Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-12-16

necessary to station guard at his hous,
to protect him from violence. Ii Firovel
had been Governor of Louisiana .instea(
of being Democratic Governor of Ore
go,, bow suddenly federal troops would
have been sent TO his relief, and yshat oh
jursations would be bestowed py the
Hayes organs upon his assailants.
i Che Tribune
Prints nuinber Of letters from co,:cs pom
dents and official data showing th'se have
been several precedents in the Oregon case,
all of which were settled as thcs Hayes
electors settled it, and opposite u what
Cronin claims.
| The Tribune has several squibS ut Gro
ver's expense, whereof the following are
samples:
s fss him.. This country is already ID warm
"The revised statutes of Oregon is vol
ume in greatest demand at the Jaw Ii
brarirs"
ut is common enough thing For two
persons to claim to be one, but Crsnin of
Oregon stands alone in history as she first
and last man who claimed to be a..plurali-
ty of board of three members"
Grover has already been called Bcne-
dict Arnold 1897 times, and Judas Iscar-
lot ,653 times. 1t seems to be Case of
unanimous verdict without consultation.
Even Democrats fail TO defend him, which
is the most startling condemnation posi-
| ble.".
1.-THE spectacle of party trying TO steal
one President and to impeach another at
the same time, has been reserved for the
| Centennial year. The success of the eX-
| lit nnfo
bic that second trial will not be made
for another century.
| "As between Cronin, who takes certii-
Gates that do not belong to him and fills
vacancies which do not exist with men
whoil he has no right to appoint, and a
postmaster, wicked and depraved though
he must be, we have no choice. Let Gro
min bc content there is a postmasterShip
hide away inside of something
is it strange that the citizens of that
State who find themselves ovcrriddcn and
high'handed attempts made to reverse
| thcir decision upon such preteXt as Gro
yer lcads should be stirred with indigna-
ton Mt the outrage. The whole is dis
graceful 10 the governor o! Oregon, and
will he discreditablc to the Democratic
leaders who are pretending so great horror
at " nat they call the subversion Of the will
of the people to try to take advantage of
a. transactiOn concerning the absolute dis.
honesty of which there is not q shadow of
question. The country desired q just and
honorable as well rs peaceful solution of
this question, but the Presidency of the
United States will not be awarded any
candidate on such bubbles as that upon
which Grover based his action"
What Cooper Says.
New YORK, Dec. 13-Coopef, being
interviewed bya lIcraldreportcr. said he
thought Tilden was elected.
4 Big Forgery.
NEW YORK, Dec. BIT has TRANSFERRED
thai two weeks ago the Third National
Blank paid forged check for SEQ, coo,
purpOrting to be drawn by Winslow, Ian
ier & Co. 1t is believed the check was OBJ
taincd by means of draft on the firm for
? small amount, made by the member of
a gang operating in every large city in the
country; that fac smile Of the check was
struck off and an expert forged the sigma
turc.
A War Of Races.
New York, Dec. ia Times special
says the Hamburg massacre comes to cn-
force peace, despite the protestaiions of
Wade Hampton Democrats, so much be-
praised in Northern journals fer several
days past. RumOrs have we'd here
through Democratic sources of a negro
conspiracy to kill all the white people in
the vicinity of Loundesville, onslhe Geor-
gia side of Abbevillc county, in the State
of South Carolina. This is q violent sec
ton, where the shotgun policy was ruth
lcssly enforced in the late canvass. A
gentleman just in from up country gives
the following facts. On Monday night,
the 18th inst, two white men are said to
have been fired upon from %: ambush
while going home from Abbcsillc court
house to Loundcsville; one was billed and
the other wounded. The latter asserted
that negroes fired the shots. Alarm was
Mt once given to the rifle clubs. They
mounted about 1O) men and began scour-
ing the country. One batch of % cOlored
cor stable to Abbeville court Use. When
officer and put to death by the roadside.
Another lot of ID were taken to Anderson
court house. These were taken violently
i'll before they arrived and dic.l almost inn
mediately, and three others arc :lot expect
ed to live from the effect of poison. Up TO
Friday last 2G cOlOred men had been
arrested, and the work was still going on.
RumOrs of the shooting of many more
colored men are circulating. Many have
fled and the greatest terror Prevails.
have no doubt that ambush and conspiracy
art now, as then. pretenses for this massa-
Gre as was the parade of negro militia. 1t is
part of the Hampton and Eeacc" pro-
gramme here.
NEW YOnK. Dec. 12-Thc Herald's
Tallahassee special has O story that can.
vass is probable, which will give the State
to Tilden by 1a9 majority.
The Tribune's Washington special says:
Representative Thornburg has returned
from Florida He was one of the Repub-
lican visiting committee there. He says
that nothing except evident dishonesty
can deprive r.. b. Hayes of the electoral
vote of that State. Thronburg does not
appear to be SO clear that the action Of the
returning board as TO the Stats ticket was
defensible.
A Seml.Omcial Message.
The Worlds Washington special says:
The Presidents semi-official message to the
country through the associated press has
created decided sensation, and is charac.
tcrized by not few Of the Republicans
and by all the Democrats in Congress as
ain insult and shameless declaration of
his partisan plans and PURPOSES to con-
tihue the Republican party in power.
There is now no longer doubt as TO
where he stands, and Democrats have Ia
ken note of the warning as it was intended
spd are not at all dismayed by his insult
ing challenge to impeachment by the
House. The correspondent thinks Hewitt
ought to give bis version of the interview.
DEMONSTRATIONS.
"A Times special faom Chic lgo says the
Republicans will fire 1856 gung tomorrow.