New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-11

ra boasts were rldcuously false Is 1t not about time
Gov Democrats 70 understand that such claims are
,,h,e % be equally misleading as to the remaining dis
Louisiana. South Carolina, and Florida are
uoturaIlv Republican States In all there is clear
,oy OF colored voters, and the treatment OF those
by Democrats has not been such as to win heh 10
chat marty II either has been carried by Mr. llld'n II
tas been ny methods which no honorable Democrat
ought tOJuslHS' IL l.,
Noitber Gov. Hendricks nor Gov. Hayes has
aso % he especially delighted with the vote his own
s,ato has given him. Gov. HeDdiickss majority III
,diana "a now put down as $500, which Is Only lew
nnndrads greater than the plurality for Williams IN
oo,oher Gov Hayess majority in Ohio is little if any
,rer than that of Mr.. Barnes in October The canse
largeI ' btedly the same III beth States acqucs-
was in the verdict of October without further effort
THE NoyqcaK Gazette, with Jealous eye to
,he interests Of the travelling public, made this ringing
snneal to voters of Connecticut on election morning.
o. candidate for Senator is Oliver IiOyt, the patriot
az nhuonthropist the Christian gentleman. The Demo
- opdidato for Senator is George H. Hoy. thc re-
en- of o. cent sandwiches at the Stamford dep e.
Now Is the time for items respecting the
-oneronle voter who beginning by voting for 'SAlni-
, or Adams ended perhaps on last Tuesday %! Young
uoves or ridden Particular mention is due 10 Capt.
|,,r Rucbee of wrentham, Mass, who being y years
in spjte of the peltings of the pcss storm walked
a. miles 70 the polls to vote for Hayes and WI r'r III
~ not necessary to say that there is no doubt % the
returns from NIehthan' .
The candidate of four parties in MasSachu-
Ito seems 10 have been broken down under al OF
nnrincples" he was trying to carry. Mr. Ba"-'' "ho
ran for Governor the candidate OF the PrChibl'h'
woman Suffrage Labor Reform, and GreenoacR lII'eS'
has total vote Of Only about 12,OOO' instead "i TIE
on 600 his heterogeneous friends claimed for hn It
ia $1,000 votes to each party, which would Dc a "'So
rumber for a lunatic asylum but Is small on lo al!
orcanization which aspifes to the control OF state
II is always safest to be sure OF corpse
before appointing a funeral The Cincinnati impure
announced on Wednesday morning that the Kepuohc''
marty has been entOmbed for generation II not To-
ever adding: 1.-The Republican party is now bereft OF
emoluments without erTaud IN the world It's mission
ended it has begun to sleep its last sleep Aneph'mofa'
marty party buded a single impulse party IaiIeh
into unworthy hands, without the elements on prt t
nence il has apparently met It's DOOM nov l't . 10
care OF Inc country properly" At present the corpse Is
kicking violently. Il,
There is a general agreement III bOth
narties that neither can afford 10 have It's cahul-
a. s,,ccoed djsbonestly tina: the freedom Of the
bouo,-box is more momentOus thing than the
triumph Of party. The h"ddetP"'d I"''S
Tins comedies with the views or The lElHONh'
"Iis matter Of little moment comparatively "Ae'hci
Samuel j. Tilden or Rutherford b. Hayes shal DC 'h'
president of the United states but il is matter of the
rotouudest moment to every citizen, OF every party
% he who TO be clothed with the highest trust OF inc
oope shall come with spOtless commission to ms vast
nrerogatycs and exceptional honors lie must CONF III
no name Of the law and with its Sanctty untouched ~
the spoer ana il he shall thus come %nti't I s'
he The choice Of the people as expressed Nv tne O
. 6oie Gf the law that honestly contaVoncS the pop
er will there Will he cheerful obedlnce ana generous
w VII -, The lawfully chosen ruler OF the Union"
IN the oueStion of fair elections III the
hovhtf,l states The Cincinnati Commercial says: we
take that there Just little doubt that the votes OF
louisiana and South Carolina, If cast for Hayes WI" De
legally east for him. that the votes oil MISSISSIPPI anu
Alabama will be legally east for IlIden Iher' Will "'
dsrbapce about Louisiana, but the state Government
NJ that State whatever else it Is the legal ana Only
covarnent There will be contention over SoUth caro-
,ro br there has been fair election IN that STATE Inc
limited States troops there at TIE call oi e Low
ernor and lave not molested anybody Whatever may
he charged as to the policy Of sending me troops l." 'na
state their record has been above rcproach ana anu, II
,youId he a novel ground upon winch 20 dispute 'n
ity of state election to allcge thlt inc 5
mobs from interfering with the exercise oil the shI o
suffrage by peaceable cltlzeIs'
Judge Billings of Louisiana has done one
fling which goes long way toward blottlng ont tA'
many djscrcdabe. acts charged 10 lin. In appointing
commissioners Of election few days ago he charged
them as follows: In selecting additional commission /
ers have done my best to appoint only suitable persons
Ifoupd il well nigh impossible obtain those who were
not to some degree partisan, and therefore, have en-
deayored 10 select the app0ntees from the TWO 0ca
partes about one for 1t will also be seen from the
statutes that these commissioners have enormous pow
ers Their responsibility is prOportonacly great For
the impartial use Of those powers this court will hold
them rigdly accountable Their authority is quasi judi
c and cannot interfere with liz exercise except uOn
acase properly brought before me- should faiI now
ever in d.scharging what deem my duty did not
state that diligence in the enforcement Of the law
not be too highly commended; that all real
offenders, whether high low, should be
fearlessly arrested that in the discharge OF
their duties the commissioners win be sustained to the
iu OF the lawful authority Of the Court but that
any commissioner shall the arrest of citizens
Wantouy for fees which attaches 10 the ARES or 10
aid In accomplishing partisan end such acts shan be
brought before the Grand Jury, by whom they are coz
niZabe; and further, should any COMMISSIONERS IcHu
themselves the carrying out Oi any such purpose on
either side, / shall utterly refuse to approve theIf
accounts fOr fees for services therein rendered"