Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-12-31
OTTUMwA. wAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA. DECEMBER 1874.

LILO COUNTY, IOWA
4 cUNrEsrED PREslDENrIAL
ELECTION.
| From the Chicago Tribune
In the last three cases the country has
| escaped civil war on account Of con
tested Presidential election merely by
| the lucky chance that The victorious
candidates had 20 great'a majority that
the disputed votes made no difference
| In the gensrai rssult, which ever way
they were counted, or n they were not
counted at ~. All these cases have
bsea Of reesnt dste. The fact 10 prsg-
nant pssil Tor the future. ItlS56
tie ave electors chosen by Wisconsin
we're prevented BY : violent snow
storm rsashiae tn Capital Of that State
% the day onRhich they were reqnir.
cd BY Law 10 slSs their votes. When
the Presidsnt opsAed the sealed certlf.
icates Of ths electoral lote, In the pros
ssss Of bosh Heusesof Congress, Ii
wss found tEse tn wisconsin returns
were illsgi4ily dSted. Objection wss
nsds 70, racsivisg thsn. The two
Housss rSAised tesslksir respestivs
rooms and Sdssed 3 Joint resolution
that the President of ihe Senate should
aaposncs Ae.rssple = foilows: For
yamss Bachahan, H1votes; for John
y fremont lwisn tns yose OF Wiscon-l
SIN, ~ votss wik1ont itl lW votes
This was dnly done. A4a buchanan Was
dsclaFsd aoybes siessees suppose the
avs soess q M Wiseon'sm ;. Aad sssa the
o1lsnnss n q peWef., ~ zne ihepup!ieans =
wou'a 1s,O 1nsls'el spCa S0onune
.oem : 'ns Nsos oule- n.se -.
49, - ao d. ~. .y ....s', eons.V.'s
49, 49,. = ~ ~ wou'o n.ve
lslsI.eu snsr, u. ~ .v.s .ppoHs pI
wss,I 4sv..J ~. .ss.. 80 =. ..o,a. ~. , 10y.
u r.
~.-.. =. -. .s 49, $50 " 49, .pps
~ys.a ~ 49, l.ss ~. ..ss a.. -. 20. = ms.c..'s
!. .aa-..c.., =. - y .is. ~ ,no.,... o Is.. 80.
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u,. . I, ,oeo g.
sesSI - A0.o' .ne.
nen: W.. ~ soes '1s sne Acu resioent Oh
tne 0enate, annou0nceq snat the CLEO
eoral vote q deoss'a YOU'D Do count
60, 0ecause ie d,d NOT snange the gem
eral result, pat inst y would not have
been had IL cnsneed that result. lfthe
connasg ot, taoeo nlgs votes wouid
have made aHoEatio osymour Presi-
dent what then Tnere 10 doubtless
fraud on both, sides q Georgia. Each
party eould have uai1e ont . case
| against the other. Nsliher would have
submitted to Congressional dictatlon,
had II been sgainlt tA4m. Once more
ths frssman's lsst seeert would have
eome into play. ai
In February. ls73, congress rejected
thu electoral v,ofaa ~ Loniaiana and
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s;E Ei.s j. 1s,-,,
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' n. .soo...so os.U. =. '1s
ss 49, - ,r...ss .. y :. ~ ~ = -. . '.."s. IL
ss,s' na.s.s. :, Csna.... -..s - ' ~.
s.r,a noIs.t.si conrieS,on .nd ,ho..
fo-e ,ha dac,s,on -. cav T,h;. la.
a. Mn nat - trnc az The Convre..
vh,ch vill c,nva,a .ha ra.nrns for ~
,.r, p,s.,a.,t S Tn rehr,..v 1917
tha Senate win be Rennh,,csn ana .hs
| nor.. nsmnc-,,,c nrd.r ,ha $500.
| .vatem. can . collision he ayo;dsd ; T.
q she e.aieat thing il tha vo,la 70
trumn an : chsrre Of f..ud. a ssv
| aA,davi,s 4 e5 aniece. ch.r,iuo intimi.
dation. illegal voting faisA retnrns
| atc.. can force upon Z divided Conrre.s
the duty of aec,dins vhether the eleo-
tor.l returns OF perhsps : DOZEN ststea
ara or ara not TO bs ceunted. The
question, too. may be oouspnssssd By
| the net that the simple rejection Of !
return viii mot settle The question.
The country has sea electoral votes.
lIf tho retufas frem thirty.six States
show ! lie, the vote or the !temsininr
ono will have to be counted one way
or the other 10 decide the elaction. IA
/ n 4 madman Who sthinks that under
snch c,rr,,m.t., .,,cs. ma ss,,.a vor,a
| not insist upon accepting the Republi.
| can returns, and the House would not
eaually iasist upon tho validity OF The
Democrats esstifiesae. Assao.6arsn
tsood sense night hndaway eat 6f the
| deadlock by agreeing y . new Slec-
| Ition, but ,pArtisan feeling, embittered
to The highest degree BY the struggle
,of tAs two Houses tor the tremendous