Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-28
rau FLORIDA rRIck FAILS.

The euort Of the Oemocfanc issosts
10 count the State u F1srida In for III
den through the naniPulatioHs Of the
corrupt Supreme Court Of that State. 10
no Infamous and % bsrsiacsd an attempt
To svisdls. not only the people Of Flor
ida. but the citizens Of the United
stasss, cut Of thsir constitutional rshts.
that even the more respectable and In
tslliesnt member Of he Democratic
party rspudiHts IL ~ = fraud not 70 Be
tolerated. A party which 10 forced 70
resort 70 such devices - this must In
deed b. desperate. The Beard Of State
C-anvaassrs met. - directed BY Law. and
-canvasssd the votes. They threw out
Of the count certain parishes. whore
fraud wa evident on the face Of the re-
turns. The result Of The canvass wAs
that the Republican State and National
tickets were declared elected 10 Florida.
The Supreme Court. seeing thai this
practically elected Governor Hayes
Prssids.tt took the extraordinary ground
that the Board had NO right 10 rsjset
any return made to them. and ordered 4
recount Of the votes and . decision Of
ths results In tho face Of the returns.
Tn the name Of heaven, what Is the
State Board Of Canvassen for. II not to
pass upon the validity Of the election
returns from the several prscinetsf
These boards are . peculiar inssitu-
ton Of certain Staiss in which gross
frauds have been prscticsd in cleo
tons in the past. They we're ssiao-
lshsd for the express purpose Of pre-
vs.ting these frauds from bsins u
to have been secured By intimidation OF
c~e.sful. by excluding votes known
other dishonest means from being count
cd. There 10 no other nscsssiiy Tor
their existence. II all the returns are
10 be taken on their face. In buli-dossd
parishes and precincts. a. we'll - from
the polls in which . fair election Is
known TO have bees held. there 10 no
reason Why the returns should net b
sent to the Secretary Of State. . in our
Northern States. accepted ~ hnal from
the beginning. and 90 counted In max
ing up the gsnsrai result Of the election
The Returning Boards and Canvassins
Boards may rs well be abolished ut
once. and the expenses attached TO
s,su saved to the States. u thsy are
simply instituted TO certify 70 rssurn
which poll clerks send In to them.
whether fraudulent or not.
That the Supreme Court OF Florida
ov,rs,sppsd the POUNDS Of its jarisd'o-
ti,n in ordering a recount 10 evident.
Sdli IL 10 tho sole judge VI the meaning
and intsn, OF the laws Of the State. aud
when liz decision WAS rendered the Board
Of Canvssssu had nothing 70 do but TO
obey the mandate. and proceed to a new
canvas. That new canvas vas made
ON the face Of the returns. WA compile
ted yesterday. and will b presented TO
the Supreme Court to-day. Mr. Sam
mel Tildsn will not be very likely to e.
,p.ct much comfort from the result.
Undxr the new canvass. behind which
NO supreme Court or any other body
executive or judicial. = so. the Hayes
Electors arr declared appointed by . ma
iority Of 20c votes. So that this little
schsms Of the great political trieksisr.
1rilden, has fallen to the ground. and
Florida will siill 10 counted for Hayes
and whesirr.
but even had the Tilden slectou been
declared appointed under the new count.
the probability is that their votes would
not have been recognized. According
to . Law Of Congress on the electoral
question. the electors srs required to
meet and deposit their votes on the nrt
Monday In December. and NO vote cast
alter that day 10 legal. In the words oi
Senator Morton. after the fourth OF this
month the electoral colleges Of the DIFF
fsren, States became 1aneiss e6sao. aud
the members Of them have no more
power TO elect a President than the hum
blest citizen in the land. So that had
Tildsn's scheme succeeded. his would
DO electors votes could not be legally
counted by Congress. Tho whole aff air
has been n most buneling attempt II
fraud. aud Mr.. rildeu had far better
have yielded gracefully to his defeat and
preserved his self.rsspee,. than to have
thus dissrsced hin,self In the eyes Of the
people whose sufirnges he Was humbly
. asking but two short months AGO. What
will b the next trick
TIE IsTHMrs CANAL
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