Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-11-15
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Wednesday Morning, November Is. 1877
The Situation.


spire confidence that Gov. Hayes is elect
ed President. The claims of the demo-
Gratis to the three disputed States gradual
" weaken, while the evidence that the
republicans have succeeded in carrying
them steadily Increases. The New York
Times of Monday morning says:
Every day accumulates the proof that
Gov. Hayes has been elected President.
'ro elect Mr.. Tilden il would be necessa-
Try for him TO have carried either one of
1.-The States of Florida. Louisiana, aud
"South Carolina and our dispatches from
"those States confirm the previous reports
that they have all been carried by the
republicans. Our inlormation, coming
from the most trustworthy sources,
..makes it certain that South Carolina will
"show republican majority of between
two and five thousand; that the MAORI
"ty in Louisiana will be decisive. and
THAT on fair count in Florida that State
Twill show republican majority of over
zone thousand"
The special dispatches to the Tribune
agree in tenor with the above from
the Times. In Mondays issue the Tri-
bune remarked: "All the changes which
1.-THE past forty-eight hours have brought
"in the political situation serve only to
strengthen the republican claim to the
three contested States"
The official counting of the votes only
begins this week. In South Carolina pro
ceedings have already commenced, but in
Louisiana they will not begin until Friday.
1t will be several days after that before
the result of the count will be known, for
which the country must patiently wait.
More and more evidence is accommodating
of the frauds and outrages of Southern
democrats, not only in South Carolina,
Louisiana ard Florida, but in North Car
DINA, Mississippi and Alabama. The
three latter States were driven by the shot
gun and revolver and by repeating and
other frauds at the polls into an apparent
support of Tilden.
Since 1t was found by the democrats
that one of the three States disputed was
necessary to elect Tilden, attempts have
been made in all of them to destroy the
ballot-boxes, and doctor" the returns so
as to secure apparent democratic MAORI
ties. Having failed to accomplish their
intentions by this method, they are now
giving their chief attention to Louisiana
which they will leave no art or fraud I'M
tried to carry for Tilden.
For this purpose regiment of demo
cratic leaders have gone to New Orleans,
10 superintend the proceedings of the Re-
turning Board. They have no right or
authority to be there for such work
They are interfering with that which is
none Of their business. They might as
well come to Maine as go to Louisiana to
inspect the counting of the votes cast in
the election. 1t is a gross impertinence
as well as bold invasion of State rights
They were not invited by any authority to
scrutinize the action of the Board. They
are simply selfconstituted censors and
policemen, gone upon a lawless errand,
intent to have Mr.. Tilden counted in as
President If chicancery or corruption can
compass it.
This bold attempt of democratic leaders
to overawe or corrupt if it be possible the
returning Board of Louisiana is a fitting
closing act for the campaign which they
have waged. Fraud and corruption are
the means with which they have waged the
contest upon their side from beginning TO
end. Many of the most respectable dem
ocratic papers declared that Tiden secured
his nomination only by the corrupt use of
money at the st. Louis convention, and
fraud and corruption mark his way in
every northern State and most southern
States which are counted for him.