The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-15
PUBLIC OPINION.
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[Cincnnah Enquirer
The Supreme Judges, it seems, are
made out Of mud similar to that used
in the construction Of other people.
They are not above partisanisn.
Tot ca Herald. lsep.l
The reservation Of inquiry into the
eligibility Of electors points directly to
Oregon, and still leaves hope to Mr..
Tilden In that direction.
TROY Times, Rer.1
The action Of the Commission sus-
tains the impression entertained by OPP
ponents Of the compromise bill general
". that the final determination Of the
presidential dispute will deyolve upon
one man just rs completely as it would
have done II the matter had been left to
the President of the Senate.
tspringheld lind Republican
OF course nobody expects Cronn' 3
vote to be counted. The only question
Ii whether Watts shall be received
other words, whether, Watts being in
eligible to be elected, there was u va
caney in tho college to be filed by the
other electors.
ISpripgiel1 (Ind.) 1tepnb ioon1
This decision practically settles Flor
lido and Louisiana in favor Of Hayes,
and makes the presidential contest do.
pend on whether Hayes is allowed three
votes from Oregon or the third vote Is
not counted for either candidate. It
therefore greatly improves the chances
of Hayes, but does not assure bis cleo
ton.
baltimore Gazstte, Dsm.1
It Is disappointment; disappoint-
ment heightened by tho fact that it was
a strict party vote. It was believed that
4 l.. "A - ba s,,I, - h.,
preme Court would at least stand nearly
unanimous on the point; but they went
according to party leaning. There is
one sort Of justice for Republicans and
another for Democrats.
Harrisburg Patriot, Dem.1
In our opinion there Is no cause for
rejoicing by the Republicans, aud just
as little occasion for gloomy forebodings
on the part Of their opponents in the
decision arrived at by the Commission.
1t 10 clear as day that the decision
made by the Commission must, II hon
estly followed to Its logical conclusion,
lesd to the election OF Mr.. Tilden by
the House OF Representatives.
ALBANY Express, Hop
The first point has been won by the
Republicans. Possibly it practically
decides the election Of Mr.. Hayes.
However that may be, tb vote is unsat-
isfactory. A party vote Is not what we
expected from this commission. One
side or the other Ia wrong, and yet the
congressional and judicial lines are
rigidly drawn,
Providence journal, Hepi
The decision OF the electoral com mis-
sion will commend itself to the legal
mind as making the precise distinction
between the constitutional reservation
and the authority of the State law, and
it will satisfy the adherent Of State
rights In that it does not attempt to
override the sovereignty Of the State.
tNew York Commercial Advertiser, Rep.l
The just and proper decision was not
arrived at without an outburst Of parti-
from even the judicial repre-
of the Democratic party,
which must have disappointed the SAN
guine architects of the Tribunal on the
side. But arrived at 1t was,
aud, fortunately, in q way that leaves as
little doubt Of the result in Louisiana
as In Florida.
[Philsdolphia Herald
II such board as that of Louisiana
has the power to make President OF
the United States constitutionally, the
sooner we cremate that instrument and
create q new one the better. Establish
the doctrine that no power can go be-
hind the returns of board, and the
party that controlled the most availa-
BILE means could always elect Its candi- |
date. In fact there would be no neces-
5ity Of anything more than o sham
election, as the boards could regulate
5he whole matter In their returns.