The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-30

VINO w'r' iust hr' rnpu -li to do 4 : and thNs
IS rec -. CIR nj \ own knuv y. W rom inr We. r.
%" hgl host ~ t1cir places hy mwl 'ss ior c. II
" then tint hc said NJ man could ulforl TO h,
! Pr lent hy fraud and sent II committee TO
500 thni fru" count WIS mnln. This WIS fnir.
seeming nnugh, hut he did not row the way
he was loohn, Every one Of his comm .iire
! iDvnr'd tie fraud, AMI their report which he
rndprs d AMI -rnt To Con r ~'s. WIS def ~ Of
II from bog nnng Ia 'nd lie had supported
7 mos before and now his truoIs were at N'w
prlrars Hvuw rliy to prcte' tlc carp t-hIyrrr-
alt l. -tios. when C5andlrr prons.d tie
frHu lul mt Governor ~ Florida Ia send troops
nni mon'y to tmt state ni.r the rlrction-
iiooiS ani mon'N tu count the votes. d.
/ cHr"d I'm on" 81 his despgt'hrs thnt the Pres
| mt had l"cn eonsnt'd. Stl further. whllc
/ party IN Cungr ~ wrr' holding up the
! fraud. he answered the arguments ia iHNor of
! Tll"ns r. 'hi hy ordering t. the cnp tai all the
! cnNalry ar ilirry. and infantry within reach.
/ Whether tues. rir umstanc,s be- sum lent or
/ nul to convict him Oi participation IN tho fraud.
| let The world Judge.
THE CREATION of THE COMMISSION.
nui how wis the object OF the conspiracy to hc
/ accomplished? The House of Representatives
/ wns II morrntic ana W thout iis cons mt. cX-
! pressed or implied in some form or nnothrr
~" mat" could not give effect to u false count.
! The first mt ntou WIS to claim TINT the Pr 81
| d'nt Of the y mate had power To drt"rmin nh
! Sl'W'y and arbitrarily what electoral W.T. -
should Dc counted and whut NOT. THIS WIS III"
great ruilyIng polnt uniil MIR Conklrg took Il
/ up. nn !, IN u speech ui surprising ability. ut
| t.ry dem9il-hed and rrdu,"d II TO my Die
/ atoms 1t became sr'il"d. therefore. that the
/ two h'us"S must count the votes. and tins
/ cicNry iwrii'd th' power ~ inquire and Oct r,
! niin' what werr votes II could not h' denied
that the voice of the llgu-o of liopresr rnthivc=
aud It was not supposed that the House would
| shh r a iraui - Caring as this 10 hc thrust
! III" sionah i'' ~ Il, sense I'm, II ,he
| two bodies would doclHrc inron~ lStent rr-
! suits of tho count and proclaim the election
/ oi an rsnt lrrs tents. state ui things uight
come which would subject our institutions to
! strain s.N"r" enough tN"nl langcr them gr atty.
IN iii
| mixed couui-- ON of ilitrrn wis proposed con
M of n.y. nators. i've Il k'pres"niatix,s.
! and i've Judges of the Supreme Court. The
| nnir 90, olimn, ihs thrm mHd" II certain tnat
] iuuit'tn 81 ull b" equally divided h'twr IA tine
! parties nud a~ tur iiita Judge would be- named
! ~ IN. cons NJ .i ~ brethren on both sides he
| nlislt N. rNl ted To- stuud between them. lik"
a uiN~rprn. wiih hand ns heavy on one head
| ~ p .il'r. Ile D"mo'rats consented to ihi.
! ~ tn" i"ll"l ihut NO erNrn NrpunlirHnS could
| h' taken from ti" court or from Congress who
/ wuu'd swear 10 d"'de the ruth uni then up-
/ hold known fraud; = mistaken in that opinion
uf tI"r adv 'r-nrira' hon -fv. they felt SURE at
/ all events that the umrir" would l,c "a fair
! minI.l rinn. Tnry N.rn bitterly disappoint.i; (;
/ the commits ION went oipht t. seven for the
.,rent r.ut and an H. bran hos for fraud IN
/ a.. deitl nu ! in tn" uggr" at'; Tor every it"u
col f~Nu t.Ht was nn'Hslrry e. make the sum
total bi- cuolsh-cieh; To -o,,n all the time.
u LiyvsNs To DO ITS DUTY.
". mu-i look at the stainof "a. ,ase as il went
J h'Inrt fH" commission. Iiliru AMI Hendricks
hni lsi -' turpl votes rlrnr anal IRE" ~ nll dis
lut', .H" '"-. u. @ iuulnrivn ta' Who'll. num-
iy cen n,i a. Riyc- ANA Wheeler by the Gov-
! crnnr-. In OREGON tuev had one cert n"d hy
thr Gov rnof. 'ui u.an~t whom popular ma
lnriiy mai boon cast ior un ~ 'hgihlH rani iidat"
/ T. rir Hayes II Wis necessary that each and
rN' ~ on" "i these thirteen N,t"- should he
| tpk"n from Ili"n und given to Hayes A this
! rrgur. many d istln rulings 'n-ei upon CON
w4- NOT only steep hu, rocked.
Tie lroW and important duty cast upon tho
couui. ion 10y % special law and 10y u special
oath of rH 10 fr"Nlh'r WIS to decide. ia tue
| Of contested votes from state. whether any
/ and what votes from such STATE are Tho Not =
| pruvi led !or 10y the Constitution Of tie United
Sih',-. ami how many ana wnqt PERSONS w,rH
duly appointed electors in such Stie.' II is
| MT denied that tn" sole power of appoint NJ
electors for IN" States II Lou snna and Florida
il in IA. peoplr. II was then and still L. AN adj
| power or uppo .nimgni IN tn" Ir' -'ri'H'l and
rrop'r way: they did duiy make an appoint
i."it II electors. ana their at Was duly ~ ord
thing wHs not done IN a .orncr;" it was. s,en
Ni.t's named had duly nrppiui Il Y lld"n el"r-
pos" ON the IN ol November ia pur~nanrr II
i.lf tla Wcy w.ro smi = " the Uuion.
AA tr members of tlr 'ommi-Slon knew
4 as w'il as thuy know tho g.o-raph-
'al pos ton cl Iauaua-s"o or Now Or
ANS. IL nrr'l'd % l'4N.lt; INT If sp. n rNl-
dturs had h.en rrlu rel. There WAS The record.
from whiD % tu.. truth slarrd upon tiem n~ c'.lr
az il" ~un. IAty siui tlolr oy'- uIun TIE
record ar, r.u- ID p, -.,. ' how many ~. Nlat
persons Wet. duy appointed 'D t'is Is tine
I"Npt, huf listened eagerly g. the cyiGons s'
i0hHHir lIou-h IL wl-l Whrh sloN'd how
hy the returniu- ofl "rs. II WIS ultmai'iyh .ld
l"isht t. S.Nrnl thHt IA. appl NJ : 9i III, Re-
appoint. .,r of the people wrr" uuduly az point
Di llli IA" ei@hl -upp.S' tnnt the lrs'l pow"r
tn IN ms tEs 5an Yrl Hd f,gf y ig "M "
was MT y'st. ia the ."pl"f No. ttat is i'm
believed that tn mt 'r'st of their ilflOn would
b- ~ II served hy Hayes clo ton. Tn,y may
have boon promli"d 10y a v,rtqous admiration
anxious 20 save IT from Iildrns rclorn
II, PETriFOGoISG.
but this decision in favor OF fraud which SO
shn ecd tlr common = 'nsH and common hon
'-'f oi tue nation Was not mate without som"
ait"r IT To- Justify it. the ciEnt gave rrusons SO
many and 80 p.H3-inlo that kellogg and Wells
honrd them. ON" argument very seriously urged
! WAS that II would hr trouh,l some. and Trtulr. u
great deal Of time. To- As .,ruiin who was duly
Hppointc 10y IT, people Ii wa- mu n oasicr to
accept tne ial- vote an say 10 more about H.
TIP dnod" how m.nS AMI what persons got GER
I ii HtHs from tho Returning Board WAS short
unl 9lmpo process; but 10 push tAr inquiry
| brhlni tnut-ip lnunlre whether tAc cert n 'itr
was honest. T. look for the evidence which
would -h"w who were duy appolnlrd-h ldbor
hOc opus esi The se,rn cnlnded the eight, tut
ryn nded them m N'En. mat n" due appoln'In"ht
Mhi ~ h"t'I} IA me World, 'N''pt me p.npl".
had the least right 70 make. was the worry thing
whch they were there to ma out; and th"y
| could not he eN used from duty to winch they
! Nrrs pledged 0ui sworn hy the mere lncon-
k'nirn 'e of performing II. l sides the eight
! know very we'll that there was no diill 'ulty IN
il 90 % wss hut looking az tn" record ot the ap-
! pointmcut ~ the ItuI.e ua.ic II up; they could
| read It as thrs run; the truth WIS palmer tlnn
soon M the fraud. But no p.r-ua~lun could in
uu"n.r thrm iot4st rN,4 slhh. ~ lH"Wi iuhl
| ris.ion was mnd" forY Why WIS this great
combination Of learning AMI stltecrait sci ~ 2
10 dctcrmino any matter lil dispute between the
parties lnt merely to declare tmat the trturn-