evidence you have
here would show that they we're moi
good voters in Virginia. There coult
be no escape from it. Will you den,
them home everywhere? No RIGHT Il
vote anywhere?
Patrick Bowman, colored, youn,
man iivtngon Simmons creek. y
Off. GOES his HEAD, SO MUCH FOR nucK
| q.. INGHAM. ~. .it ,..a,
Tint is all. But being colored man
young man, and living on Simmons
that is enough b aud they strike him Of
Of GoG [Laughter.] Hei is on no pa,
roll. Maybe he didn't work at all. Wiz
ness knew him, knew where he lived
yet, move to take vote of OF ,GofI:'
Aye" "aye,":"aye." Away goes Go0
again. Iappeal to tho Chancellor. and
do it with that confidence that ali IVES,
Virginians should have in the hiphssl
tribunal provided by the Constitution,
Judge Coles, contested as voting nj
Mill Creek. Witness Young says he Is
negro, q young man with no family,
Witness Miles knows him; knows Ie
worked for Cooper l. Co. Witness
Young says he worked for Cooper from
November, 1887, to January, 1859, inclu.
sive. It is not said how long these men
knew him. It is proved Beyond con.
troversy that he worked for ten months
and because no pay roll shows he work.
ed two months more he is thrown out
and Golf loses another vote. He ven,