The daily gazette., 1877-02-26
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.--The fates
seem to have conspired against the
Democrats in regard to the Presidency.
In the closing hours Of the Forty fourth
Congress the Republicans passed an en-
abling act for the admission of Colorado
into the Union. 1t remained life1ess
until vitalized by an amendatory act OF
the Democratic House on the Sd of March
1876. But for that supreme folly there
would have been no State of Colorado at
the last Presidential election, and Tilden
would be President by virtue OF his 1874
conceded votes, 80 hng d ,laH bus eon-
Patterson, Democrat, was chosen Terri
torial delegate to the last Congress, through
bitter quarrel Of the Republican faction
which he deluded himself with being
permanent. & He wanted to be o Senator,
and therefore pressed the amendatory act
TO admit the State, which was carried
against the advice Of the most sagacious
politicians The Presidency wa5 thus
literally thrown away, and the .Repubt-
cans were reinforced at their weak point
by the election oftwo rotten-borough Sena
tors. i't'i ''ii'''''SNN siil 'b4I 1'As'''il ~
Wisconsin and the Pacific States were
criminally neglected by the selfsufficient
managers who assumed to run the Tilden
campaign, and against the urgent and
frequent remonstrances Of those who
knew the dangers Of the situation. Wis
consin could have been made as certain
as New York, and without, a quarter of
the effort that was expended on Indiana
California and Oregon were given over
to the control of one or two men, whose
unpopularity and bad antecedents were
loss. mo- ''.'''''4 .-''' 70
In framing the bill for the Electoral
Commission, the Democrats were tricked
by accepting the professions of Edmunds,
Hoar, and Others, as the pledges, of
honorable men, and in not insisting ex-,
plicitly that the testimony affecting
Louisiana and Florida should be laid,
before the commission to try the merits
of each case. This sharp practice opened
the door for Bradley and Strong to walk
through the Constitution and the laws,
and obey the orders of the great corpora
tions which own them. .ll..yI, uoiili4
; The original scheme was to appoint the
four senior Judges of the Supreme Court,
which would have included Mr.. Justice
Davis. If the bill had passed I'm that
form, he could not have declined service
since the duty would have been regularly
imposed by law, which is a very different
thing from being chosen q fifth Judge by
four associates, three of whom are his
juniors on the bench, .,,,,.c,i,a, al lro-
When the act was finally passed, jus
tice Davis had been Unexpectedly elected
Senator from Illinois, by asuddeni union
between the Independents and the Demo
Gratis. He determined to accept that Of
fee, and therefore, could not serve as a
member OF the commission, as his friends
desired. About the propriety of that act,
there can be no dispute. He was exelud-
ed by every rule of correct morals from
sittinga as Judge, after being chosen a
Senator. eI u " ~ i'-'.f
From first to last, MIR. Tilden has been
pursued by series of misfortunes, some
are chargeable to the stupidity
of his friends, others to adverse circum-
stances, and the last of all to corrupt
combination to cheat him out of the
and to defraud the people of
the fruits Of their victory by decree of
perjured Judges, who refused to hear tes-
timony, and who fatty contradicted their
own decision in Florida in order to con-
firm the infamies of the Returning Board
in Louisiana Ip is evidently a good
thing to have been hboin lucky, when a
man aspires to be President of the Uni
ted States. j. E. ii.
3 -gi COMMENT OF THE SUN. t
The folly of the Democrats is great
deal worse than their luck. All that was
for them was to hold fast by
the Constitution. If they had done so,
there would be no Fraudulent President.
The power was in the House of Repre-
and the Democratic majority
fell into panic and threw it away.
They agreed 10 commission which is
utterly unconstitutional. illegal, and i'm
moral, and whose decisions have no Wit
atty or value whatever, except as Con-
gress has undertaken to be bound by
hem; and yet not one of that majority
bas had the sense or the courage to ap-
pear before that commission and compel
i to decide the fundamental question of
It's own jurisdiction. .44 j. a9 o.. 2
1t is not worth. while to talk about bad
uck in the face of such weakness and
,uch folly. But We must add that we
will not believe David Davis would ever