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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-05

The Republicans have placed u
Richmond IN the field TO he borne
down by ThroCkm0Tton's lance, AZ
will he seen from the subjoined cores.
pondence that gentleman is Mr.. j, {.
Bigger % Dallas
SHERMAN, Texns, October 2, 1916,
], G. Bigger ESq Dallas.
DEAR SlR-By the authority vested
in the Executive 10y the Republican
Convention held IN Dallas, Septem.
Der 70, 1876, and you having re.
ceived Il majority of votes cast by
said committee, | take great pleasure
IN declaring you the regular Republic
can candidate for Congress In the
Hhird Congressional District, iuG
most respectfully ask your acceptance
L.. ". WILLIAMS
Chairman Republican Executive Commit,
mittec Third District
DALLAS, Octobur /, 49,.
Hon. l., W. Williams, Chairman Republican
Committee, Thi'd Congressional District,
Texas
DEAR SIR am in receipt Of your
communication OF tho I'd instant, an
nounciug that have been nominated
for Congress uy the Republicans Of
this district,
While the honor thus conferred is
IA unexpected as ii IL unmeritrd, !
have concluded, after due considers
ton, to accept the same, pledging my
self TO do all that my limited ability
aud experience will permit, to effect u
thorough organization Of our party
throughout the district, and swell the
popular vote 90 the largest possible for
"llayes and Wheeler"
Thanking you sincerely for the
great honor you have conferred upon
me, am, Mr., Chairman, gentlemen
Of the committee and fellow Republi
cans throughout the Union,
Your obedicut servant,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
Gen. Sherman Explains.

The Washington Correspondent
of the New York Herald gives the
following statement of Gen. Sher-
man regarding the presence of troops
IN Washington. He said:
awe must protect public property,
you know, and we must guard arsen-
ais. Whatever the eventual settle
ment of the election dispute there
may be, it is not impossible that
some of the hot-blooded, reckless,
and desperate partlsans of the candi-
date who is most in favor with the
people of the adjoining States OF Vir-
ginia and Maryland might make a
dash into the city and thereby effect
ually destroy their case and that of
their candidate. Baltimore has hun
dreds of such mad spirits, and the
country to the south Of Washington
would send them plenty of company.
No matter how much their Presiden-
tial candidate might disavow their
conduct, and no matter how fruitless
might be such an enterprise eventu-
ally, 1t would in the heretofore de-
tenseless condition of the city, have
put its buildings and public property
at their mercy again. A desperate
fracas of this kind might sacrifice
the President to its rage. 1t is no
secret that detectives have already
warned the President that he should
be cautious in his movements and
not expose himself in situations
where he might be made the victim
of a plot against his personal safety.
The Treasury building would be a
tempting object to band of desper-
ADDE'S cloaking their purpose under
the disguise of political partisanship.
Its $l0O,O0O,0O of gold, silver, cur
rency, and bonds would alone be a
prize rich enough to tempt raid"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

SOUTH Carolina is placed perma-
nently in the Hayes column. The
Democracy claimed it confdently I'M
til the last moment, when the vote was
officially counted by the State can.
wasting board, and finally gave it up.
They insisted before the count that
the board should not go back of the
returns to inquire into any questions
of fraud or Intimidation, but that it
should simply act in a ministerial
capacity to aggregate the returns as
they came IN, and declare the result.
BY aid of Democratic judges they
carried this point, but it did not help
their case. After counting the vote
as returned, though there was no
doubt that some of the Democratic
majorities were obtained by question
able means, the result was found to
indicate a majority for the Hayes
electors ranging from $50 to over
1900. SO this is the outcome of all
the Democratic buster of the past
few weeks, to the effect that South
Carolina was sure for Tilden by TO-
900 majority. The same game is be-
ing played with regard to Louisiana
and Florida and undoubtedly the re-
suit will be the same.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

A MOST dastardly attempt was
made Thursday night of last week
to assassinate Hon. Hiram Price at
the residence of hi. son, w. II.
Price, at Davenport. Some unhung
villain threw hand grenade thro ugh
the window into room under a bed
room usually occupied by Mr.. Price,
Senior, which exploded under sofa,
tearing out the wall and penetrating
the ceiling in several places, besides
setting fire to the furniture. But for
the fact that the shell rolled under
the sofa, it would undoubtedly have
gone through the upper floor. Even
then the murderous purpose of the
miscreant who threw it would have
been defeated, for Hon. Hiram Price
was not in his room rim town at the
time of the occurrence, foct evil
IDENTIFY not known to the would-be
assassin. 1t is not positively known
what was the motive for the act, but
if, as suspected, it was political ma
levolence that inspired it, it is prop
er that both parties give vigorous
expression to their protest against
the introduction of Mexican politi-
cal methods into Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

THREE days ago the Times con-
tanned an account of the brutal
treatment of an unoffendtng negro
in Louisiana for the crime of being a
Republican. Just before the cleo,
ton he was found in his cabin read
ing a Republican paper, and the sew
en- White Leaugers who were "regu-
lating" that portion of the Parish in
the interest of "Tilden and Reform
took him out and whipped him by
turns until his back, from his neck to
his heels, was a mass of quivering
flesh. The whip lashes had cut his
skin into shreds, and the flesh was
laid open in gaping wounds several
inches long. The DOR fellow was
brought before a New Orleans COM
mittec and examined, and it was
found even after the lapse of two
weeks, that the wounds were yet un-
healed and fostering. United States
Marshal Chapman was present when
this man was stripped, and he in
forms us that such sight he never
saw. The poor fellow had received
"bulldose" the marks of which he
will carry to his grave. Nothing so
cruel was known in thepalmiest days
Of brutal slavery; and this y free
country! This poor man was a resi-
dent OF one of the "bulldosed" Par
iehes where the Democrats say there
was "a fair and free election" and
where "the colored men voted the
democratic ticket for the most part"
Hundreds of other like cases are IA
miliar in those Parishes.-Dubu9ue
Times
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
TIE New York Times saws:

Our latest dispatches leave the
complexion of the House of Repre-
sentatives l47 Democrats to l43 Re
publicans, with three seats vacant
The only elements of uncertainty in
this enumeration are the following.
In Florida we claim two Republic
cans; in Louisiana we concede two
seats to the Democrats and claim one
Republican; there are two seats re-
turned as Democratic which will be
contested by Republicans, and one
Republican seated whose election
will be contested by Democrat.
There is strong probability that
when the returns are complete, the
assumed Democratic majority Of four
will be wiped out, and the complex.
ion of the next House will depend
on the result of the New Hampshire
election in March.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

Zach Chandler telegraphed Governor
Stearns that they must have Florida at
all hazards, and the power of the admin
istration has been turned in that direction
Conservative.
In the first place, Zach Chandler
does not spell hazard with two rs,
and in the second place, he never
sent such a telegram to Gov. etearns
OF anybody else, and the Conserca
tive man knew it when he penned
the above paragraph. The election
having demonstrated to him that
lying don't pay, we suppose he still
practices it from force of habit.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
THE more unscrupulous and

THE more INSCRIPTIONS and mis-
chievous of the Democratic papers
ale indulging in great deal Of
buster and bravado in anticipation
Of the possible contingency that Til
den may not be found to have hon.
est and legal votes enough in the
South to elect him, and that Hayes
may be the man, after all. The true
ulent donkeys who have charge Of
these journals are working them
selves up into red hot state of
mind, and threatening blood and car
mage and revolution in case Tilden
shall not be inaugurated. They fair
ly revel in gore and one would think
from reading their sanguinary effus-
ions-if their buster and buncombe
did not indeed proclaim them the
very pink of towards and poltroons
that they were ready to take the
field and ruthlessly immediate every
Republican official in the South, and
then, by force of arms, plant Sham
Tilden in the White House whether
elected or not. Nothing can ex-
coed the intensity of their hatred and
denuncia,ions of the canvassing
boards who are to decide what is the
issue of the election, and this, too,
before said canvassers have taken
any action which might be construed
hostile to Tilden or otherwise. They
are bowling and cavorting around on
general principles, and generally
making worse than asses of them
selves in wicked attempt to stir up
strife and civil war; and when Pres
ident Grant, taking notice of their
incendiary threats, adopts the pre-
cautionary measure of concentrating
a few hundred soldiers near Wash
ington for police purposes to insure
order and peaceful Inauguration of
his lawfully elected successor, who
ever he may be, these jackals ofthe
Democratic press send up a concert
ed howl over that also, denoun cling
it in the bitterest terms. But these
Democratic Boabdils of the press
no purpose. The people of this
country are not going to engage
again in civil war during this gene
ration, and they are amply content,
that no such weak traitor occupies
the Presidential position as James
Buchanan of unfragrant memory.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

The popular majority for Hayes in
the Northern States where the voters
were free to choose and generally ex-
ercised the franchise with intelli-
gence, is over quarter of million.
Tilden only carried four of thetwcn-
ty-two Northern States and the ma
iorities in all four are less by six
thousand than the Republican ma
iority of Iowa alone. The electoral
vote of the Northern States gives
Hayes l66, Tilden 65.
In the South, where lawlessness,
ignorance and intimidation prevail,
Tilden has 119 out of the 13S electo.
raj votes. The moral of these fig
ures we need not point out.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

PETER Cooper publishes letter in
one of the New York papers positive,
ly denying statementthathas found
currency in the Democratic press to
the effect that Mr.. Cooper had de-
clared his preference for the election
of Tilden over HAYES. Mr.. Cooper
pronounces the statement incorrect.
and says that he never expressed
such a preference. Hewitt, Chair
man of Tilden's National Committee.
is son-in-law of Peter Cooper. 1t
is not inconsistent with his character
or that of his master, to have made
use of Mr.. Cooper,now nearly eighty
to further the interests of the rail
road wrecker.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

THE st. Louis Republican Demo
cratic) pays this compliment to Gov.
Hayes: Governor Hayes has borne
himself from the beginning to the
end of this most trying canvass with
thoughtful and manly decorum. He
has been forced on several occasions
to appear IN public and address his
friends, bnt on no one of these occa-
sions that we recall has he made a
partisan declarations; at no time has
he appealed to the passions of the
hour or made an argument in his
own behalf. He has carefully avoid
ed the question in which he had so
deep personal interest, and thus set
an example worthy Of a man who is
candidate for the august position
of President"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
THE SITUATION.

Up to the hour Of our issue no So
luton of the question of the Presi-
dency has been reached. The official
canvass Of the returns in South Car
DINA, resulting in majority tor the
Republican electors, settles the ques-
ton so far as that State is concerned.
but there yet remains Louisiana and
Florida to be heard from officially,
and from all that can be gathered,
of what seems reliable data, those
States are for Hayes, with an honest
count of the vote. The Louisiana
Returning Board, commenced the
canvass of the returns on Monday,
but have been much delayed by the
action of the Democracy in entering
protests against the constitutionality
of the law under which the board is
acting; against the counting of re-
turns when they are against them,
and against everything in fact upon
which they can hang a protest
These protests are received and filed
and the Board has thus far canvassed
the returns OF l6 parishes, in which
there are no contests. These l6 par
ishes foot up majority for Hayes Of
over 5000. The parishes in which
contests or protests are filed, are re
served for later action.
In Florida the count has not ye1
commenced. The Democrats insis
on count before the returns for the
back counties come in. The can
vassing board, suspecting fraud sucl
as was committed by Tweed, witt
Tilden's consent, in New York il
1868, decline to commence the coun
until all the returns are in. The
Democracy have appealed to thu
C ourts to compel them to commence
the canvass, and the point is yet un
dec ided. Gov. Stcarns claims thu
right, under the law, to canvass thu
vote for electors himself. On appli
alton of the Democratic managers
the Circuit Court has enjoined hin
from SO doing. There is much ex
citement in Tallahassee, and as thu
Democrats lose faith tn their owl
estimates and find the frauds commit
ted by their tolls in several counties
exposed, they grow desperate. The.
publicly assault prominent Republi
cans on the streets and only the pres
ence of the troops preserves the pub
lie peace. The result cannot b.
reached before the middle of mex
week, if then.
This is the situation. 1t is hope
ful for the Republicans with any
thing like fair work. There is NJ
reasonable doubt that the honest vot'
of both Louisiana and Florida arr
for Hayes.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

The Democracy, impelled by a
desperate necessity to in some way
count Hayes out and Tilden in, went
to searching for ineligible electors in
the Republican States. One in each
of the states of Vermont, Oregon
and Rhode Island was found to be
disqualified on account of holding
other offices, and the organs of the
Democratic party have insisted with
much earnestness that, in place of
the ineligible Republican electors in
each of those states, Democratic
elector shall receive the certificate.
But the Tlldcnltes are just now dis
covering that rules some times oper-
ate in opposite directions. 1t has
been ascertalned that six Tilden
electors in the South are disqualified
to act, on account of the non remov-
nj of disabilities onaccount of par
ticipation in the rebellion, and that
both the Democratic electors at
large in Connecticut arc ineligible by
reason of holding offices of trust I'M
der the government. It is quite pos
slble that the rule, insisted upon by
Democratic papers, that when an
elector is found to be ineligible q
candidate of the opposition party
shall be declared elected, and which
was insisted upon only because il
was supposed that it would elect Ill
den, may operate to the advantage Of
Republicans, in which case the DE
mocracy will turn around and oppose
as heartily as they have heretofore
advocated it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
The Conservative hopes that moth

The Conservative hopes that moth
ing will "prevent the BULLETIN from
hugging the colored population
when opportunity offers. Undoubt-
edly something will prevent. Judg-
ing by the way the leading Demo-
Gratis of this city on election day,
gathered around cold Mic" affection
ally twinlng their arms about his
neck-much to his disgust, to his
credit be it said-it is plain that no
Republican need apply. The Dem
ocratic appreciation of the "nigger"
has grown wonderfully since he was
invested with vote, especially in To-
calities where they are not permitted
to influence his vote by the pistol or
lash. 1t has been suggested that the
reason why our Democrats show so
much affection for this particular
"nigger" in question, may be found
in the fact that the name by which
he is usually called, "Old Mic" is al.
so the name of a very prominent
Democrat, whose counsels are con.
trolling influence in that party.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

The State Register heads it's dis
patches "Du blst mir nah and doch
so fern" which is German for Thou
art more near and yet so far, in al
fusion to the probable emotions of
Tilden as he realizes the hopelessness
of getting more than 1874 electors.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
The Third District.
The following is the full officia
vote for Congressman in this district:

The vote of the district is largely
in excess of former years and the
result is a complete flop over, as the
following figures will show: For
Governor last year the total vote of
the district was, Kirkwood, Rep, IL
466; Letter, Dem, 12,432; Letters
majority, 966. In 1874 the total vote
of the District was $4,000 and Aims
worth, Democrat, for Congress, re-
ceived SO majority.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

THE Republican majority for Col.
Sapp for Congress in the eighth Con-
gressional District is 4,l6G, a gain of
l,473 over McDill's majority in 1874.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
GI,e Bnlleti'l.

TURKEY has accepted the confer
ence and the European war cloud is
not so black as it was, though not
altogether dissipated.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Board met at 8 O'Clock, pursuant to ad-
journment. Roll call members all pres
cnt. Minutes of yesterdays proceedings
read and approved. The election board Of
Hazleton Township met the Board of can
vassers as requested and upon examination
it was found that the error was merely
clerical whereupon the election board of
said Township made the required corrcc-
tons. The Board of Supervisors and ex-
otlicio members of the board of county can
vassers declared the result of the election
as follows:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

Samuel Miller received fourteen hun
dred and twenty (142O) votes.
VIM. Bunce received one hundred and
ninety-six Q96) votes.
nj. S. Hitchcock received one hundred
snd ninety 900 votes.
A. J. Barnhart received two hundred
and four Goa votes.
N. N. Timson received one a. vote.
John G. House, J. W. Foreman, and
A. Whitney were declared duly elected
members of the Board of Supervisors.
In testimony whereof, we have hercun-
to set our hands and caused this
to be attested by the Clerk Of the
Board of Supervisors, and the
SEAL. seal of said County.
Done at Independence, the
County Seat of said County, this
10Th day of November, A. d.,
1876.
| HoRATIo BRYANT, Chm Members of
SAMUEL MILLER, the Board of
WILLIAM BUNcE, Supervisors -
PHILLIP REITERMAN, and ex-officio
ii. NJ. CoUGHTKY, Board of Coun.
Harry HIGBY, ty Canvass
G. w. BUTTERFIELD, ers.
| Attest
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
Proceedings OF the board Of SUpervis.
Ors OF Buchanan County, Iowa.

The Board of Supervisors met in regu-
lar session at the Court House, in hide
pendence, November Sd, 1876, at 10
o'clock M
Members present were Ii. Bryant, VIM
Bunce, II. M. Coughtry, II. Highly, and
G. w. Buttertield; absent, Samuel Miller
and Phillip Rciterman.
According to law, the Board proceeded
to canvass the returns from the severa
Townships of the General Election helt
November 18th, 1876.
Pending canvass the Board adjourned
! till } o'clock p NJ.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
AFTERNOON SESSION,

Board met pursuant to adjournment.
The election returns from HaZleton
township showing an error in the count
of the electoral vote, the Board ordered
that the election board of said township
be requested to produce the ballots cast
at the last general election, together with
the duplicate poll book of said election,
and that they meet this board at 9 O'Clock
Wednesday morning.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

Board met pursuant to adjournment
Roll call-members all present.
The Board resumed canvass Of election
returns, which occupied their attention
until evening, and it not being completed,
the Board continued the further canvass
of returns, and adjourned till 81 O'Clock
Tuesday morning
The New York herald., 1876-11-09
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