Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-07-25

bv n returnin, i,oard Thcy woult
not understand that the appointment
by the people might be one thing, anC
the action of The returning board an
other or that the latter even as evi
dence of the former was worthless 4
il was fraudulent.
They insisted that the returning
board certificate must be received with
all the bonors TO question its verify
would be usurnation upon State rights
which thew ftbe Eiabt) were mos,
careful 10 preserve intact and unim.
paired. "But," said thew, oif a return.
ING board behaves uniaitbmlIv the
State herself by her own autborities
must see to il and correct the wrong .
| Thereupon came Florida. and showed
that she had, in fact, made the corrcc.
tion. All the departments of her gov.
ernment-her legislature, her courts
and her ,xecutiye-bad at different
times examined and revised the action
OF her returning board pronounced il
false, fraudulent and void; declared
that the Tilden electors were duly ap-
pointed and left tbe HAYES candidates
without n sbred of antboritv IN voto
for the State. There stood the State
herself, upright before the august com
mission WITH all the evidence in her
hand. protesting AGAINST the f,aud and
demanding thai no vote sbould he re.
eeived exeent the vote of her own elcc.
tors duly appointed bv ber neonle.
But the Commission Answered that I'm.
der he Circumstances of tb,s case she
had no rcbt 10 defend herself AGAINST
the fraud Of n returning hoard anv
more than she had TO Be defended by
the federal authorities. Whatever she
might do. or decide or resolve upon
the Great Fraud was her master and
she must submit So Il appeared after
ALI the f;ne sneecbes abont STATE rights
that Florida had but one rightotbe
rigbt 10 he cheated ont of her vote bv
The same knaves who had already rob.
bed her of her property That ripbt
was sacred and intangible and 1he
commission nromntIv pnt ber in fnll
possession Of II
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oausn 'ros doha.oS hr ao,nsai ~ h",S
sides and af,er oo2s;deras;an !, vas
adiudged bv the courts aeainst the do.
fendants and In favor ot The state
that the REALTORS ,nere dnlv annointed
and the defendants not This fact tbus
determined bv The court was nrecise'
lv the same fsct af,erward conirovert
ed Inv tbe same rar,;es batore ,be com.
mission when suhm;ttad to tho Ia.
,ar tribunal !, was roe i,,J;cat, NO, on.
lv truc bnt 6xad and set,led bevond
tbe reach os con,rad;c,;on Tba ;rdo
ment was No, ;nnoachod eor frs1d O.
reversed Tor error I, was IN fnII carce
and yir,ue n was NOT denied that
the conrt which made tbo adindication
had entire and comnle,c ;yr;sdict;on
both of Tho sub;act matter and Of tbe
parties Rv ali reason and ali antbor.
itv The commission was bonnd 20 70.
snect tbis indgment as conclns;vo ev;
denoo BSt 70 have done th,s would
have made T;Iden pres;dent md do.
toatea the nurnose Of ali ,he frauds in
I,ouisiana and Florida both Tbev
aid NOT do II. thew ,llowed tha ;ndg.
ment to have no effect AZ all Tbey
but looked 10 see wbat i, was and in.
mediatcly swept il ont Of SIGHT They
put it far from them and then pro.
ceeded to pronounce different iudr.
ment which suited the Hayes men bet
ter. How could they break all the
bars of legal authority which fenced
them about? What starting hole did
they find TO escape from the corner