The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-27
THE SUICIDAL BOARD.
What the Papers Say About the
south Carolina Canvassers' Hasty
nIsanInssnn

"Hot su0 EaPOEb coy AUSes INV
South Carolina Canvassers' Hasty
Dissolution.
THIS audaciow step of the Board oi
State Csnvsssers introduces q new fes.
turs into the situation in South Caro-.
lins.-N. ?. Sun, bsd
THIS seems to US 10 be proper course
to pursue if the Board has authority to
adopt it, aud the belief is that it has
Philadelphia Bulletin, Rep.
IT is claimed that its apparently hssty
action was made necessary by the fac,
that the legal limit of its session had eI.
pired.-N. 7. Tribune, Rep.
THE proceedings of the court we're oi
such kind as to shake the faith of the
country in its impartiality, if not in il
probity.- philadelphia Press, Rep.
IT looks very much as If the Supreme
Court had been checkmsted, and the as.
tute counsel on the Democratic side com.
plstely Observation-Disclosures american,
Rep.
The South Carolina Returning Board
has done its work Of rascslity 30 openly
that We shall wait with great curiosity
to see what defense the radical organs
will make of its sction.-BaLlntorc Ga
zstte, Dem.
THE South Carolina Board of Can.
vasssrs yesterday stole the electoral vote
of that State openly from the Supreme
Court, with the avowed object of offering
it TO Governor Hayes. The robbery
was brszen and shameless,-NsD York
RorLd, Dem.
CAN the Republican party afford to
triumph by such agencies rs these, and
will not the return of Hayes rs elected
by such revolutionary methods be worse
for the party than the election of Tilden
could possibly be,-PhiIadetphia Te1e-
graph, Rep.
SOUTH CAROLINA has acted the open
ing part in the drama; Governor Stesrns
is playing his little part, while the
louisiana Board is dellber stely sssassinst.
ing the life of the nation. Meanwhile
the people look on. How long will
they do SO pAtiently7-N. 7. Express,
Dem.
THx sudacity of this act betrays grea,
desperation. If undone in the course OF
Justice, 1t will stand as monumental
infsmy Even if the court fails TO reach
the Board, the electoral vote OF the State
will be little better than stolen goods,
which will tsint the receiver as we'll "a
the sharp practitioners who purloined it.
N. T. Herald, Ind.
The South Carolina Returning Board
seems determined to do all in its power
to make trouble; but we doubt if the wis.
dom or the moral sense OF Congress will
sanction its action Of Yesterday IN setting
n defiance the DEGREES of the Supreme
Court in order to enable il 10 count in
candidates of its own party. y.--PhiLadet'
pi.ia Inquirer Rep.
No appearance of Judicial sharp prac'
tice, however, can excuse the sharp prsc
tiCe of the csnvassers. In the first place
the conservative opinion of the country
demands respect Tor the opinions OF Its
constituted tribunals. In the next place
the jurisdiction of the court had been &C.
knowledged BY the csnvsssers, one oi
its orders having been obeyedi and the
canvassers were therefore estopped from
disputing its jurisdiction in respect &c
other orders. The proceedings OF yes
terday IN South Carolina will not con-
vince the country that the canvass is
honest and fxir.-NeO York Evening
Post Rep.
liz any State where there is the leas
regard for law, decision of the Su
preme Court would have been promptly
obeyed; but in South Carolina the carpet
bsggers insolently defy the decision o
their own chosen court that shares theil
political faith, and the defeated csndi
dates unblushingly reject certain unss
sailed returns, count themselves in q
elected, and sign their own certificates o.
election. ou.-PAilddekDhia Times.