The daily gazette., 1877-02-19
THIRD EDITION /!
Making Hayes President.

THE TREAcHERY OF CERTAIN REPUELI-
CANS DEVELOPING ITSELF,
From the n. y. Sun.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-The Democrat,
are still at fever heat over the hypocrisy
practiced by the original trainers of thu
bill, and are coming to the conclusion
that honors are easy between EdmundS
and Bradley, While the old electoral
committee was at work OH the BILL and
Just finishing its labors, resol luton was
drawn up by several Democratic mem
bers declaring that the bill provided tcr
the searching investigation of all ques-
tons in dispute, and the intention was
to embody this in the bill itself. When
1t was read, Mr.. Edmunds said, blandly,
that such clause was plainly unneces-
sary, as the bill was clearly designed to
investigate the controversy, and, as this
seemed to be understood, the clause
was Withdrawn by common consent.
The moment this question was tested in
the commission, Senator Edmunds
placed another construction on the bill
and has since invariably voted against
looking behind the Governors returns.
This makes his record even more odious
than Bradley's, and brands him as the
arch trickester in American politics.
The opposition of Morton was expected.
and nothing could have surprised him
munds, after he had particularly assured
Democratic Senators, in order to gain
their support for the bill, that it cotem-
plated searching investigation. 1t Is
said that Bradley betrayed unusual emo.
ton when he began reading his opinion
on Louisiana. He appeared prostrated
by the load. The opening part was SO
hopeful that the Democrats on the COM
mission felt almost certain he was to
join them in opposing the infamy.
When he got about half through his
hand trembled violently, and several
minutes later he staggered to a sofa, and
there finished the verdict. When he
was shown to-day the merciless language
that Senator Bogy used in the Senate on
Saturday, predicting that Bradley's
name would be embalmed in infamy, he
marked that his position was upbearable.
Confidence in any favorable result has
entirely evaporated from the Democratic
ranks. There is no hope that Brady will
choke over Oregon after he has swallow
ed the Louisiana Returning Board, But
a very conspicuous member of the COM
mission said to-day that when Bradley
expressed his opinion on Florida, he
made use of language that he must repu-
diate entirely if helvotes to count the vote
of Watts in the Oregon College. But the
original motion by Justice Miller, which
excluded evidence in the case of Florida,
as well as all subsequent ones, has been
so adroitly framed as to make the Gov
ernor's certificate so far conclusive with
out committing the tribunal to any slav-
ish respect for Governors signature.
They will urge in the Oregon case that
the Secretrry of State was the officer to
make the canvass, land dhiscalculations can
not be tampered with by the Governor.
The returns show that Watts was elected
and that will be taken as final. Judge
Hoadly of Cincinnati will be the princi-
pal counsel on the the part of the Demo-
cratic objectors to that vote, and he in
tends to bind the commission if possible
to the rigid doctrines of State rights, and
show by the laws of Oregon that GOV.
Grover was stopped from granting the
Watts certificate. If the law of Louisi-
ana can protect the Returning Board the
law of Oregon must justify Grover. Judge
Hoadley win present an exhaustive argu-
ment on the fneliglbility of electors, but
it will be waste of wind. The Western
Democrats are especially furious, and
, want to defeat the conspiracy by all law
full means. The Ohio delegation was
nearly solid against accepting the result,
Mr.. Payne beIng the only one who came
out in favor of quiet submission.