The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-01
THE EiGHT.rG- sEvEN.

THE EiGHTsTG- sEvEF.
A Dialogue between eessrss. and tbs Eiec-
toral Commission.
Hartford Times.1
Congress to the Commission-We au-
thorize you to investigate the returns.
and we give you all the power that Con-
gress possesses and Congress 1nvestiS
gates from top to bottom.
The Commission All right; we have
taken an oath to do our duty faithfully,
and to obey your law.
Congress here's Florida, with
two sets of returns the decision OF her
State courts, the action of her Legisla-
ture and Of her Governor. with all the
papers relating to the two returns, and
the proofs OF fraud. Consider them
well and report to us what your judg-
ment is upon the evidence. .
The Commission-We received your
papers and protests and judicial deei-
sions. and official papers embodying
beg leave to report that 1t is our judg-
ment that we should consider only one
paper, and that the one returning the
votes for Hayes. Having concluded
our labors, we report four Florida votes
for Hayes and Wheeler, and trust that
you are all satisfied, as Bradley, Miller
and Strong are. They are sitting on the
constitution. 2. S.-We have evidence
as to the ineligibility OF one of the
Hayes electors, but we counted him,
and intended to do nothing else. We
hope this Is also very satisfactory.
Bradley is satisfied He is now sitting
on two copies of the constitution.
Congress-Here's Louisiana, where
A - N II "rl1 he,
return ID mass of papers, showing how
the Returning Board cast off, as utter
trash, 1900 votes; and we submit
proofs of the unlawfully constituted
"board," with facts regarding two
ineligible electors, and fifteen bushels
Of forged aftidavits. Let the high
commission" scrutinize these papers
and proofs with care, and report it's best
judgment.
Commission-We report "s" votes
from Louisiana for Hayes and Wheeler.
You know that SO" Is magic number
in this High Commission. We cling to
1t with affection, while Bradley and
Miller are stufling their trousers full OF
Our labors are severe. We scrutinize
all the Hayes returns very sharply
nothing else. The trash about fraudu-
lent returns, forged affidavits, Illegal
boards, and SO on, is quite unworthy Of
our notice. It is State rights that we
are defending--th right of the Repub-
licans in any State to throw out seces-
sion and Democratic votes-the right of
the Republican boards to sustain
their loyal friends in Washington.
Bradley Is now unbuttoning his sus-
penders In order to get in an
other parchment copy Of the constitu-
Al! G.1 r,fA l. x..sx x4n 80
the States that Is, that the disputed
tired, and Morton being lame forward,
we have concluded to hear no more
about ineligible electors. We have
heard enough about that stale subject
all of which we hope is very satisfac.
tory. We return for Hayes and Wheel
er, with our best wishes for the eontin-
ued prosperity Of Wells and his admira-
BILE Returning Board, which has the
Christian merit Of raising Hayes from
the "Slough OF Despond." Give our
love to Chandler. Say to Babcock that
we are doing as well us could be ex-
peeted.
Congress Senate counts Louisi.
ana for Hayes, but the House sits down
on it, and sends to you, greeting, that
State rights are the opposites OF State
| iiduIS. ouU u6lO cEbEobg Will olO
| Returning Boards certificate for Cro-
min, the Governors certificate for Gro
min, the law of Oregon for Cronin, the
decisions Of q hundred courts on Gro
min 3 side. It Is easy and natural for
you to count Cronin's vote for Tilden
and Hendricks, because he has all the
regular certificates, and you have so
often decided that you could not go
back Of the certificates, that you have
little to do in this case. After counting
Cronin's vote, please let US hear from
you, with word from Bradley, who
must, by this time, be thoroughly i'm
pregnated with constitutional princi.
pies and the doctrine OF State rights.
the Oregon returns with the certificates,
and find that Cronin has stuck his nose
into them. Morton is now reading the
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions with
Madison's report, and he says Cronin's
nose Is unconstitutional and adverse tc
State rights. Miller has just received
the latest edition OF j. Madison Wells
commentaries on the law, Of returning
boards and forged affidavits, by which
it appears that Cronin's nose is uncon
stitutional, and that Cronin should be
held in contempt for carrying such
a blazing instrument into the
elections. we elBnb nave NOLet
him into contempt, and true tt
our first love, without going back Of the
returns, we have counted the Oregon
votes for Hayes and Wheeler, the con
stitution, returning boards and STATE
rights. Morton voted yea, so did Ed
munds, but he wriggled around Brad
ley's constitutional seat several time!
before voting, and he is now standing
on his head to bring back his RepuDli
can and constitutional circulation to it
proper equilibrium.
Congress-The returns being all in
school is dismissed, and Hayes rides il
on tainted" votes" and the foules
corruption ever witnessed in the coun
try. But the curtain does not fall, 10
| the people are holding 1t up and Iook
ing through and through this who'll
conspiracy.
/ Instina Rradlay has been engaged ii