The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-30
NEW PROGR1MME or the REP UB-
LICAN CONEED CRATES
The Votes of Alabumn, Mississippi, and
Georgia TO he Thrown Out.

WIN" '"ey "Iu NV "nt'V'p"Vo' lucy se''V"eS
contemplate change OF the original progra'nme'
MOI that theV nave abandoned poor MT Hayes.
Ihey stu mean to make him their PRESIDENTIAL
ngurehead' 10 carry on their ola business at the
old stand. But the question is howt To do u.
There arc so many rebels and traitors In tho lana
that the business OF counting IN hayes becomes
quite oompnca'eu' mere Is that ieoel' "roVer'
III oregon whose action compels congress 10
look oehlhu thereturns. fhcre Is tha' ratoro"s
hepuphcAh supreme Court OF South O'rolha
ueoiarihg the electoral return OF IN" otate LOT
raves hulnty Ihero ~ the supreme court OF
ticrda-most OF tho Judges Republicans ana
northern men-another set OF traitors deciar-
ing the electoral vote oil that state 10 pelchg 10
ihhen' lhefe Is tue Deinucratic House AGAIN
mostly tfaitors-that VIII prohaoiS present LAWS
anu piecedents showing tna' Coiorauo hau no
right to participate In Presidential election
belore she had any recognition as a state oy
CONGRESS. Ihere = that origin oi the truN loyal
Nortn' hdfpe'S Uc'"W' ana that hepuohVSh
pr eAceheuce' george Nilam Crns' VINO
Iateb Joiheu the traitors oy insisting th"t tue
N'ce-fresident mas aosoiutely not the ieast
nsht Whatever TO count the electoral vote Aud
therc are unmistakaole evidences OF large
humoer oil prominent hepuolo'hs" VINO hOlu the
same ueasohauIe WE'VE
Now tue Orslnh programme mad AZ leas''
the merit OF Charming simplicity. Mr..
fcrrV was the gentleman who' a. acci-
dental PRESIDENT OF the senate hau tue
sole riRht 10 count Inc Two houses OF Ton
tresS hAu mourning 10 10 WIN W. vi course Mi'
Ferry wouid dccIare Mr. Hayes uui' electeu'
ana that would "i course settle tue "hoie mat
ter. Mr.. Morton openly avowed this pl'h before
the election. Mr.. sherman endorsed 1t In one
OF his letters to the Cincinnati Commerotd.
The so-called visiting committee OF Rep lOlioaus
IN New orleans endorsed u IN ther open
letier 70 the democratic visiting committee
Ihe entire hepuoican partisan press with but
very lew excepuons' Instantly TOOK up the new
cry anu III perfect hcco'u puIzieu tner poor
Wis 10 ua''y argue tne perfect JuH'i'e OIL 'n's
posiilon'
Yet TINS position VIII PC abohuohel' most
generously serve notice upon the h'pupicdn
party press 10 prepare Tor an entlrS change OF
programme. Unless every sign indlcat'on' ana
Information deceive us, Mensrs. Morton and
sherman Will be the only prominent Republicans
In the Senate who will stick To the original posi-
ton that the Vice-Presdent has the right to
count. They may secure majority Of their
party. aud most probably Will but tney cannot
secure a majority Of the Senate for II. And
wi,nou'. x.sss.+ 'Es.x-lat the Senate that prepos
tercns position can, of course, not be maln-
tanned.
what other plan remains to accomplish the
obiec; Of Mr.. Morton and his coniederatcs5
do not clam to know What the confeierates
themselves do not yet know. But the PROBABLE
NV points to a SIN more desperate course than
the one n,st contemplated. Mark ny predlc
ton-if the right Of Congress is conceded to re-
iect fraudulent returns, an attempt will be made
under the lead OF Morton, and perhaps Ejmunds.
to throw out the votes OF Alabama and Mssis-
slppi. On the ground OF general Intimidation OF
the negro voters. IL is thought that a man like
Edmundsi Is too much Of lawyer to stultify him
self In the face OF custom. tradition, law, aud
Constitution, bv maintaining tina: Congress has
nothing to do with the count Of the electoral
vote. and yet be partisan enough 20 reject the
votes Of some Southern States on tho ground If
violation OF the Fourteenth Amendment. Aud
II must be remembered that MIR. + imunds. on
the very day the senate convened offered
resolution raising committee to inVestigase
whether the lato elections In Alabama, hissis-
sippi. & Georgia. North Carolina. &c were held IN
conformity with the letter and spirit OF the
Fourteenth Amendment.
Under this theory, tho concurrent action CT
both House, being neces, Try to count any vote'
the democratic House could prevent ths count
ing OF the fraudulent returns from south Caro-
linn Florida. and Louisiana and the Republican
senate could prevent the counting of Alabama,
Mississippi or any other Sta'e ~ pleased am
perfectly satisfied that m less tnan fortnight II
| viii he appUent that ihis plan has oeen snhsti-
luted instead II the original scheme. AMI we
| mus. not underestimate ia danger. IL Hayes
| can be President ~ ALL ne VIII get INTO the
| White House not bY the monstrous process oil
h"ins declared elscteu oy M fefrS IN Noiatoh
OF al law logic ana nrecedents' ont 10y the sser-
ton that the elections II The southern states
| IA %.