Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-07-25

House would suffer a fraud so glarihl
as this to be thrust down the throa
OF the country against the stomach
OF Its sense" but If tho two bodie
would declare inconsistent results o
tho count, and proclaim the election o
different Presidents, a state Of thing
might come which would subject oui
institutions to a strain severe enough
to endanger them greatly. 1t was il
these difficult circumstances that {
mixed commission OF fifteen was pro
posed, consisting Of five Senators, five
Representatives, and five Judges Of The
Supreme Court. The mode of appoint
ing them made II certain that fourteen
would DO equally divided between thS
parties and as the nth Judge would
DC named by the consent Of his broth
ren on both sides, he might be expected
TO stand between them, like a daysman
with hand as heavy on one head as
the other. The Democrats consented
10 TINS IN the belief that no seven Re
puolicans could be taken from the
Court or from Congress who would
swear TO decide the truth and then up
hold u known fraud u mistaken IN
that opinion OF their adversaries' hon
esty, they ielt sure at all events, that
the umpire wonld be fair-minded
man. Ihey were bitterly disappointed
eue commission went elgnt 10 seven
ior tne ureat FRAUD ana all It's branch
es ior iraud IN the detall ana IN the
aggregate Tor every item OF fraud that
was necessary 10 make the sum total
olg ehough-elght TO seven all the
tlme'
we must look at the state oil the case
as II went before the commission I'll,
den ana hendricks had isi electoral
votes clear ana iree OF all dispute, one
less than a majority Of the whole num-
Der, I6ey also had IN Louisiana e'ght,
ana IN Florida JCur appointed by the
people, out falsely certified to Hayes
ana wheeler oy the Governors In
oregon 'hey had one certlhed by the
Governor but against whom a popu-
lar majority had been east Tor an lnelI-
glole candidate. 10 elect Hayes 1t was
necessary that each ana every one oil
these thirteen votes should be taken
irom Iilden ana gwen to Hayes. AS
TINS required many distinct rulings
oased upon contradictory grounds, the
path OF the commission was not only
steep but crooked.
The great and important duty cast
upon the commission by a special law
and by special oath Of each member
was to decide, in the case of contested
votes from State, "whether any and
what votes from each State are the
votes provided for by the Constitution OF
the United States, and how many and
what persons were duly appointed elec-
tors IN such State. tits not denied that
the sole power OF appointing electors
ior the States oil louisiana and Florida
Is IN the people. IL was then and still
Is an admitted fact that the people had
eAereiseu tne power oi appolntmen'
~ sne presoliuDu anu proper way
ivy. shoy w u,u uasy .a. i'un' an appo'n,'nci'' "
eI'oo, Az "a "nu S .nS,' NV was Iasy m Iecol'
TLi ISu auu oo n'auo d P.ipo.ua' inoiioiy
!, n'a su,ns "ao ny uono u, u voincr ),
Thaso " ~ oLeu as.i anu AnVmn VI al ,I1n' :,
j''I. ~ sasn ~ '10 mn, mn o'"'ye u"niou '"u
auy "PPV'".eu ii,uvn o,vo'o's .. "
.ssI'a' .,eo.rol oa''ou io' 'n"' pu'Poso
r or eno '.u Vi Novonuer, IN pursuance
VI aw, was par. oi thelr history az
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~ s"o un'oi. ni 'no 'io'liVois y, w 'ne
Son'.n,Ss'on i'. aS hnew ~ as WEI, as trey
is%s ny" 'no seosraPp'Sa po9'',oi VI ! a.,
,a"assou 0 .''''e " Now oIieans. =. nocue1 =
hoop ho p'oo, ,,,1 pus II spcc'nc eviuenco I nau
S", eun nvluh.d' lIh .ne,S , w"s ,no revoru' ~
n .o,h INV" "n,on Inv tno 'ru'n grareu uPon .honl %
10 u'ear , 40 ,h tno sui sun, inoy sne. S .ne'r
~ ~ - az upo" suo iooolu a.u roiuoeu " "
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u,y NY ;appo's'eu ,',n , e'ev'o,s ~ ''o psop,o,
s,,,n% E aseSo 'Sans easv'iy ~ h; .ho 'sIuenoS
.ho',, 'se vnoosn a ~ Was wasI wn,on us snowoI SoI
haon Gov d"s;,:,.saJ & an1 VIM ,| ; p.,aons nS Ia,
49, % 'G,"'vI ~ wi ies"s teid isr, ~, =,
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;n ' ~ ars 10 s, =, wy ,h
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appppo;n,od appoind ~ MI NJ. PspTp,I "s.e @.".y
P ,ba Io',aI ',ouns s ~ .aV a saPPooe 'aa' 80,
nnirtsaniP I PO"s' W. s,na ~ hv h', 'Iem Ia, % ,Ie up
rre,nrninn hoaSds 'I n;J ,h",. 30" ,h;a,, IL ~, !,
yas no, ros,ad - ~ uac,,o9 % NJ
,ha, a, tVs nos ',oss;S,o w., d. peoP'O ~ ~
conscion,iomslO hol;oyed ,hS, 1" ,hS ;n,or n
est 81 her s,.;c,;on ,rould % ho ,SnIl @ so,.r
Cd J bv ~ Hayes's @ % e,oc,;or Thov w msY, mo1 pv boro
been nroy, ron NOD ~ = hr ,;r,nors & aan,;r.
lion IF Garnet. bar coyerOmen, and