Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-12-14
The Tilden Rascalify in Oregon.

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pably a poor farce that we doubt if
there win be any attempt to play it out
in the counting of the votes in Con-
gress. 1t would be laughed out Of
court. There is no dispute that the
Hayes Electors received majority of
the votes in the State, and that this
was duly returned to the Secretary of
State, aud canvassed and certified by
him according to law. II one of the
Electors was disqualified then there
Was vacancy, which the remaining
Electors are empowered by law to fill.
by a plurality voting viva yOce. The GER
Itificate of the Secretary Of State Is the
legal Authorization of the election OF
the Electors. r,
The Republican Electors met, and to
remove any pretext that one of them,
who had resigned his. public Office. was
still disqualified by it, he resigned, and
the other two elected. him to fill the
vacancy. This is according to the laws
of Oregon, And the fact that Watts
had once held public Office was No
disqualification in his election. 10 the
vacancy. The full board of Electors
then cast their votes for Hayes and
Wheeler, which with an abstract of the
returns certified by the Secretary of
State, under the State seal, was sealed
up and forwarded to the President of
the Senate, as.,szs. -.J-r
But the Democratic Government.
under instructions from Tilden's tool
the notorious Gwin, undertook to run
the machine. In the face of all the
law preeedents he assumed that the
disqualification of an Elector who had
received q majority of the votes, elect
ed one who had received q minority.
In fact Watts had resigned his national
office, and was not disqualified. It
was bat false prefext. But upon that
the Governor assumed the power to de-
clare Cronin, Democrat elected, and
to give him a certificate. All this
was beyond the Governors legal pow
er. .s.s-Ez-S.
Croniu's subsequent performance was
In character with . the screaming
farce" The Republican Electors re-
fused to have anything to do with him.
Thereupou Cronin declared two cleo
torships vacant and elected two of his
"pals'' to fill them.
Let it be noticed here that Cronin
upset the theory of his own existence.
For by that there could be no vacancy
80 long as any minority candidates re-
mained. SO Cronin kicked ont the
stool on which he sat, and repuldisted
Gov. Growers assumption. l--.
How Cronin got plurality" in
eleeti0g his "pals, we know not. But
they were magnanim0us.o They. want
I'd but one vote for Tildsn and so they
took but one, and gave the other two
to Hayes. Thieves are not always so
|considerate.
The theory of this plot of Tllden's to
steal vote, is that the President of the
Senate will have to ignore all knewl-
edge of human events in order to take
up this bogus return of counterfeit
Electors and count it and delare it the
vote of Oregon. And 1t is altogether
likely that his agents will steal the reg
ular return. Ofcourse they will this or
any other Republican return, if they
can. The people have got to meet
every device of thieves. swindlers,
counterseiters, robbers and assassins.
But the President of the Senate will
not be reduced to lump Of insepsible
clay for the use of q gang Of thieves.
The regular return of the vote OF the
Electors who were elected by the peo-
pie of Oregon will be counted, and We
doubt If the Tilden conspirators VIII
face the storm of ridicule which they
would invoke, and the disgrace OF fall
ure in so shallow cheat, by attempt
ing to object TO the counting OF the vote
of Oregon.-Cin. Gazette. Sth.