New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-14
VIEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN,, THURSDAY pRoEMBR H. 1875


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TIE Ofegsa .alaseer.
The Washington correspondent Of tn.
Chicago Tribune writes under date Of Do
en6lf 10, - follows: -. t
| The information received in Secretary
Chaadles's dispatch iron Oregon yesterday
to the effect that Governor Growers action
vas oased upon written opinion received
from New York some days before he gave
the fraudulent certificase 20 Croniu csnfrma
tho suspieion entertained here all along that
either Governor 1fiden CT one Of his imme.
date advbers directed this strategic move.
The legal advice furnished to the governor
prOceeded, 1t appears, upon the entirely or.
roneous assumption that both houses of
Coneress have, in Gases of election Of dis
qualified persons, given seats to the defeat
ed candidates. just the contrary has been
the uniform action of both the Senate and
the House. 1t has been repeatedly Ield
that the disqualification of the candidate
receiving . msj0rity of the votes does not
effect tho election of defeated competitor
Democrats are by NO means pleased with
Cronin's own explanation Of how he organ
ICED his Electoral College in Oregon. It
confirms them in the truth of the statement
made here, that he had not proceeded &C
censured for eelecting 80 stupid . tool. His
proposition, which he grsvely says he made
to the two Republican electors, to proceed
to an organization, and voting before he
produced the certificates under promise to
ettach them to their final report, v 90 ut
terly astonishing as to leave the Democrats
without word Of defense for the idiot.
They also admit another fatal tlundsr on
Cr0nin's part. He himself was appointed
v hn han hot 81
had been no election OF . Republican to
that place, and yet he (Croain) proceeded
to declare vacancies where the Governor
had certified to the legal election of two
other persons and placed the certifcatea of
their election in Cronin's hands. The Re-
publicans are enjoying Cronin's groteeque
story to the full, but those Democrats who
concerted the Oregon plot are far from SIT
lsted at seeing it turned into farce by the
confessions of their own agents.
They now say that they never expected
Q Tilden elector from Oregon could be
counted. but they intended to use the CON-.
plicasion which they were seeking to raise
there to force the Senate to 90 behind the
returns of the Governor, and thus open the
way for the House to compel consideration
ct the Louisiana case. But there are many
Democrats now who think that the matter
has been managed in such bungling man.
ner and in such palpsble violation Of State
and national lsws that it can not secure .
moments q nsideration by either House.
Senator Morton will take the first oppor.
tunity to state the Oregon question in the
Senate. Tbs Law of Oregon 10 very plain
and distincs, providing that when there
shall b any vacancy in the office of an
elector occasioDed by death, refusal to act,
neglect to attend, or otherwise, the electors
present shall Immediately proceed to Fill,
S,fD mn MI nf
such vacancy" The two Republican vos-
ers who received . certificate of election
filed the vacancy, and Senator Morton will
show III It it will be the duty of the presid-
ing officer of the Senate to count the three
thus returned from Oregon, which are for
Hayes and Wheeler.
Pablo men have been hunting prece-
been: several analogous cases in both
branches of Congress-. The House of Rep
resentstives has decided adversely upon
the same proposition. In the Forty third
Congress this question arose in the case of
Samuel E. Smith vs. John Young Brown,
from the second Kentucky district. Brown,
who 10 . member of the present House,
had large, undisputed majority. Smith
claimed the seat on the ground that
Brown was under political disabilities;
that Brown YVES ineligible, ard that,
were null and void. Dawes was then
chairman of the Election Committee,
and Kerr was q mepber Of the committee.
The committee reported that Mr.. Smith was
not entitled to the seat, because he had not
received majority of the votes cast, and
directed the Clerk of the House to inform
the Governor Of Kentucky that there was
vacancy in that district. Coburn, of In
diana, moved as substitute resolution
2un;th 1oA IN Ahn
was rejected by . vote of $50 to 30. In the
negative vote we're 80 Democrats. Among
these Democrats were the following: Adams,
Clerk of the present House; Beck, Senator
elect; Holman, James of Kentucky, the late
Speaker Kerr, Proctor Knott; Randall.
present Speaker; Van Trump, of Ohio;
Julian and Framework. who supported
Tilden. At the eame session like decision
was made in the esse Of Mckee We. Young,
from the sixth district OF Kentucky.
In the Forty first Congress- ha same priE.
ciples were involved in the case Of Wallace
We. Simpson, from the fourth South Carolina
district. Speaker Randall was then MEM
Der of the Elections Committee, as was the
late Speaker Kerr. The case was referred
to sub committee, consisting OF Cessna. OF
the State re Maize, and Randall himself.
The majority of the subcommittee agreed
to seat Wallace. ca the ground of intimida-
lion. Ia reppr'1OS Cne case, V0eeH6 ed1V ~
WAS his inGlvldua. opinion, but not that OF
tho committee, that when one of two candi.
dates 10 ineligible the votes east for him are
invalid, and that the other candidate is
elected. Upon this proposition there was
considerable debate.
Speaker Rsndsll then diseeuted in .
speech vhicn, if he adheres to his own REQ
ord, will force Lin to oppose the Demo
cratic elector in Oregon. Dawes, 1T that
"A L.
wss in opposition to tho decisions of the
House for thirty years. Wallace was seated,
but solely on the ground of intimidation.
Cessna stood almost alone in his position as
to the election Of the minority candidate.
Samuel ]. TiIden and Aaron Burr.