The Tipton advertiser., 1876-11-23
Only the Beginning Of
the End yet in View.
South Carolina no longer
Doubtful" but tor
Hayes, sure!
raticncc stfn sits Squirting
q Loalsians md Rlerida.
Which may not be Official
u Declared for : Fort
night.


ADVERTISER could have been hiied
daily without one-half exhausting the
supply of letters and telegnms from
the three contested States which have
been published in the comparatively
few newspapers which fall under our
observation. But while very much Of
al this would prove Of interest, show
ing q IL doss the actual situation and
mast aboniinations in these States as
developed under the searching scru-
tiny to which they have been subjected
for three weeks-very little Of ii has
been in the nature Of news affecting
the political conclusion at which all
are 20 anxieus to arrive
South Carolina, indeed. has come
out Of the woods-it being now ah--
iufely certain that her electoral vote
Was cast for Hayes and Wheeler, in
spite of shot guns and hari's Of money.
The State Board Of cAnyassers CON-
ple.ed the ccant Of this the electoral
vote ai noon last Saturday in the
presence of eight choeen representa-
tives Of each party. and the lowest ma
FORTY for the Hayes electors was 2s-
and this ~isAosa any inquiry into
Democratic frauds. which are numer-
oas and abominable.
The matter Of restricting the author
iiy Of the board Of canvasserS to mere
count, taking no eognixanee Of fraud
in voting or returning. which was 10
ferret 10 line Suplenl- Court. has ao:
vet been finally dispos ed of; but If the
Democrats succeed in thus preventing
all Investigation back of the face Of
the returns. it il probable that the
election Of Hampton as Governor will
be secured. The South Carolina DEM
ocrats seem to care 50 much more
about this issue than Abo UT Tiiden as
to greatly disgust their northern allies
there present The other State officers
are in more doubt, ~ well a. the Leg
i-lature. II Edgefield county. where
100 more votes were returned than
there are voters, should be thrown out
Of the count, or the returns corrected
in accordance with the facts, the whole
Republican State ticket will be elect
ed, with Republican majority in the
Legislature. The decision Of the State
Supreme Court on the powers of the
board in this regard is expected on
"Wednesday. Meantime the Se>rd will
proceed with the count of votes for
State officers.
From Louisiana, last week, the pub
lie was RECALLED with a spicy CORES
pondence between the northern rep
resentatives of the two parties there
present. The Republicans very ap-
parently ''got away" with their oppo-
nents in this encounter, and left them
in the ridiculous plight of having
come all the way to Louisiana to see
that her State laws were not violated
nor her State rights invaded, and of
then proposing to themselves take
hold and do both.
Ine LOUISIANA canyassing Board
met on the day appointed, having
previously sen: formal invitations to
the northern visitors to appoint COM
mittees Of five each from the represen-
tatiyes OF the two parties Ito attend
and be present at the meetings of
this Board while engaged in the
discharge of its duties under the law
in canvassing and compiling the re-
turns, and ascertaining and declar-
ing the result OF said election for
Presidential Electors, in their ca
'.pacity as private citizens of eminent
reputation and high character, and
"as spectators Of the proceedings in
that behalf Of this Board" Both
parties accepted the invitation, and
appointed committees, which will be
changed from dav to day SO as to give
all the Northern visitors an oppor-
tunity to see and hear.
Democratic attorneys appeared be-
fore the board to argue that no such
body existed, that if it did exist it
could not do this, that or the other
thing - but nevertheless business
moved regularly along so far that a,
the first regular meeting on Monday q
set Of fair and explicit rules for the
guidance Of all interested were adopt
ed and promulgated, and the counting
of the vote by parishes, taken W
alphabetically, was commenced.
1t seems to be virtually conceded by
the Democrats that, as has all along
been claimed by the Republicans, the
Returning Board could, and would,
throw out the vote of the raided and
overridden parishes and that the Elec
toral vote Of the State would thus be
given to Hayes and Wheeler. While
waiting the result, however, both
sides are busy taking evidence bear
ing upon the question of violence and
fraud. The affidsvits of some OF the
witnesses which have escaped from
the bulldozed region show ba rbarity
and cruelty as unexampled a. it is in
human and outrageous.
"A despatch from the Chicago Jour
mars special correspondent at New
Orleans, dated Tuedsday noon, says:
The returning Board resumed count
Ing the votes in the undisputed par
ishes this morning in the: presence
of the two political committees. The
three parishes counted yesterday gave
s7S larger majority to the Republicans
than was conceded by the Democratic
committee. 1t is confidently expect
ed that the official count will disclose
similar results in almost every parish.
The Democrats continue to attempt the
destruction OF evidences of the cleo
tion. Gov. Kellogg this morning re-
ceived q dispatch from the Supervisor
Of Tangiapahos parish, stating that
the ballot boxes and statements
had been abstracted from the Clerks
,fnes. This parish IL claimed by the
by several hundred, larg-
L a1ajosity than ehe votes actually
ast wou1d Aetablieh. /"
Florida hos again taken tlss position
I the mOst lo0btfhl Of the three
lats~. Herr the 1ocal Democrats, /
lcked BY number Of Northern allies
ho havo sushSd In fsosn the less
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