The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-02-16
Tho Electoral Commi.siop

the Commission created by Congress to decide
upon the contested Electoral votes; but whslekc
found that the Senate had elected MortoI' and
Garfield to that Commission our faith in IL as .
non-partsan tribunal, became still weake1, fos
we knew then that trickery and partisan
schemes, entirely unbecoming q tribunal elrus-
ted with such momentous national inte|ests,
would be resorted to by the Republican maj a.ita
of that body, and the wishes of large majority
Of the people, as expressed through the ballot
box, would be ignored by such extreme ,arti-
sans, and the party whip would contpl the
Commission. Still we hoped that the rtpresen-
tatives of the Supreme Bench would ris, above
all party considerations, that the comm ,ioners
chosen from that dignifed position would bring
to the great work only the spirit of justite and
a decent respect for the plain voice of the peo-
pie. But this hope was almost blasted when we
found that the four Judges had selected Judge
Bradley as their associate upon the Commission.
We could not forget that Bradley was chosen as
| q partisan judge when the discussion uIon the
legality of the greenbaok issue WAS 10 be deci-
ded by the United States Supreme Court, and
he has continued warm supporter of tie party
that placed him upon the bench ever since
Nor was that the only cause for our fear We
heard from the best authorities that Judge Brad
| ley was warm, personal, rs we'll rs poftical
friend oil Gov hayes, the Kcpuulie.u cauaSakb,
for President, and, furthermore, that he had ex
pressed more interest in the election than any
other Judge on the Bench Taking all thes,
things into consideration we had strong reason.
for our misgivings that the Commission would
be controlled more by party prejudice than re
gard for the expressed will of majority Of the
people. AS we said before, the Commission was
too strong Republican in its feelings and 3terest,
| to give much hope that it could rise abote par
ty, even upon such grave question.
| We, however, have not given up the kentest
yet. Wiser heads than ours seem to thi tha,
Louisiana and Oregon will present strelger or.
guments for Tilden than Florida did. | Il does
seem to us that no man of ordinary inttllect and
responsibility can read the infamous frauds SC
incontestably proven against the Republican Re-
turning Board of Louisiana and believe that
Hayes received majority in that SlaA, and W,
don't believe majority of his own pSrty viii
0u sn'fSnoa II hu .ahes HE Pr 90; 1srss I'm
der such infamous circumstances
The Commission is now in session upon tn,
Louisiana vote, and we cannot better explair
the present situation of the Electoral disput,
than by giving the following from the Ne,cs ans
Courier:
The count has now reached Louisiana
and if, as is probable, the party division in
the Commission remains as heretofore
Judge Bradley must decide the vote of tn,
State The case of Louisiana differs il
many respects from that of Florida. Ii
the latter case but one set of Electors votet
on the first Wednesday in December, an,
but one certificate beats the signature o
any person claiming to BS Governor of til,
State at that date. In louisiana both set.
OF men claiming to be E&ctors met anc
cast their votes on the day appointed by law
and both received certificates tromsperson,
! ! Glaimiag y Re Governor of the State. Il
AIR. Bradley, will ieel called uponao decide
who was the legal Governor of Luuisian;
on the 9th Of December. There arc othe
phases Of the case which make it different
from that of Florida. Even the cases o
alleged inciigibility are different, from tn,
Fact that Brewster and Lcvisce do not CLAIM
to have resigned their Offices before tn,
election. The Louisiana case wifi present
several new points, and it is very far from
certain that the decisions thus far mad,
settle the final result