The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-05
THE lNIELLIGENCER.
WHEELING. DEoBaI1ER 8. 90,
1,,ie. moi Revelation.


Falsehoods about the intention Of Gov
ernor Atkinson to adopt revolutionary
proceedings to force Republican ma
iority Of the legislature Hat the point
Of the bayonet," which appeared IN the
Register on Saturday, and other fabrisa-
tons Of this sort are wholly without
basis; they are dangerous and reyolu-
tlonary In the extreme; they are de-
morailzIng in their influence and calcu-
lated TO disturb peace and order; they
indicate desperate EFFORT to agltate the
public mind and to excite prejudice and
disorder.
It is not the intention OF the state adj
minLstratiou nor OF the Republican state
committee to pursue any other than
legal means to obtain justice and yindl-
cate the rights of the people of the state.
The West Virginia Republican party
never yet has stolen legislature, a
governorship, a congressional election
nor a senatorship, by. following Demo-
cratic presidents. nor Is II going to do SO
now. It Is simply going TO insist upon
legal contests where 1t has reason TO be-
lIeve unfairness or the manipulation Of
ballots has cheated Republican candl-
oates out OF their victory.
The Republican organization will
make an EFFORT under the law to ascer-
tain, II possible, what became OF those
bIanl, bnt now missing ballots In Web
ster. county, which on the recount had
disappeared and in their stead appeared
ten additional ballots for the Demo-
cratic candidate who, on the official
count, by Democratic board, had been
defeated. 1t will endeavor to ascertain
the inside of the Taylor county affair,
where, in districts in which the ballots
were called off by Democratic clerks on
the official count. electIng the Republic
can candidate. remarkable change
was found to have occurred between
that count and the recount in more than
a hundred tickets. 1t will try to aseer-
tain why 1t was that in Monroe county
the Democratic leaders were able to pre-
dict the result of a recount ItpOssible.
IT may bring to light for the knowledge
of the people the fac: that In Marion
county large number of Illegal votes
were cast in one district by Italians who
were disqualified, and why certain off
Ger could not be found the night before
the election when he was wanted to pre-
vent this matter.
Ifltis revolutionary" to legally make
an EFFORT 10 correct wrongs and secure
the rights of legally elected candidates
for office in a legitimate way, then the
Republicans are revolutionary" II
one-halE the things that are being
charged against the Republican man
agement are true. which we deny. the
precedents for them all will be found
thoroughly established by the Demo-
cratic management in the past. This
the records bear out.
The IntelIlgencer does no. deny that
the Democracy will probably have one
or two majority in the house OF dele
gates. This will not wipe out the Re-
publican majority on joint ballot, unless
the open claim that this one or two ma
iority In the house is to be used to uRseat
enough Republicans to overcome the
Republican advantage Ia carried out.
Here lies the danger. We have Demo-
cratic presidents for this sort of pro-
gramme, and II It Is repeated we Will
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