Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
STOP THIEF !!
BEWARE oE SCHEMES

BEWARE OF SCHEMESl
West Virginia is a Republican
State. The Democratic manag-
ers know this. If she does not
cast her vote for Harrison and
Reid and elect the full Republi-
can ticket next Tuesday it will
be because the most despicable
political tactics ever adopted by
any party in West Virginia have
been successful. That there is
a deliberate scheme to prevent
a full Republican vote on the 9th
insant there can be no doubt.
The proofs which have come to
the Mteligencer are convincing.
Republican trainmen on at least
one big road which runs through
the third district are to be hept
on duty on election day and de-
prived of the sacred privilege of
voting, while Democratic train
men will be given an opportuni-
ty to vote. Republican negroes
in Mercer, Mcdowell, Kanawha
and other counties where the col
ored population is large are to
be arrested on election day on
all sorts of pretexts, as was done !
by Democratic U. S. Marshals in |
1888, not only to prevent from |
voting but to intimidate other |
negroes by making them afraid
to go to the polls. Armed men
with Winchesters are to station
ed in Mercer and Mcdowell |
Counties to menace the negroes
and keep them from the polls
under fear of bodily harm, ex-
cept such negroes as can be vot-
ed by the Democracy. This was
done to prepare the Democratic
mind for the charges of fraud
and colonization to be made after
election in case the state went |
Republican. A letter from
gentleman at Clifton Forge, Va.
which is in the Intelligencer's pos
session, says that for the past |
ten days large numbers of color
ed men have passed through that |
place from West Virginia. When
questioned as to their destina-
ton they have said that they |
were going to Virginia for a
two weeks vacation from their
work lin Mercer County, VIVA. |
All were well supplied with mon
ely, and from their conversation
it was CLEANED that their expen-
ses and time were being paid |
while making the visit. Anoth-
er bit of information at hand
comes direct, and is confirmato-
ry of the charge made against |
Senator Faulkner, which he has
not denied, concerning his scheme
of colonization. On the 9th of |
October a carload of negroes
passed through Elkhorn going to
Logan County, on the Norfolk & !
Western road. They were from
Tennessee and had voting trans
fers with them. They are known
to be in charge of Democrats
who will attempt to vote them.
In the meantime Democrats are
charging that Republicans are
cOlonizing Logan County. A
great barbecue across the line in
Virginia is being extensively adj
vertised to be held on November
| 8 election day. The excursion
from the Elkhorn region in West
Virginia is to be free. Twenty
gold watches are to be ratified off.
An OK roast and many other
good things are among the at
fractions, and every effort is be-
ing made to induce the colored
Republicans to take advantage
of the opportunity to get free
excursion and free dinner. From
Mcdowell comes news that war
rants are being issued for colored
men on trumped-ap charges. In
regard to this importation of col
ored men from Tennessee, in
furtherance of the Democratic
plan above referred to, the Intel
igencer is notified from Radford,
Va, concerning q party of color
ed men who were seen while on
their way from Tennessee to w.
Va. On being questioned by re-
publicans one of the party said
that there were thirty of them
they were on their way from
Tennessee to West Virginia.
Their passage had been paid by
the man who had them in charge
"a Democrat, that they did not
know achether they acere to be
giUen acOrk or not. All they
knew was that they were to go
inside of West Virginia.