The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
Correspondence e)Ae Paaad<lphta Times.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2;

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WAsHINGroN, Dec. o..
The drift of public sentiment here is
Enthusiastically toward the peaceable in.
auguration of Governor Tjlden as Presi.
dent. 1t may now be regarded as certain
that the Senate will not consent to follow
the lead of Morton and Sherman in their
desperate policy OF forcing President
Ferry to assume the responsibility Of
counting the vote himself, and declaring
Hayes elected. The complication
thrown into the issue by the action OF
Governor Grover, of Oregon, has done
much to unsettle the Morton-Sherman
programme. It had been decided that
Ferry should fortity himself in arbitrari-
ly DECLARING the votes of Florida aud
Louisiana for Hayes, behind the certif-
Gates of the Governors Of the States, on
the assumption that the appointment Of
Electors was confded to the States by the
constitution, and that the certificate Of
the Governor, under the seal Of the State,
could uct be inquired into; but that rule
now would elect Tilden, as under it the
Tilden vote in Oregon would have to be
counted. The daily protracted and bitter
debate on the Oregon question il but the
ebulition of the thwarted revolutionary
Republican leaders in the Senate, for the
Democrats do not claim that Tilden shall,
he declared elected by that vote. 1t is
Morton aud Sherman petulently fighting
their own disappointments. .Y
The various expressions on the Presi-
Dental issue now are marked by degree
of candor and freedom that was not dis
played a few weeks ago. Then none
knew where the party lines would drive
party men, and there was 3 general ten.
dency to reticence but, within the Inst
ten days, positive Republican expressions
are to be met with ON every hand de-
nouncing any attempt to force Hayes
into the Presidency in accordance with
the Administration plan. The most
significant declaration is that Of Chief
Justice Waite, whose opinions are not
concealed on the issue, although he has
expressed them With the prudence that
becomes his position. He is the personal
and political friend and neighbor of Gov.
Hayes, and all his sympathies are natu-
rally with the Republican candidate;
but he has declared that the result must
depend upon the facts in the disputed
States, and that the present aspect Of the
controversy points very strongly to the:
election and proper inauguration of Til-l
den. It is now well understood in politi-
cal circles here that the Supreme Court.
cannot be trusted to declare. Hayes, elec-
ted, strongly Republican as it is, and
this development has done much to de-
moralize the already weak Morton-Sher-
man leadership. Gen. Buffers visit here
has also been damper to the admins
tration. II refuses to stand up to the
Louisiana and Florida returns, aud pro-
poses to remand the election back to the
people; but all concede that in new,
election Tilden would sweep the country.
like a whirldwind because of the. very
general conviction that he was honestly
elected in November. Indeed, in case OF
new election, it is not 8 secret that
Hayes would not be allowed to become
the Republican candidate, because of his
a+. ,ciaticn with the return board frauds.
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or....k III ;i,' isrpuolic.u s!n. o h S,'l-
ate against what: is yul garry called the
"buli-dozing" policy of the adninistra-
ton to put Hayes int" the Presidency,
and it is quite probable that Conkling,
Blaine, Eimuuda, Christiancy and Dawes
will be among the boilers. Whenever
the break il once made there will be Il
general stampede, and :he Norton
Sherman programme will be kicked out
of the Senate.
There is fear and trembling about the
House demand for the kilograms which
passed between the Republican man
ayers here and their associates in South
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. 1t is
known thut the returning boards there
acted under specific orders from Sher-
man, Noyes, w. E. Chandler and others
who attended them, and it is known also
that some very damaging kilograms
passed between them in the desperate
emergencies which arose. If the tele-
grams shall be obtained it will be shown
that the return boards Of Florida and
Louisiana were positively instructed from
| Washington to count in all the Republl-
can Congressman, and that accounts for,
the unexpectedly large majofities ~.
turned for Hayes in those States. Presi:
dent 0rtnn, of the Telegraph Company,
has instructed his sutordiuaus td nstuso