The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06

crazy proves oil such statements
falssheods. Tho Democratic party.
holding ths power to take the place.
consented TO submit the discrimination
Of the Presidency to Republican jury.
| n Jury which was sure to DO Republican
from the beginning. II this does not
show exceptional confidence In The JUS
ti6e OF tho demo efatie cause. and an ABB
s6rbing desire for peace. what would 7
The beat evidence yet offered that tho
| Supreme Judges will rise above party Is
| found In the fact that three OF the. four
| Justices named In the bill were In favor
| Of the selection Of Judge Davis, who.
without proper grounds. declined TO
serve. Mr.. Bradley enjoys tho estssm
Of tho court. md has, IN some Of his do
eisions. won tho confidence and respect
OF the country. Let us now pray for u
just decision.
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There are strong grounds for believs
ing thht mn impartial tribunal, OF the
| weight aud standing OF This one, will
give Tho vote If Florida TO Coy. Tildeh,
| But, whether Florida. Oregon and
| South Carolina be assigned To him or
| not. no Intelligent man. not completely
| blinded TO truth and justice by fore
gone prejudice, can Tall to UNDERSTAND,
| that tho Stnte 81 Louisiana II Democrat.
| 10 by from seven to thirteen thousand
majority, voted for the Tildsn electors
! by vt least seven thousand. and has
beeh outraged IN her ,eleetoral. vote
| by tho gttpendons villhiuy Of The
Returning board. This HndieaI
machinery for eetting aside tho Will 6f
the people and keeping tho Republican
party In power through daring fthud.
| Inns been In operation ut three 6lsGz
lions In that state-that Of 70. that
| OF ~ and that Of last November. The
gl1rug rngealtiss praetiesd in tho past
| have been 80 thoroughly exposed. that
every honest man in tho Uhitsd States.
who hns paid any attention to politics.
Ia aware OF tho wrongs Of Louisiana
and OF tho manner Of their perpetrhs
ton. These hre 30 well appreciated AS
| 10 have been tho prime cause OF Tho 20
| litical change which swept over tho
| North in "a, md sent II majority Of over
| two thirds Democrats TO tho House Of
| Representatives.
Away win Returning Boards.
IN. Y. T,ibope.1
| Legally tho presumption in tho pres"
| ent case ID also In favor OF the accused /,
but actually. ID the Returning Board Of
| Louisiana IL body Of which the world
would naturally be slow to believe evil
It WIS created In fraud Il has had long
practice In iniauity IL has given scores
| Of oftieeh 10 men who were not elected !.
It's rasealitiea have been denounced by
| Republicans in Congress. In fact, II
aubornel witness would have little dit.
| ticulty In manufacturing an Infamous
charge against members Of such ~
board. aud making 1t squire exactly
with their past performances, An en-
terprsing petjnfer could not hnd m
ensier field Of operations than amid tbs
slime OF Louisiana poltics.
| When the present complications nfe
settled, we hope tho people OF I9iiis'
inna will see. what has long been plain
TO the rest Of the Union, that they ire
not safe until they have rid themselves
Of this Returning Board. II hhg always
| been the blacklist blot on the admins.
tration Of their unfortunate State per-
haps they will now fealize that 1t Is also
their gravest danger.
Com position ot the Tribunal.
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| We have already. on more than one
occasion, expressed our opinion Of fudge
Bradley, md we need only again cay
that ia point Of ability and personal
character he 10 the peer OF any man on
tho Supreme bench.
80 far as the appearance OF freedom
think tho Democrats make the best pre-
sentation. or course, every Democrat
appointea by either house would prefer
seeing Mr.. Tilden elected. and every
Republican so appointed would prefer
| Mr. Hayes. But every ono must con"
cede that among the five Democrats
there are no members or the commits
sion to correspond with Senator Morton
and Representative Garfield. the former
| q ,i.,EKs IL, i,ttA "a
whole proceeding In which he Is 10 par
ttcipate. while tho latter has already
committed himself In writing on one oi
the main questions that will be brought
before The tribunal. Mr.. Morton was
one OF Mr.. Hayes chief managers. nnh
the same reasons that induced the Dem
orratg to refrain from nominating Mr..
Hewitt might very properly have Rug'
gcsted an improperly In nominating
Mr.. Morton.
Too Eiss Thins.
t1t Lotala Republican,.
The presidential conspiracy was toe
big IL thing to manage succeBsly. Too
many agents. go'bctWeenS ana tools
were required. ana ING leaders could
not always know their eubordlnates
thoroughly. and previous performan ce
In the same line had made these leaders
too careless and confident. They had
played the game 80 nicely In 1871 that
they could Not see how the marked
cards could fail to win in 1876. The
pivot of the plot was the alleged power
Of the president Of tho Senate to count
the vote. Had that pivot held, the RE
turning Board job would have been
rushed through with II whoop and
halloo, and there the matter would
have ended but when the pivot broke
off by the passage OF the compromise
bill the whole machinery went to wreck
and ruin, and the Investigating com
mittees are now picking up the pieces
The Republican Party saved.
Now York Snn.l
The arbitration IL the escape OF tbs
Republican party from threatened dc
atruction.
A conspiracy had been entered into t.
count Mr. Hayes 10 as President: Il