The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-12-21

monarchical gains are evorywhere
reported. Podunk Centre, with a
population of 270, cast 395 votos fo,
them Empire and 2 against it,
What the Leading Papers Say.
From tho New York Post, Rep.
If the Democrats insist upon in
quiring into the proceedings of the
Louisiana Returning Board, they
cannot prevent the Republicans
from inquiring into the proceedings
of the Oregon Governor. On the
other hand, if the Republicans insist
that the authentic action of the
State is conclusive in Louisiana,
they must admit that it is conclu-
siye in Oregon. Upon the State
theory, any alleged wrong in the
appointment of Electors must be
righted i'll tho State. In respect to
the Oregon cnse the facts and the
law are yet to DO officially ascer-
tanned. If n wrong has been done
IN IN tho appointment of Electors
there ought to be some way of
righting it in the State, but we are
not prepared to say that thero is
any. In South Carolina the Demo-
Gratis have suggested proce lent
by calling upon the Supreme Court
of the State for relief But if there
is no remedy for such q wrong with
" WsrSs rSststs stsa d a5H s5hfro ss rS%sy sSyory th hit
the appointment of Electors is Il
State matter?
[Etom The Philadelphia Times, L.d,l
Let us look the Louisiana and
Oregon issues in the face They
confront us and must be met. Each
State has made u legal return to
Congress that is a liz but both will
come clothed with all the ceremony
OF law. The Return Board Of
Louisiana is the Lawful body to
compute and certify the retul rs Of
that State. It has do,e SO in utter
disregard of the honest vote of the
peop o, AMI the so-called Governor
has 50 certified it, It is, therefore,
tao legal return, and it has been the
clamcr of the friends Of Hayes, who
invited fraud to roscue them f,om
palpable defeat, that tho legal re-
'Ullin cannot and must not be in
quired into by Con ,ress. That lie
they declare mus stand, and on tn t
technical extu Q with which they
but thlniy Yeiied the most mbl N.
ing fraud, they have claimed the
Presidential chJir for deleated
When challenged be.
cause of the nonstrous wrong
against the dearest rights of the
people, the answer has been--"Thus
sAith the law" In Oregon tho law
makes the Secretary of State md the
Governor practically the Return
Board. The Secret ,ry is req Tired 1
to compute the vote in presence OF
the Governor, who is required to
certify it. That computation and
that certificate make the legal re-
turn of Oregon, as do the compnta-
tion and certificate of Kellogg and
his board mako the legal return of
Louisiana, and if one il sacred
against inquiry, the other is equally
sacred against the hand of Con-
yresa When the disturbed con-
7pirators against the purity of the
ballot stand saghast at the lel q
return from Oregon that strips their
studied fraud of it's vitality, they are
as did the Louisi.n
revolutionists answer--'s,Thus saith
ble law T. We believe that Gov
ernor Grover should have COM
nissioned the Electors es tho face
Of the returns directed him, lust as
the Louisiana board should have
commissioned the Tilden Electors
in the State. sDThat would have
been justice in the name and with
the shield Of the low, and with TINT
the whole country would have been
content. j AS tits, two States send
the only lawful certificates of their
vote in confessed defiance
Of the votes of their pecpia, and it
will be for the Representatives.. Of
the people in Congiesa to inquire
into them and give renewed faith in
our free institutions. by ending the
ofNquibblsrs fand WronsaI
doors who trife with the very life 81
the Republic. 3us ,t,,'i5gki't 81,
"Don 7 tropble yourself TO, stretch
your mouth any WIDER" said a dent
ist TO his patient, 81 intend !, to,
stand is9 l,9 oj,tsia t o draw youfsntooth."s
hsrd haa bssnp g. "a, q = reduction u sesa'' I of
$3, 800, ,00C in the postpfficA aeJnrn.