Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-02-28
What the Country Understood the
Tribunal Should Decide.

AiAOOhNA SAOoAN bNNAoNs
Hayes has been declared the legally
elected President of the United States
by the Commission that was author
lied to settle the disputed question
between himself and Tilden. That is,
the Commission has declared the
three disputed States in favor Of
HAYES.
Il number of the erring political
brethren are quite deeply exercised
over the result, While the great mass
of both parties are rejoicing that the
plans Of the vicious ofiice-holders Oh
the one side and the vicious Office
seekers on the other side, have been
taught lesson that will act whole
somely on all such people for years
to come.
The dissatisfied parties are trying
at this late day to muddle the ques.
tioa, by telling the people, wherever
they can get people to listen to them,
that the work of the Commission was
not done as it should have been done,
When they thus speak they mean
that the Commission did not act as
they wanted them to do; but the peo.
pie understood fully what the great
question before the Commission was
They understood the question to be
which of number Of certified returns
from Florida, Louisiana and Oregon
is the correct return. That was the
whole case, which of the three re
turn papers from Florida, which oi
the four return papers from Louisi
ana, a2d which Of the two return
papers from Oregon is the correct
paper There could only be one cor
rect and legal return paper from
each State. The politicians of the
three States were in such debauch
ed state that they would not agree
on any one return or certificate, but
they made out a number and sem
them to Washington. When the con
hicting certificates or returns reached
Washington, the friends of the re
spective parties took sides, and they
all asked, how shall the question o
which, is which, as between the re
tu-ns be decidedl Which is the fisl
and which is TIE fowl? One part,
said, Oh. that is easily settled; th'
President of the Senate shall opei
the certificates, he has always dom
50 IN the past, and he will decid'
which Of the disputed certificates il
the right one. OH no, said the othel
party. tnat viii not do; the Presi
dent Of the Senate has no right Il
decide questions of disputes as t.
which is the regular or legal return
or certificate. Congress discussed
the question thoroughly, and th'
wisest men in that body concluded
that TO satisfy all the reasonable peo
pie, the better plan was to pass a bill
To create a Commission or Tribuna
that should take all of the returns
open them, and state for whom til,
votes OF the States had been cast a.
stated on TIE returns or certificates
and when the returns or certificates
from the wrangling States wer'
relcief the Commission should de
eide wkich Of the disputed return
papers vas or is the legal one. Th'
Commission did that, and that is jus
what the country generally under
stood the Commission was created for
The dissatisfied men, the revolu
tionists, now are clamoring that TIN
Commission was created to examin,
as to how the elections in the respec
tive States were held.
TIE country understands the de
giee of value to place on such clamor
The country understood the work o
the Tribunal was simply to decide
after proper inquiry, as to which o
the disputed returns sent from Flor
ida, Louisiana, and Oregon is tn
legal one.