Saint Mary's beacon., 1876-11-30
THURSDAY noRSING, sose,nler so,h, 1870.


week by the Returning Boards of South
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana in the
business of counting Hayes in and in
maintaining carpet-bag supremacy in
these States. In South Carolina, i'm
defiance Of the process Of the Supreme
Court, the Returning Board has not only
counted Hayes in but has counted
Hampton and other democratic candi-
dates for State Offices out, with suffi-
cient number OF legislative democratic
candidates to give majority to the rev.
oiutionists in the General Assembly on
joint ballot. Without rhyme or reason,
the votes of two democratic counties
have been tirowa out. thus securing
TO the radicals majority Of FIVE. By
an oversight Of the Board, however.
enough radicals have not been returned
I" give them a Quorum, only 90 Of
these people being returned to House
Composed Of 124 members and So being
necessary Tor the transaction Of busi-
ness. How this oversight is now 10 be
corrected is question, but IT is not to
be presumed that il will be allowed 10
stand in the way Of the preconcerted
arrangement Of Grant and partisan
Federal Judiciary to keep Chamber
lain and Company in power. This as
il may, the defied Court ordered the
arrest Of the members of the centuma-
cious Returning Board and they were
put in Jail, but Judge Bond. Of the Uni
ted States Court happening to be on
the spot, relieved these worthless bv
writs Of Ha6eas Corpus. From wha,
law or statute he obtained power to in
tcrfere in the matter he has not conde-
cended to tell us, but we shall all le arm in
good time. In tie meanwhile, the
highest legal learning in the country
denounces his intermeddling in this bus
iHess as palpable usurpation, but as
mere dcnunciation breaks no bones.
Bond is master Of the situation. To
bolster up Bond aud give backbone to
Chamberlain. Grant has issued an order
placing the Federal army at the service
oi the latter. As one Of our great men
was wont to ay, this looks like busi-
ness" especially, as il is understood
that Ruger, the Federal officer IN COM
mand in South Carolina, has received
orders to take military possession of the
State House and to re-enact the role in
"organizing' the Legislature that De
Tro5riand played few years ago in
New Orleans. iloweverit it may appear
." others, to plain man like the writer,
1t seems the very perfection of fol-
~ for conservatives to be protesting
against outragcs upon right and law
like these With bullets made out of pa
per. Either let us all "come down"
and stop whining or stand up to some
sensible and manly purpose.
In Florida, Gov. Stcarn> hss been de-
fcatcd in the attempt TO make Return
ing Board of himself, the Co,.rt having
settled, temporarily at least, hi. prctcn-
sions in this direction. II has ordered.
moreover, the legal Returning Board TO
commence canyassing the returns and
they are now engaged with this work.
An attempt has been made TO di>quali-
~ and unScat Cooke. the democratic
mensbrr of the Board. for expressing
the opinion that Tilden had carried the
State and that the radicals could moi
cheat him out OF it. A few DAYS ago il
was quite allowable and proper to an
nouncc that " neither hell nor shotgun
democracy would be permitted TO com
pass the defeat of Hayes and Chamber
lain in South Carolina. BHt this aside.
Cooke has not yet been counted cut OF
the Board nor is he likely 10 be and
upon his presence and vigilance as a
member do We hang the only hope we
have for fair count and an honest re.
turn. Altogether. Florida presents
taircr promise than any of the "di>pu-
ted States TO return its electoral vote
for Tilden, but it should be remembered
that Grant is yet to be heard from in
connection with this matter.
In Louisiana the situation is un-
changed. the Returning Board CARVING
things with the same high hand it COM
menccd PLAYING when it first organized.
Ii continues TO count parishes and cleo
tion precincts in or on, as the exisen-
cies OF the radical situation require. 1t
was detected in attempting to hide
barcfaced fraud on Saturday i'm the
matter OF the returns Of De Sofa parish.
These returns were proved to have
been sealed up on the 18th. and vet
there was found wrapped up in the box
containing them an affidavit. dated at
New Orleans on the 25th. showing ,ha,
the seals had been broken aud this paper
in,rudcd after the BOARD had come in pos
session of the returns. Nor is this all.
1hc Caddo returns were sealed and