The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-14
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-, Elections 1911, otherwise Known a.
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OH Tbo soutl. has been the home OF the
,.,io man in this country. There he
". for Years been called up to brighten
. W., and slave, into obedience. So
s ..,,t has become his power that he has
s ,1s the men and the old masters as
u, "or.,i,;ous IA worc the ehildron and
ssb .lsves a generation pgo. Tho DEM
u. s,,ic leaders vol understand the
w Sn,hrrp character and they have every
iS", years dressed up boyle man to
i Ioi'bten the southern whites into vot-
H., The Democratic ticket. The leaders
~. wv now dressing up their bogie man in
M, grotesque gRrh than for many
. ".o past and ere making him appear
e"T monster with muskct and bayonet,
aao%der and lead, dynamite aud deYil'
~" Nronared 10 murder every map,
m m3n md child whom ho catches near
" w "isrtion booth. This boyle man Is
aaaiISI tho force BILL" His excuse is
,Se Federal eIectionbill proposed by
GonrrcssmaR Lodge and passed by the
Sopse OF tho Fltty-frst Congress, but
defeated in the senate.
That bill proposed to extend and per-
isct existing laws in regard to the gu:
, Us,yisIon OF tho election OF members OF
iSs house OF representatives, 50 that
,Sey would DO elective throughout the
United States, Wherever tho application
Sl tho law should BIO demanded.
II provided that a chief supervisor
should be appointed by tho circuit
conrts in each judicial circuit Of tho
United States; that on petition Of 100
ctizens in an nntire congressional! dis
t,iet or in O city OF over 10000 iuhab-
itorts, or on the petition OF fifty clti-
,Sns in a county, such city, congress
siopQl district or county should pe put
under the operation Of the lazy. Unless
cilirOua desired II TO the numbers mem
tionod it would not be- applied. II citt'
lens did desire 1t to tho numbers men'
Toned It would BIO applied.
The supervisors, to he appointed by
the circuit court, wore to act as officers
ri supcryislon and observation, and
should stand side by slde with tho 10.
cal officers who registered and received
tho votes, who counted and returned
them, No local machinery would be
disturbed, no local officer ho displaced,
no man would cast his vote in . nan.
ner different from that which he cast II
when tho law was not applied. No
state which had adopted o system oil
secret and official ballot would DO In
tericred with, To state or local cleo
tons it is not applicable, but only when
tho election Of 4 nattona! official ls
effected.
These supervisors should represent
the two leading parties at every regis
tration office and every polling place
where they wero posted. Their first
duty would be that of observation and
report, first on registration when regis.
tration existed, and next to stand at
tue polls and watch the reception Of the
votes. Their next duty would be to
take part in the counting of the votes,
and make return to tho chief superyi-
sor. II the law applied simply to city
or county, their duty ended there. II,
however, It applied to IN entire Com
gressionaI district, the law provided
for the establishment ola United States
board Of canVassers, also to be appoint
ed by the circuit cuorts, who should can
ysss and return tho votes as returned
to them by the supervisors, and
make certificate Of the same to the
clerk OF the house. II their certificates
agree with the certificate Of the state
officers Of course the man holding both
certificates would DO seated. II, how
ever, they differed, the certificate OF the
United States board OF capvassers would
be prima faCle evidence and would place
the name OF the holder upon the roll
OF the representatives; Provided, that
il there should be an appeal from the
decision OF the United States board OF
ranyassers to the circuit court. the bill
provided that tho clerk OF the house
should enrol! as representative elect the
name Of the person certified by said
circuit court Us entitled TO said certiti-
cate.
This is tho excuse for the bogie man
which is used to frighten the southern
men into standing by the Democratic
party through another election, II pro-
vides for the house OF representatives
securing better evidence Of the honesty
or dishonesty OF elections Gifts own
members that In Its action as Judge Of
its own membership it will not have to
send its committee to Arkansas or other
places 10 take testimony before 1t knows
who shall DO entitled TO soats. II the
elections in Illinois or Alabams are
above suspicion there will DO no call
Tor the law, and If they are wrongly sus-
pGctcd Of being dishonest 1t will dem
onstFate that the suspicion was unjust,