River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-14
Oregon.


SAN FRAYcisCo, Dec g. The Daily Stock
Exchange extra this morning prints the fol-
lowing from Portland: "Gov. Grover to-day
issued certificates to two Hayes electors and
one Tilden elector, Cr0nin. The two hayes
electors declined TO meet with Cronin, where.
upon the latter, who held all three certif-
Gates, appointed two Republicans to act in
their places The two whom he appointed
met with him, received their certificates, and
then all voted for President, two for Hayes,
and Cronin for Tilden."
The Bulletin has the following special from
Portland; ga dispatch from Salem says the
Secretary of State has given Cronin, the DEM
ocratic elector having the highest number OF
votes. q certificate The two republican
electors refused to act with him, and assem-
bled and supplied the vacancy. The republi-
cans voted for Hayes. Cronin appointed two
democrats to act with HIM and cast the vote
of the state one fer 1iden and two for
Hayes" The Posts special from Salem
saws: DAT noon the Secretary of State
delivered to Il. A. Cronin, democratic
candidate for elector, contesting the seat 0
J. w Watts, postmaster, certificate
appointment as elector. The six electoral
candidates then assembled in the committee
room of the senate chamber. After half an
hour one of the republican electors, w. ii.
OdelI. came out and went TO the Office of the
secretary of state to demand certified copy
of the certificate, for 1t seems the certificate
crat. and w. Ii. Odell and J. G. Cartwright,
republicans, and as the latter demanded to see
and hold the certificate, and Cronin refused to
let them have it, nothing could be done.
About this time CTonin left the room where
the electors were assembled, and took stroll
around town. The story further goes that
when the electors met, Odell and Cartwright
refused to act with Cronin, whereupon Cronin
declared a vacancy and elected J. N. I. Miller
and II. Parker to fill the places of the electors,
and vote being taken, Cronln voted for Til
den aud Hendricks and the two Others for
HAYES and Wheeler. Cartwright and Odell
first accepted the resignation of Elector Watts,
then elected him to fill the vacancy, and cast
the vote of the State for Hayes and Wheeler.
Great excitement prevails. The Republicans
are indignant at the Governors actions
SAN FRAxcIsco, Dec. --latest advices from
| Salem, Oregon, say that all the Republican
| and Democratic electors assembled in 70, N
! of the Senate chamber. The Secretary of
| State passed an envelope through the door to
| Mr.. Cronin, who read II as the certificate of
| the vote given to Messrs. 0dell. Cartwright
| and himself He then put it in his pocket,
refusing to show it to the Republicans. 0dell,
| Cartwright and Cronin seated themselves st a
| table. organized by electing Odell chairman.
| Watts offered TO leave the room, but as the
| other Democrats, Kleppe1 and Laswell, re-
| fused to leave, he remained at the request OF
the other Republicans. Watts then rendered
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1 Cartwright severally demanded their certii-
! Gates of Cronin, who repeatedly refused to
/ surrender them. After some time, Cronin
| asked If they refused to act with him. Odell
| and Cartwright said Mo- very emphaticallY
| Int demanded their authority to act should bC
| shown. Cronin then left the table, the Re.
| publican electors having made no objection to
| cooperate with him, and after calling il
| Miller and Parker, organized his Electoral
! College, as before reported. Secretary Chad.
| wick claims to have simply acted under the
| Governors orders. The latter was burnt il
| eficy at jefferson last night.
TEE DEMOCRATIC VERSION.
The following statement by the Democratic
| candidates for Presidential electC haa beer
! published headed: "True Statement TO thl
| People OF Oregon. 'lnasmuch as grossly
false statements purporting to relate to wha
occurred at the holding OF the electoral col
lege to-day are being industriously circulateS
by members of the Republican party, we, tn
undersigned, submit the following as faithful
details OF the proceedings in question in sal,
electoral college, held in Salem on the sixtl
day of December, 1876, at the hour OF twelve
There were present in the room designated a
the one in which the electoral vote should b
cast the following persons: J; c. Cartwright
w II. O'Delt, ]. w. Watts, Henry KlepI el
w. II. Lasswell and Ed. Cronin. At i
hour the d0or of the room in which the eleC
toral vote was to he cast was opened and I'll
Secretary OF State handed 10 Mr.. Cr0nin.
Az ENVELOPE
containing the certificates in triplicate OF Tia
election as eleetor OF T. A. Cronin. J. G. Cart
wright and W. II. 0'Dell. After landing th