River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-11-16

be elected by one vote. If any one goes for
Tilden he will be elected.
In order TO insure a fair count in Louisiana
President Grant has invited the following Re-
publicans to proceed to New Orleans TO wit
ness the canvass Hon. VIM. NJ. Everts, Judge
Z. W. Stoughton, Gen. John A. Dix, and Gen.
James a. Van Allen, of New York; Senator
Sherman and Hon. Stanley Matthews, Of Ohio;
Hon. CORTLAND Parker, of New Jersey; Sena-
tor Edmunds, of Vermont; Gen. Harrison, OF
Indiana; Senator Logan of Illinois; Hon. w.
d. Kelley, and Hon. Sohn Schoenburg Of Penn
sylvania; and Hon. John A. Kasson, of Iowa.
The Democratic National committee has sent
Governors Ingersoll, Hubbard, Robinson, Bell,
Curtin, Palmer, McCreery, Carroll and others;
also Senators Thurman, Bayard, Randolph,
Mcdonald, Herman, and others; also A. s.
Hewett, chairman Democratic National Com
mittee, ex-senator Trumbull, and Doolittle OF
Wisconsin.
In relation to Florida the President has is
sued the following orders
Gen. w. T. Sherman, Washington D. c.
Instruct General Augur in Florida 10 be vigi-
lent with the force at his command to preserve
peace and good order, and to see that the pro-
per and legal boards OF canvassers are unmo-
Tested in the performances OF their duties.
Should their be any grounds for suspicion OF
fraudulent count on either side, II should be
reported and denounced at once. No man
worthy Of the Office Of president should be
willing 10 hold it il counted in or placed there
bv fraud. Either can afford 10 be disappointed
in the result The country cannot afford TO
have the result tainted by suspicion OF illegal
or false returns. --e -e-..
L. S. GRANT.
General Sherman, Washington: Send all the
trOOT1G N (nnnpral Anp1r he deem naceS-
sary TO ensure entire quiet and peaceable
count of the ballots actually cast. They may
be taken from South Carolina unless there is
reason 10 expect an outbreak there. The pres
ence of citizens from other States, under
stand, is requested in Louisiana to see that the
board Of canvassers make fair count OF the
votes actually cast II is to be hoped that rep
resentatives and fair men of both parties will
go. U. s. GRANT.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CANVASS.
The Board of State canvassers met NJ 10
o'clock on the 18th, Haynes, Stone, Purvis,
Dunn and Cardozo being present. The toll
lowing resolution was unanimously adopted ::
''That the board hear oral argument on the
point as to the limitation in which the board
can canvass the returns for presidential elect-
ors and that the argument be limited to hall
an hour ON each side"
Gen. James Conner, on behalf of the DEM
ocratic candidate, submitted the following
paper in regard TO the jurisdiction OF the
board:
son behalf of the citizens of the State.
whom we represent, and of the Democratic
candidates OF the State, We submit that all the
acts of the General Assembly authorizing the
board of State canvassers to hear and decide
all cases under protest or contest that may
arise in regard to the election of electors for
President and Vice President, members OF Con-
gress and all officers elected at any general
election held in this State, are in violation OF
tho fu-pp prqrNh the constitution
and therefore void; and in behalf OF the parties
aforesaid we demand that the board of canvass
| ers now assembled shall not hear or decide any
such cases OF contest or protest, but shall only
| act ministerially in ascertaining from the re-
| turns and statements forwarded by the boards
| of county canvassers the persons who have re-
ceived the greatest number OF votes for the OF
| fees for which they were respectively candi-
dates, and declare the same, and certify them
| to the Secretary of State"
The board went into secret session to con-
slider the point raised. After some deliber-
alton the doors were opened and Secretary OF
| State Hayne, president of the board, annouc-
| ed that as the point OF jurisdiction was new
one, the board would like to hear the con-
stitutionality of the question argued. One
O'Clock was fixed as the hour OF hearing ar
| gument and the following resolution was
/ adopted:
Resolved, That the board of State canvass
| ers will proceed to canvass the returns tor
the election of President and Vice President,
beginning on the 18th day OF November, un-
| less the returns from al the counties have
been previously received, and will continue
to canvass such returns, from day to day, I'M
til the last day of their session, lift be neoes-
sary to do soh
AN INELIGIBLE RLEcToR.
The ~ Y. World has dispatch from Mont
pelier, VT, suggesting new complication IN
the election fer President. The dispatch is as
| follows:
"Henry n. Sollace, one of the Republican
| Presidential Electors elect, is postmaster OF
Bradford and therefore ineligible to the place
to which he has been elected. This fact Iais-
| es the que ton whether his Democratic OPP
ponent cannot contest his election and cast a
vote for Tilden, thus deciding the national
! contest"