The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-11-15
ONE of the Democratic dispatches claim
ing Louisiana by 10000 is appropriately
signed "Kennard."
Election Notes.


1t should be remembered that the Tillen
| Bureau which is now claiming Florida, Lou
isiana, and South Carolina for Tilden. is the
same news manufactory which carried Colo
| rado for the Democrats in October.
The worse than idiotc editor who, in the
| face of the precautions taken to secure fair
count in the doubtful States. persists in veil
| ing fraud and demanding all uprising of the
people, should be taken NJ carefully 10 a bal
loon and dropped in the middle Of the Allan
tic Ocean.
The idea that single elector may fail of
election in any state, either by pissprint of
his name, or by the ineligibility Of the can
ddate, and that an electoral vote NAV be
gained for the ether side thereby, has no
foundation. Each state makes up it's electoral
vote and votes as unit, throwing the whole
electoral vote of that state.
The Democratic editors who persist In say
ing that ii the vote OF Louisiana is given to
Hayes it will only be through false count,
don't display much confidence in the leading
Uen OF their party. Nearly every Democrat
OF any prominence in the North will be on
the ground when the count is made, and to
say that the whole cf them together will not
be able to secure a fair count is to declare
them parcel of imbeciles.
The impecunious person who thought he
would like TO replenish his pocket book by
betting judiciously on the election must be
having pleasant time of il just now. The
agonles of the past five days ought to be
be sufficient to cure him of that sort of gam
bling in the future. He is doubtless con-
vinced, too, that the pretended preference
for Tilden was a scheme for alluring the
greenbacks from the pockets of the unwary.
The charge is made in Republican quar-
tiers in Washington that the telegraph lines
from Florida are so completely under the con-
troll of the Democrats, that kilograms from
their party friends in the North, are delayed
sometimes even days, and their contents di.
vulged to members of the opposite party. II
is alleged that this has been especially the
case with the dispatches of Gov. Stearns.
The Governor, on Sunday, sent charges to
the above effect into Georgia, and requested
that the operator at Tallahassee be removed.
His request was promptly complied with, and
it is now thought that all messages will come
through promptly.
A little consideration will convince apy
honest man of either party that the claim
that the result Is in some way to be changed
by the governors or other Republican officials
in order to cheat the Democratic party out of
the fruits of victory is without foundation in
fact. 1t is not so easy to steal the vote of
state as the Democratic organs profess to
believe. So far as we know Mr.. Tiden and
Mr.. Tweed are the only men who have ac-
complished such an achievement. They stole
the vote of New York in 1868 for Seymour,
Hoffman and reform, but they could only
n haa ha IF ba 10
city in the nation. Such thing cannot be
done in Louisiana, South Carolina and Flor
ida.-HarU0rd C0ardnt.
The "freedom of the ballot" in Georgia
seems to be extended to white men only.
The Southern correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial spent some time at the polls
in Augusta on election day, and thus de-
scribes what he saw: sat the Courthouse in
this city are two ballot boxes-one for whites
and one for blacks. spent part of the day
there watching the true inwardness of
Georgia election as there revealed. At the
white box, so far as l saw, all white man
had to do was to present his ticket and an
nounce his name. Although standing around
there some tirse did not hear single ques-
tion asked voter, or any objection made to
his vote. A white skin seemed to be suffi-
cient. Indeed, young mau offered me
ticket-Democratc of course. l declined,
telling him did not live in tbs state. oh
said he, 'that don't make any difference.
You are white and will be asked no ques-
TONS" have not the least doubt but what
could have voted, as oil the time was
there not white man was challenged or
asked a question.
Colorado has boen the cause of good dea
of unhappiness to the Democrats. They ad-
mitted her to the Union just in time to allow
her to vote for Hayes. If they had not done
that Gov. Tilden would be elected nov. If
their foresight hae been equal 20 their hind
sight Colorado would be out in the cod to-
day. 1t is queer, though, to see them con-
Tossing that they were given to understand
that her vote would be cast for them or else
they would have slammed the door in her
face so quickly as to make her head swim.
The Richmond Dispatch, in its disgust at the
turn affairs have taken, makes this creditable
confession: "But for Colorado being state,
the election of Tilden would be to us here on
Thursday placed beyond peradventure, in
stead OF which we are on the tenter-hooks of
anxiety. Why should they have admitted
Colorado? She had not the first claim to
consideration in asking for admission amoug
the states. She had nothing like the popula.
ton to give her the dignity of state. Why
should Congress admit herp That is the
point. And there the Democratic members
slipped up-we are sorry to say not without
guilt. The cunning representatives of the
community of spectators no doubt satisfied
the Democrats that the state would give a
| vote for the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, and we have as little doubt that
| the same representatives assured the Repubi-
| cans that Colorado would vote the Republ-
| can ticket In this view, which we are sure
| is correct, the admission Of Colorado was cor
| rupt. In the game the Democrats lost"