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pledged. for themselves. This was
really the mutual, though une3-
pressed xiah Of both parties.
Thus much then Of the manner.
Neither committee exercising deie=
gated powers Of their constituents
Or associates for the purpose ex-
pressed, but both assuming duties
and responsibilities which they hope
may be endorsed. Now as to the
terms.
The State Returning Board is a
body whose members were appoint.
cd by the. Sanate, and whose duties
defined aud regulated by law would
be presumed in a healthful commu-
nifty to place them aboye,all unjust
suspicious. Composed Of gentle
men whose politics and whose per-
sonal integrity made them at the
time Of their selection acceptable to
al parties, it is difficult to imagine
why a change now should be de-.
sired.
Ex-Governor Wells, one OF the
members of the Board is in politics
We believe q Conservative, neither
rabid Democrat nor Republican,
but simply a neutrality-suspicious.
who has SO far adapted himself to
the situation az To- desire the peace,
order and prosperity of the State
on a basis of fur play and just
dealiag to all. His offence if be be
Objectionable to White League
leaders, Is, that he wes, We are told,
a. Unionist during the wal. Sena-
tor Anderson, smother member Of
the Board, was, at: the time OF. his
selection, and ID said to be now by
those who know him, ON old line
Wing. His offence, doubtless, il he
DO Objectionable, lies in his aAilia-
ton with "tLe Kellogg usurpation."
Gen. Longstreet, the third member
of the Board, is known to all. THAI
he has ever been. o politician. we do
not believe. As 4 brave and q
gallant soldier for the Lost Cause
when it needed and required SCR
vice, Longstreet did his utmost.
Equally honorable in, surrendering
he has accepted the new condition
Of things, considering that in SO
doing, his honor as a soldier and a
gentleman. were alike enlisted. It
is presumable that he is one Of the
Board, whom it is desirable to re-
move. The other two gentlemen,
Messrs. Casanave and Kenner are
colored citizens, competent and
worthy, honestand honorable men;
whose complexion, however, We
doubt not, is Objectionable to the
White League Either or both of
these will be requested to resign:
Assuming the power of tho two
comforting committees to cause the
wished for .resignations in the
Board, what guarantee have really;
the non-o&ce: seeking. or Office
holding citizens of the State
in the appointment or selec-
ton of more honorable and less
partisan members? We have shown,
with no disposition to be other than
exact, the composition of the pre-
sent Board and in all candor we
ask is it possible for the White
League or the Republican Com
mittees to better it? We aver not.
In brief, the conference and its
agreement arc Objectionable sub
stantially upon the grounds that
officials, in esse or IN posse, Office
holders or Office seekers, cannot de-
termine what alone the people,
either in their sovereign or repre-
sentative capacity, are competent.
The desirability for apeaceable and
fair election is shared in common
by all good citizens. We are
pleased, therefore, that in admit