The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-17

Of intended frauds against the Returning
Board. Moderate Republicans are ready
TO admit that the previous performances
Of the board gave abundant foundation
for the charge, but they insist that COM
posed a. the board will DO Of two new
Democratic members and three Republ.
cans, and closely watched by the repre-.
sentative men Of both parties, u 10 not
reasonable TO suppose that the doings oil
1872 and 1874 will DO repeated: The
Democrats insist that the votes shall be
admitted and counted. Just as returned
and that. the, board shAll exercise me
mere minlsterial function OF com.
putting the results. Here they are
met By the Louisiana statute, whic9
expressly requires that the board
ShslI exclude from the returns
The vote Of any poll where they arc con.
WINGED upon examination that there was
"riot, tumult, acts Of violence, indmida.
tion, armed disturbance, bribery or cor
rupt influences" which materially
changed the result. The position OF me
Republicans ID that the Board must DC
sustained In the performance Of It's PLAN
duty to examine into the circumstance,
Of the election at every poll where any Of
The inyalidating occurrences or influences
arc alleged 10 have modified the result,
and in rs legal right TO throw out the
vote Of any precinct upon sufficient testt.
mony. At the same time they insist that
nothing shall be done IN the dark, and
that the testimony as to the methods Of
eIectioneerins which enabled the Demo.
Gratis totally to destroy the Republican
vote In heavy negro parishes like East
Feliciana shall be taken In the preaence
Of the representative committee OF the
II The State has gone for Tildsn on thu
vote As polled, as most Republicans begir
| 10 believe, It Is scarcely probable that
The Democratic delegation now in New
Orleans will be convinced by any amount
Of evidence that this result was seeuree
| by rifle club arguments and the Missis
sfppi shotgun policy. There Is toc
| much at stake for men on either side Z
sink partiSsnship. What Is hoped for II
Republican circles here -, that tn
Democrats will promptly and trankl!
acknowledge the legal power and duty 9
1.-THE Returning Board 70 reject such re
turns rs are tainted with intimidation q
fraud; and, second, that no returns vii
be rejected except upon evidence CON
vincing not alone to the board but also 4
! the moderate and honorable Republican
| from the North now in New Orleans
Should the exclusion from the count I'm
der such circumstances Of precincts o
parishes change the result in the State
and give Hayes It's electoral vote, II Ii
not expected that the Democrats will &c
quiesce without great deal OF loud ant
reckless talk; but that they will In th
end submit to q result reached 10 stric
accordance with the Constitution and th
laws, is deemed certain. Any othe
course would be revolutionary, an
would bring upon any party, faction, o
individual 0ounseling It the denuneiation
Of the law.abiding people Of the Who'll
country. - -.
The worst feature in the situation q
observed here Is the yehemence Will
which the Democrats refuse to entertain
the idea that Hayes may prove 70 b
fairly elected. They have worked them
selves into such . state OF mind that thei
ears are closed to argument and evidence
Fortunately there Is time for them I
cool down. II Is to be hoped, however
that the actual result will be known an
generally acquieseed in by the publ
before Congress meets, because the char
acter OF the. Democratic. House give
reason for experimenting that II WILD
something or other to increase the preya
lent excitement II there should still b
/ doubt rs to the issue when It assemblies
, Its record unhappily furnishes no groun
for hope that It's action will be wise m
patriotic. Iy-57I :.
II Tilden Is In the end shown to b
8 elected, the aequieseence. Of the Republi
cans will be prompt and unreserved, IN
the Government will be turned over
,, him on the 4th OF March without I'll
least shock or Jar. There Is not even Ii
, whisper OF suggestion that the Repui
lican Senate should in such an ever
take the course which prominent DENT
Gratis have openly recommended th
House to take Ia case Of Hayes election
. There will beno assumption by that bod
Of the right TO throw out the vote OF an
State, or Of the powertto defeat the tns
coant by absenting itself from the Join
Convention OF the two Houses require
by the Constitution.