The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-12
q thirteen. But to the credit Of the
state state al these things did not come to

- iii lesH. e but 10 tne credit OF the
stat; state nIl these things did not come to
pass. \, r u n II I, 4, /, Z. r
Discusses the Via Case.
I shall not discuss these cases al
length. Via, Of Monroe. was declared
BY the circuit courtto be elected, after
a careful recount Of all disputed bal
lots. His Democratic competitor took
the case by writ of error to the supreme
court and, refusing to nsree to n
prompt hearing, It went over until nfter
the legislature had adjourned when
the case was withdrawn by the Demo-
Gratis and dismissed In the. supreme
court, leaving the judgment OF the cir
cult court and the Democratic election
commissioners OF Monroe county nbso.
.luteiy !yunchallenged, Was name WIS
properly on the roll of the house, but
ne was promptly unseated and without
asrecount of the ballots, which wore in
the custody OF the clerk OF the su-
,prema court, and In the state house,
lLoganFwas seated and .the law ana
constitution" trampIed upon. I
Dunnington's majority in the Lewis
Webster. district was eighteen. accord
Ing 70 the election returns. a felony
was evidently committed In Webster
county after the first count and before
the recount, and Talbot gained forty.
three votes In Webster, received thu
certificate OF election. aud under this
forms of law" served MS a member o.
the house OF delegates. II YIN il
The case Of Brohard, from Taylor,
county, forms one OF the blacklist pages
in our political history. a grand Jury.
of Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, has since the legislature ad-
5ourncd unanimously tfound( that fell
oony, was committed and n purple blue
pencil in the hands of u criminal had
changed votes enough In precinct after
precinct to wipe out Brohard,s eighty
one majority and give his Democra tic
!. '.uAu'1". '''ajo'qty OF
- ~
Dare Not Defend the Brohard Steal.
itsot = Dslnoc S IN West Virginia can
pe FOUND To- day who dare defend the
steal of Brohard's seat and yet he was
seated by the Democratic, house OF
delegates The secretary rof s,nfa nj.
INC undor !, doo,,,a.
:, - '' ~ t.a''uSu uo"h ny
I : ! ss'iS brahhon. OF the supreme
court. who decided that Brohard was
entitled to n certif,cate or a,.n,,an
,,,1oo,d prot,,,, - y 800,
ploceu i5rohards name on the roll of
the house. He served five days. or un-
I'll January 1G, when the resolution re-
ported by the majority OF the commit
tee on nriv,,e5.s ,r5 o,,,.,sn.,',,,,
oaot,d ,,,aI,l WOO
Whlch provided. that pend
lns such investigation and determine
ton OF the title to Tho said so,t ,o,,,a.
Humnhrav +, r,r,h.ud ~. :, - :,
-. =, q = NJ w. i. y.
is.it We permitted TO participate in tho
proceedings Of the house,. From thar
date unit! the admlss,a, ,,1rz,,,o,ls
t,on ~ D,,. ~ w. :. "
VI w epFuaFy IL. tneariy q
month later), neither Brohard nor Dent
was recognized as a member entitled IN
participate TN tbo ,rooo,5i,,,,. a,
i,.,a ~. :" - u'''s' VI t' i
Noo'9. H.
NOV let us consider the one case OF
senator Kidd. whom our Democratic
friends have seen tit' to make a marty-
and TO fmmortntizc In their platform, /.
The total vote In the Fourth SENATOR
taf district was ii,2S6 and the five coun-
Ties returned an apparent plurality for
senator Kidd over his connection Mr.
Motifs, of al, the vote, standing 7,Oo3 TO
fl6l. s@
Si Six Per Cent Of Total Vote.
Among ,bes, co,,,,os 40, W.,
county With n Total Vote a.. va 49, H ceoo
I'M n WITT, r. 49,, ~, VI se apuut o'ooV'
iected on thn cn,,nt ,,naar ~ ~ ~.
nrovisinns Of our at.ot;on ta a"c tesoiiil
ar nrnthnr tn Nv, W e my
PEE CEN;, ar thn 80, ~, r..S M"' oi-N
nous ana 'rnuv,,n, 49,, or ,o'e.an enor,
haNo,s Sa,,.a ~ 49, an'v.i, " ie!eeteu
counted bara,,so on,,: oai n,u,, were tlge
ha1 sIr,od bIs ~ ~. nn .hs~ ,'oi E'I j.. N
st.o6 er'ha.i. -. ., '9 .Ht odek M
strnnrlv Rnnuh,tcnn "a oou .ou".y -
more Iisnuted hoiio,s ttn,, We, g
wine out 1sidds nI,r, liz ,n;ies ~
Ahla counsel, ola ,n,ad ,hor, W." ,.o ors aI
rrnrnd Tow n cnntnst 49,, "a. ~ M"s ho'u
thp ba,lo,s in dsnnta 'n or I'M i,ost ", VI
co,,ntsI under tho rad 14s s,.,. 10 o os
the law no ~ tho ,nto Utu % pto w. VI
Counsel. within ten days after the cleo.
ton. and months before It was known
or could be known that the Democrats
were gong to unseat Brohard and Via,
ana long before the theft of Dunnlng-
TONS certihcatc, prepared notice Of
contest which was SERVED in due time
ana which set out certain Irregularities
OF election and the large number of
ballots not counted, and. II their con-
lehtioh was borne out by the contest,
Giaithed majority for Morris over
NOD OF l63.votes. ~
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