New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-28
FLORIDA.

A DISPATCH FROM W. E. CHANDLER.
THE FARCE PLAYED BY THE DEMOCRATS IN COURT
"A FINE CHANCE FOR ANY ONE WHO THINKS
THERE Is NO INTIMIDATION AND FRAUD.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUEE.l
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Nov. 27.-The legal farce by
which the distinguished Democratic lawyers here
have amused themselves in asking that Cow Stearns
be enjOined against doing that which he had no idea
of doing, and that the Board of Canvassers be di-
rected to do what they intended TO do when they
got ready, has not yet reached its last scene.
Judge White went to his home in Quincy
yesterday and will return Tuesday morning.
Before leaving he learned that the Secretary of
State had called the Board of Canvassers to
meet on Monday morning to begin their work,
and therefore he will hardly come back on Tuesday
to issue mandamus under void jurisdiction to COM
pei them to keep on doing the duty in which he will
find them already engaged. As to the injunction
case if he fully realizes the patent absurdity of un-
dertaking to prevent, by bill in equity the Gov
ernor of State from issuing certificates to Presi-
dental electors in any way which he may deem that
duty requires, his Honor will promptly dissolve the
Injunction and dismiss the bill. Meantime, while
the Democrats have been valnly endeavorng to pro-
cure an examination of partial returns at the same
time that the strong Democratic counties have been
kept back to be altered in of need, the officers
whose duty 1t to bring in the returns have been
led to bring them forward and they have believe,
all arrived at Tallahassee At any rate they are so
nearly all in that the Secretary of State deemed it
to be his duty to issue his notice for the meeting OF
the board on Monday.
1t now remains to be seen whether AttOmey-Gen-
eral Cooke will commit the improperly of remain
ing member of the Canvssing Board after having
expressed the opinion and manifested the determine
In Of
these as published in THE TRIBUNE, he declared I'M
der his own signature before half the counties were
heard from, that he. as Acknowledgement, was
member of the Canvassng Board; that he knew
that Florida has gone for Tilden, and that it re-
manned to be seen whether the Radicals would cheat
him out of 1t. This opinion clearly units him for
canvasser and he ought to retire, his action being
so directly opposite TO that of Secretary OF State
McIin, who because he is a member of the Canvass
ing Board and in order to observe the propretes of
his position has retired from the editOrship of The
Sentinel Republican newspaper here
The board upon meeting are expected first to or
ganze to adopt rules for their guidance andfto de-
termIne any other preliminary questions. 1t 10 not
expected that they will open the returns before
Tuesday. 1t is not known what the returns will
show, but unless fraudulent alterations have been
made in the Democratic maiorities in the returns
was known, 1t is believed by Republicans that they
will show upon their face majority for Hayes and
Wheeler. This majority will undoubtedly be in
creased by proofs OF Democratic frauds and illega
ties
There is no doubt that many such frauds exist
which will not be susceptible of proof owing TO the
remoteness of some of the Democratic counties and
the utter insecurity of life to any Republican who
might undertake to visit them for the purpose of
obtaining proofs of Democratic frauds. Messengers
sent out into the counties of fernando, HllsborO
and Manatee were met by Democrats and when it
was known that il was their object to examine the
county and precinct records they were not allowed
TO prOceed In these outside counties, where no
white Republicans live and where they hate a
"niQgern almost as much as they do a white Repub-
lcan no mans life is safe who should undertake to
ascertain and take evidence TO prove Democratic
frauds.
/ would like to employ any person who disbe
lieves in the story of Southern outrages, and be-
leyes in the security of person and life at the South
TO visit as an agent of the Republican State Com
mittee the County Of Polk which is reported at
450 Democratic votes TO Republican votes and
obtain for that committee exact copies of the county
and precinct records Of the late election. He might
do il disguised as a Democratic emissary, with
PASS signed S. Pasco, Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee; but if he went as a Republican
the life insurance company having policy on him
vould soon have il to pay. However much the
turns from that county may have been fraudulently
raised do not see what the Republicans do
about it unless the persons who 40 there are at
tended by United States troops and this remark Is
+rue of several counties in the State.
WIN. L. CHANDLER.