The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-21

Il : more than probable il the Demo
Gratis are successful m elecsIng the Gov
ernor and State officers aud have bare
majority in ihs legislature, which wiIl
give them a L :. senator With the
two Ccngressmen they have gained.
they viii te content and abandon any
iusr1sdiate fight On tae electoral result,
Il was Announced today that this
woald end tie agony here for tue pres
cGt, aud If TiIiea gets the vote Of
either Florida or Louisiana i. would
be ended forever should the opposite
be toe case, q terrible contest. both in
the Legislature, the courts and Ia Con
press woali he inevitable The Re
pablicaus say, 4 the board Of canvas
ers arc now forced to 20 behind the
returns OF the county canvassers, and q
fight is made over the electoral result,
the whole question OF fraud, in.imida-
ton and illegal voting will be opened
up, in which event they claim the Dem
ocrats would get the worst OF il, and
perhaps lose everything
NEW YORK. Nov. i9.-The Times
summary says RightfuIly, Hayes ma
jority in South Carolina should have
been 10000 instead Of 600. In regard
70 Louisiana 1t says more noise IS made
about that State. but the real work Is
being done in Florida, where Hayes has
a majority beyond doubt. aud con-
cludes by repeating the assertion that
Gov. Hayes is elected President
In an interview with the Heral,Fs re-
porter to-day, M.nton Marble said
every county in Florida not reported
was under Republican control
On the day after the election, when
the heavy majorities given by the Re
publican counties in favor Of Hayes and
Wheeler and the Republican State
ticket. became generally known, the
Democratic leaders virtually threw up
she sponge and conceded the election Of
their opponents tut when the extraor.
binary Intelligence flashed over the
wires that the result of the Presiden-
tial election depended upon the vote Of
Florida, the Democrats, excited by this
unexpected condition OF affairs, and
spared up by kilograms from the
North. took back their concessions
and claimed victory for their candi-
dates The returns Of Democratic
counties within reach Of kilograms, and
viii Ia bad been already heard from
were Immediately subjected To a pro
cess of expansion. For instance. in
Monroe county, the Democratic major
ity was returned at o.. 1t was r,lsei
10 go when the national situation be-
came known. Orange county was off
cially heard from as giving go Demo
cratic majority, although one Of the
most inaccessible counties in the State,
and at least four days distant from this
covered by the Republicans aud every
means possible taken 10 secure true re-
turns Of the actual vote cast To day
the Democrats leaders who are here
from the North are very much discour-
aged in the face of the fact that with
all the doctoring doue by Democratic
officials. the returns without any revis-
ion or drawing out, will show MAORI
~ for Hayes. Yesterday committee
OF Democrats waited on the Governor
and asked him If IL was his iatention
to act with reference TO canvassing for
the electoral vote. as had been done in
1872. On that occasion Gov. Reed cam
vassed the electoral vote from copy Of
the returns which the law directs To be
sont tothe Governor, aud gave the cleo
tors their certificates. before the can
yassing board met. The Governor re-
piled that in such II crisis he would not
do so without hearing from both sides
In the matter. The Democrats do not
wish him 81 canvass the vote. as they
know the returns will show majority
for Hayes and their only hope is in Sc
curing tue rejection of the vote OF som
large Republican counties on the
ground Of fraud