The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-17
7 Ell &c r A PHO
special T. ,hs Dslv rH.eElIsereer
EArEKy STATES


Washington special ssys the Dsmocrats
have clearly given up eli hopes Of Sc
curing a majority in the electoral COL
lege from three States. AMI Considering
every c0nceivab,e .cherne outside. there
/. god deal Of load talk, and some
blatant demagogues are oHering 20 bet
there will - a civil var within 40 days.
which /. another way Of admitting the
defeat The scheme which Is most dis
cussed is 70 get the House 10 withdraw
from the join. conference 10 count votes,
and prevent 81 election. With some IL
il favorable. and the intima.ion Is tia,
the Affairs may he 80 managed a %
seversl able statesmen are aevoting
them seiyos assiduously 10 dsvising
means 10 proven. the Inauguration Of
Hayes but they profess that every
thing shall he done according 10 law.
The following tables give for the
time authentic Information of thu vote
Of Florida Tho following nine coun
ties carried by the Republicans with q
majority. arc conceded by the Demo
Gratis: Esserbia. ise, 3adsden, 467.
Leon. 2.033, jefferson. i,927, Madison,
40, Alsha. 727. Duval. 92s. Nassau.
l3j. Marion, s04; total, 7.f3s in sew
eral Of the counties the Republicans
claim larger majori;ies than these. The
following are the Democratic MAORI
ties in 30 counties asareporsed by them:
Baker, IS; Bradford. sol. Clay. los,
Columbia, lsj. Heniissn, 207. Levy,
2s7 Liberty. GIL. RAk. 63s, Putnam,
81. ~. Johns. $50, ssnta Rosa, 297,
Swanee. i6s. Taylor. .l67. Wxkulla. 10.
Sumner. ia5. WAltpn, 5is. Calhoun. 152,
Franklin, 70. Holmes, 1875, Lafayette.
24s. Washington. 7si; total. 5,13s.
The Democrats also claim small ma
jority in Monroe, in which the city of
Key West is situated, and Jackson coun
~, which has always been largely Re
publican, aud in which. according to
the Republicans, such fraud and intimi-
dation has been practiced as to invali-
date the vote, If not 10 secure Repub-
lican majority. The Republicans also
claim that they will get q majority in
the remote counties of { o State which
cannot possibly lie heard from for .
week.
II mus. be- understood that because
OF siearn's impartial policy in regard
To the appointment of county officers,
10 counties in the State are either ia
part or wholly under control Of Dem
ocrats. They exercised the most arbi
trary power III tho polling places and
all returns are still ia their hands
What the Republicans have to fear now
is that they will fraudulently raise the
vote in some of these districts and go
make an apparent majority before the
STAGE board of caovsssers for their can
didates Should these things be made
and fraudulent majority for Tilden be
manufactured by them. the question Of
going behind the county returns will
arise before the State canvassing board.
II Is not possible. however, tina. Demo
Gratis will he able To commit such
frauds rs will render this necessary
they are closely watched Any illegal
act on their part will be surely detected.
Feeling sure of their position they are
still telegraphing to the North for legal
aud detective aid.
The Times Columbia special says
from the counties not vet heard from
officially, three If them Georgetown.
kershaw and Williamsburg being Re
publican and Laurens being Democratic,
ell Democrats ooncede al undispu,ed
majority Of over 1000 for Hayes and
probably the election OF the entire Re-
publican ticket. except Governor. A
report 10 sent from IAurens county that
last night the Office Of the clerk of ths
court in the courthouse had been broken
open and the poll list and ballots stolen
or destroyed. Iaurens is one of the
counties under the control Of rifle clubs.
The usual Republican majority has
been i.i0o 10 i,soo. Las. week it re.
turned majority Of LOO for the Dem
ocrais The returns had started for
Columbia, 80 there is no possible effect in
destroying ballot and poll list Ii is
done 10 prevent any investigation into
the fraudulent character of the returns
Ever since the election the courthouse
has been kept OIL guard night and day.
by Democrats, and was so xhen the
robbery took place, This act can have
po etfec, 81 eifsc, on Hayes majority in
the State.
The New York saa reports that Fen
ians are concentrating near 81. Albians.
Vermont, preparatory To making . raid
IN Canada The story is probably false
as no other paper has published it. and
the report has tecn denied
John pelmsr Grace. . uotod actor,