The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
The Claims Of the McEnery Government
Summed Up
(From the New York Tribune.l


The Kellogg faction is admitted to be
in the wrong by every member OF the
committee l. II did not receive a ma
jority of the votes cast; 2 IL was not re.
turned by legal canvassng board in
short, it WAS introduced into ofiicee by
more brute force In no case can 1t be
admitted to be lawful state government.
4" Considering all the fact established be-
fore your committee" says the report.
"therc seems no escape from the alter
native that the McEncry government
must be recognized by congress, OF con-
gross must provide for re election. F"
But, says Mr. Carpenter, the election was
so strongly tainted with fraud that we
hold it void altogether; McEnery GER
tainly received majority Of the votes
cast; but we believe that Kellogg would
have been chosen if the election had been
fairly conducted This, however, is not
a point for congress to determine. Many
elections have been tainted with fraud be-
fore now, but congress has never assum-
ed the right to reject them. The frauds
of the October election in Pennsylvania
were as great as the frauds OF the No.
vember election in Louisiana. 1t is we'll
understood that Mr.. William Nj. Tweed
registered vote against Gen Grant in
the state OF New York in 1868, when the
popular majority was really the other
way But nobody has pretended that
congress had authority to 20 back OF tho
official returns and determine what tho
result ought TO have been. That would
be to make the power Of congress abso.
lutte and dcspotic, That there wero
frauds in McEnery's election we have no
doubt but there is no evidence that they
were 50 gross MS to invalidate the entire
returns there is no evidence that they
were gross enough even to decide the re-
suit; there was no violence or disturb
ancc Of any kind the vote polled,"
says Senator Trunbull, "was twenty
thousand larger than ever before cast in
the state, and against more than two
thirds of it no complaint OF unfarncss 10
even alleged 1t seems to be inevita.
Die. therefore, that the only inst an con.
stturional solution of this difficulty is to
recognize the McEnery government, and
leave any candidate OF the opposite par
ty who believe thar they were defeated
by fraudulent means, or counted out by
dishonest canvassers. to establish their
claims, if they can, before the regular tri-
buna.s by regular process Of law.
REMOVING STAINS 1t you have been
picking or handling any acid fruit and
have stained your hands, wash them IN
clear water, wipe them lightly, and while
they are yet moist strike match and
SHUT your hands around it so as to catch
the smoke, and the stains will disappear.
Ifyou have stained your muslin or ging.
ham dress, or your white pants with Der.
rics, before wetting with anything clse,
pour boiling water through the stains and
they will disappear. Before fruit juice
dries it can often be removed by cotd
water. using a sponge and towel IL nec.
essary. Rubbing the fingers with the In.
side Of the parings Of apples will remove
most of the stains caused by pairing. Ink
also. il washed out or sopped up from
the carpet when it is spilled, can DO al.
most entirely removed --HsorM and
Koee.