Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-28

-, bo,.a n overthroW-nOt the Renu-
;narsss Of the letters published Dy tue
democratic party-not the fact that tnese
gentlemen attempted TO commit pu9nc
crime. 10 debauch the ballot and 10 n I.s
the stream which flows, clear ana hmplu as
q fountain, from the incorrupuole PeoP.lS11.
bnt RI connect me with it, and the IIltett'-
osrcsy saws thew appeal 10 the affidavit OF us
witness Now 1 viii read an affidavit from
| that witness. which says that every worn
| he has written in that letter is true, anu II
| that ia en-. then all he says about AtKln-
con and McGinnis and Smith must De true,
ortbev repudiate their own witness. here
is the affidavit
"sJyashington, Distri ct Of Columbia, So
"T u. Med. Lindsey, do solemnly swear
that each and every statement Inaue III 'NS
| following letter.
81 want the reporter to get that down
mtaodressed to J. 3. Whitehead and mere
unto annexed, are true in every respect
ISignedI ID. Med. LINDSEY.
/" September 80, 1892
q. ara. THOMAS S. HOPKINS.
" Notary Public, District Of Columbia
.gTb1s letter is attached to the athdavlt
with the notarial ribbon, and has the ON
cial seal attached TO the AFFIDAVIT ana Tue
| letter. so that there can be no douot ABOUT
| what letter is meant That SHOWS, tulnA,
| tine conclusive proof that the Intelligsncer
eslTed me 70 give them, that the leaders Of the
Repnblican party, with generalization ana
malice aforethought, conspired against the
nurity of the ballot in West Virginia, Dy
| imnorting North Carolina negroes 10
change the complexion Of the State IN 1917.
HNow, there is but one other question
that | will deign TO notice, because L don
! think il is necessary. before West Nlr-
ginia audience, TO help this party to draw
| itself out of the hole into which III mas IeIl-
! en-. Now, that point is, that was the III
! diyidual who concocted this scheme OF col
onization. and who induced Lindsey 10
write these letters and go TO the Repuoll-
| can leaders and get the Republican leaders
of the State TO get themselves into Wnat
| the Tntellt0encer SAYS is disreputaole POSI-
| tion AS gather it from the Intelltgencer,
| induced D. Med. Lindsey TO get these IN
nocent Republican leaders into trouble. II
| aid il. that does not excuse them, Tor
their hearts must have been Inclined IN
| that direction. The Intelltgencer says con-
spired with Lindsey 10 carry TINS scnenle
| through, yet Lindsey says ne never
| saw or heard of me until June, 1871,
and yet hereis letter dated March, 1871,
| in which he tells his friend Whitehead that
and McGinnis, and that 1000 colored men
! viii be enough, and McGinnis says he can
find places in his district for 5000. This
| letter is dated two months before ne
| ever saw me, and yet the InteIligeneer says
I got these innocent gentlemen into this
! tr0uole. Laughter Why, the letter OF
| M s. QUAY is dated in May, 1890, in which
the scheme is outlined, and even Stephen
| B. Elkins vindicates me, for he says Lind
! sew applied to him first, early IN 1879, be-
| cause ne knew the man to strike, and yet
! he never saw or heard of me until June,
| 1920 He wrote TO McLain March 20, lSS9,
! two DAYS before writing to Whitehead.
! According to the statements Of their own
witness | couldn't have known anything
! about it until the scheme had been con-
cocted between Quay and Lindsey, and the
| letters had been written 10 Atkinson and
| Smith and McGinnis. AS TO any personal
matters, will attend to them at the proper
| time, and under the proper circumstances"
| Applause. -
Senator Faulkner then briefly referred
| to the candidates on the Democratic ticket,
and asked his audience to give three hun
bred majority in Ohio county sure and five
! hundred if they could. He said that every
! Democratic county would give an increased
majority and every Republican county
| decreased one, and that the Democratic
majority in the State would be five thou
sand.
AT the conclusion of his address he was
presented by President Woods with hand
some bouquet, and was greeted with three
cheers. 1t was 1850 when TIE meeting ad-
jOurned.