New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-26

=, 0reat unhappiness to the Democrats
zen a. once that it was an able and popular docu-
-. ,hat Il was written by an honest man ana clear
h.sd statesman, and they could assaii u only Dy ue
100 that Mr. Hayes did not write IT himself It's al
..htn has been attributed To varous persons, al on
hom have denied the honor The last au'hor selecteu
w NJ Murat Halstead, who promptly disposes OF the
.tlon a. follows: "YOus Information Is not good
Ss Hsstead Is concerned, he never had glimpse
% re letter until after IL had been gwen TO tue press
9 OF ~. Iooks after hi own eOrresQin icnce"
Sonotor COckerell of Missouri takes con-
and entirely sensible view of the situation He
800 the whole question will be decided by the reports
s,ha committees now at work IN Florida and louisiana
~ % eports show that Hayes is entitled to the votes Of
80 states he will DO elected and inIugurated without
os,tiop II they show that Tilden is entitled to the
Us ne will DO President If there is radical disagree
mi betyeen the reports of each party, then Mr. Cock
sli believes the conference committee VIII fix upon
alan for thing the controversy. That there will be any
ions trouble lie does not OrieYP, since neither sue Is
Seslreus Of war. Mr. Cocke.r Is III gue
~ talks with wisdom and patriotism which MS NORTH
am friends much need
senator Stevenson of Kentucky thinks the
sstieating committees will make the election of Mr..
Tdep sure He said to q reporter Of The Cincinnati En-
s.ir,r on Friday: 81 have the most mistaken conf
senoe that Mr.. Tden has been elected President, and
,h,s viii be still more ineonestaby shown by the result
AZ the work by the investigating committees in the South
bod IL to be the duty Of these committees to make
fhorouRh Work. In tnaU WOtk NOulu INC "a
.minng OF every officer and every enlisted man OF the
ocular army sent to the Southern states during the cleo
,ons as to the intimidation used ut these elections.
would not stop until every man " Ihein hau Deeh
seareIingly examined 1 think these committees can
sbroW sucI light upon this subject That the whole coun-
fry cannot help seeing IT as IL H."
There is a good deal of uncertainty about
The effect Of the Supreme Court oder in florida on tie
voie OF thai Stale careful article in The CtneinndH
Commercial giving au accurate summary of all the
clos xCitb 40
tiop Tho upshot Of the whole matter is First, That
Tho canvass for tine electoral being complete before
the suit was brought before the Supreme Court It's tie
cislon will not affect tho result and leaves the State $50
majority for Hayes secOud In case of reeanVass upon
the ASSUMPTION that there are regular returns from all
the counties and of them are false or fraudulent
then recanyasa with no returns rejected will give the
State to Hayes by &c majority third That should re-
canvass oust the Hayes electors and put in the Tden
eleetors they would be late for this Presidential
election and too eary for the next fourth There Is
under of lS46, and not by the present Canvass.
lug Board" The third point puts the vital question az
issue In manner both forcible aud accurate
Mr.. Redteld of The Cincinnati Commercial
throws tue following strong light upon some slightly
misunderstood phases of the South Carolina compiled
tons: surprised that some Of the papers continue
10 claim South Carolina for rden the face OF the re-
turns' This mistake. Allowing the Democrats there
every vote claimed Hayes still has about 900 ma
iority but Chamberlain has not Allow the enormous
frauds in Edgeed County to stand, where the Demo
Gratis Claim pOled twice many votes as there
are legal voters county and Hampton is slightly
aheao of Chamberlain. And upon this he (Iampton)
claims the election The Supreme Court sustalns him
upon the ground the face of the returns must pre-
vail aud that Board OF Canvassers haye no right to
20 behind these returns As 10 this Supreme Court sec
great deal OF transformation aoat know the judges
personally three Of them and not five, as has
20 often been stated They are all Republcan-ul'ra
Republican-and why they should take such active part
IN sustaining the Democratic cause in the face OF the
eopqpieuous Elgefed frauds is not great mystery OF
course IT is charged they bought but this may
be mistake. Certainly the expectation that anything
GOOD for The Democrats could out Of the Supreme
Court ia very late event For years that court has been
cursed by tue Democrats other court ever was III
America It's members are Moses, Willard, ana Wright,
a scaawagger. a carpetbagger, and a Niger as
the Democrats used afectiOnately TO term It, Moses
IA a Jew q pretty good lawyer and as homely as
stump fence He Ia the father of g. j. Moses, ofdlna-
yly known as the 'rObber Governor II the Democrats
had rebeled under r. J. Moses Instead OF Chamberlain
they would have had tire sympathy Of more people than
they have. BAD IA the robber Governor was ths
Democrats used to say that he was chip from tAe Ola
block and that his venerable father the CDleIJuSc
was harder than the hopeful SON But tne Ik IA
fine pnt eau be seen by wcllinfOrmed persons Moses,
ths ChieEJustoe, will do anything 70 get even WIN
Chamberlain for his treatment OF the other io>ts tuo
SOuldbe Circuit Judge Tue Two Assooate Jsce S ,.o
NewRngand and Wright IS black negro from fenDsyi
vania black q tar-bneket He is the only gehnhe
elevation 70 position ho had read law but Two years
His color put him the bench not his eatnnS OF Us
abuse which the Democrats used 10 point ~ tire supreme
Court OF that unhappy state Uhc eaIlet-DdSgSt 'Ie
ScalaWaggcr and the nIggerl has suddenly ceased II
has be1R1ie a genuemany and constitutional court,
aiming ~ TIE pubic good IN all tHhgs'