The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-30
CONVINCING PRESENTATION
OF Gen. Goif's Right to the Office
Of Governor of West Virginia,
to which tic was Elected.
Some ofthe Forty.six Stunned and War.
trins In Line. md the Party Mana.
gers growing desperate over the
situatlon-Rules on Voting
Presented and Adopted. n
Special Dispatch 10 he Initlligencer.


time since the contest began have the
Democratic managers been so sorely dis
tressed as now. Their depression was
marked yesterday. The mercury fell
lower to-day and all day long and up to
this hour tonight there has been an in.
creasing effort to restore the wavering
lines. 1t looks like desperation. 1t is
no secret that certain Democrats are
suspected OF the henious oiIense Of want
ing to do right. Some Of them are men
who thought i. perfectly right TO hold
Golf out of his seat until Fleming
should have a chance to show that
he was the chosen OF the people, some
Of them are men who never
did agree to last winters proceedings,
1t doesn't matter who they are or how
they stood last winter, if they are not
standing squarely up to the rack now
taking their medicine just as it has been
prepared for them, they are ''suspects"
and labured with accordingly in all sorts
OF ways. The patronage OF the Cover
nor's office, substantial and honorary, is
worked on those thought to be open to
such Establishments. In the desperation
OF the hour this is resorted to with very
little attempt at secrecy, but this kind Of
thing will not meet MI cases.
TWO DISTINCT LINES OF PROCEDURE,
In addition to these efforts the work
Of the managers proceeds on two dis
tinct lines: First, that the arguments
show Fleming to have been elected.
Second, that it has now become party
necessity to seat Fleming. Proposition
number one is strongly combatted by as
straight.laced Democrats as live, who
want to stand by the Democratic party
aud its candidate, who shared with the
belief that Fleming had been elected
and thought the managers contd cause
that fact 10 be shown. They declare
that Fieming's election has not been
shown; that their confidence has been
abused, and now they ask in resentful
bitterness ii the party necessities require
them to outrage conscience. They
talked in this strain before MIR.
Sprige spoke. He was put up to
scare them and since he sat down they
have complained louder than ever.
Now they arc promised that Chairman
kee shall make it all plain and con-
clusive}y satisfactory. They shake their
heads and wait for Kee, who must in
vent evidence and get it into the printed
report by sleight OF hand or his will be
the capital failure Of the series. After
Kee comes the vote. s5ss3
Proposition humber two is rs stoutly
combatled. Can it be true that the Dem
ocratic party will gain by seating man
whom shrewd counsel in year OF in
lustrious effort could not show to have
been elected? They aatly refuse to be-
lieveit. EEi. "A 20 lGaf
REPUBLICAN, ARGUMENTS UNANSWERED.
Republican arguments have gone out
unanswered, they say, and the people
will held us to the record made here. II
We can explain we must explain now.
Hereafter won't do. We have most to
gain by admitting that we thought
Fleming elected and have discovered
our mistake. Proposition number two
is vigorously nasailed also. But 'advices
arc coming III from the Democratic State
lawyers, and intelligent lawyers who
have heard some or all Of the arguments,
and reada all printed up to date: One ia
quoted as saying that Judge Fleming'a
case has not been made out.
This hurts. Then Democratic con,
stituents arc allowing themselves to
be heard from. Some Of them Ia
my personal knowledge threatening tina.
il this wrong be contaminated the Dem
ocratic party shall feel the sharp sting ol
their displeasure Mt the next election
Something was done TO suppress the
rebellion when it was decided not to in
sist on the adoption Of the majority re
port, which report could not have beer
forced through. The simple expedien
OF Il naked resolution declaring Fleming
elected removed many difficulties. In
deed, all but the prime difficulty tina
the resolution viii state q notoriou!
untrpth. 10 this complexion has it com,
at last and the managers 20 to bee
tonight trembling with uncertainty ~
to the result. s ~: E}. (. NJ ~ Z,
JUDGE MAxwELL's GREAT ARGUMENT.
Judge Maxwell's calm, lawyer-lik'
argument OF to-day did not reassure tn
managers. He showed conclusiyely tha
the members Of the majority had i'm
properly. applied To the evidence tn
rules which they had laid down them
selves, and he showed that on their OWL
exhibit fairly taken GeH has still |
plurality Of twenty.one. Applying thei
own rules fairly COTS plurality is lao
Judge Maxwell was physically too wesl
to speak, but his argument showed only
strength ut every point, tor. he KEEP
close 10 the law and the evidence. H'
made a particularly strong point witt
Ills comparative analysis Of the election
returns, which the enewspapers wer
never able to get. Instead Of there be
e ing anything strange in Cot running q
well US he did, the returns point ou
Judge Fleming as tho lowest man on hi
ticket, lower than Caldwell, the nomi
~. t f4saHs. laI Ilt,s. II