The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-04
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conviction. It is best to be honest and
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conviction. It is best to be honest and
square.
Still HarpinG on the Colored Brother.
When the INrELLIoEXcER announced
few days ago that the managers OF the
Democratic campaign in West Virginia
had sundry schemes on loot looking to
juggling the colored voters, that was
promptly set down as a Republican
campaign lie. When the lSTELLIGES-
GER said there was a scheme on foot to
run colored voters out of the state on
election day, this was promptly branded
as another campaign lie.
We presume that nobody will accuse
our fellow citizen MAJOR Ran. stalnake-
of being in a fiendish scheme to provide
West Virginia Republicans with cam
paign thunder. II he were, he would
hardly address himself to the Hon.
William A. ohiey, secretary of state for
West Virginia and secretary OF the state
Democratic executive committee at
Charleston.
In Major stalnaker's letter to Secre-
tary ohley, as printed from the original
tho original being in the ISrELLi-
oEScER's possession-it will beob .erved
that he has struck better scheme than
tho old job OF employing voters to stay
away from the polls. He is sure that
Brother 0hley has already thought of
this, but it does no harm to remind
him that an excursion can be .ntteu up
TO entice colored voters out OF the state
on election day; that it should be free
excursion, including rations; that
things happen toengines on excursions,
aud that the conductor could not help
it if they did not get back until the day
after the election. He reminds Brother
Ohley that, OF course, these colored
voters are to be assured that they will
be brought back in time 10 vote.
Here Major Stalnakor may be sup
posed to have smiled, but the smile
doesn't appear in his letter to Brother
0hley. II Brother ohley had not al
ready thought of the little scheme, he
and Chairman Chiffon and the rest OF
the broth rem at the Democratic head
quarters in Charleston must have
shouted with 10Y at the brilliancy OF
the device and the comparative ease
with which it could be executed. 1t re-
quired only money and desperation.
and these were both at hand.
We are unable to infer from Major
stalnaker's letter to Secretary ohley
the precise nature OF tho thing that is
to happen to the engine drawing this
train load of colored excursionists CO.
ing from West Virginia to Old vir-
ginia. We presume, however, that the
occurrence was to be no more serious
than the exigencies OF the case might
require. Any little thing that would
cause the delay of day would be quite
sufficient for all Democratic purposes.
This plan has many advantages over the
Mississippi plan, because there is pros
pect that under the most favorable cir
cumstances there may be more sur
vivors.
Arrangements have been made, and
the ISrKLL1aENcER has told about these
arrangements, to carry out the pretty
scheme here outlined. The letter of
advice was telegraphed from here last
night to those parts of the state likely
to be selected as prospecting fields for
these missionary free excursions.
The colored brother will be given an
opportunity to know what sort of feast
it is that he is invited to and perhaps
his sense of self-preservation may lead
him to remain at home in West Vir-
ginia on election day and try his luck
at getting in his ballot and having it
counted and returned as he casts it.