The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-21
The Electoral Commission.

Mr.. Goddard, editor of the Boston
Advertiser, writes from Washington:
There are Republicans. and among
them some whose prophetic sense has
not been often Mt fault, who anticipate
great political changes in consequence
of the establishment of this electoral
tribunal. Never until now have they
known a political question of this mag
nitude to be taken absolutely out OF the
hands of the political managers. Nat
urally those who have been successful
in the management of political ma
chinery. and nave acquired some faith
in their capacity TO manipulate political
forces, take a sombre view of the fu-
ture. If the tribunal declares that
HAYES is the President elect, they fore
see that the new administration will be
forced to draw much of its nourishment
from sources not wholly under their
control, and in whose nourishing and
sustaining power they have little or no
confidence. The spirit which led to
the passage of the electoral bill must be
the ruling spirit of the new administra-
ton; and the men who were filled with
its spirit, whether they were of the for
tunate few who had u hand in framing
the bill and voted for it, or not, will
be the men on whom the President
must greatly rely.
The New York Post says:
The Democrats cannot disguise the
fact that the drift of the count is
steadily against them. They will con-
test the vote of Louisiana, but the case
of Florida wa admittedly the stronger
one. The Democrats have no docu-
ments to offer in respect to Louisiana
such as were contained in Florida GER
tiieate No. 3-no new certificate from
an actual Governor, 40 remedial act of
the legislature, no re-canvass of the
votes, no quo warranto proceeding. If
they fail in Florida, how a they ex-
pect to win louisiana There remains
the case of Oregon; but the situation
in respect to that state is not what the
Democrats expected it would be. They
have sought heretofore TO force the Re-
publicans into this dilemma: "If the
Governors certificate is conclusive, we
take a vote in Oregon. If you go be-
hind the Governors certificate in that
State, we shall go behind the Govern
or's certificate in other States" The
decision of the commission makes short
work of this dilemma. The decision
is in substance that the commission has
lO thAllOlllN w lltdi tNlutllNS ouNoluC
of the certificate of the Governor of
the State of Florida, founded upon the
determination Of the canvassing board
of the State as to its vote.n When the
case of Oregon comes up, the Repub-
licans will say 1.-THE certificate of Gov
ernor Grover is not founded on the de-
termination of the ~canvassing board of
the State" What answer can the
Democrats make with the Florida pre-
cedent before them?
The Boston Journal remarks:
The precedent established Us to Lou
isiana needs no c~omment-the Demo-
cratic managers must take up an en-
tirely new line of defense. At present
they are in sad confusion, and, as will
be seen by IL Washington dispatches,
are INDUCING in the widest bravado
about the obstructing and filibustering
strategy which they are going to bring
to bear. But they will see the folly of
this in time, as insuring only their ut
ter discredit and disgrace before the
country, and will o or later agree
with the rest Of us to fight the matter
out fairly, and abide by the result,
whatever it may be.