Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13


feeling was 80 high that all that Mr..
Morris counsel asked was a recount
OF Wood county's rejected ballots
dropping all other disputed ballots
and Irregularities.
The Republicans sa@ member after
member of their party in the House
unseated and the Democratic con-
spiraey unfolded in all It's hideous,
ness. But not until one week after
the House had acted on the Broharu
case did they act In the senate on
lhe Kidd case. january 18th the
House declared both Brohard and
Dent lot entitled to act until tinal
decision in the Taylor county case.
On January 23rd the Senate seated
Mir. Morris on MS contest, "pendlng
the nnal disposition OF the SAID CON
i've days and hida twelve. The next
gay, january @4th, the house Com
mIttee ON PRIVILEGES and Elections,
by majority report, declared that
Lent was erected and that he be al
once qualified.
Before that report was acted upon,
treaty OF peace was agreed 10
and by unanimous vote OF both
Houses, in separate session, on jan
uary 10Th the Taylor County case
WAS set 10 be determined III the
blouse "A February 9Th and IN the
senate Morris, who had been seated
the day before, was unseated ana
exactly the same action was taken
as was taken by the House January
10th-nine days before-namely, that
pending the determination OF such
contest, neither said Morris nor SAID
Add shall be entitled TO vote or sit
as a member of this body" Febru-
arv 18th was set also in the Senate
for determining the kidd-Morris case.
On that same day, January 25th,
Hon. y. b. Scott, in joint session OF
she Legislature, was elected United
states Senator by vote OF AZ for
Scott, AZ for MeGraw and for CON
Had the peoples will as expressed
at the polls been carried out without
any post-election frauds or legisla-
tive unseating, the vote would have
stood Scott 81, Golf /, McGraw 40.
On a contest and careful hearing in
the United States Senate Senator
Scott, by vote of 50 to 3, was de-
ciared TO be legally elected. The
Democratic conspiracy had failed.
Those $50 disputed or rejected
ballots from Wood county we're
canvassed by the Senate committee.
There we're round to be 1856 which
Morris was entitled to have counted
FOR him: 1876 which Kidd was entltl-
ed to have counted for him; and Oh
which no one was entitled to receive,
the intent of the voter not being as
certainable. This made gain OF 10
votes for Morri., but lett Kidd II
majority in the district, dropping all
other contentious and irregularities.
The committee thereupon unanl-
mously reported Mr.. Kidd as entitled
to the seat and a Republican senate
unanimously seated him. In the
House. however, the Democrats uh-
seated both Via and Brohard, and
seated their Democratic opponents
Which acted the nobIer part? Inc
gapublican State Senate or the DEM
o,eratic House of Delegates in these
contested election cases?
The Republican managers, conVnc-
ed of the Righteousness of their
cause. determined that the Demo
orati. managers who stole Cen.
tioff's seat in 1859, should not steal
Legislature and United states
senator in 1899.
For placing the names OF VIA ana
krohard on the rolls Of the House
of Delegates OF 1899, The secretary Oh
slate has been rouadiy abused anu
his act declared gross uSurPaVlon
of authority. In both cases the sec
retary OF state obeyed the finding
Of the courts-in Was case, the CIR
cuit court; in Orchards case, the
Supreme Court. 80 long as puohc
officers follow the decisions of the
courts, it is hard 10 see how they
can be guilty of misconduct.
Conclusion.
The people of the state we're never
more prosperous than they are now.
The laboring people, farmers, mer-
chants, manufacturers, timber and
coal operators, and all classes are