The New York herald., 1876-11-18
OF the sovernmsn. in their hands .acy


lose nothing by waiting
DEMOCRATS GROWING coSvInENr.
The feeling to-day Is notably better in democratic
circles and thsre 10 very strong confidence the
result Northern man. who has been quietly OBJ
serving things, remarked to mo to-day that he
noticed great weakening among the republican mana
gers They practise their doubtful letter schemes,
said he, comfortably enough when they have only
local issues 10 handle hidden In comparative
security but when as al present. the calcium light Of
national inquiry Is thrown flush upon them and tho
whole American people is looking them squarely in
the eyes they will not be likely to pcrpctrate any out
ragcous frauds They already getting unccmiort-
able under tho terribly searching scrutiny that Is bear
ing upon them"
Mr.. ". E. Chandler says:--'It appears as II the
whole white population OF Florida police board
detective force and affidavit workers The demo-
Gratis who wo have only a witness scattered about
here aud there f"
rhc returns from tour Official counties have been
reaa to-day. One OF them twalton) shows demo-
cratic loss OF from the committee esii
ratc and the other lMarion) republican loss Of ten
from tho estimate The others agree exactly with
what was claimed
FLORIDA SAID TO he SURE FOR TiLpEy
II Is simp!y impossible to figure T.ldens majority
below my estimate OF four days ago till the State
counties reliably reported. Mr.. rildcn viii have
electoral OF Florida unless the State Board
rcvcrscs the majority accorded by the Official
canvass OF the county boards II Is Impossible
to get from tho republicans the figures upon which
they predicate their majority. With no apparent rca
tor keeping them to themselves they nevertheless
refuse to givo any daia They Will not coutra-
dict any asurcs made by democrats except In gen-
cral way. The only attempt at = republican 1guro
that have secn for tho last three days was In the
bands Of federal office holder with whom
correspondent has consulted during tho whole count
He nsurcd rdcn's majority down TO 220 but could do
better upon tho nj liberal republican estimates
Your correspondent presented tho despatch Of tho
HERALD to tho sgners OF that address, requesting
them to give the figures upon which their claim was
based, reciiing that whore so positive claim was
made there must be some special data on which its
figures were founded
The s,gncrs declined to give tho figures, but Mr. w.
E. Eander furnished your correspondent with the
annexed CARD
cuASDLKR's CARD,
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. II, 1876.
To THE EDITOR HkRALD:-
Your telegram IS received We have knowledge Of
tho vote IN all the republican counties and In about
two.ih.rds OF the democratic counties, and will
promptly give our figures when the returns arc in
from the remaining democratic counties We basc
opinion that Hayes has carried tho State upon
the figures before us, showing Inaccuracies III the
democratic tables of mnJorttes IN counties reported
MS published III the Forididn. and upon TIC coDvic
ton derived from previous votes and the bos ntorma
ton obainabIc that the honest, actual majoriics IN
the counties not reported VIII not overcome tho pres
cnt majority Tor Hayes Those counties are held back
for some reason What is ny The county seat OF
Wakua Is not twenty miles. and that
Of Taylor not over forty miles, from Tallahassee,
and their returns are not reported There 's reason
democratic majorltics large enough 10 over
come The present majority for Hayes and to
bring them IN too late TO enable the local
be obtained before the Presidential canvass must be
completed or the electorsl vote Of FLORIDA IS lost
respectively suggest that you hurry up the delinquent
democrats and not the republicans who are not ~ do
fault w. +. CHANDLER.
That this matter may not be misunderstood, state
that the democratic counties alluded to by Mr. Chand-
Ter as being behind are not in control Of democratic
managers, but OF republican managers, appointed by
the G,vcrnor, who alone have tho power TO canvass
The vote and forward IT. It's not fair that the onus
Of not hearing IRON the democratic counties
should be put upon the democrats. the republican
managers alone have the power 70 forward the re-
turns. The hrst suggestion that Mr. Manton Marble
made when he arrived was that special courcrs should
DO sent out TO insist upon the carly forwarding OF the
returns The democrats Iecl great uncasiness al this
delay OF the returns, they in tho hands
OF county republican boards and subject TO possible
manipulation. There not loss than dozen courcrs
posting to distant counties, by democratic ORDERS
that the republican majority in tho State Board had
the power open the at any tiruc. They have
been especially xcalous in hurrying up tho tour
other democratic counties IL Is demonstrable
10 any one wishing TO so into dc,as
that Tildcn has majority In the State canvassed b
the county boards. This being true, the sooner the
democrats get those returns safely stored In tho Capt,
to tho sooner will they DO secured from all possible
manipulation. Tho decision OF the Supreme Court IN
South Carolina declaring that the functions OF tho Re-
turning Board there we're purely ministerial, caused
great rejoicing here.
rug POWERS RxTrRxixG BOARD.
1t has not been proposed by the democratic man.
ayers here 10 this time, TO bring similar question
before tho Fl,rida Supreme Court, as thcro
amendment to tho act creating the Board passed In
ISL, which appears to especially confer judicial pow
crs upon t. McCrcary, IN his claw Of Elcctions,'
cxcep;s Florida and Louisiana FROM the general opin-
on declaring that returning boards have no judicial
functions.
Tho apparen: certainty that tho Board will refuse to
commence the canvass, requested, but will postpone
1t TIL II Will bc too latc Tor the democrats to
full herring has put them to looking into tho authority
uEder which the board is acting is quite probable
that proceedings will be commenced promptly TO
II tho board cannot be forced TO canvassng,
or whether cannot be restrained by injunction from
exercising any judicial functions at all
Congressman Thornburgh. or Tennessee; General
T. G. Barlow. OF New York; Samuel Z. Thompson and
G. w. GutIive. OF Pennsylvania, have arrived here.
A large humber OF private citizens from the North
are here sludiously observing the run OF aGaira
DISPATCH rIoM GENYRAL BARLOW.
TALLAHASSEE. Nov. IL. 1875,