The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-02-23
summingspp Louisiana.

be attempted as to recognize these perssns (ths
returning board) as having lawful and rightful
authority to rule over louisiana, even then the
Commission will not, the Democrates believe,
venture to justify and accept the unlawful and
fraudulent acts by which the returning board
caused to disappear from the poll lists major
ity OF ten thousand cast for MIR. Tilden, and to
substitute in its place n pretended majority of
several thousand for Mr.. Hayes They cannot
touch the proceedings of the board anywhere
without coming upon wrong or upon violation of
the State law, under which it is bound to act. If
testimony is admitted will be shown that tho
board had no authority under the law to count
the ELECTORAL Svote. that its four Republican
men bcrs refused, in violation ofthe law, to admit
even single Democratic member; that they Of
| fered the vote of the State for sale; that they
| threw out votes in violation of law; that they
procured fraudulent certificates of intimidation
| to be made at New Orleans, whereas the law
| pressly provides that certificates must be made
| ut the place of voting and within twenty-four
hours after the election. They will be shown
| that, without such unlawful and fraudulent pro-
| tests, the vote of the Stale must have been Civ
en- to the Tilden Electors, and if they should
venture still deeper into these matters they
| would discover in the very preparations for the
election by the Kellogg usurpers the cleurcst vi
olations of right and law-properly registered
voters erased from the registry and their pro-
| tests refused hearing; fraudulent registrations
| protected where they favored the usui pers the
| officers charged with the registration of voters
and the election officers throughout tho Stnte
either themselves candidates for reelection or
holding places under Kellogg, and in numerous
instances not residents Of the parishes where
they were sent to supervise istration and
election Thus they would fid Hahn, Stale
registrar, candidate for the Legislature; eight
/ supervisors Of eectionsin New Orleans Custom
house officers the supervisor for. Ouachita
collector Of internal revenue: the supervisor
| for Claiborne Parish n clerk in the New Orleans
Postoffce, and not resident in the parish the
supervisor for St. Tammany resident of New
Orleans; the supervisor for Madison q resident
| OF Alabama, under indictment in New Orleans
| for burglary the supervisor for East Baton
| Rouge lately n member Of the Mississippi Legis-
laturc, and before that n resident Of New Or
leans. and so on to the end of the chapter
Having been shown all these things can the
Electoral Commission honestly decide to give
the vote of Louisiana TO the Republican candi
dates? We await with deep solictude the ans
wer OF the Commission to this very impor-
tant qucstion.-N. Y. Herald.
| THE QUESTION SETTLED.-There has been a
controversy between the Charleston Journal of
Commerce, Columbia Register, Greenville Ners
and Union Times, as to whom the credit of orig-
mating the straghtout movement in this State
belongs Zach journal claims it, but the Char
lesion Ne,cs and Courier, constituting itself o
Returning Bo lrd, threw them oil out.and count ed
in the Anderson InteUigencer and the Edgefeld
Adgcrfisccr. We intended to ask for n recan vass
feeling assured that when Pickens was heard
Fl ON the Sentinel would come in ahead of the
journal Of Commerce, Register and GrcenviIle
News, on the grounds Of seniority, as the Sen
tnei WAS established before either Of them, and
did absolutely refuse to endorse the candidacy
of either Tomlinson and Green and contended
all the while for straight-out tiSHt. AS the
Intciigencer, Times and Advertiser, we did not
know how to get over them unless we alleged
fraud and intimidation. But the Winnbvro Ner a
and Herald has settled the question and reliev cd
us of, perhaps. u long and exciting CONTEST
The Ners and Herald says that TO Edward F.
Stokes, of Greenvile and Willis Goode, Colored,
OF Fairfield, O'Connor Democrats, belong the
honor. We throw up the sponge and retire from,
the field chngrincd and demoralizcd .-Pickep.
| Sentinel.
Well. gentleman, we are glad the vexcd ques-
ton is settled without resoring to q Commits.
sion. The self-constitutcd Returning Board was
At21}ogether too partisan to give decision tha
| weuid satisfy the people, therefore, we accep,
the decision Of tie Winnsboro Netc, and Herald,
particularly rs it awards the honor TO Stokes
Unlike eur neighbor Of the Pickens Senhad
We arc neither chagrintd nop demoraized.
} 1t is not so much the men who originated tn h,
straight-out policy those who so nlanfully nc.
cepcd and worked for it's success, who arc en-
titled TO praise. Weare perfectfuly willing thai
the honor shall be equitat lily divided between
the people who voted for tie Hampton ticke,
and tho Editors in the State who daily and
weekly labored to encourage and convince the
people. Let us have peace, any how.