The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-14
Newspaper Opinions on the Juggle.
THE LOUISIANA COUNT NOT SATISFACTORY.
New York Herald.l

Newspaper Opinions on the Juggle.
New York Herald.l
1t will not surprise any one to learn
that the Republican Returning Board of
Louisiana have declared the final result
of their count to be in favor of the Re-
publican Presidential Electors. By
what means the conclusion has been
reached cannot be known at present,
as the work of the board was completed
in secret session. The descision will not
be satisfactory to the public mind. So
complete a reversal of the result shown
on the face of the returns could only be
justiEable on the clearest proof of such
gross frauds in counties giving Demo
cratic majorities as to convince all i'm
partial judges that nothing like fair
election had been held in such counties.
Certainly evidence had been brought be-
fore the Board in its open session to es-
tablish no such fact, and the time de-
voted to the investigation was not suff-
cient to enable the Board to arrive at a
fair and honest judgement on SO grave
an issue. The matter now rests with
the Congress of the United States, and
it will be deplorable if some means can
not be found by which exact justice
may be done.
OREGON DID IT.
indianapolis Sentinel.I
The news from Oregon is cheering.
The Governor of that far-off State has
solved the problem. Obeying the law,
he masters the situation. His decision,
pluck, and nerve in the interest of the
right are more than match for Grants
military bull-dozing operations in the
South. Such vermin as Chamberlain,
Kellogg, and Stearns may now hunt
their holes, and, after entering, may
take their holes in after them. This
time light comes from the West. Gov
ernor Grover has done his duty nobly
and fearlessly. All hail, Oregon! The
voice of her Governor is the harbinger
note of victory.
LOOK TO CONGRESS.
cleveland Plain Dealer.l
We look to the action of Congress to
vindicate the rights of the people, and
repel the ruthless invasion upon the pre-
negatives of the majority. If Congress
fails to repudiate the crime attempted
to be perpetrated, then the people will
lose all faith in Democratic institutions,
and our country will drift soon upon the
tumultuous waves of political discord'
and social disunion.
THE SHAME OF IT.
New York SUM-
The course of the Republicans in
South Carolina is of itself a glaring proof
that they have not even sincere belief
that the vote of the State was really
given for Hayes. Had they possessed
an honest confidence in their own claims,
they would never have resorted to the
violent and revolutionary means which
they have taken to accomplish their
purpose. An honest cause needs no
such methods and tolerates no such
defense. The conspiracy of Zach Chan
dler, Jay Gould, Grant, and the Repub-
lican party generally, to steal an election
in which they have been defeated, odious-
and shameful as it is in all three of the
disputed States, stands out with peculiar
shame and odium in South Carolina.
IT Is TILDEN.
| TSt. Louis Republican,
The managing Republicans, of course,
will claim the election of Hayes and
Wheeler; but the fact is unavoidable
that on the face of the returns (made up
in accordance with law to be delivered
to the President of the United States
Senate and counted by the tellers of both
houses of Congress, Samuel ]. Tilden has
been elected President and Thomas A..
Hendricks Vice President of the United
States from the 4th of March next.
OREGON SETTLES THE QUESTION.
IChicago Times.I
The men who defend the Louisiana
and South Carolina canvassers can't very
we'll be SO outrageously inconsistent as
to revile those of Oregon. Nevertheless,
if members of the Senate or House OF
Representatives believe there is any lille
gality about the Oregon vote it will be
their privilege to challenge it before the
Joint Convention, as the votes of Flor.
ida, Louisiana. and South Carolina will
assuredly be challenged, and the pre-
cedent that governs the disposition oi
one of them must be applied to all. II
the three Southern States are rejected on
the demand of the House, the right oi
the Senate to exclude Oregon will not be
denied. If Oregon is rejected the Others
can not be counted; and whatever may
come of any question that may be raised
about these States, the majority of Mr.
Tilden will remain unassailed and unas
sailable.
A STARTLING PIECE OF WORK.
[springfeld tMass.) Republican,
The Louisiana Returning Board has
done its expected work-and done ii
, very thoroughly. The result of the
recent election in that State, as disclosed
on the face of the returns opened by the
Board, was S2,223 votes for McEnery
the leading Tilden Elector, and 7,02;
for Kellogg, the leading Hayes Elector
| showing a total of 159, ,246, and Demo
cratic majority of 5000. The vote o
, Louisiana, as now officially promulgated
is rs, 1876 for Kellogg and 7O,5OS for Nc
Emery, showing total of 145, ,64S, and
Republican majority of 4,62. Th,
. character and extent of this change vii
} appear more clearly from placing the tw,
: sets of figures side by side, as follows:
t Tilden. Hayes. Total. Majority.
s 7ss 1sas Ss 5s3 9ss9 Ssa HsSs
I 1t thus appears that the Board ha
r cast out 1868 of "the votes actuall
3 cast" but only about one-eighth of thes
were Republican ballots. The maodu
f operandi was, of course, to reject poll
which gave large Democratic majorities
Il on the ground of intimidation or fraud
and, though this involved the rejection
d of some Republican votes, the numbe
e was not large. While 1,715 votes wer
If taken off the Democratic total, it wa
q only necessary to subtract 1888 from tn
Republican side, and by this process
Democratic majority of 8, 200 in the ba
lot-boxes was transformed into Repul
lican majority of 1927 in the secre
sessions of the unanimously Republica
= Returning Board.
d This was considerably more radica
If work than what the same Board did i
y 1874. In that year, when Republica
~ Congressman Foster concluded that thei
q was "free, peaceable and full" election
g. the returns showed 2939 Democrat