Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-12-08

The result Of the vote by the electors
for President and Vice President of the
United States, on Wednesday last. was
the election of Rutherford b. Hayes and
William A. Wheeler. they receiving lS5
votes, the number necessary TO elect.
All the electors claimed for Hayes and
Wheeler cast their votes as they were
counted previous to the day of election.
No republican fnched or wavered in the
performance of his duty. The articles
aud persuasIons and wealth of Mr.. Til
den made no break in the republican line
Every man stood where he was expected
to stand Neither in Massachusetts, nor
any other State was there found anything
but the truest loyalty to the republican
party: the most ghtforward and cor
dial compliance with the conditions of
the unwritten contract under which each
was pledged when he accepted the nom
ination of eector from the republican
party to vote for Hayes and Wheeler if
he were elected.
The one vote which Samuel j. Tilden
has been so desperately seeking in order
to insure his election he attempted to steal
In Oregon by the aid of democratic
Governor. once Maine man we regret
to say, but now deserving to be pilloried
among the worlds great criminals. Ore
gon elected republican electors as fairly
as Maine or Vermont. There was nc
question raised by the Tildenites as tC
the fairness and legality of the election
Nobody was shot, stabbed, bulldozed OF
dragged at the heels of horses until
dead in order that majority might be OBJ
tanned In the State for Hayes. The voice
Of the State was Enthusiastically declared in
favor Of the election of Hayes and Wheel
er. That no man has the audacity to dis
pute. But under the advice of Tilden or
Gwin of infamous memory, the eligibility
Of one ofthe republican electors was ques.
toned, the Governor assumed the respon-
sbility to decide it against him, and then
gave the certificate of election to demo-
crat In order thus to secure the ONE
VOTE that 7iltien required 10 elect him
President 1t is reported that this lone
democrat, who was never elected himself,
and with whom the two republican elec.
tors In regard to whose election there was
NO question raised very properly refused
to act. constituted himself an electoral
college, filling the vacancies in his college
by the choice of two persons who might
act with him.
And the Governor of the State was a
party 10 this attempted fraud and outrage
upon the State which had honored and
trusted him. He assumed extraordinary
and unauthorized powers. He BETRAYED
his people. He covered himself with in
fanny that will cling to his name after the
grave covers him.
The outrage will not help Mr.. Tilden.
The vote for Oregon will 60 for Hayes.
No plea will be accepted by the Ameri-
can people for any other course. All hon
est democrats will condemn it.
1t will be stamped out with universal in
dignation. No legal technically will serve
TO excuse the monstrous outrage upon the
rights of a people which this attempted
perversion of their fairly and openly de-
clared will would be if allowed to succeed.
We find that the outrage attempted on
Oregon was supplemented by another in
the sending of despatch through the AS
ISOLATED Press. Thursday morning, mis-.
representing the facts which took place in
the electoral college in Oregon and color
ing them to suit the Tilden party. II APP
pears that the Secretary of State gave the
three Hayes and Wheeler electors their
certificates, with the broad seal of the
State upon them. thus defeating the
traitor Governor and Till,n in their
scheme and leaving the election of
Hayes and Wheeler unquestioned
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.