Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-13

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ehomld ave done. He should have
done a. General Goff used to do when
asked to interfere In local matters. He
should have said Gentlemen, nominate
q good ticket OF your W choice, and l
will help to elect it, Well said Daw-
son. is there no way that We can FIX
this thing up and get you to support
the tieket?' / said, Yes, let Mr.. Elkins,
II. he has got to keep those fellows up.
drop them of the ticket, and let the
people make an honest ticket. and let
him just give them a part of the money
It will cost him 10 elect that ticket, and
l think all can be satisfied Dawson
said. He cant do that / replied, 1t
seems to me that il he nominated them,
he can get them off by the same means
he got them on Dawson then asked
me IL / was paid back the money | had
spent, whether / would not vote for the
list of commissioners selected by the
headers of the party. | said, What, that
9ang?' He said, Well, / mean the lead
ers. / don't know what you call them
A DIRECT OFFER MADE.
He said further that if l would do that
he would see Mr.. Elkins and see that
he rave me my money back which | had
spent and said, Or, in other words, l
will see that he gives you one thousand
dollars"
Il told him that | mad to make the
train and did not have time to ak
to him further and he requested me
to meet him again and talk further
with him on the subject. Said he was
going away, but would write me when
to meet him at his Office. He after
wards did write me to meet him, but
/ did not go to see him any more, but
a short time afterwards, a certain pere-
son was sent to me with a proposition
to pay me twenty-one hundred dollars
if | would vote for a list OF commits
sdoners to be prepared by the ring
leaders and handed me. remember
the proposition. The individual who
made the proposition left me and in
q short time returned and raised tle
offer to twenty-five hundred dollars. /
again refused, again the messenger left
me and after some time another per-
son was sent to me who made the prop
.osition to pay me three thousand dol
lars if / would vote for the list of
commissioners that Major Moulton
would present to the court. l again
refused to accept the proposition, the
person making the proposition went
away and finally the first messenger
returned and said that he had thirty
/ five hundred dollars for me.
BIG BILLS IN EVIDENCE.
He showed me a one thous-
and dollar bill and a large
envelope unsealed containing a
number of other bills which | saw and
he said TO me 1 have here thirty-five
hundred dollars, take it and vote for
Moulton's list | told him not for
four hundred and fifty millions OF dol
lars would | do it / said, when / go
of this court | will have the satisfac-
tion of knowing that there has been
one man in Kanawha county who has
not and could not be bought with mon
ey or appointments
Il have given a plain, truthful state
ment CT what occurred in the attempt
OF the gang to bride a member of the
County Court to violate his sworn duty.
/ regret the necessity for s o doing, but
I feel that the public ought to know
and be w&rne6 in time that the gang
will try to steal the election in Novem-
Der as they did steal it at the primary
election.
Let the Mail-Tribune go ON with it's
abuse of the County Court and the
election commissioners appointed by it
and when the smoke of the battle.
which will be fought from now until
the 9th of mex month, shall clear
away, the ring will find that the fat
hogs have been removed to give place
for a better and more honorable brood.
LET THE PEOPLE JUDGE.
4 want the people who believe in
honest elections to look at the list Sc
lected by Judge Woodall and myself
and compare it with Moulton's list and
then to judge for themselves our mo-
tipes In the selection we have made.
THE ring organ says that by mis-
take We appointed some honest men.
Why, | do lot doubt that the Ballot
men on their list and by mistake and
Burning Committee had some honest
mistake only. In conclusion let me
through your paper, warn the decent
people of Kapawha that ether at
tempJs have been made to bride Off
cials and are still being made and let
every true Republican be on his guard
and assist in the apprehension and pun
dshment of the scoundrels whoever
they may be.
Respectfully,
iSigned.) "JNO. S. KEENEY,"
The affidavit accompanying the
charges is as follows:
State of West Virginia,
- "Kanawha County, SIS:
This day personally appeared be-
fore the undersigned authority, John