The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-12
MORE TROUBLE p02 HAYES.


The Louisiana Returning Board is still
receiving the attention of the public.
Last wcek the Grand Jury ofonc Of the
State Courts In New Orleans found In.
dictments against j. Madison Wells, T.
G. Anderson, Louis NJ. Kcnner anil G.
Casannve, charging them with having ION
the 4th of December, 1876, falsely and
feloniously altered and published as tire
the altered, forged and counterfeitcd
election returns for Presidential electors
from th ,parish of Vernon at the election
ofNovember Inst by adding 1853 votes to
each OF the Hayes electors and deducting
395 from each of the Tilden electors.
Bail has been fixed ut $1,000. Cash has
been furnished by Wells and Kenner.
s Anderson and Casana7e will surrender
themselves and furnish bead" This in
dcsment If properly pushed will 20 doubt
reveal to the public the true inwardness
of the rascalities practiced by this Board,
and lay bare the deformity of Mr.. Hayes
title to the Presidency. It is therefore
not TO bo wondered nt that tho Returning
Board President is worried over these IN
dictments. The President thinks, it is
SAID, siiae FL ol.enaaes Of this na:0-s weis
condo ed by the Foster Matthews bar
gain, but we imagine ho does not realize
the magnitude of the ofiense which is
alleged 10 have been committed, or he
could not imagine it.&ass- condoned by
bargain made by some Of his friends.
Does not the President know that q
felony caunot be condoned except by the
punishment of the criminal, and that if
Foster and Mattheas had made any bar
gain shielding tho Board from pro2ecu-
tion for felony. they could be prosecuted
themselves for compromising felony ?
Mr., Hayes has reason to believe from the
submission Of ot!r people TO his ;;surpa-
tion that the country is prepared to stand
almost anything, but such barefaced i'm.
pudence as saying that such crimes as
this Bosrd are charged with was con-
doned 70 make him President, and there.
fore the perpetrators should not be prose-
cuted, is not calculated to inspire The
country with any high regard for his in
tcgrity. MIR. Hayes received the Prosi.
deDcy, the most precious piece Of official
property owned by our people, knowing
thatit had'been stolen from the persons
chosen by tie safifages OF our nation, and
now obisots to tho prosecution of The
thieves who tits allegebAtole the Office
for him. He ID d pretty rsfofmsr. aud
deserves the support Of all Who can
y pocket their principles TO pay5 tribute at
the shrine of auccessful rascality. 2
1t b generally believed that If the
prosecution Is successful ia convicting
the members of the Returning, Board on
this indictment, Mr., Stanley Matthews,
the new administration Senator from
Ohio and reh::: Sherman, sssscyFstary s OF
the Treasury, in Hayes Cabinet, win be
indicted for suhorna.ion Of perjury, and
for aiding and abesting fraud. There ia
said to be very little doubt of she con-
yiction Of tho Board, for numerous Wit
nesses airs present to prove tie charges,
and the affair Is creating the profoundest
anxiety in administration circles.
Wells has written letters to Washing
ton, threatening full exposure unless ho
issayed from punishment, and nothing
eau be- obtained from the prosecuting at
t0TiiaY nj to fila csaiirsa hss viii .aI.Ea..A
bntit Is Sxpected that a member of the
rctlrniEpiboard will turn States eyidenee
and dlyplge the fact tl,as they were ad-
ylsK 20 pursns the c6s-sa they did by
some 81 the Visiting statesmen, sent to
NeK Orleaila l,y President Sirant.-
SHOULD things tgka this tnrn Mr. Hayes
WIZ hardly bs s,lable,i "a fesaia the Presf:
tii1ncy, and the death knsll os RepabIi.
eanisss sin be sagndei at no t7issa ant day.
10 cplintsy belieyas tiieSe was fraud.
tesid idant knew OF IL, but ii
sbonid be confirmed BY q
~ esfk of 4 CD + OF itislIee, the discon.
lse pop - tsoul ID es t1e tina BRO
e 4 tt,erge cs "a SEnado 0f ssa "a Is.
a ism and towards egery
lto directly or indirectly
50 IA shame Upon our re-
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