Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-01
MR.. KEE CONTINUES.
His Trip Hammer Rsyit W of the Facts and
the Evidence

Mhs hLC NON llNOEDs
His Trip Hammer = Rsyitw W of the Facts and
the EVideuc..
Immediately after the assembly recon-
vsned at go, Mr.. Kee continued his I'D
dress. / desire, be said 10 slsure you that
l have never been partisan politician.
Never, until 1888. did cast ballot On
which there was not the mama Of some Re
publican. With the kind treatment that
have received from ny Republican friends
since have been q member of this Lsgis
lature, it may be that will continue 10
vote low and then for Republicans, but !
have not yet picked them out. Asa mem
Der Of the committee appointed by this as
sembly have carefully investigated this
cot test. The results cf that investigation /
Leg before you, and ask your verdict On
them. you belle that we have acted
under a m.sspprehersiou, you have the
right 10 decide SO; t io our ruling you
cannot say that we have been partners TO
conspiracy. In this case many interesting
and difficult question have been present
ed and while members of the committee
| have differed, &C ord to the minority the
right to differ With me. Criticisms have
b. .en offered on the decision made By the
mf joriiy Of the committss by gentlemen
who, | think, had uot caretully studied
| this case. / am not here to say l have
made 10 errors, and AN not here to dis
cuss the doctrine Of infallibility. There
are, il fact, ie erroneous decisions re
ported here, some Of which it was the in
tention of the committee to change be
fore the report was presented; but accord
ing to my judgment the majority report is
substantially ccTr6ot, and the number Of
errors contained theT in, if altered, would
no. affsct the final decision. Ard pro-
pose, il possible, to chow that the dGdipgs
of this majority should be the fisdipgs Of
this Assembly. d. not propose to try
10 cOnyi1ce those wAO will not be con-
yiuced. II there sre any such here they
HAVE ALREADY VIOLATED THEIR DUTIES
AS JUaORs,
and hone there are none such.
First, l want to call your attention to
the recouUt in Ksnawha. 1t is ssid our
decision on that question is erroneous. l
have hut Few facts, to which wish you
to speak. 10 the Guy of Charleston. on
November g. in addition TO the ordi-
nary clerks of election, they had their
clerks and canvasaeIP. In this city
occurred what never should oclur in any
we'll conducted election; that is, the count
OF ballot0 was not completed until the Fri
day after tbs election. News WAS daily
coming 10 thst the elect on sas close, and
still the count was soiDg on, Abundant
opportunities we're offered to any partisan
poll icians in the city Of Charleston TO work
IA intrigue that milht II C, the result
That count beSau ca Tuesday. It went
on continuously DAY aud night till Friday,
and then the Commissioners were exhaust
ed. They were cid men; they were sub
ieot to mistakes, srd We believe, and tie
evidences shows, thai .ueh mistakes WeTs
made.
want row 20 c., Your attention TO
some Of this evidence in the case. John
| d. White says: Il was present at the
couut, and watched j. part Of the time l
saT the commissions make mistakes. l
( coTrtc;td one OF Mr. RJoksy's mistakes.
Tie count began on Tuesday at 8 O'Clock,
and ended on Friday night" Now, gen.
| tiemen, in spite Of the fact that Mr. Rock
ey has made himself a Dangerous man, the
very fac; that he cones out and de1onucss
men for discussing his testimony shows
the character Of msn he ie.
rIts rPsTTNSoNy CoNVrcTs HIM
Of all that has been charged sgsinst hin.
Yet he is one of the msn who were trusted
| 10 count the ballots and make true re-
iurn in Charleston precinct. The minority
have said that il would take some ten or
/ fourteen thousand million years on the
doctrine OF chances for Judge Fleming TO
gain IA aud Gen. GOff 10 lose II on Te-
count. do not care TO enter into dis
cussion of this doctrine of chances, but l
will tell you, gentlemen, that my expert
ence is that the chances depend very coz
sidersbly on the man Pho happens TO be
the dealer. Mr.. Rockey, az the evil
dence OF John d. White shows
was tie de6ler in this case. Mt
Rcokey was resding out the ballo's.
o her mea we're reading them out, why
should it not be that fourteen Fleming bal
lots we're read for Gon? Gen. GOff was in
s5rs need in these days, every vote was
wanted. Did Mr.. Rockey deal out these
votes TO suit the wants of His Holiness?
| say that is far more probable assump'
tion than that those votes were ever tam
pered with.
That leads 40 10 the NIX feature in THE
f-k~ a.
we're put in snsil bax. After the re-
count was had the County Court examined
this box. and found O small indentation in
it. Hence on the doctrine of possibilities,
the County Court concluded that the bal
lots had been tampered with.
WHAT WAS THE EVIDENCE
on which to base this conclusiopP A man
named FCIsytbe. one of these men who
are always locking for fraud (snd my ex-
perience is that the men who are looking
for fraud sre the msu who may bs guilty
ofit). This man sHore that he went down
TO the clerks office on Friday night and
cav a huuch- back working with the bal
lots. Yet the evidence OF this man John
D. White, and WITNESSES cOrroborated him,
is that the ballots of Charleston had not
been counted st that time, and they had
never yet heen put in the County Clerks
hands. This man Furythe's testimony is
all there is 70 base belief that the ballots
OF Cnarl.ston were tampered with. By
dtzsn witnesses he ie proven 10 have been
mistaken or to have been psIjurer. The
counsel for General Goff himself contra
dicts him. No man Of hOcor will believe
him, and without his testimony the whole
csee against ihe validity of the recount in
Charleston precinct falls in pieces to the
ground. The re count was voted, end
Judge Fleming should have the % votes
he gained On it."
After very brief discussion of the
Brooke county contes:, Mr. Kee turned Ii.
attention 20 the Mercer and Mcdowell
aes, and began a lengthy argument OF
the question of domicile la eloquent
and pathetic langusge he referred TO the
love OF home, wbcblexis in every msh'-
beMt. The sppicst ca of the argument
wss made with particular force to the
negroes temporarily resident in Mercer
ard Mcdowell counties. The conclusion
was forcibly driven home, that the great
mIoIity Of these negroes were not resi-.
dents Of the State. Mr. Kee said he
sould not discuss the question of politics
in ref renee to these Iegroes. Tnst had
b.sn
TOO COSCLUslVELY SHOWN.
I will now speak Of this document, ne
,.;d vvhioh Tohr GOoner gepl,ep,aa ~