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

be Il tempted as to recognize these pcrssnS (the
returning board) ~ having lawful ana rlghuiul
authority to rule over louisiana, even then the
Commission will not, the Dcmocrates 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 east for MIR. lllien, and 10
substitute in its place pretended majOrity OF
several thousand for Mr.. Hayes. They cannot
touch the proceedings of the board anywhere
without coming upon wro . Z or upon violutionof
the State law, under which II is bound to act. IT
testimony is admitted will be shown that the
board had authority under the law to count
the !Elcctural vote {; that its four Republican
men. bcr5 refused, III violation Cithc law to admit
even n single Democratic member; that they Of
fcred the vote of the State for sale; that they
threw out votes III violation of law; that they
procured fraudulent certificates of intimidation
to bc made ut New Orleans, whereas the law cX-
pressy provides that certificates bc made
at the place of voting and within twcut y-luur
hours after the election. They will be shown
that, without such unlawful and fraudulent pro-
tests, the vote of the Sta,c must have been Civ
cn to the Tilden Electors and if they should
venture still deeper into these matters they
would discover III the very preparations for the
election by the Kellogg uSurpcrS the cleurcSt vi
oal"us of right and law--piopcry registered
voters erased from the registry and their pro-
tests rctuscda hearing; fraudulent registrations
protected where they favored the uS,u pCrS; the
officers charged with the reg .stratiun Of voters
and the election officers throughout the State
either themselves candidates for reelection OF
holding places under Kellogg and in numerous
instances not residents OF the parishes where
they were sent to supervise the registration and
election. Thus they would find llaln, Sia!e
registar, II candidate for the Legislature; eight
supervisors Of elections in New Orleans Custom
house officers; the supervisor for Ouachita 70
collector of internal revenue: the supervisor
for Claiborne Parish clerk in the New Orleans
Postoicc and not resident in the parish; the
supervisor for ST. Tammany resident of New
Orleans The supervisor for Madison resident
| of Alabama, under indictment in New Orleans
for burglary; the supervisor for East Baton
Rouge lately mcr,hcr Of the Mississippi Lcgis-
Iaturc, and before that resident Of New or
leans. and 50 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 cand-
dates? We await with deep solictude the ans
wcr of Tie CommmiSsion to this very impor-
'an' q"cstion.-N. y. HrraM
! Tnr QUESTION ShrlLEp.-rhcrc has been n
| controversy between the Charleston JournaL Of
| Commerce, Columbia Register, Grccnvillc Ncws
aud Union Times. rs to whom the credit oforigi-
| mating the strai ghtout movement in this State
| belongs. lach Journal claim 5 it. but the Char
| lesion NcwS GHd COUyicr. constituting itself a q.
| Returning 30 trd threw them all Out'aud counted
| in the Anderson I"teN,ysnccr and the Edgcfcld
.4drcriiSCrr. We intended 10 ask for a rc.nuvass,
| feeling assured that when rickcns was heard
! Fl ON the ScHi""i would come in ahead of the
J0mHW CG COH'mcrC", E,36S'Cr aud Grccnyillc
| N"r%. on the grounds of seniority, as the SEN
! ttr'i was established before either Of them. and
| dld absolutely refuse to endorse the candidacy
of either TomlinsOn and Green and contcndcl
all the while for strai ght-out iicSet As tuihc
| HHcitg'Rtcr, Tunes and AircriiSCr,, did no.
! know how to get aver them unless alleged
! fraud and naturalization. But the Winnbvro NcWa
dnd Ncrdid has settled the question and relieved
us Of, perhaps, ~ long and exciting contest
! The NcwS and Utrad says tha, To Edward +.
Stokes, of Grccnvlc and Willis Goodc. Co.orcd.
OF Fairfield, O'C"nnor Democrats, belong the
honor. We throw up the sponge and retire from
! the field chngrincd aud dcmoralizcd. .-Pockcus
| ScHfiHcI.
We'll. gentleman, we are glad tho vcxcd ques-
ton is settled without rcsortinn TO n Commis-
sion. The SciEvons,itu;cl Returning Board was
altogether too PARTISAN to give decision that
would satisfy the people, therefore, we accept
! the decision OF the Winnshcro .Nc,cs ond Hcrnd
/ particularly rs it awards the honor to a Stokes
! Unlike cur ncighbo" Of The rickcns .Scnhsei,
! we are neither chagrintd nor drmoralizcd
| IL is not 80 much the men who originated tn q
aight-out policy those who 50 uanfully ac-
ccpci AMI worked for It's success, who are en-
titled TO praise. Wcarc rcr,cctiuly willing that
the honor shall be epuita, lily divided between
the people who voted for tic Hampton ticket
/ and the Editors in the State who daily and
weekly iahorcd to encourage and convince the
people Let It's have peace, any how
Goodbye Chamberlain.