The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-11-30
DR.. Jorgerson Receives the Certificate

Ut. JOTSGIS0U NeCe!VGS CHe GSTLluCdIc.
The Canvassing Board of the State of Viz
ginia have determined that DR.. Jorgerson,
Republican candidate Tor Congress in the
Fourth District, is crtitled to the seat i'll Con
yress and have issued the certificate accord
ingly. His majority over General VIM. Hin
ton, Democrat, is LAO. AS stated in anoth-
er article to day. written before the coun,
was known, we scarcely thought it possible
that the Board OF Canvassers would perpe-
trate so glaring q wrong as that implied i'll a
Richmond telegram to the effect that Hin
| ton would be awarded the seat. The Can
vassers declined to endorse upon the eertifi-
cate q statement, rs asked by Dir. Hinton,
as to the ''fact Of military interference and
Il stlpplanting Of State b, Federal authority
| in the face of proclamation of the Governor
| and tile protes:ation Of the Mayor Of the city
OF Petersburg" Hon. Edgar Allen, coun-
sci for Jorgerson, responded to the ponpou>
We: biaee OF Hinton, that the Boards anthor-
ity was purely ministerial, that it could not
comply with the request OF General Hinton,
| and that il it undertook to static one fact it
must state ALL And as it was charged that
the Federal power had ruthlessy put aside
the State authority, it ought, for instance, to
be recorded that the Federal Judge, during
his stay at Petersburg. slept a the house of
the chairman of the Democratic Committee.
| Also, that the twentythree so oilers present
in Petersburg so greatly intfmidatcd the
Democrats chat the Republican majority OF
! 5000 in 1874 was reduced to about 400
in 1876.
In the Mecklenturg District, for State
| Senator, the vote for j. r. Jones, {colord,i
| Republican, 3.l43 and J. 3. Ptail, Demo
2,6S2-Jones' majority 46l. The Board gave
the certificate to Jones, yet, for some al
legged Informality, McPhail presented his
claim.
| Because OF this action in these two
cases, the example Of the Board OF
Canyasseers Of Virginia is commended to the
country by one of the Democratic papers of
Richmond. While we award all due praise
to men who discharge their duty, we cannot
see chat there is anything so remarkable in
|
this that it should be especially pointed to.
The inference is that i is rare thing Tor
Democratic Returning Boards to issue GER
tifcates of election to Republicans, however
clear the evidence in their favor, and that
this simple act OF justice to two Republicans
who had been chosen by the people, is to be
regarded as something worthy of special note
at this particular time. We can hot see it
in that light For the Board to have acted
otherwise than they did, would have been a
great outrage, and justly subjected them TO
universal censtire with fair men.
By the successful ierrymandering OF The
Congressional Districts OF Virginia BY the
Democratic Legislature, the 100000 Repub-
cans have one representative in Congress-
Even this the greedy Democrats would de-
ny them, if there was any possible way to
get over it. We hope the number will be
increased to two, when all the facts are
brought to the attention of Congress in
the case Of Mr.. Gooae, as they will be in
the contest thai Col. Segar has determined
to make.