Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-16
SECOND District FRAUDS.
Preston, Monongalia and Tucker Ceun-
ties Suspected.

tloO DuOpOVtVus
fREsToNs GROWING REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY IN THE FACE OF DE-
Ginning POPULATION TO BE IN
4 vESTIGATED FULLY-THE ACTION
OF THE MONCNGALIA COUNT
3 COURT COMPARED TO THAI Or
THE FRENCH COURT THAT CON
VICTED DREYFUS-MG RAW WILL
PUSH THE FIGHTING ALL ALONG
!, THE LINE AND WILL SEEK JUS
! lICE-NO MAN CAN TELL WHAT
! THE OFFICIAL AND HONEST VOTE
WILL SHOW.
Grafton, w. Va, November l5.-Mr.
McGraW was seen at his home this
evening and said he had no material
information from the several counties
in which he asked for recount OF the
votes in order to determine the actual
result of the election. He said he had
recalled his demand for a recount In
Hardy and Pendleton counties because
any change in the results there would
be attributed at once to the action OF
lartisan courts, while in Hampshire
the sole purpose of the recount is TO
obtain the benefit of $50 votes which
had not been countd for him because
they had been improperly marked IN
the contest there for superintendent OF
schools.
81 have demanded recounts he sald'
in Preston and Tucker counties ana
expect to obtain the evidence OF such
frauds in the former county as will put
an end forever to the fraudulent meth
DDS which obtain of manufacturing Re
publican majorities there with de-
creasing population in the county
That like frauds exist in Tucker coun-
ty. have no doubt, from the evidence
submitted to me. Wherever these
frauds exist l intend to spare no ener-
gies in hunting them out, vlndlcating
the integrity of the ballot and seeing
that the guilty ones are vigorously pro-
secuted. 'That the reported and PAD
ded returns show an apparent major
ity" he said, "does not deter me from
pursuing the matter because owe II
to my party, myself and the
GENEROUS REPUBLICAN SUPPORT
l received to do so"
Mr.. McGraw's attention was called TO
the editorial in the Intelligencer to-
day in which there is an intlmatlon
it he said:
This is simply the old stop thief
cry of the Intelligencer, which is IA
rliliar to the Democrats of this State.
My challenge specially goes to the
counties of Preston, Tucker and part
of Taylor, and in each of these coun-
ties there are Republican commission
ers of election and Republican can
wasting board. 1t is nonsense to talk
about a Democratic candidate receiv-
ing favorable consideration in counties
like these. Take for instance the ac-
ton of the county court of Mononga-
liza county on yesterday. My repre-
sentative simply asked that my attOr-
new might be present when the ballot
boxes were opened, the tally sheets
and ballots compared and the result
declared, and yet he was refused adj
mission to a public court room with
public court in session and there per-
forming a judicial function in which
/ was Interested The arbitrary &C
ton of the French court when it cen
victed Dreyfus upon secret evidence
and without his presence could not be
more
SUBVERSIVE OF PUBLIC JUSTICE.
Yet Monongalia is the county in which
our chief seat of learning is located,
where our young men are educated,
and rs the home of a thrifty and high
ly intellectual citizenship. Is it posi-
BILE this court is trying in secret to ex-
plain away the very largely increased
gains received in Morgantown?"
elbow does the vote now stand?"
NO HAL Ccu lCll. w I'LL IcSIOn
vote fluctua.ing from LAS to 1000,
with Monongalia's uncertain vote, and
with the fraudulent vote in Tucker
county it will take the official count
to determine the result. All this talk
about 800 majority emanates from the
Republican committee and is made
seemingly to cover up some foolish
bets the committee and ;. its friends
have on that majority
THE RESULT IN WETZEL.
Special to the Register
New Martinsville, w. Va, November
15.-The official count of the votes or
this county was completed to-day The
entire Democratic ticket was elected
in the county and following are the
majorities received by each candidate:
j. v. Blair, 649; S. A. Stone, or Senate,
524; Ryan, Delegate district, SOL; l.. M.
Stephens, Legislature, 1879; A. T. Fair,
County Commissioner, 6S; Friend Par