The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-03
THE PENCIL FRAUD
And others Equally Revolving
Shown Up by Senator Elkins.
DEFENDS THE REPUBLICANS
OF West Virginia, When Attacked
by Senator Pettus, Whose Mind
Had Been Poisoned by the Siren,
John T. Mearaw.


On Monday Senator Elkins took occa.
sion I'm the United States senate To reply
TO tho restrictions Of Senator Pettus, OF
Alabama. who spoke against the sat-
ing 81 senator Scott on Friday last, ar.
Elkius in part said: Mr.. President. / an
in favor OF the pending amendment.
though 1 am not Scandinavian and 1
am not descended from Olaf as tho
senator from North Dakota claims to
be; but ! am West virginiln, and
would be untrue to my state and the
commission hold were 10 allow to
pass unchattenged certain statements
made against West Virginia ana some
Of it's leading citizens in the debate on
the resolution to admit my colleague to
a seat on the floor OF the senate.
find in the Record Of April q. in the
speech made by the junior senator from
Alabama (AIr. Pettus) in that debate,
some charges which startled and sur
prised mo in respact of fraud and coz
spiracy. wrongdoing. and oppression on
the part OF Republicans at Charleston
during the election of my colleague (Mr.
Scott which / think deserve some no.
tice at my hands. want TO be explicit
and brief.
In the first Mace, the result of the
election in West Virginia in 1898 was
Republican majority of seven on Joint
ballot in the legislature. This result
was changed by the counting out and
unsaa ting of three Republcans-one
from Monroe county. Mr.. Via, although
the court. after a hearing, decided shat
he was entitled 10 his seat.
one from Lewis and Webster district
Mr. bennington, was counted out by thu
Democratic county court although leg.
aIIv alpctcd. Brohard. from the COUNTY
az Tavlor although elected by fair
,Totori,v was counted out by a fraudu-
lent change Of tbirty-aIqht votes-.a
change fraudulent on its face, because
it showed that the name of Brohnrd had
been erased and the name Dent written
in Its place with a purple or oiue pence.
in precincts where no pencil was us'u
on the day OF the electior'
All three OF these republican mem
oers were excluded from the legislature
and yet this outrage ana wrong leit on
the day OF the election OF the senator
by joint assembly u legislature ftepuo-
lean by one majority on Joint ballot
This. is admitted by tne ch'el Feinoh-
strant' Mr.. Mc1Faw' IN ms me'tot'ai'
and by all Democrats III the state
Now, what want 10 bring 70 tne at
tention OF the senate Is TINS: why al
this trouble why all TINS CONFUSION anu
why has this question been Drought
here and my colleague pursued 10 the
doors of the senate thus at great ex-
pense? 1t is brought about ana caused
by the fact that Republican legisla-
ture-admitted to be Rapubhcan-rs-
fused to elect Mr.. McGraw' a Democrat
as United States senator,
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