Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-11-17
FOUR LAYS HISTORY.

FOUR LAYS HISTORY.
The past week has borne the most i'm
portant events of this government. it we
except the days before the civil war of tif-
teen years ago. To give our readers clear
understanding of the events that passed
we arrange the days in the order in which
they come.
FRIDAY.
On Friday it was we'll understood that
Tilden had received l94 electoral votes in
dependent Of Oregon, South Carolina, Flor
ida and Louisiana, which were yet to hear
from. He had also received a majority Of
25O,O 900 Of the popular vote Ills MAORI
ties had been great while Hayes. had beeii
small the latter had, for instance in great
State like Ohio only gotten 5000 majority.
in Wisconsin only 5000 and in other states
a like small number. To elect Hayes it
was necessary that he should get every
vote from the doubtful, or unheard from,
States He could not afford to lose any
one of them. while if Tilden received the
vote of Louisiana with its s votes, South
Carolina with its vote, or Florida with
it's votes he was elected, the electoral
votes necessary for election being 49, and
he lacking only one cote. On Friday ii was
printed in the papers North and South,
that Zach Chandler. tie Chairman of the
Republican National Cor lnittee and a
member of Grants Cabinet WAS telegraph
;,,rr nj To tba of
Florida, Kellogg, the Governor of Louis
ana and Chamberlayne the Governor OF
South Carolina, all members OF the Re-
turning Boards Of their States. The fact
that the kilograms were in cipher sugges-
ted that foul play was contemplated
Grant in the mean time ordered heavy
body of troops to Florida and Louisian
aud the Republican Governors continued
telegraphing to the Republican Committee
that Louisiana had gone Republican by
10000, Florida by from 1900 to 1000 and
South Carolina by from 1850 to 5000. The
margin it will be observed was wide. Til"
Democrats at the same time were tele
graphing very infinitely stated calculations
of their vote. They claimed 200 in Sout:
Carolina, 400 in Florida and 1858 i'll Lou
isana. The clearest sign that the Repib
licans contemplated fraud was the follow
ing from Gov. Cnamberlayne of South
Carolina
COLUMBIA, Nov. 1O.-Hon. John J. Pat
tersOn: South Carolina is safe for the Re
publicans. Democrats claim it on the ba-
sis of immense apparent majorlties III
Edgetield. Laurens. Barnwell, and Able
vile. If dny such results appear they are
fraudulent and ec;Jl not aroM Giving the
Democrats all they CLAIM il counties not
vet definitely heard from. and giving The
Republicans only that we know WE have.
he result is a majority for the Republic
cans. Estimating upon the basis of real ami
honest cote. md final cdtrass and deterna5
nation, we shall carry the State by fully
light Thousand.
D. Fl. CHAMBERLAIN.
In view Of the contemplated frauds ID,
the Returning Boards, the following tele
gran was sent off by the Chairman OF tn
Democratic Nttiona Committee TO maA
prominent citizens North and South:
Citizens at New Orleans urgently 70
quest that a delegation of prominent gentle
men come there at once to counsel pe1c'
md fair and honest return. You az
earnestly requl sted to be one of the ten a.
| fifteen gn tlemrn. all widely known t.
| meet at Louisville, Gait House, SaturJa,
| evening, proceeding directly South, or, y
more convenient, meeting lit st. Charlie;
Hotel, New Ori5ans, Monday Morning.
Yonr promp5 acceptance by telegraph i
requested. This emergency appeals to YOU
patriotism.
ADRIAN ). HEWITT, Chairman.
On the same day, President Grant, Woo
was at the Centenn al, sent the followin2
kilograms:
PHlLADET PHIA, Nov. 10.
ten W. 7. ,Sjternsan, Washington D. G.
[, strucl General Augur in Louisiana
and General Rngur in Florida, to be vigi
LIANT with tie force at their command, to
| preserve peace and good order, and tc SCI
tnat the proper and legal boards of can
vassers are unmolested in the performance
Of their duties.
Should there be any grounds Of suspj
cinn Of fraudulent count Oh either side, ii
shall be repn' ted and denounced at once.
No man worthy of the office of Pres
dent should be willing to hold it if count
| ed in or placed there by fraud. Either
party eau afford to be disappointed in the
result. TIL, coat ~ cannot afford To have
the resn.t tainted 10y the suspicion of lille
gal or false ret uI1ls.
TSignpdl U. s. GRANT.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 10.
General Sherman, Washington, d. c.
send all the troops to General Augur hi
| may deem necessary to insure entire quiet
| and a peaceful count Of the ballots actu
ally cast. They may be taken from South
Carolina unless there is reason to suspect
an outbreak there. The presence Of citi-
Zens from other cities. l under tand, is re-
quested in Louisiana to see that the bOa' d
of canvasser5 make fair count of the
vote actually cast. 1t is to he hoped that
reprt sentative and fair men of both parties
win go. [Signed] U. S. GRANT.
SATURDAY.
Having thus put the military in to keep
the Radical Returning Boards up to tn.
point, he requested the following Repubi
cans to go to New Orleans, and see the
count of the ballots:
Hon. William M. Evarts, Judge E. w.
Stoughton, Gen. John \. Dix and Gen. j.
Fl. Van Allen, Of New York; Senators
Sherman and Stanley Matthews, of OhiH
Hon. Courtlandt Parker, Of New JERSEY;
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont; Gen. Ben.
Harrison, of Indiana; Senator Logan, CT
Illinois; Hon. William D. Kelly and Hon.
John Schoonberg, OF Pennsylvania, and
Hon. John A KassDn, OF Iowa.
The following telegraphed their inten-
ton to start Immediately for New Orleans
in response to the call of the N ational De-
mocratic Committee;
Hon Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois lex
United States senator); Hon. J. NJ. Pal.
mer, OF Illinois; ex Governor Curtin, of
Pennsylvania; Ex-Governor Hamilton, of
Maryland: Hon, 5. 2. Doolittle, of Wis
nor Coloaug!. of Illinois; Judge J B.
Stale, of Ohio; Hon. Oswald Otterndorf,
of New York; Hon. Henry Watterson, of
Kentucky; Hon. Theodore f. Randolph,
of New Jersey; Hon. G. B. Smith, OF Wis