Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-07
The s tuatiOn.
DUTH ca K D l. | N A.

State Ha}ue, imptlitHS hltn uot 10 ueilNeF iho
election returns 10 Speaker Mickey, as the
Supr u,e Cour! decidsded. The Mackey House
passed The bill to third reading allowing the
Governor to be W ,rn 10 by any officer qualified
70 administer the oath. The law requires the
Chief ustice to perform hat duty. The dem
ocra,ic House. iu session at Carolina Hal, after
swearing 10 the sixLy.thlrd member. who de-
serted The Mackey Houss, giving them con
,ttutona quorum, appointed com niittee Oh
privileges aud elections, to which was referred
the Legality Of the election 10 the counties Of
Edpc6.id aud L4ursns. The Congressional
committee will arrive there TO- day.
A special to he Baltimore Sun says: The
ac 100 Of the Supreme Court to day virtually
com plstes the political redemption Of South
CarnIiua |, gives the solenu sanction OF the
highest judica tribunal TO the vsdity OF the
triumph which the Intelligence and property
of the Site has struggled so long and 80 dcs
peratt,, to WIN, aud by assuring the taxpayers
# legal pro,ecton from further sp0lllatlon, re
III YES beyond the reach of the publlo piunder-
ers tn five years Of good stealing which a
promiceus carpet Dagger has declared still re-
III aims 10 South Carolina.
Ii is now certain thai the Chamberlain usur-
IA lou will be absolutely pOWerleSS to bleed the
| taxpayers uuder the forms of law, and every
body is saugui g that the pledge of Gen. Hamp
tou VINO publicly declared to day that he had
| been fllrly elected and meant to BE- Governor
Of South Carolina, will 1s Srecdily fulfilled.
There is great public j y at what Is regarded
az d glorious dellcer&ncG from mlaruIe.
Il. b1,u pfo
OF the State FIR Iideu to-day complied with
all the technical requirements OF the law. The
republican electors asked and obtained further
time t. answer the quo warrauto before the
Supreue Court, aud meantime cast solid vote
Tor Hayes Tuesday next is the day fixed tyla
| Tor the election OF United States Senator, uD
less the legislative nuddIe is ended before, then
pair ii Senators Of opposite politics will prob"
ably oe chosen TO struggle for Senator Robert
s,n's place.
LOUISIANA.
| The Hayes and Wheeler electors, bearing
certificate from Governor Kellogg, met 10 the
| Senate Chamber and their unanimous vote
was cast for Hayes and-Wheeer. The Tideu
and Hendricks electors, with certificates sigued
| by John McEnery, Governor, met III the House
| ot Represe utatives, aud voted unanimously for
| 'rllienand Hendricks
Il j. reported In Washington that the Presl-
d. n, last night still adhered 10 his previously
xpres sed opinion that there had been no legal
! ciectiun IN Louisiana.
! FLORIDA
On Tuesday atieruoou disp.tch was sent
| 10 l. ui,laua, stating that the Canvasslng
| Board had declared majority for the Hayes
electors. Afterwards there was circulated a
| dispatch from LOUISIANA, 10 which 1t Was stated
| ,iaf he r. uruiug Board had declared Hayes
electors cleced 10 that State by ) 456 IN 1rlty,
| At 81 which the telegraph wires were Gu III
inur places, thus cutting off communicate 70.
| The testimony aud argument being closed III
IL O'clock on Monday. the board CONNIE Dced
ca,.vassiug the returns 10 secret session. Oc
Tuesday morpiUg it Was rumuied that the re-
pnplic,ns had carried the State, and shortly
afterwards a ,qusd Of u. S. troops. under a
con- mi~sloucd utticar was stationed 10 tn, Cap
iioI grounds AT 2 clock yesterday morning
the board adjourned and announced the Hayes
electors elected by 946 naj ,ri'y, returns being
thrown out to accomplish this result. Ii also
robs Drew Of his majority by "a votes, bur viii
leave the democrats majority of on jim
ballot 10 the LEGISLATURE Col. Cooke refused
10 sign the certificates of the Hayes electors
aud eu'ered protest against the action OF ih'
o:her iwo members of the board. He then is
su d Ger! ificstes OF election to the democratic
electors, who met and casr their vote for Til
den, relying on the people aad Congress to sus
tain their action. There is much suppressed
Indignation among the people, though there
are no indications Of violence.
The Democrats issued the following address
yestrr'sy:
To Hon. Samuel j. Randall, Washington
D c., Speaker Of the House IF Representa-
tees:
lne undersigned, who came here to be pres
cot at fir court of the votes cast by The peo
pie of Florida, have had the grief to be wit
ncsscs Of the counting out OF The Tilden elector
chosen and the counting 10 OF the Hayes cleo
t.rs r, jsctcd at the polls We have witnessed
the progress and the consummation of a dellb
crate, prcclncerted scheme of fraud.
This scheme WIS first cUntrired for execution
at the ballot boxes throughout the State
Having there fallen short Of success it wa
then cootioucd aud promoted by several count!
cauvas sing boards, aud was yesterday supple
menIed aud finished by the iadicat majority Of
the State board OF canvassers al Tallahassee
Ii is manifest to every Intelligent observer
her:
|. Thar upon the fac, of the couo returns
| Inc ll:Qe0 electors nau WaJ0TlIy OF all tut
votes cast.
= That Lh" 1ilden electors bad this m ioritJ
.vcr and above Tie radical count after it hac
Seen swollen by many hundred illegal vote:
through oca! frauds and false returns.
8. That the usj 'rlty declared Tor the Hayes
electors is : fictitious, false aud fraudulent ma
inrlty, which the two radical State cauv4sser.
manufactured by throwing out whole demo
cratic precincts and counties in open disregard
of facts and with fagrart violation Of law.
| They did not even keep 10 the shrewder path
marked ont for them by their legal advisers
from h. Nor;h. All along their devious track
the marks Of generalization, the footprints of a
| shameless purpose are unco: c,aled. The dem.
ocratic electors, receiving their certificates of
the true result from The attorney general, q
member of the Board of CanVas>ers, met to-
day and cast their votes for rilden and Hend.
rcks. The radical electors, fortified with the
false certificates OF Gov Searns, met 10 day
ard roc, thair v tas for Haves and Wheeer