The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-09
The Changed situation.

When Zach CHANDLER, JAY GOULD and
the Republican managers concocted the
conspiracy to count in Louisiana, Florida,
and South Carolina, by means of their Re-
turning Boards aud without any regard to
the votes actually cast, they did not quite
iorcsee the difficulty which has now come
up to block their game. They assumed the
certainty Of lGG votes for HAYES. without
considering the ueligibility Of some of the
electors. and proposed TO manufacture the
other nineteen votes to make up the bare
majority of one vote in the Electoral COL
leges
This being the general programme. the
next step was for the Senate, under the
lead of MORTON ana SHERMAN, TO insist
that there was no power to 20 behind the
certificates of the Governors of the States,
and In this way they would claim the cleo
ton of HAYES upon the fabricated results
of the Returning Boards rs certified by
KELLOGG, CH,MBERLAIN. and SrEARNs,
who themselves were TO be benehcarcs OF
the plot,
The action of Gov. GROVER in Oregon. in
refusing to certify Postmaster WATTS as
M elector because of his disability under
the Constitution. and in giving the certin-
cate to the candidate who received the
next highest vote. has deranged the plan
Df the con- pirators very seriously. Ii, ac-
rording to their original scheme. the GER
tihcate of the Governor is conclusive then
Mr.. TILDES has the necessary is votes
mud i elected. If they change front, then
the villany of the three Returning Boards
w IA a. fp he fra
must fail
70 make rule for each case, and make
IL ut the procrusteln bed Of a selfish poll
~, VIII of course not trouble the CON
science Of MORTON and SHERMAN, who are
the Senatorial leaders in the movement TO
make n Returning Board President by the
thort method of simple subtraction ana
addition. Consistency il not n jewel they
admire. Only at the last session MORToS
contended for the necessity OF new reg
ulatlon TO count the votes for President,
and was upheld 10y SHERMAN. But since
the elcc ion they have both openly maiu-
tanned the right of the President prO tenn
pore of the senate not only TO open, but TO
count and decide the votes sent To him for
custody alone, until Congress should take
order on the subject.
Therefore, il will not be surprising to soc
these leaders sustaining one rule OF action
for thu Returning Board states. aud the
very opposite for Oregon. That is to say,
they will assume there is no power TO 20
behind the certificates in one case, and
every power to go behind them in the
other. When The conspiracy To count in
HAYES had only the Returning Boards to
encounter, the road to Il conclusion was
broad enough after CHANDLER and his
confcderates had determined to take the
ii,il and the responsibility
Now, however, the completion of the
work IS lbs no means 50 easy, and the situa-
t0n j. complicated with troubles they did
not suppose possible when they concocted
their plan ioF retaining possession OF power
b. any means, however desperate. The
Iacn who have undertaken this contract u
carry HAYES INTO The White House by &
combination of common swindlers play
Ing thar game throughout with marked
cards and loaded dice, win be apt 10 finC
In the end that honesty Is the best policy