The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-18
THE QUESTION OF THE DAY
VIM THEREPCBI TCINSPIUSE
RLILLCI?
The situation Impurtiuiiv mud tnndidiv De-
scribed- The Futai Course idoptcd bv tue
Republicans IN the Sodthcrn states.

From me Hertd.
We desire to-day TO call the attention of |
the Republican leaders to certain facts and cir
cumstnnces connected with their political
course and their partisans in the disputed states,
which, unless they are lost to sense OF public
decency. and ready to condemn themselves to
nothing less than political oblivion, they must
feel to be extremely embarrassing. and neccs-
stating on their part extraordinary care that
the public shall bc entirely satisfied with the
result Of the count in those states. The resume
which we present below must make the NepuD-
lie Il leaders aware that ON them rests the most
serious responsibility Of the present crisis, and
that, unless thev are ready to incur the j1st
condemnation Of tine Northern public, and to
be retired to private life at the next election
two years from now, they must successfully
convince the whole public shat no injustice will
be done or has been done IN the count ~ votes
in Louisiana and South Carolina, "a spite Of the
extraordinarily suspicious circumstances by
winch the process a. surrounded. The Demo-
cratic party has no such responsibility IN this
case. and IT. can well afford 20 be d fetted now.
" this defe comes thntrd with the nerest
suspicion IN the public mind that II has been
brought about 10y fraud or wrong. II he follow
ING the circumstances which seem tO us tu
make thn Kennblit,u SIN ,ffun 4 this time CON
spruously awkward and embnfras- ling. aud
winch tue leading men of that p,rtN innut
AFFORD to overlook, because tie public certainly
/. We will speak first of South Carolina. and
we call the attention Of the Republican
course and res ousib'lii Ia tn 1 state. bearing
on the election rnd the count ana show ~
Gle ally To everybody TIA Il theccctiun M tchiuery
has been cOnstitut q ana Is used there bN the
Repubicans ~ a susuiciou-y unfair and par l.
san manner Gov. Giant erl ~ being a cIndi-
date for r, rctiuu. ne 80 On gnneed tine appoint
ment OF the nn,ty--ix Commissioners ut Elcc-
ton Ia the counties that seventy we're his ouen
ptrtisans many Of them actually ndid lies Tor
election to the lerislliure. wnie forty are
othcehoders. who mold their places by Cham
btrlan , nppointneht. Such gross ana indecent
parti-anshin in Offices when are judicial VIII
maze II difficult Tor the Republicans to reh4t
charges 81 fraud IN the loo i count, or Of tam
periug with the vote after 1t Is counted. " such
ave made. Already we hear u one case where a
Republican comm siOner. neins charged with
delivering he county returns and ballots to he
K turning Boa q at Columbia, has failed to de-
iiNer mem, ana mas KEPT them IN his posst ssion
at Columbia + several ". I his man Ia not
only an election commissioner. but candidate
| Tor the LEGISLATURE he ~ Republican mulattO.
hot partisan Of Chamberlain. Com plant Of
| his conduct has been made bv the ,mocrats.
| but has received no attention frOm Chamber
| In or the Returning Board. l. itnot extremely
imrr,dent Tor The Republicans to tolerate sucn
a gross abuse Of trustY How can they answer
| Tor 1t to the country hereafteri
But this = not all. The state Returning Board,
! fr med by Keuubiicar authurity consists of nve
! peers ms, all keolnuc ns and four OF them cm-
| didNn- Tor election. ana assuming therefore to
| stf IN itdcmtuf. ON their own se-. and Without
| permitung even a single member t. the other
| side. rms Returning Board i formed str'ctly
! according 10 Law bat it, character IA A. nun
| s,tpu-ly unjust. the indeccncy - a lin / court
| thus constituted Is 80 great hat It VIII be i'm
possible Tor the Republican leaders. not IN south
| Caroline alone, hut all over the country. To avoid
| the ooiun Of countenanciug IL II the conduct Of
| this board suould not entirely satisfy the pub
| Carolina subjects the Republican leaders to the
most embarrassing suspicious OF fraud. fhev
| sent troops to the state without public or salts
| factory proof Of disorder hamneriin has on
| his ticket men VIGOROUSLY unscrutGiy@s and
| corrupt his own nomination was brought ABOUT
| nv an rringsment with \ corruptonist. who had
| threatened exposures aud who IA himself On the
| ticket. Noses and hipper,thc judges whom
| Chamberlain himself denounced a. infain-
| s,rere somehow conciliated TO his suppOrt,and
| became his advocates ON the stump. tnanber-
lain for days after The election profess To have
no returns, though the safe IS small and all the
eSrnbs oIy H "H stS hr"ni ns .s
uf the oihcia returns have neen public for
SvTf' IA gay" W, an NOV NE n"cf''lr r! orm'
the Republicans sent troops aud authorized
| after his noininaiion United states Marshal -
make arpiirsry arrests On tue evs of the eicc-
tlnu, when VS. zone wv me .Iecu1n unN
passed III enurc ueace IL Is On rged 10y the
Democrats that In some Democratic Parishes
ni Coy hci' ~. - mat ths voters could not
,st "A vote according to legal foru II Is noto-
7 Gus that IN | Outsitnhas In south Cafoltni. The
wNole N Ner ahi nm renee OF the Federal GOV
ernment were used u favor he kepuh lean
party. And NOW th.re, as IN South Carolina,
while Transcripts OF the county votes nre etsiy
accessible, sud bave. In fact. been ruhlis ned
Packard ana Kellogg continue {" assert thai
right Tor Hayes ana = ,cktrd." TIE vote Is now
TO be handled by the lie urning Board. ihe
present members Of this boprd were condemned
~ "A Repuhicun House In 1875 Of having Itaud-
ulenty manipula,ed the vote % 1874. The for
mai words IN which this was oncIally done were
these:
Mt(s} 40 es%@ee hss qcinimo ~ reporea
AMI Compiling -aic returns and pron.u ga,ug the e.
quits, MfunEu y app .ed an erroneous rule Of aN by
House Of EepreschI.uy to Nh.cb Ihey noi en-.
ttlei, AID persoAs eatted 10 seas were deprived OF
Lese.rei That /. is recommended to the House u
I Ia II
fu.y cniicd IN their sets.
tho Unanimous report" finding fraud was
signed Nv Nj. Whee1T, n"w Republican cAndl-
date for the Presidency.
so condemned but 4 II holding Office, one, wells,
Is Nv. ~ President Giants app intment and a
| Republican Senate's cunhrm alton, surveyor OF
| the PO Of New Orleans. An Itner, Anderson,
M,s re~arded Wy oy h ha,,ns relative sppon,,
their reward from Gov. Kellogg IN local
suecures for rel tNes. Tne Democratic mem
} Der Resigned. II Is now proposed 10 I'LL one Va
cacS VA Tue board ny the appointment OF fltn.
ders, Federal ofilIenolder Assistant United
states Treasurer, the manager for Packard int q
| last Louisiana Republican Conventions aud WnO
brought about his nguindtiOn Tor Governor.
Can the national Republican party afford to
| countenance ana ~ tike advantage OF such
methods IA these, uO matter how strictly they
, | may toe according ~ tue letter Of the law2 II
IL uurd u be put before the county tho
| alder and abettor M 81 h manifertiY unjust,
| such grnglN Indecent pfpcee iiugsf Ana ~
| II anOrd to declare. by the help at returning
boards 40 constituted ami of pouica apuIi n
crs u such nature as We have rscueI. that it,
, | can IlGate is elected unless this snail be shown
4 | 30 the eutlrV sails action Of both p.rtiesr We
bel eve not. Al us leaders hope Tor "A political
| future, II they Lave anv regard Tor tho ~ et M
I | OF tine nntiOn, they must g. daN prefer that q.
! | 1ilden sdail be TetIrned. II is almost impossl-
bletor them, under the circumstances, to OBJ
tlu q verdict favorable to their candidate WLIcn
shali not uetr tnt tttIi faint of fraud, ana we
, | sO.cuuly warn them that II Is quite impossible
in such "A case Tor trein to escape the indlgni A.
q ton OF tne North, whcn Will cling To
b. them and Inevitably sweep them out OF
&c political hfc. Under the circumstance the
democrats have only T. watt They occupy
, o-itiDn OF advantage when ouiy her Own
u tYily can deprive them of. liut the Re- ubictl
: position rs painful IN the highest decree. .,
-.ti>fy the public mind that no wrong ia zone
n where 50 many circumstances point - q lib
craze intention OF wrong, u very difficult iOl
u them. 10 count their Ctudiddte ~ WITHOUT
satisfying the pubic MIND and uis ruins
~ SUSPECT Is to court disgrace, mud 40 the 4
" | clcCliun II meet an irrcsauule burst OF popula
A. | Indignation. They may, ~ the methods whlci
z they are testing and which We have described
u above, legalb re.urn N,r ii yes, aud ihl
e journal Of Commerce, fmOcratc journal
. correctly says In a paragraph which we quot
u elsewhere there viii be nn legal method oil set
r. ting aside the result mo nation must pelce
ii fulb accept such n legal result Hut tho Repuo
lCAU leaders Will the act, Dig deep their owl