Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-06
ougco>.. UNWORTHY SENATOR,

To-day Senator Morton and his con-
frs,s, ON the Committss appointed
b, the Senate to investigate the charges
Of fraud against the late Governor. now
Senator. Grover. Of Oregon. start on
their mission to the wsb-foot State. The
charge. against Grover are. first. that
his own election ~ United States Ssna-
tor wa. secured by fraud; and. second.
tina, he attempted BY a most outrageous
assumption Of authority. u Governor.
to steal the Presidency OF this great
country. and give it to Samuel J. Tldsn.
a man whom the people had ~rspuaiAied
a, tn. polls. That Mr. senator Grover
is a tricky politician everybody knows;
that he tried 10 smuggls Tildsn into the
White House and thus dsiraud the
nation Of its rights, nobody doubts; but
whether his election to the United
States Senate was secured by question.
able means or not. 10 still q question.
and no man has . right to PREJUDICE him
in advance.
But IL we cannot prejudice the man on
this point. We have at least the right to
form our opinions. based on the known
character Of Governor Grover. He Is
the man who issued . certificate Of cleo
ton To Crouiu as a Presidential s~lsctor.
when he knew that the Presidency hung
upon one vote. and that IL Crouin's bal
lot was received. SamaelJ Tildsn would
take q position in this country TO which
the people never called him. This man
Grover, whom the United States Senate,
to their shame bs IL said. has admitted
to its floor. knew very well when he
Aligned that certificate that Cronin had
b,en beaten at the polls by several hun
drel majority. And yet he certified TO
him as an s~lectcr. and by 30 doing not
oaly outraged the citizens Of his "
State. but attempted to psrpstrats a
wrong on the people Of this whole eoun-
try, which. had 1t proved successful.
would have sffectualiy killed Republican
ism all over the world. Itwould have said
to all nations. I;spublieanism exists but
iu name 1t makes no difference how
the people vote. a shrowd politician.
il Le be the Governor Of u State. can
always find u technically Of law upon
which to peutralize their votes. asd give
the power u his state to the party
which he represents.
Governor Growers course has been
jistihsd by Democratic journals and
Democratic orators. ON the ground that
a, Watts was ineligible ~ an s~leetor.
tho man having the next highest mum.
b.r of votes was entitled to his place.
Tais argument IL worse than fallacious ;
Il IL insulting to the intelligence OF the
American Rspubiic. The grand princi-
pie Of this nation Is. that the majority
shall rule. Grover knew very well that
the Republican electors Of Oregon were
tho choice Of the people Of that State
by a large majority. and the Csnstitu.
ton Of til. nation distinctly says that a
majority Of the citizens shall rule. And
vet. because one Of the electors chosen
happened to be ineligible he deliberately
certified to tho election Of = man who
received n minority vote. And this in
ths face Of q Law Of the State Of which
he was Governor, and a law which he
was presumed ~ know. which provides
for the creation and filling OF vacancies
in the electoral college. and which GER
tsinly does not give the Governor power
TO OH any such vacancies.
Whether Governor Grover received
money from Tiiden for attempting this
dirty work. or whether il was done with
n view to securing a certain amount Of
Fsleml patronage IL the Infamous
scheme succeeded. matters not. The
o.e black. damning fact. rsmains that
this man Grover deliberately attempted
10 .uiulle his Sat. out OF its legitimate
vic. in the electoral college. and that
1. snou,b IN rnlsr him unit to sit In
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