Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-12-27

w, as 10 which i DO not KNOW tne
facts. but will assume that it was
rightly rejected, as it does not alter
the result to which | should have
come.
The two last precincts disposed
I of l2l Republican and 436 Demo-
cratic votes, and deducting these
and the 30 in Archer you can get
the following results:
Tilden. 1907
Hayes, 49,
Filden's majority, 90
| have come to this result after
passing upon all cases before the
Board except Hamilton county
It is this county which causes the
only doubt | have about it.
The official minutes OF the Board
as published in the New York pa
pers Of December 18th, state that
in some precincts OF this county
name not given) SO Democratic
snd 50 Republican votes were
thrown out. | do not know the
ground, but allowing it, you still
have a Democratic majority of 80.
Then comes JASPER precinct No. :,
where the vote was Democratic
1913, Republican 1875, as returned.
About. this case | know only what
appears in Cowgill's letter and
Cookies protest attached to my re-
port. The Irregularities complain
ed of abandoning the canvass
when half finished, and turning it
over to two lawyers who complet-
ed it the next dayl, would justify
the throwing out of the whole re-
turns; but what | ain in doubt
about is whether the inspectors
were Republicans or Democrats
Cooke says, in his protest, that
they were the former, and Cowgirl
and the minutes say nothing about
it. have heard, aud Cooke also
saws. that they made afiidavits in
and of the Republican contest, and
If so, presume they were Repub-
leans. in that case it should be
presumed that in the return as
made they looked after the inter-
est of their party, and at any rate,
| do think that a Democratic ma
jority should be thrown out be-
cause of Republican wrong-doing.
il such were the case. If this pre-
rinct be rejected, it would give a
Republican majority in the State,
otherwise not. To the latter case
the Tilden majority would be so
small that perhaps some Of the Re-
publican contests which the Board
did not stop to consider probably |
because the majority had been
reached on other grounds would |
have changed the result if passed |
upon.
But there is no use in speculat-
ing about this, as the case must be
considered as it was made mp by
the Board. Leaving ont Jasper
precincts, we see therefore that, in
my opinion, there was Tilden ma
iority, even conceding that Camp
hellton and the first named pre-
cinct in Hamilton county should he
thrown ont, which l do not say
was rightly done. certainly have
had my doubts as to what my own
opinion was except as to this pre-
cinct, upon which it happened that
| did not know fully what the evil
dence was; but as | do not have
the assurance to put my own opin-
ions above those of the Board up
on questions as to which there was
conflicting evidence, 7 was not will
ing to give nv own views without
at the same time giving the evil
dence, and hence my report was
$50 long"
/ am not unwilling to express
my opinions, nor do l object to
having any one to whom they are
OF any consequence know them.
Here we have the statement of
a Republican Witness man GER
tainly predisposed in favor of the
Republicans in Florida, and who
would claim everything that could
be claimed for his party-that in
his opinion, from the most careful
examinations he could give the
subject, that Tilden had majority
in Florida.
Some Of the organs have assum-
ed TO say for Governor Hayes that
he would not accept the Presiden-
cy if it came to him tainted with
fraud. 1t is clear from the show
ing made by General Barlow, who
voted and worked for Governor
Hayes, that il the electoral votes
Of Florida be counted for him, it
will be in defiance OF can honest
count Of the votes actually cast in
that State" And without the vote
Of Florida, Hayes is long way
from the Presidency. What does
the Governor think Of the Barlow
AS we have heretofore said, and as
Barlow has said in his re-