Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-22
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i NEW DIRK, Nov. t..-Thc Hernl1,
New Orleans special says the demo
cratic committee at one o'clock thi
morning had prepared a reply to tn,
republican letter of. refusal. which ii
substance is as follows:
i They admit no official powers o,
right to interfere with the interna
aHair> OF the State of Louisiana. but
they are here at the request of an or.
ganization of a great political party
where they meet REPRESENTATIVES ~
the opposition selected by the Presi.
dent himself for the same purpose
and as he says in his army order. "fol
the sake of seeing an honest count OF
the votes actually cast" They as.
! suinc this rs the mutual object, since
the question has become a national
one, and they insist that the people ol
the United States can only be satisfied
with q fair and honest count. and
further that proper respect should be
paid to the fact that the people of the
United States have selected Mr.. Til.
den by a majority of nearly three
hundred thousand, and ignorin. the
negro vote, by majority of over ono
hundred thousand. In reply to the
statement that the Vice President has
authority to count the votes, they take
direct issue and insist that Congress
itself, consisting of the Senate and
House. has been solely invested with
such power. That for thirty wears n
precedent has been established OF this
right. The Senate invariably appoint
cd ono and the House two tcllcrs. TO
whom the duty has been delegated.
They cmphatically deny that the Con-
stituti0n of the United States ever
contemplated dclegating such gross
and arbitrary powers to any one in.
divldual, and that the right and re-
sponsibility belong to Congress itself.
They also deny that the Returning
Board of Louisiana can be safely
trusted with the manipulation of the
returns OF election, having been al
ready virtually set aside twice BY re-
ports of congressional committees
comprised of leading representatives
oil both political parties. and once
by the rejection Of officials decided
to have been elected by the Board /:
the more SO because this Board. as nj
present constituted, is precisely the
same, with but one exception, ii con-
sisting of two United State Off
cials. and one candidate for Office
at the late election. Hoping little
from the republicans, the above is
more in the form of protest than a
letter. but the democrats assert their
Intention to appeal for and demand a
representative or official count and
are equally firm in the expression of
their belief in a successful issue of
their efforts. Ii is very evident that
they intend to stick to the last and
will exhaust every remedy before de-
feat. a.a II @
Timely Warning.
New YORK, Nov. 16.-Thc 111.cs
furnishes the following document to
the agent of the Western Associated
Press:
TALLAnAssE, Florida, Nov. Is
10 the People of the United States !:
The undersigned are informed that
telegrams are being sent north to-
night from this State, based upon the
tables of reported majoritics in d
tloridian extra of this afternoon.
claiming that Tilden and Hendricks
have carried Florida by 63Y ma aiority.
An examination of these tables show
that in the county of Alachua alone.
the actual republican majority of III,
rs shown by the official canvass now
on file. is reduced to 49S, by leaving
out certain precinct votes on false
prefcnces of fraud, and that in yari-
ETY. OF other ways the actual figures
have been changed so as to give an
apparent Tilden majority. The un-
dersigned are satisfied. from a care
ful examination in detail of the re-
turns already received, that allowin.
the democrats all the majority they
now claim in the counties kept bv
them, the returns from the whole
state will show a majority for HAYES.
This majority can he largely increased
upon ample proof Of democratic
frauds and intimidation. The repub-
ilcans Of Florida are not devatinp
| themselves to manufacturing public
opinion at the North, but convinced
that the State has been carried for
Hayes and Wheeler, they wait with
perfect confidence the result Of fair
and impartial canvass, which they are
sure will carry.conviction to the peo-
pie of the country. NJ. MARTIN.
Chairman Campaign Committee.
j. Nj. Thornburgh. of Tennessee !;
I. W. Osborn, of Florida: NJ. f..
Chandler. Of New Hampshirs. and J..
I. 4. Emmons, of fJacksonville, Flor
ida.