The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-12

committee on privileges md elections,
4 by "a majority report, Declared THAT
4 Dent. (Dem.) was elected and that he
be at once qualified. q u ,S.
Beforefthat report was acted upon. q
4 treaty OF peace" was agreed to and by
unanimous. vote !of both houses, In sep
arate session, on january 90. the Taylor
county case was set TO be, determined in
the house on February 4, and In the
senate Morris, tRep,), who had been
seatsas the hay before, WIS unseated
and exactly the same action was taken
as was taken by the house January lG--
nine days before--nnmely, that ''pand-
/ Ing the determination OF, such contest,
neither said Morris nor said Kidd shall
be entitled to Vote OF stt.us a member
OF this BODY February twas set also
in the senate for determining, the
kiddMorris case. rs q. !.
l$Ons THAT SANE day. ;Jnnuaryt225. Hon.
N. &Bs Scott, In Joint session OF the leg
islature was elected United States SEN
ator by q vote of forty-eight for Scott,
forty-slx for, McGrawS and one for Golf.
! Had. the peoples wlllTas expressed at
the polls been carried out without any
| post-election frauds or legislative un-
seating, the vote would have stood
Scott, fifty-one; Cor one, McGraw for-
| ty-flve. On u contest and careful hear
( ing In the United States senate Senator
Scott, by u vote of fifty two to three.
was declared to- be legally elected. The
Democratic conspiracy had failed. 'fss
Conclusion Of Kidd Case.
Now to q conclusion Of the Kidd case.
Those 1856 disputed or rejected ballots
from Wood county were canvassed by
| the senate committed. There were
found to- be 196. which Morris was en-
titled to hnye counted for him: 126
which Kidd was entitled to have count
ed for. him; and Ga which no one was
! entitled to receive. the intent OF the vo-
| ter not being aacartuinabla.T This made
gain, OF seventy votes for Morris. but
left Kidd seventy-one mdjorftyyin the
district, dropping all other contentious
and irregularities. The committee
thcreupon unanimously reported Mr..
Kidd, as entitled 10 the seat and Re-
publican senate unanimously re-seatcd
him. X .r. Is
In the house. however, the Democrats
on the Same day. February 7. through
they elections committee reported, in
spiterof the. Known felony, that Dent
was entitled to the seat over Brohard
and by! n party vote set their zeal OF
approval on 5the greatest felony ever
committed In our state-and solely for
the purpose. OF helping the contesting
and desperate Democratic leader in his
contest" or protest" before the Uni
ted States senate m
Which acted the nobler part? The
Republican state senate or the Demo-
cratic house of delegates In the two
contested cases before than OF Dent VS..
Brohard in the house and Morris VS..
! Kidd in thu senate? Is not thu answer
seen in the humilating position Mr..
! Dent was placed In? He. knaw he was
not elected and though voted in on Feb
ruary It'll he walteh until the 18th be-
fore.ho mustered up NERVE" enough to
qualify+and only did 1t then as a ''party
necessity"
Put nm End to Frauds,
Fellow citizens OF West Virgiciat Let
frauds and count-outs. They strike at
the very foundations of republican
form Of government. Thc Republican
party In this state has suffered much;
II has endured much, 1t will do any
thing for the peace and honor of our
state and the pefpetuity gifts institu-
,tions. We want 4 fair election, an
honest count and a peacaable determine
alton of the results. II our Democratic
friends win, though by 4 hair-breadth.
the victory Is. theirs and we will grace
fully Yield. But we are equally deter
mined that West Virginia shall not be
! sGocbeized and the earnest appeal OF
IlGovernor Taylor. Of Kentucky. written
last March in response to the resolu-
tons OF our. Republican State League.
finds an answer and an echo In all our
hearts. We ask only fair play. 4 fair
election, 4 fair apportionment, an equal
weight to every vote. an honest deter
animation Of the results of the election
and then, II II Is our victory, we de-
n,and the right TO enjoy 1t and will
yhave It.
"Montani semper llberi"-Mountain
eets treralways lgge.. Nay they ever
remain so,ir ncft Atet ! i,.T-.t,rIT ri, y
The Democratic state platform nt-
tackss the PRESENT state administration
and accuses 1t OF 'extravaganti appro-
priations and dad management At
their state convention the last Damp-
cratic governor of the state was with
great reluctance from som3 permitted
to make ] specchtin which he delivered!
himself Of = bitter attack on the pres
cnt state administration.
This was to be expected of one who
in the character OF DR.. Lekytt called
loudly, as chief executive of the state.
for Il tariff on coal against his partys
policy; and in recent speech before
the board ofttradc OF Newark. n. j.,
made u patriotic plea for expansion and
the retention Of the Philippines against
his party'a platform: and more recently
sttil protested against the d!SfraRrhiss-
ment OF the colorcd vote of the south,
against his party's record. To rein
state himself In the good graces OF his
r,1 In, mn raI no 1JN-Ii,. ~ thply
state convention and challenged COM
rarison between his administration and
the present one. II ever folly waited
on opportunity 1t was when the last
Democratic governor spoke at the Par
kersburg convention, II SONY things
are said which are not pleasant TO say.
If tho curtain Is to be raised OF 4 dis
graceful chapter in our state history. 1t
Is because Dr.. Jekyll gave way TO Mr..
Hyde! .at ~
Let us talk; briefly OF what Republi-
cars found at the end Of twansy-six
years of Democratic control. They
found practically an empty treasury
and dehclt.' The Democrats took j.
receipt for something oyer $l.lO0.OOo
from Treasurer Kendall. but Of what
: did that money consist? Instead OF
$223. 4i6 "A as a balance of the state fund
| available for general USES. ut the close
OF thaIr last fiscal year, they had old
debts and deficiencies OF over $4,000
morRi than enough to wipe out the al
legged balance. So notorious was
the condition OF the treasury and the
knowledge that the states obligations
were not being paid, that some claims
were being discounted as high rs so per
cent The deficiency On printing aidua
was over $4,000 whicl, this admin!stra-
lion had to pay.
Did Not Belong to the Stnte.
Of'thIs $l,10O,0oo that they took Treas
urer kcndalls receipt for, 100000 was
railroad money belonging to the coun-