Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-27

Qe Icarcl au1ke EAcuii1k Mieus eAetcai'ci
set up. II Gen. GOff had bad the honesty
and the manhood TO declare ss Judge
Fleming bad, that he would rot take
the Office on technicAlity, il
would not have been becesssry
tor him to insult the intelligence Of this
assembly by making the pitiable excuse
that be did Gen. Goff knew that Jadge
Fleming had refused ta put the strongest
of q technical allegation in lis first notice
he knew that Judge Fleming refused TO
allow auy votes 10 be challenged that were
cot tainted with fraud. Ga Gen. Goff :
shoulders, then. justly lies this great bur
deu, and he cannot shift il now,
Not Only this, bat We take up General
Goff s third notice aud we find that he
challenges the votes Of 1000 good Demo
cratic citizens Of Grsenbrier county.
Oa what grOuno?
Oa the technical allegations I st the
County Court had not complied with the
law IA neglecting to make a record in this
dimsy plea Gen. Goff ssked this assem-
big to Tejsct every Democratic vote cast in
the county Of Greenbrier, aud retain the
votes caat for himself; jet be has the su-
preme eflcontery to stand before you and
plead in the name OF high heaven and by
every solemn impreeation known to man
that no votes be cast cut on technicalities
The gentlemen who have preceded me
have told you that
THE RETURNS SHOWED
a plurality Of 10 for Gofl. Ever since the
day Of the elsction-eyeu up until yester-
dsy-the press of the State on thai side
have been ringing with this statement,
aud the further declaration that you gen
tlemeo were parts OF a conspiracy 20 steal
the GOgernorship OF West Virginia,
steal the Office Gentlemen, what did
did yCu Dc? Did the returns
sent to tie Speaker Of this House show 3
plurality for Cot? I say no. You hAd
the power Of deciding that contest on s
technicality, 70 declare Judge Fleming
elected by a msjoriIy Cqlsl to Gofi's ma
iority iu Hanawhh county. lees 10. There
was no return here ftom Ksnawha county
for you t. set upon. There is no return
now.
A Republican circuit Judge mas nulhfed
aud destroyed that false
AND VICIOUS RETURN.
In Justice to the Democratic eaudidal N
Justice to the Republican candidate, ~ y
one course was open to you That was the
course you took, and that course has been
sustained by the Supreme Court OF this
State.
General st Clair here took mp the GER
tidcates which showed that General Gen
and Mr.. Hubbard had both kept import
ant facts from the knowledge Of the As
semb'y and made the sensational expos
urss folly Outlined in Saturdays REGIS
TER.
he then discussed briefly the Brooke
and Braxton district cases and showed be-
yond al controversy that the votes Ie-
ieeted 10 Brooke county were casl
/ in Wsllsburg district by residents
OF Gross Creek district and were therefor,
illegal. The argument made by Mr.
Hubbard that there was no evidence that
the county had ever been divided into dis
tricis was efushiogly answered. The
speaker showed that the Law under which
Brooke was dived into districts, provided
that the work should be done by q board
of supervisors. This board was not re-
quired u keep q record, and none was
kept. There was an order Of the Cou1ty
Court, however, for the payment Of this
board, snd 8 plat OF the cOunty So they
sub-divsd il WAS iled With tSe Secretary Of
State. The county had therefore been
legally divided into districts.
The district lines had never been
changed, and the men who passed over
them 10 vote in district Of which they
were not residents, justly
FORFEITED THEIR RIGHTS
as citizens. Alter concluding this portion
Of bis Argument, Gen. st. Clair said: Now
let us come to the County of KansWha. l
do not know whether or not this was a
subject which the great and good Gen.
Goff. in his admiration for honesty and
purity, did not touch upon for fear of con-
tamination, but passed it by. You will
find that the County Court Of Ksnswhs
is presided over by one Col John S. Gun
ninRham. / DO not believe that be gos
his title on Gen. COTS tented 6eld." he,
/ say, by his unjust partisan and defiant
course, has brought himself uneer ruling
Of contemp, from the SSpreme Court OF the
State.
When a recount of the ballots was be-
gun in Kanawhs this man stood there and
refused the contestant the right to be IT p
resented by counsel, and We had 10 90 BE-
fore the Supreme Court fer mandatory
order to compel this petty tyrant to give
a. the common rights OF the law, and
when ve did get there you will lind from
the record thst 20, one day Of the proceed
ines parsed on which this ruling OF the
Sapreme Court vas not tramPied under
foot
Bat the recount went on.
Lewiston precinct was reached.
Here there was 3 Republican majority
Of nine, snd il vas shown thas one OF the
Commissioners Nss lot sworn, and the
KADsThs County Court in its supreme
wisdom decided that the statute bearing
on tAst subject
WAS sNCoEcTTUrIONAL.
A little lursher slong they Cats 10 Coal
burg precinct. Here there was Demo
cratic me- iority OF twenty, and one Of the
Republican Commissioners thought he had
not been sworn. The Court immediately
concluded in the interests of law and JUS
tice and Gen. GOtf that they would enforce
the law and throw out both precincts.
Bot their trials were not at an end.
They came to Fields Greek precinct
There was a Republican msjOrity Of over
100. and oas the Commissioners had not
besn sworn. f1e Eana Nha Court immed-
lately led 10 the bush, snd It has stuck
klere. Il absolutely refused to
hear any evidence on the
subject and Fields Creek remains
in, while Lewiston and Coalburg remain
out. Not only that, bat an The process OF
the recount Judge Fleming gained =
votes in Charleston precinct. These were
taken from him, and the court refused to
allow evidence showing that the gains
were ust
That evidsace showed that at Charles
ton the fist count was Iaade
BY OLD MEN,
all wearing glasses bat one, and working
continually by candle light. When tht
count was completed the ballots were
sealed, put into box sad trrned over to
. Republican nominee, elected by kepIo
lican votes 10 the office of clerk. H'
swesrs that the ballots were safely
kept. The recount was had
Fleming gained %. snd the court
rel iseted the result. WhyY Because twC
partisan Republicans testified that there
WAS crack in the bottom Of the boz
which contained the ballots. This be,