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mission. But if improper means are

used to effect this result the Northern
gentlemen on the ground will take care
that true statement of the case Is laid
before the American people. 3 tribunal
not likely to err in judgement. The
country will, no doubt, abide by an
honest verdict, and there is no reason to
believe that military orders or movement
of troops is necessary to secure that
verdict. Governor Curtin was pleased
to observe by the morning papers that
President Grant had strengthened the
Republican committee by the appoint
ment of Mr.. Evarts and others, who
could not be ind dI'ed to countenance
fraud or show any .s'or TO those who
may have designs upon the integrity OF
the bsllot-box.
Mr.. Randall comedies with these
views in general. He Was of the opin-
ion that the presence of Northern gen.
tlemen of both parties who go 10 New
Orleans to preserve the purity OF the
bsllot-box will prevent any arbitrary
partisan action OF the Returaing Board,
notwithstanding it is composed eIclu
sively of Republicans. He thinks the
real remedy, however, lies in the Con-
gress of the United States; that the
Twenty-second Joint Rule still governs
both Houses; that never since his pres
ence in Congress have the Joint Rules
been re-enacted at the begin
uIng of any Congress. On the
contrary, they have been considered
as having = continuous existence. The
Twenty second Joint Rule was adopted
in 1865. At the Recent session the
Senate Committee on Rules came 10 the
House side and met the House Commit
tee, seeking to change this JOINT rule by
concurrent action. The House Comn!t-
tee took the ground that those rules, as
formed from 1890 down to the present
time, could only be changed by concur
rent action. The Committees separated
without agreement. The House sgsl n
affirmed this position at the end OF
the session when they sent TO the Senate
q resolution suspending the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Joint Rules, which was
passed by the House without opposition.
1t is clearly, therefore, within the pro-
vince of the House to reject any fraudu.
lently made up return, whether from
Louisiana, Florida or South Carolina, as
was done by Republican House and
Senate in the case OF Georgia and Ar
kansas in 1868 There is further Consti.
tutiona relief in the power OF the House
OF Representatives which it is not neces'
sary now TO discuss. The moral power
of Mr.. TIlden having nearly 1000 ma
iority on the popular vote, should and
will have great weight with the Ameri-
can people.
Like Cover "r Curtin and Mr.. Ran
dali, Governor Bigler regards the ques-
ton Of an bores election as certainly
above party c. nsiderations. He charac.
terlzes the eruption or perversion OF
the ballot-b"X as crime against the Re-
public. II nolds that no man or party
dare assume sAch n responsibility. He
who would do this would be traitor TO
our republican institutions and an enemy
to the public peace and the best interests
of the American people 10 reply to the
question of how anything could be
done 10 prevent tho Louisiana
Returning Board from tampering with
the returns, ne said he could see
no wsy, except that the representative
men of both parties, now gathering at
New Orleans should be permitted -
count the returns before they go into the
hands of the Board, or that the count OF
the Board should be made in the pres
encc Of these representative men. He
manifested the utmost solicItudo for the
amiCable settlement Of the impending
crisis, remarking that violent agitation
of a question so vital would not fail to
imperil not only the dignity OF our gov
ernment, but the material welfare Of the
whole country. A domestic struggle on
This subject would prostrste the credit Of
the government in every corner OF the
world and bring common ruin upon the
innocent as well as the guilty.
NEW YORK, November l3.-A specisl
of the Tribune in Florida
from Tallahassee that if the
votes actually cast are fairly counted,
the Republican majority will be from
| 200 TO 1900. 1t cannot fall below
900 votes.