The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-01
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~ ar' -WAsHiNaTox, Feb. 49,
Representative eayler, of Ohio, Chair
manlefithe Snuth' Carolina davestigatinR
COMMITTEES. will make yhisnrepersc tSff,ose
roy, ltepys many v pistakes and ipaccps
rdcies were found 80 the tliderent returns,
and sone 0f.ehesf were ysigtsd] by ohe
aad sbme' by,sa01nsasgsrs; bas if piIhthe
retuEns affected, lbyl 3Npeh Irregularities
were rejected, y, would pot ahbnge, the
rceult. The result by hscertaing the votes
east at all The precincts, and correcting
she mistakes nlade by the lmanagsfs an
the setpIphs Nh9Es, that Bowen recaived
tho smallest yote on fhe Rtaip49ljcape elec,
sos sSial ss;e .lssss sses agsl yoses saS
che laEgestfvote ON the Democratic ticket
81, ee2 votes. The law of Sauth Casylipsa
which ppgyssed in 1879, divided the differ;
en- counties INTO precincts, and provided
that all electiohS should b6 hel73 1T the
voting precincts soestablished.l !ltestab.'
liahedip the, county .pf iAbbeyille. seYenli
teen; ypting precincts, naming the AbheI,
vile Court House and fifteen ether places
U
should be seventeen voting precihetsI the
names Of sixteen only 6veFe given. The,
sans mistake. was made, in, ,thei sege6ql,
n several other Counties proyisiens pr vi ions
we're Made for ff6t}mtf tv6i to "fodf Vooline
places indhe!countys seat; 'usualay:calied
tile &c CobEtfH fHousa2s aa s" "Abbevilla. Court
Hquse,n. in the, a2nnlty Of the ssme qgaAmllsi qgaAmllsi
bat in all these Instances they we're care
fully specified as Nos.'1,, 2, ind AZ Pre-!
viotis 20 othei 7eiectiOI, the commissioners
of .eleetioni for shisfeountg, haviagtnn,
manager 'E af power by laY in the. premises.
"a u asat'Gn & se voting RyeSi1ss pEgyi
Houee, ordered another precinct to be-
estalsl th61Rame town cabeda No.
2. Thislactiop was protested against BY
c6ninigsionefs, who also tooSk the Opinion
Of COURSES, and presented it TO his alssoeiD1
atea, 2etting forth ench action TO bedllegahI
and lnnagthorizeaf;; bnt the ,tYo Beppblir,I
tiny place Was aeJthbIiGhea; 4ss SotSss I
were there east for the RebIfbl:eais elec5
tors, and 10 for the Democratic eleotofs.
giving q majority Of 422 to, the 2epublir.
that this voting place vas iliesaasi ana I'm in.
authorized, and ehat no votes east there
should be received or eeuntedr o,i,.j 1,i,o
The coIAmit tee: :shoY, that oil, ,attempt
was made by tie Board OF. State Canvas.
sers TO cehht the votes alleged to Five
been given &c kobbhis precinct. 30 Phe'l
return, which 7Yasy sent to the Sectetafyi
Of State and. produced, by him among the
genuine precinct returns, was signed by
only one Of the managers and another
petson never appointed sas iiianuger' aid 4
by a. Republican supsTrfsor.a Thin ralrifn
gaSe the Republican. ticket Il ,3l7e votes
and none for the Democratic, Ticket,
The only manager signing It could not
hS'obtaihed' rs d WitnessI aithohgH many
efforts were made to procure his attend.a
ance. The vote cast lat Robbins in, 1874
wes 336, and che supervisor mt that cleo
ton certified that this Was the ifT,ll vote
of : both pdftieAH IF the sI,3i7 votes
claimed to have been cast.at the Robbins
poll are added to the vote of, the county,
tnste will be about 800 more votes cast
the, there we're voters in The, county Il
1875.s The committee af'e satisfied fhati
nofvotcEn cast az, claimed andsthat
no second polling place was, opened, and;
that the whole return Yes q, ,faud gotten
up to insure the election OF county and
State candidates. on, The part Of fEe Rel
ppblieaas:li'E eleen aai1Asse'aaq: n aaq: ii s-ersI
Before South CAROLINA claims. through
her representatives. to help make laws for
the people of her sister States or through
her electors TO participate III the election
of Presidens Ofltiie republiej she OUGHT
in justice to- be-: held to, comply with The
provisions of her own constitution to, ,se-,
cure, Q just and honest election. Every.
consideration Of public policy, where che
very existence Of a govefnmenslike ourbp
nuss, depond on. preserving the purity of.
the ballot, would require that any, cleo.
ton held in willful violation OF const;.
tltional provision made only to secure
honest voting, ,'shDhld be 'treatednas void
ID 9! :;ee9sesess :;sss;s. E-;;;ss s=,a z.fS .I,.il
That the recent election in Snnth Car,
olina was held in violation of the econsttii-'
tution is clear ! that it t%ash bo' held that
the! party jti' power might bhtser retain
its held on tlfe goSernment fhaconiiittee
haayeln9 donbt That g,reas. frsudswers
commrtsd there by reason of such refu-.
cal TO set up the great safeguard of regis?
trAfion, thes committee 5thihEhit eqiiaii;;h
cleaE!a SO = IL nIsIsni a.d4 .saciikT "a
Under tlsese circumstances, its for the
AsonSs q Ct ]Rsprssentatiyes TO consider,
40, held.sia l1l- 81 sisSzA .tiiSrsIisE'gf'Ia
The couimittssadd that if tro5pS sfTiefs.
sent to South Carolina without any legsl
apd lpstieAbla cause. for political ,ppg.
voters, clearly Naiio election held tindef.
such hcircumstanc nces,Bli6aid not. stand for;
o moment. Rpr uphold it would, be at
1.as 18th all sa-.rs .c -:-l-.