The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-11-16
months more Of standpattism, Can
nonism and extravaganza.
A democratic cyclone strikes lii
-nois and several other states.
lHNGO COUNTY.

4
The Williamson Enterprise is re-
sponsible for the following statement
as regards the election and the ille-
gal registering frauds:
The worst election frauds in the
history of this county were perpet-
rated by the renegade gang last
Tuesday. This is saying a great
deal, too, for in 1904 this gang per
petrated enough fraud to give them
an excuse for counting in a whole
county ticket that was not elected,
by some very strained and new pre-
ceoents Of our Supreme court. This
only emboldened them and prepared
the way for stronger effort in the
direction, and more pronounced
series of frauds in 1906. Then
all decent people thought the limit
of rascality bad been reached, and
that even the renegade gang ofMin-
go county would not dareS1go any
further. But in 1908 they carried
1 their nefarious schemes still further,
by fraudulent REGISTRATION, repeating
negroes from Mcdowell county and
Pocahontas, Va, ard still the people
Of the county were patient and did
not resort to any nefarious means
of selfdefence. The renegade gang
had been sustained by the State
committee as the recognized Repub-
lican party, and party authority.
Their thievery had been sustained by
the highest court in theState.> The
Republican party was running the
State, and the Supreme court was
constituting the law. The people of
the county were thoroughly dis
couraged. The worst featureof the
whole thing was the character OF
men they put in office by the steal.
The details ofthis part of the Gala
nifty are SO revolving that we refrain
from discussing them at this time.
!. The actions of these men US will be
shown in the coming contest, will
speak for themselves. The crimes
of 1905 could only have been per-
jury of the men who then held mos,
of the county Offices; but all the
crimes named pale intoinsignifcancc
: and look weak and child-like by the
side of the crime or crimes commit
ed this time
The county officers scattered over
the county and led mobs of armed
rutians into the polling places and
took charge of the rooms, ran the De.
mocratic election officers away from
the place at the point of pistols anc
guns, and took complete charge o.
the polls by placing men. as commits.
sioners and clerks who would dc
their bidding even to the extent o.
perjuring themselves by swearin:
: that they are Democrats. hi.
method was carried out in nearl,
every precinct in the county except
three or four outside of the city O
Williamson, and it was attempted al
all of them, but they got their bluff
called ina few. places. 1t was ever
E attempted in Williamson in mild
way, but the Democrats had the pc.
ice force, and renegade pistol de-
puties could not bluff them.
The registration was such fraud
| on its face that even their writer, the
onethey educated for the purpose,
did not even try to defend it. They
: registered 200 fraudulent names in
this county, and they voted 100 oil
them last Tuesday. There is not an
honest manin this county who does
not know that with an honest electi-
on this county would have cast .
Democratic majority Of at least 1907
This is the straw that breaks the
cancels back. The people have de-
cided to do them up this time. This
campaign in Mingo county has just
begun.
The people oftbis county deserve
great credit for not resorting to mob
rule to free, themselves from this
gang of criminals, but their patience
is nearly exhausted.
1t is just such hish-handed, law
less acts as the above that compelled
the Hon. Rankin Wiley to contest
the election of Jas. Hughes.