The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
THE ELECTORAL COM MISSION.
sEtREr CHtPIER or POLfTICdL
HfNIOHT

relation. to the Electoral Count "f 1870
rnc,. that have an Interest f"r the People
To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN--Sir. Hero !
,cI there lrlirr is current or II not prlicf !
suspirion that the ri.shtul President, mi.,m have
h,conic Tho President in ftt. except for some
at or omission Of his own. Taking advantage
II Mr. rildnns silence Efforts urc making to
sprrnd this uuioundcd belief in the public
mind.
Tho truth Is that nothing Mr. TUdcn did,
,Vusr,l and nothing WIS omitted by linn to
avert the surccss Of the plot which in tho win
t,r NJ 1867. ciIr'teda revolution 10 The Prcsi-
Dental succession.
Mr.. MARBLE CALLED AS WITNESS.
Inarccent correspondence between tho Hon.
Henry Waitcrs0n. member Of tho Forty fourth
Congress-. and editor " the Louisville tKy)
CoUiei.JOUndl. and the Hon. Abram 5. Hewitt.
lately Chairman of tho National Democratic
Committee the latter. far IA it fell in tho linz
Of his immediate controversy referred without
my apparent reserve. to mn intcrviewand SUP
Elementary kilograms between himself and Mr..
Tidcn. which. w,rc they completely reported
snd published. would include precisely the crit.
itn fact nnd undvulsed part ~ the history OF
that cventful winter. So that Mr. Walicrson
ended his rcjoinirr by saying that rs 80 some
OF the fact. h,re touched respecting the history
!, the Electoral hil AM rf Nr Uhsn's relation thereto
thcrr Il. believe hu on" personal witness. Mr. Mhnton
Marble submit 1t ic the consideration pf tho p"mo
cratic party AMI Mr. Marbles sense vt uuhic dniv,
whether iii not now incumbent upon him 20 publish
those facts. ami to nut record the whole " iis int
rortsm chsr,er in our political annal,-N SIS. Jn'
~ 1873
Alter due reflection and some reluctance. the
Undersigned has felt constrained to own and
discharge the obligation which this call I'M
poses. without further delay or Difference for
thers who are equally or sufficiently well in
formed, and whose recollection concurs with
bis own hut not unless his iriplied and overt
release by Mr.. Hewitt from tho obligations of n
eonn lential communication should hav" boon
asssnted to by his interlocutor-w which. having
been requested was not refuscd.i
1HE REPUBLICAN coNsrIRAcY-Irs PARTS.
The Republican cons u racv of fraud and force,
.rer short incubation. chipprd she'll ON the
morrow ~ the elections Of 1916 The party
mana ,ers had scarcely believed defeat possible
They nwoke that day TO find Mr.. Tildcn the
President elect Within twenty-iour hours do
spat hos wore hurried over the wires 10y 4.
Chnn Her from the party headquarters to his
agents in three Southern capitals. where tho
State Returning Boards Republican all Of
South Carolina. Florida. and Louisiana were
shortly to assemble. suggesting not hit OBJ
scurely the role that each WIS required TO play
in classifying the vote and voice OF their people
Mt the ballot box. All throe States. together
having nineteen votes. wore precisely requisite
70 give Mr.. Hayes fraudulent majority OF one
vote. so TO each singly IL WAS telegraphed
that the other two States were " safe"
mud all was depending on the one addressed.
The plot involved the help and countenance "
ali three boards in this premsdituted reversal
of the actual returns. by the presence and AL
vice Of Northern Republicans, visiting states-
men," whom President Grant assisted 10 sum
mon. II involved tho nervinS Of all three
5oarls for a conscious and conspicuous wrong
by the vicinity Of Federal troops. which Prcsi-
dent Grant made haste to send. Contesting and
fraudulent votes having thus been provide and
atterNari ioisted in among the true electoral
votes duly cast in thirty-eight States. not OK
.eptng these three, by tho actually chosen
electors. on the law dav. and Transmitted to
Washington Dec 6. AMI there awaiting count by
the two Houses Of Congress: the conspiracy
neK, involved the prctrnee by the temporary
custodian and opener of the votes the Presid"n
1.-THE Senate. to "A right OF counting and Of So
Letting tho votes to be counted. Finally, the
conspiracy involved the assem0lagc OF troops
II Washln gton also and tho public avowll by
President Grant. then occupying the Whit
House Of Intent to transfer the Executive ofll Pes
10 pro A'ns iA'HAh'uN A'tAl III NtAF "f'hi ~ Il
failure II tho count. or to the person designatet
by Ferry oronmciamisnto. In two published
intervews." airoity timed. tho first when
Congress hal met. the second when il had re-
convened after the Christmas recess Presi-
dent Grant uttered AMI circulated this sinister
avowal. citing 4 statutes which palpably refer:
70 no such event MS the expiry Of his own term
and carefully neglecting TO cite tho Constitu-
t!on.' whore II provides that the House and tho
Senate shall repair default of election by the
colleges. Now Ferry was neither ono OF hte
two nor one OF tho three highest candidates
voted Tor, but he. too. nut it about among the
reporters that II the TWO Houses failed to
agree" no would shrk no responsibility"
Burleslung Lady Godva in her long hair
when clothed upon with chastity" he was
ready to ride down Pennsylvania avenue in
nothing but his red board and stolen magis-
tracy.
TILDES's PLAN FOR ITS DEFEAT.
When this nagltious compot was fragrant in
Ill its parts. and while as vet not one Rcpubli-
can hcrnrch. from Prot Woosey to Mrs. jerks.
had challenged the consprators with n
stand thou on that side Tor IN this am l."
II Is no secret that Mr.. Tlden. comprehend ing
its scope its dangers. and his own responsible
iy As we'll. in the primacy Of leadership to
which he had been newly chosen by his party
and elected by his counrymen. matured aud
determined upon plan to encounter and de-
featrhc cabal. and to maintain at once the Pros
'ental succession and the public peace.
forasmuch rs the plot TO flch the Presidency
anithc Government from the elect OF tho peo-
pie besides It's two qualities OF fraud and force
hnd two periods and parts; it is timely here tc
observe Just where Mr.. Tllden abstained from
onoountorng IT, and lust at what period and
part he planned to destroy it,