New-York tribune., 1876-12-04

vestigation. They gotten up merely Tor erect
For instance, they charge Illegal voting in one pre-
cinct in the County of Leon. They prove who voted
at the opening Of the poll and who at its close They
then produce copies of the poll list showing about
80 names before the name of the first voter and III
after the name last voted, and claiming the lO6
votes as illegal. They build upon the vote formid-
able charge of baot-box stuffing. Their whole
fabric tumbles, however upon it being shown that
the loose sheets of the poll list have been disar-
ranged and two three subsequent sheets placed
before the first sheet, and one other sheet placed
after the last sheet
Their case in the County of Jefferson, where they
talk of 900 illegal voters is quite fimsy. One
Whitefeld swears that the Democratic Committee
made census of the county, and that about i've
hundred names of cOlOred people who voted were not
the Democratic census, and he is not acquainted
with them. This is quite likely but a colored mans
right to vote does not depend on his being on the
Democratic census, or being known to Mr.. WHITE
field. The Democrats also gave notice that they
should prove that Mr. Humphreys, the Republican
candidate for eector, Is Harbor-Master of the
United States and therefore ineligible. They may
save themselves the trouble, for although he once
was such officer he resigned before the election.
The returns from the only remaining county, the
far off Kingdom of Dade, have come, and have been
opened Hayes receives nine and Tilden five, adding
four to the Republican majority of 40 on the face OF
the retrtrns. As the case now stands may say,
without undertaking to predict the action of the
board that in my judgment the Hayes majority
should be increased by the proof of irregularities,
ilegaties, and intentional Democratic frauds, to
the extent of from 700 to l ZOO votes.
writer signing herself Truth" in TIE TRIBUNE
of the 2Sth complains of my dispatches as illogical
and partisan in complaining that the returns from
the Democratic counties kept back when THE
TRUTH says the post-Occs controlled by the Re-
publicans and also the election machinery in the
counties. In reply will say that no returns have
been delayed after being deposited in the post
offices, and that the Republicans do not control the
election machinery in the 81 or % Democratic coun-
ties The result of the election in the 10 or Re
publican counties, except Dade, was known immedi-
ately after election, and could not be altered The
Democratic counties with few exceptions, were In
the hands of Democratic officers, and the re-
turns were three weeks in coming in, and
| have little doubt that the maiorities were
increased after election, because 1t il impossible
for Republicans to go safely the counties TO get
tfe proof of the precinct votes. Fortunately they
did not know exactly how much to increase them,
Notwithstanding the demands Of the Northern Dem
ocrats that the Republicans should inform them,
and they were beaten even on the face of the re-
turns. Representing the Republican National Com
mittee here, | have been anxious to procure au-
thcntc evidence of exactly the honest vote in every
Democratic precinct IN every county, believing It
would give Hayes over 1000 majority in Florida; (;
but it is impossible to procure it without the power
of the United States which may after the owl
dence of fraud is obliterated.
The boar has decided 10 receive no new charges
after Saturday. Rebutting evidence will, however,
be allowed on Monday. and the case probably not
disposed Of until Tuesday. w. f. CHANDLER.