Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-13
Louisiana.

Senate a few days ago a special mes
sage covering report of the commit
tee sent by him to Louisiana to witness
the canvass there by the Returning
Board. This committee consisted of
Senator Sherman, of Ohio; E. w.
Stoughton, of New York; Ex-Gov.
Parker, of New Jersey, and several
other gentlemen equally we'll known as
entirely reliable and trustworthy. We
regret we have not room for their re-
port in full, as it is document which
should be read by every person. Else
where we publish an extract from it
in which, is shown the plan of opera
tons adopted by the Democrats for
carrying the State. That they did not
succeed in their infamous work is
owing entirely to the unAinching cour-
age of the Returning Board in wedding
out Of the returns all which came be-
fore them tainted with fraud and cor
ruption. But for this, the bulldozing
of the White Liners would have been
successful, and the will of majority of
the people thwarted. In this connec.
ton it is proper to remark that the
Democratic representatives from the
North, who were presen: at New Or
leans for the same purpose as Senator
Sherman and the other Republicans
named, declined to join in having all
the testimony taken on both sides
published, that the country might see
the nature and extent of the outrages
committed This circumstance, we
think, shows more clearly than any
fact connected with this wretched bus.
mess who does and who does not desire
fair play aud an honest count. This
is matter in which the whole country
is interested, and one on which the ma
ton must at last pass judgment. Why
not submit all the testimony now with.
out note or comment, and let the peo-
pie judge wherein the law of right has
been violated. But this the Demo-
Gratis will not do for they know that
their party cannot stand up under any
such revelations as would be sure to
follow.
There is great bowling on the part
of Democrats that the Returning
Boards in South Carolina, Louisiana
and Florida, threw out the returns
from certain parishes where there had
been frauds, and intimidation of voters.
This was clearly their duty under the
law. By virtue of the same law which
now is In force in Louisiana, the Dem
ocratic Returning Board in that State,
in 1872, rejected the vote of several
districts, and among them one Of the
polls Of the Third ward Of New Or
leans. Republicans made no COM
plant because the action of the Board
was sanctioned by law but not whit
more so than the action of the pres
ent Board in throwing out the votes
of the parishes now rejected. 1t
make difference, you see, with dem
ocrats, whose OK is gored
Democratic papers have been quot
ing freely from the New York Euening
Post, deriving much consolation there
from, but here is paragraph from
that paper which the Tilden organs
have not seen-at least, they have not
published it:
If the Democrats in Congress 20 on
as they have begun, long before the
time arrives for counting the electoral
votes they will reconcile the country to
their loss of the Presidency, if it should
not be legally awarded to them.
The Democrat thinks the members
of the Returning Board IN South Car.
DINA, Florida and Louisiana are great
scoundrels. This may or may not be
so; but one thing is certain
and that is that the Democrats
did not not have money enough to buy
them. They were too honorable to &C.
cept of the brides offered them to sell
out their respective states to Tilden.
Had they done this the Democrat
would have commended them as freely
as it now condemns them.