, 1876-12-02

EetoHuafy enut-tt1e SUCCESS Gt llGN.
II, IN tho other hnltl. The Court had decided
Tint tie Board had the power III question, They
world hnvc endangered tho possession ol the
state. and euuld tlnrtl|y then hnre hopeh' TO
makc out a case tot the REDUCTION ol the Hayes
Ecctuss, nntl tiic thfuats astl li'tt1nlatlons OK
tlic 4ri'e eaGbs. the n,ass1crea Of Hnnsonrg aud
E!!entt'n wuIlt! have been ~ Vn!!'.
but, as VIC sha!l sec, tho caruntcry OF tho
counsel aud tiIcir advisers was equal 70 the
emergency, as It Is an opGn secret tnas tl,e pro"
cgrapll a9. New York, anu the aetfon of Dcuao-
cratic counsel Inspired from thence:
vi, TUG statefncnt VI Inc boaru OF STATE Can.
FhsscFs He1he fccelVcu, t!e democratic counsel
request time 20 examinc the statement and coll'
sui. lhcg then asR the Court 10 grant two
ortlcfs,- ..-.--....-... .
ONE Foh EACH HoRS Or TnH DILEMMA.
st ~ t9 ~ n"Iu u9 eess.iy ~ sc eol
rest hne stasengnI VI tnG "no!e nH,nper ot Sotes
and determine a'id declare Wh1t persons have
bcrl' by tic greatest number Of votes elected 10
ther tetcrtnnutjon. an;l aciiysr Il To- thc SScrc.
tarr Of Stnte. who silail trantr,it cnnv tn
oa.3, ,orann '1n.,nra; ~ ho Hinpyaf HiIpy -
''NA nn,, that t1,nv .,,ii IL, tbo sa.na G.e =,
re1arenco 70 me.necrs 81 Congress" !.
LUIS o!ae9t u Ffanteu, woulu give theill o
Governor and Lfeutcnart-tioycrilor nnI two
members Of Congress, which was aIl they
needed, and mora tbnn their rnost Ennrtituc
llOpc8 Nau expected.
The second order was the Que Of the previous
tay, nov brought m again, "to compel the
Board to surrender to the courts ali u,llcal doc
lulents showing tho nature aud ciinrnetcr uf
crrors and trrcuuaslttes.H SO that tho Court,
after by the former order giving them tho State,
might ut last puss upop the original question,
and 60 tlrcltIu whether tho Donrd j,al power to
20 behind tho faro OF the returns ns to the Re-
publican Electors and Republican State officers.
TIE PLAIN MEAHlNa
Of these two orders Is:
l. We have the State Legislature: issne the
certificates, and don't 60 behind tho returns.
2. We have lost tho Presidential Electors aud
most OF the Statn officers; sc,,l us thu papers,
md then We will decide whether you shall 70
behind the returns or not.
, When the Court entertained such motions It
already indicated what nuswcr 1t would Give, but
it ut east preserved tho 1aint show Of dtgnlty by
not granting tic orders At once, ind adjourned
after loug arguments.
But delay was nll In favor Of tho Democrats.
statute defining the powers aud duties 81 tho
Board limited tllclr Sitting to ten dnys. This
period expired about moor, tic next day. Ii
tic Board had not fulfilled It's duties by ti,at
timet atld certified It's determination and made
certificate Of election according to the statute,
would havo been incompetent to perform
single function, could not hare given validity
to any certificate, aud would not. ns d Upnrd
be longer Rn,epabic to judicial control.
What would haye been
THE iEEylrAnlE RESULT
Tho Supreme Court. tho un1y jerally cof,etitutel
body II, pusHesston OF the rcc0r,ls Of the cIcc.
ton, tilougi. Illegally wrung from tily Board,
would have assumed, with ancrty, thu rcstou-
sill,ity Of declaring this result of tho election
Was not the accomplishment Of this desirable
nt,,l the 0fprt IF tim tlplbcrata }t01tcv nf fhn