The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-29

s,,,lal Dispatch TO tho InterIGeneer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. Oct. 2s,-The
deportation and recknessncss OF the
gspocratlc managers is striklnsly shown
u ,helr treatment. present and proIpec-
uyc. o.the co!or-I voters in this section
Q! the state. Their action and that of
;h,lr desperate agents Is nothing less
:san Infamous.
one Of the leading Republican cam
tl!gHerS In the state was notified while
a Mcdowell county that deputy United
SSyes marshals were boastins that they
!rl,aded to have from two TO three hun
Gfs! negro Republican voters IN Jail
tstcre the election, 20 prevent them from
risny their ballots. Nine out OF ten
q the charges preferred against colored
JeJple by United States marshais and
riatrS are false. Plenty OF cases can be
ete4 where low-down parties have
trnpel up charges against reliable, In
t9Nrious colored men for the selling OF
liquors when the charges are false.
deputy marshal. named Watts, Il IS
rported and not denied, arrested a re-
IpS::able colored man in Mcdowell.
whose name was not the one contained
II the capiaS. The man protested, but
4 did no; go. This man Watts and
o,her EIarshals have boasted time and
again that they were going to lessen the
Republican vote in that county by mr.
resting negroes on the charges OF SELL
leg liquors-though there Is no necessity
for their selling liquor. as the Elkhorn
Tlll.y is full OF licensed saloons. The
whole thing Is an outrage and should be
stopped.
On October 18th, twenty-five colored
men were Jailed a; Charleston by deputy
raEsha!s. who had arrested them way
0rtr In Mcdowell. Il Is said that the
Wslch ard Huntington and other falls
'G's full OF United States prlsoners-col-
ured mcu-arrested by United States
t'FGty marGhals to prevent their vot-
!S;.
Not the Worst oft.
But this Is not all. The scheme to ar
n" colored voters IS not confined 70
rnI;sd States narshals. but IS PINNED
ell along the line by Democratic officials.
si!e, county and municipal. Us a part Of
ce grand scheme TO hold or steal the
Eate. Desperate conditions have made
desperate Democratic leadership even
r1'a desperate. They will stop at moth
!Ec
THIS Is not campaign talk. Here Is q
.a,t that occurred nt Anderson that can
te proven and will not be denied: That
iaTh Il almost solldly Democratic. ].
!. Farmer Is the town sergeant. and IN
El absence his son acts for him. r. s.
Miller IS Chesapeake &; Ohio detec-
iTe. He WINS posing as a free silver
man when Rett L. Farmer, son OF the
nTn sergeant, approached him with the
sthemr that Miller. as Chesapeake &:
Oa'o detective should arrest the colored
voters NJ Anderson THE DAY BEFORE
THE ELECTION, on the rtumped up
Charge of stealing coal from the Chesa-
l-akc q: Ohio cars. As the mayor IL n
Democrat they could be held over cleo
ton day without ball and lose their
Woes! Miller, who lives in Huntington.
tH!!:i"t the local Chesapeake & Ohio
men 70 look after the matter
This scheme will be attempted at other
l&ces no doubt. under Instructions
'f5fn the desperate Watts mlnagerS-
such ns Hinton, Charleston, Ronceverte,
haAu?Eton and wherever the Demo-
VAS control.
!; Il blisteFluE commentary on the
way the Democrats arc endeavoring to
NumIlatc or nrevan: Republicans from
N9l,N=. That United States deputy mar
'aaIS and Democratic local officials arc
tN 20 tA-se disreputaDic tactics can
h'' b" denied and Republicans should
everywhere In on their guard as to the
mater. : free ballot and fair count
Means tho defeat Of the Democratic par
y IN this state. Let US have no more
G9'r count-outg or tive" inflmics.
SOP the arrestlnS OF innocent colored
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