The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-11
GRANTS WEEKLY. BULLETIN,
Rie Views on the Political 81 uatiou--
Tie Claims the solid south for the
Republtca ms -sHefeads Chamberlain ..
aad Abuss- fsagpptpn. ,a.yi 65-c y4rt
'WA5igIHdros. December a


.'s 'wAsiiISdroN. December 81.
The President to-day in an interview
With the agent of the National Ass0ciated
Freas, aIanagiother subjects. 6f~eonreYsai
tion, alluded with .I,ar,icn!asteppJiasia, !
ana detail to TIE PIiisical situation in the,
so.called contested States S,uth. ~
He observed sfiat'he hid Received D0'.i
letters 'Or"teiegvams from there fofptena
dayt Jyhieh INDICATED, TO him, a most, sat-.
TO 'the results OF o., recent t elections g
Neither GnyeSti0ts Chamberlain. Stsarns' 2
aud Eei!Okg, and shr constituted auti,6r- :.
'itics Of South Carolina, Fioridai and n
Louisiana with them hnd u,ude reauisi-
tions In that time upon hir, for aid or
assistancein any shape 'wi,ateyef,i whfchi,'
wah sufficient evidence in bis mirdith 2
felt implicit confidence in the cDntinn-,
ance of the present status of affairs
Speaking more ePici6cally lie said,
thft while he had Heard nothing directly
from the nnthorities' ia those States. lie
had been fully ndvsed of the progress itf 9.
events. by persons wh67had been re- 4.
qnested to go there and who had but lust :.
returned: In regard to South Carolina,
he said that the result so far az tie Re.
publican electors were concerned, seemed z
the facts elected in the care of, Ed. efieid, .
County were, sufficient to vi!iate the eIec-
tiniI there, mid thai tile Casting out ,o,f
those returns was justiaedsin the fullest
degree by the law 0f'the Stat9. ,,id. liadt
In this county, as officially ,Tsported,
armed bands, non residents of tile county.
took possession of the voting places.
posted their pickets, voted as often az.
they pleased and allowed any 6ne else ID
vote who would vute their way. and had
G good time generally. That, when the
returns were made up aud sent to Colum-
bin and canvn sed by the State Buard of
Cnnvnssers, they showed about twice rs
r,any votes cast IN there were residents
III the County. .... r. II a,
In regard 10 Flurida he said he wns
snt"rined that on the fnce of the returns
originally shown The nainrity wuS for
Hayes and Wheeler. but on as,i.,aeouent
examinations an addition WIS discovered.
which was promptly corrected and hjch
gave Iilden and Hendricks l3S majority.
Az the examination being continued it
was discovered iii the returns of one
cnunty that there had been Mo regis,ra-i
tihn n"r 'ther legal measures iHEen to
hold an election; that the return. showed
over 24O naj"rity fur Tilden and Hen
dricks which were under the exact pro.
vision of the election laws nf Flnrida.
These were discarded. leaving IL minority
of over 100 for Hayes aud Wheeler.
In regard tu Ltluisiaiia IL WAS The opin.,
ION OF all Who lad been there, aud who
had subsequently cnnver,ed with him ON
the "uoJecti that the action of the board
10 hnn's anu there Is M alpeni irnm it's,
deci-i"i. he said ,hpt thers, alwayshad
been trnuble in that State on account of
frnuds Committed at elections. That it
was n fact TINT the electurii vate III Lou
isiana bad not been cnunted III any Pres.
| idential election since 1860.
In speaking generally. he said he did
not think there had been. a fair election,
where the penple could nut go to the
| ra!!s and ynle IN .hny pleased, IN they
| would in New England or in any Of the
Southern States. except perhaps Della.
ware. That'ih Maryland, If there had
been free election IT least three Repub!.
! lican C0ngreasmerr would he elected.
| That in MississipP' there is q Republican,
majority of at least $4,000, instead of
| which at the late election there was o
Democratic majority Of nbout- $1,000.
That IN iAiabania and Arkansas there isi
also legitimate Republican majorily.;to
r. by way of comment, upon the Intensity
/ OF the political sentiments entertained BY,
Q large portion OF the people of the South,
ne saia .na, II, oy any means, the contest
STTuSu' TuSa nnn,'y result 10 the Ghoice OF Mr:H
nuhn; n"ie Si..ne hepnoiican goyein7a
fonr E'b bp,rs - sHe ooatp coula s'ana itwertyrsi
III Asfafs,;;rs to;t,,a.pon;a!.,: .af
t,,,,, frs ~ '.e Ce,,cratic cohtes,
,m.; I ..; ;"r si",noruy ih,oouth Caroiinaa ana
,;",a ~ ia no .n".ign1, 'sney,1sould'c con.
.nn.oat ro ~ nuW nttn gels5resiuehtlat.
% faybf,,bJe aS il ,hn .I RsG ElspRSeH Rl;pp 81 And 4
o,,;aiiv ii;si,a .is,ns 1,s s.. s,' .ue Wnulu
7 N.5,. I'soo' .'.l.,.' Ge.n ON tne CONTRARY
1870 sh ~. i..nel Oe,nocfa,S lney would
onuS. "" JLaInisSf y! tne NatloDatAaoR
r. INA iiI p ,skG = SUMMARY als;
andthsy might consider themselves for.
'nHu.n u wea'so;Ieave' ataii.' - ''i'i
i'c cama.ss. 49,. ~ !: lialn ntnn'a letEen' 10
T. "r9 t,3a %Ss. 10 an3a seen Y, Prl9lee
rs. ,.Ss e. nno ne tn"ngnt y Was
M Keeping |!th tne mner'acts OF tIat
I pets9h! 'lle diasHatthlnktiattss ffindefa'
tgoW $1,000 =, ~ E"utIh ;CaFalina thai they
f'S.a %ei .qseil{, feHseS's9, Heiithsyghtr
n% @ kSno,vai,d n I. "a s s,i Ti;,fs S,fis
x.ne '"r En'ern"r anu other STATE orr
o.as S''uiu "". De set as'ue; ana "
s,;n;.s,,t;n, ' u, ,hn, SEE aneS'en "i ,aGs'
{initely settled A'' s:'0sq'l ps'''i
~. teiefare f5ihs situation tiR%siinItii IL tnliii.i e
a'la, tiFe ent fhes iiHi aiiafe III tie