The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-16
The Electoral Commission.

Our paper went to press on the afternoon
of yesterday week with the latest intelli
gence then received in regard to the action
of the Electoral Commission, composed of
fee Associate Judges Of the supreme Court
VI the United States, .fUe members of the
Senate, and fce members of the lower
branch of Congress, as IA tribunal. to ascer-
tain and finally determine the tr,re aud
legal result Of the recent Presidential cleo
,ion. This, of course, as every we'll M
formed man of both parties we'll under
stands, refers to the true aud honest re-
turns from Florida. Louisiana and Oregon,
but eventually, and more especially, TO
Louisiana and Oregon. The commission
on Friday last, by a vote of to Z, decided
that Humphreys. of Florida, one Of the
four Hayes electors from that State, was
not ineligible as an elector, and that there
fore the for.r votes of Florida should be
counted for Hayes and Wheeler. This, in
the face of all the facts, was done, and the
vote of that State was counted on last
Monday under the decision of the Com
mission as stated. In the slang phrase OF
the prize ring, "this was the first blood for
| Hayes and Wheeler On the same day
Geor gia with it's eleven votes was counted
! fox Tilden Indiana, fifteen votes for Til
! den Illinois, twenty votes for Hayes !;
Iowa, eleven votes for Hayes; Kansas,
five votes For Hayes; and Kentucky, twelve
votes for Tilden. Then came before the
/ Comm ission the vote of Louisiana, from
which State there are two certificates, one
in favor of Hayes, the foul and villainous
work of Wells and his three infamous col
leagues on the Returning Board, and the
other in favor of the Tlden electors. These
two returns having been opened in the
presence of the joint convention of the
Senate and House on Monday, and respect
lively objected to, were referred to the
Electoral Commission of fifteen, and the
argument on the Louisiana vote was con-
menced on Wednesday morning before that
tribunal. Although no man of either par
ty doubts that Tilden carried Louisiana by
majority of over eight thousand, and
that Wells and his Returning Board re-
verscd The popular Judgment by throwing
out 13, 900 Tilden votes in certain parishes
thereby wickedly, frauduleDtly and cor
ruptly giving the State to Hayes by about
1900, we are not without hope that justice
will yet be done to the votes Of that State
by the Electoral Commission. We are free
to admit, however, that if the decision o
the commission in the Florida case not t,
go behind the certificate of the Governor
and thus investigate fraud in the count o
tie actual vote, is applied to the Louisian:
case, the chances for Tilden, who was EN-
dorsed 10y majority of 100000 voters o
the country, will become small by degree
. and beautifully less. If the bold, notori
Gus and shameless frauds in this Louisian
affair will not be allowed to bc exposed ant
f brought to the light of day, their Presi
, ! Dental elections are a broad farce an,
o fOur corrupt scOundrels in room in Nev
Orleans can dictate who shall aud VIII
q shall not be the ruler over tue 40, 600, 90
=, people Cf this vaunted free country.
q the Florida case the commission, by a vot
!, Of to 7, dec ided that it would recciv
8 evidence as TO the ineligbilty of Humpl
v reys, one OF the Hayes electors, and afte
r. hearing the matter fully'discussed, sustain
!, ed his election. OF course the commssio
~ even if it refuses to go behind the fraud
.r Of the Louisiana Returning Board, will a
low proof that t,oo Of the Hayes elector
in that State, Brewster and Levissee, wei
J. ineligible, both United States officers a
l. the time OF !heir election. No decisio
II could possibly be reached On this questio
v to-day Thursday, ana our readers lik
IS ourselves, must patiently wait for the We
# diet, IL Hayes assumes the Presidenc
n under the false and fraudulent count {
i Wells and his Returning Board, he will
e regarded as usurper by vast majorit
>. of the Amer lean people.