The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-05
UTICA'S GREAT STATESM EN-.
CONKLING AND SEYMOUR on THE
PRESIDENTIIL CRISIS.
The senator said to be Preparing to Take
stand Against the Counting In of H"'cs-
Gov. seymour's Appeal to the People.

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ALBANY, Dec. 4.-Dewitt e. west one OF
the electors at large. said to your correspondent
tonight that he believed Hayes would DO
counted In any how, and that while the Demo-
crata would submit without rebellion TO this
-, $50, a.. .ot ,he ooonla n, tho countrv
Ho"' "'O"A' '"V' ""' Wv fo'F'N " " .'
would make 80 strong an Indictment ngainst the
Republican party that It could not last beyond
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tho iOut years 'eIm Vi Ns 'auu"'c"''
elected President. He believed that Senators
r,nkliny Edtnunda. and ChriatIancv wore to-
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Hives Mr.. Conkllng hnd all along insisted
u,n, ,be ,,,bt of either Uouse to inouire tnto
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the f"cts OF an elocnon' ana ne w"ull NOT oe
false to that precedent now. lie believed that
tho ,ro. a,, ,',uld Ian s.nnto, Cnnkliny,a onpor-
'"e p.'so"' "o'''u w 90'a'o' Do''",A
tunity To show q pa'fiotism exc eptona 10 tho
guilt Of Republican leaders. He WAS quito cnpn-
hta q, dotn,, so ,,r n. had v,ted ayntnst bia
Wv VI uOt 'V' w =" ""n ,,..,,. ,'. So
y lrtN IN opposition To the DIVISION oi the state
of Virginia and upon otherimpor,antp party auo,-
,,,r, an, I, was ma, ,,,n,,h,nls th., ne vnuld
''u anu u was ""' ''.' 80 ,''. - v. |,''.
make very bold stand az 'inst their apparent
fraud ON this OCCASION
r,,rosnonl,n, It,v, ,o,, a,v dtr.c, ,nform,
'"''espo"uen. -ha'o W" a", 'o'' ''''
tion as to wha, he proposes to do1
MIR. west-rhis | will say: lie has been
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s'uui'"E uP '"e uues'o" 'e'' ""''us"'' ""u
have good reason TO believe that he Is preparing
TO de with IL IA saw
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Correspondent no" 40 'hc poop'e Hene'a'
In the country fecl about the ctisisf
Mr. ws-t There ia nm Int.uac foel,ng among
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the DeWocras' iheS ie'l th'' t"eb "ie u"ou'
being cheated out OF a long-awnlted triumph.
Tue contest was severe end almost hopeless
one. and having won II. not only by "A magnin-
cent popular majority, but by a clear constitu-
tional vote they are hnrdly DISPOSED to accent
very READILY "A movement To swiudIe them out
of H. Understand me. few OF them would 1ght
about IL We mr.. moi disposed 10 make ieucls
or ourselves hut we would feel ourselyes in
'Corr.snondent-uow do Republic1ns feel
about ~
Mir We.t-The ReoubIic,ns who are not poli.
ticiona and are nusines. men with whom 1 nave
come I'm cnnt.c, are anxious 10 have Itlden
eisrted nv an. of The Sta,os in ,Iisuute rather
imam haya the controversy continued until
F.hruary and even among Z ose VINO ara noiiti-
cians there 4. n Feeling that the Ilenurlic an
nnrtv ,xIli dn it..If an injury Inv rontInutn, IN
nn.,er md ar Tho circumst,nras For mxself ~
fJ.sirsd IN Uen,,l ii,'o n.,Iy,s de,ruc,trn /
wouId ,viah the,n tn cons1ituinats The wrong
they NV cnntemnlats
"a" nWr,hsr ~ tne prasIdenttal eI.ctora hava
already arrived here for the meeting 10 morrow,
among than, Uorstio seymour De Mitt 4 West
parks GnJxvin Authonv nuvro Anal tnst.r
and william ~ prver These are stnuniny ~
Conrress Hall aud saverI othera ara al the
Deleyan ~ ~ "
~ ,h. n,ae,in, In morrow U,ra,in S.vrour
viii nrnhnhIv he etectei prasllsnt ~ me 4 'ni.
lac snd uiil ds,,yrr a sueech 81 con.tdsrst,le
ienctn. ia whirh he viii state very stronri, hi,
vls,vs inon the pr..td,n ntini cr.is us II now ~
ists IN ths So,,th The .ry,,n, nj oT ht. st' erh
viii ne -uch 5 might be 1dIte.ssd bv Nav York
I,,n,.t A.. J., ,Do nan,ta - ,nc c,uutrv ar.i IL